Reid Rosefelt Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) Get it HERE Use Code GROOVESETS19 at checkout Ends on 1/30/19 Acoustic Expansions: Drum Sets, Multiple Mics, Styles, MIDISimon Phillips Jazz Drums played with sticks & brushes, 20 styles, 560 MIDI files, 7.6 GB - $40Simon Phillips Studio Drums includes 14 styles, MIDI grooves, 6 GB $40 Metro Heights Indie Rock, 21 styles, MIDI grooves, 5.8 GB $30Nashville 21 styles, 7 GB $30The Songwriter's Drums & Rhythms Acoustic Drum Kit played with sticks & hot rods. 20 styles for folk, country, soft rock, and indie pop $30 Styles: 10 in each - includes mixer presets $12.50 Alternative Essentials 80s Alt-rockBeat Essentials British Beat Blues Essentials Funk EssentialsFusion EssentialsJazz Essentials Metal EssentialsModern Jazz EssentialsPop EssentialsRock and Roll EssentialsSongwriter Essentials Beat Expansions: (Drum kits and MIDI, $20)Future Electronica (30 drum kits, 240 patterns)Colliding Worlds (World Percussion, industrial, traffic, etc. by Simon Stockhausen, 240 patterns) Metronomic Cinema (acoustic and electronic, intended for movie scores, 30 percussion kits)Neuro Mindset (drum & bass, dubstep, 30 electronic drum sets, 353 patterns)Future Past Perfect (NY House, Future House, 33 drum kits, hundreds of grooves) More info on the expansions HERE FYI, Steinberg provides free demo downloads for many of these. For me, what makes Groove Agent unique is the styles. They let you do something beyond any other drum program I'm aware of. To my ears, the Simon Phillips Jazz expansion sounds the best, both in the playing and the sound of the kit. It has brushes and 20 styles. If you like brushes, you have to hear the demos. I'm going to demo the Studio Drums. It only has 14 styles, though. Aside from those two, IMHO the best deals in this offer are the Metro Heights, Nashville, and Songwriter's Acoustic Expansions. They offer as many styes as two Styles expansions ($25) and for $5 more you get a drum set. On the basis of quantity of patterns, the Beat Expansions compare very well to the kinds of expansions you get from Toontrack and Addictive Drums. I can't speak to their quality. But again, they are sounds and MIDI patterns, not styles. Edited January 18, 2019 by Tiger The Frog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSteven Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Looks like these also work with Groove Agent SE that comes with Cubase. Been trying to find out difference between Groove Agent & Groove Agent SE. Looks like only difference is SE version is bundled with Cubase and lacks upgrade options. Is this correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Full Groove Agent can do 4 agents at once, has a percussion agent, standalone version, more content and more mixer options as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 here are the differences https://new.steinberg.net/groove-agent/compare-editions/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSteven Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Thanks, I thought I had looked thoroughly... Shame that per Steinberg: Quote It is not possible to update to Groove Agent 5 from Groove Agent SE (included in Cubase and Nuendo). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 that page wasn't there a week or so ago. I had been looking for it myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSteven Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Lol. OK, now I feel better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 where did you find the info per kit, specifically # of MIDI patterns? I am looking where to find those MIDI patterns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSteven Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 ? If you're talking about the OP, I suspect TtF has the Expansions in question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Rosefelt Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 For those of you who use Groove Agent, you know that it allows you to control the main pattern of the acoustic drums with an XY pad. This is what they call "styles." One parameter is "Complexity," which makes the pattern more "complex" when you move it to the right; volume is up and down. So you can get very realistic results that respond in real time to your song. Your DAW records all these movements as automation. This only works on the main acoustic drum set. The other agents, except for the Percussion agent, use MIDI. The percussion kit works like the acoustic style, but has more power. You control the complexity and intensity of each instrument in your percussion kit separately. So, for example, you can turn your shaker or bongos on and off, change the patterns or volume as the song is playing. There is even a random button where it does a bit of that for you. All of this recorded in automation, which results in a lot of lanes! You can also take one of your settings and save it on a pad. You can buy a great highly multi-sampled drum kit (one of the main features of the full program) now for $40 with this sale. But you can only get the percussion agent if you upgrade to the full program. It's one of my favorite things about the program. I hope that Steinberg will come out with more percussion modules in the future, like African, Middle Eastern, Indian, etc. @Greg The MIDI patterns can be found by clicking the folder icon on the right side, underneath the Agents. Each title found there loads up 24 patterns: 8 main, 8 fills, 4 intros, and 4 endings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Rosefelt Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) I spent a lot of time yesterday demoing all the GA expansions has free 30 day demos for. The standout for me is Simon Stockhausen's COLLIDING WORLDS, which is only $20 during this sale. The 30 drum sets include typical world drums (Darbukas, Djembes, Angklungs, Temple Blocks, Singing Bowls, etc), but also drumsets composed of Chimes, Crotales, Container Drums, Barrel Drums, Doors. 1700 exotic samples. Using the construction kits in the MIDI programs is great, but it really took off for me when I started dragging in my own MIDI--all these unexpected results. If this intrigues you at all, you can download a free demo HERE Also, the Simon Phillips Studio Drum Set is a beast. 6GB. 27 kit pieces. Up to 16 velocity levels and 5 round robins. Extensive mixing options. It's the only drum set I've ever seen that has a "drum solo" patch. Just look at it: 7 Tom Toms, plus that monster Gong Drum on the right 6 cymbals 3 snares (6 alternates) and two bass drums active at one time 4 Octobans All this, plus tons of MIDI patterns for $40. You can also get a free download of this HERE Edited January 20, 2019 by Tiger The Frog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSteven Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Sale ends today Jan 30th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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