Using Groove Agent Styles in Cubase
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2023
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About me:
My name is Anthony Chisnall. I'm a musician & songwriter.
My channel is these things:
1. A place to share my songs - via various 'Back on Track' video series - in which you'll see each song idea evolve step-by-step, with me (hopefully!) improving my song-writing skills as we go.
2. An outlet for me to discuss all things musical - including technical break-downs of software and tools that I use, as well as more wide-ranging discussions of topics that interest me.
I play the guitar (electric, acoustic, and bass), and record all of my own synth-based sounds myself too, but I can't sing very well (huge understatement!), and so my wife, Pauline, who has a lovely singing voice, has come to my rescue. You'll hear her on all of my songs.
All of my music is written in Steinberg's Cubase.
I try very hard to make my videos PRACTICAL and no-nonsense - if I don't use a feature, I'm not going to waste your time trying to sound like an expert on it! This is the stuff I use day-to-day, so I think that's also what you'd like to hear me talking about.
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Thanks for the wonderful tutorials you make!.
You're very welcome, and thank you for your feedback and support!
Excellent, excellent perspective and tutorial. 👍
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the feedback!
thanks for the tutorial. i really enjoyed it. good stuff.
Really glad you liked it, thanks for the feedback!
I would like to hear the full version of this song. I really like your music. And of course thanks for a great tutorial.
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it! That idea evenbtually turned into this: czcams.com/video/lsYAPMHso0c/video.html
Shows the value of patience and slow, methodical assiduousness, I think. Thanks.
That's very kind of you to say, thank you :)
That Chapman Stick has a really deep sound!
Oh man it's so good. I'm completely addicted to it at the moment
Thanks!
That's very kind of you, thank you so much :)
Thanks for the wonderful tutorial. Do you know if we can audition the other styles quickly from the browser menu with the beat synced to the DAW? At the moment, you kinda need to load each style on the pads itself to audition them individually with tempo in sync.
I appreciate the feedback, thank you. Yeah, unfortunately there's a lot of information in a style and it's not possible to access it without actually "loading" it into the engine (at least not that I'm aware of).
Great video's , would you no where to down load additional Midi Patterns and Fills. Do you have any video's of recording E drums into Cubase ? Whats the best way to build your own fills in Groove Agent 5 . Is there any bounced note settings etc.
I don’t think it’s a good idea to work from curated midi packs of beats, except in electronic music genres. There are a huge library of patterns already in groove agent. Mix kits with patterns from different kits. Then restick (move entire rows of notes up and down in the piano roll) so that for example a fill with hihats becomes a fill with shakers. Rinse and repeat. The problem with the packs is that they have no groove, typically. It’s all the microtiming, feel, and things like the open/close hat sounds that’s always terrible in midi pack patterns.
Very nice. But if you can, the sharpness of the can be improved... especially on a small screen, we can't see much detail...
If you could load up VST plugs for mixing duties within the standalone version, would be a killer update.
For now a DAW is required.
I don't really have much experience with GA standalone - I only ever work in Cubase.
Nice thanx , whats your go to kit for Late Beatles era ?
You're welcome! The Vintage Kit is specifically designed around that sound.
Hey Anthony!
A huge thank you for all these videos of great quality and deep precision! You rock!
I've got a little question I can't find the answer to so far, maybe you can help me.
I have Cubase 12, GA 5, a Focusrite 2i2 interface and a Komplete Kontrol S88.
When I load an acoustic patch into GA, I can barely hear the kick (or toms) when I play it on my keyboard (same with an Akai MPK mini). Even if I hit the note hard.
Have I tweaked something the wrong way?
When I watch Dom Sigalas' finger drumming videos, I get the impression that he doesn't have the same problem. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance and all the best!
Thank you! As for your issue, I've not encountered that one before. You haven't accidentally lowered the master Output Volume in GA itself, have you?
@@OneManAndHisSongs I'll double check that but I don't think so. Thank you for your answer !
@@OneManAndHisSongs Nope, not that. When I use the mouse to click on the piano roll or on the pad directly in GA, it sounds like it should. Maybe I touched something about the velocity when using the midi keyboard
@@syldeneu3297maybe your input gain is set to - value? Like i have presets own made like drumbusses wich when i load they are automaticly set to -12 or 15 db.
@@lX-NDR Hey ! Thank you, I'll take a look at these input gain.
The intuitive drummer in Logic Pro is by far more user friendly. Steinberg needs to make use of the new AI technology to stay competitive.
I tried to do what you said at 3:11 and got time type mismatch. How do I fix that?
Sorry, can you clarify what you mean by a time type mismatch?
Is there a setting that needs to be checked to make this work. When I drag the style into my project, it seems to play whatever it feels like. Rather than than the pattern that I want.
No, there isn't a setting. When you say "drag into your project" - drag from where? Don't forget a Style is MANY rhythms, all collected together. It's not a single Groove. Are you dragging the Style on a Pattern Pad first? That way you get to "preview" the current MIDI pattern that's being played, then drag THAT into Cubase. Without knowing exactly what you're doing I'm just groping in the dark though.
These tutorials are useful, but the complexity of cubase is such that nothing can keep up with it. Nothing I do in Cubase happens according to the book. Totally mystifying sometimes.
I know what you mean. You have to be part musician, part sorceror ;)