Steinberger VSTi GrooveAgent 3 User's Manual

Version History

Groove Agent 3

3.0.1.28 hotfix This hotfix release of Groove Agent 3 offers improvements

which we would like to make available to our customers as
soon as possible.

While preliminary testing carried out with this version

indicates that it is stable and reliable, it has not gone
through our full QA testing cycle. Therefore, this hotfix
update is not officially supported.

Fixes

• Saving a project with GA classic Style and Kit slider

unlinked and set to different positions resulted to both
sliders set to the same position on reloading.

• AU: Using any other sample rate than 44.1 kHz is now

working correctly.

• DXi: Fixed an issue where new projects created with

3.0.1 wouldn’t reload their settings in the DXi version.
In case you did already save DXi projects with 3.0.1 they

should open just fine after you installed this hotfix.

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3.0.1

Improvements

• Improved autofill behaviour: if autofill were set to

2/4/16/etc. a fill was not only triggered each n bars, but
also each time you change the complexity. In Groove
Agent 3.0.1 this is only the case if autofill is set to on,
else the fill will only trigger each n bars.

• GUI: The icons for MIDI various settings in the LCD

Display were missing (GM + MIDI FILE output). You
can now directly activate Ambience Split or MIDI file
output by clicking on the icons.

• A new option “limit memory usage“ (LMU) is introduced

on the Setup page. Activate it when you are low on
memory. If activated, changing from classic to dual mode
or vice versa will empty the modules previously selected.

• The MIDI remote state of Half Tempo Feel on / off and

PA start / stop wasn’t absolute. The new changed
behaviour is: a note-on velocity of 0-63 defines off / start
state, a note-on velocity of 64-127 defines on / stop state.
This may require you to adjust projects created with

3.0.15 which used MIDI remote notes to control these two
functions.

Fixes

• Under Windows Vista the FX/PA Presets dialog now

always open the default location for presets.

• Drum complexity and fill complexity can be controlled

separately via MIDI now.

• The PDF manual was updated with several corrections

and additions.

• In dual mode the SA and PA module wouldn’t unload

RAM when the module was switched off or changed. This
could lead to situations where up to 6 fully loaded
modules per GA3 instance were fully loaded into RAM.
Now only modules are loaded into RAM which are
visually present.

• Special Agent played only hi-hats if playback was started

before loading a style.

• Moving to the highest complexity level in Special Agent

could lead to a crash.

• Special Agent fills were playing back out of time or with

cut off notes when the random fill function was used.

• Fills couldn’t be automated properly via VST automation

because the fill button lift event was missing.

• Using any other sample rate than 44.1 kHz changed the

playback tempo and pitch.

• Sometimes there were audible double kicks on first beat

after a fill.

• MIDI Controller CC7 for Volume and CC91 for Ambience

didn’t work.

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