Cubase 5 - Groove Agent One and Beat Designer ??

[studiogear]

1. yes if they are already rex files...
2. yes...editing normal midi as usual so I guess no limitations
3. not sure.. but could be possible...

[Cantankerous]

Thanks a lot for the reply. I state REX works, what about RX2? Those are what I use, as I have all the work done from Recycle.

Anyone else care to chime in on whether MONO outputs can be set from within Groove Agent One, or is it just stereo?

[YUGA]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

1.) Can one drag and drop RX2 files from the media/loop browser right into Groove Agent One and automatically have each slice become mapped to a seperate drum pad? I know you can do this if you slice the drum loop from within Cubase's audio editor itself, but if I can avoid doing this I would love to do so. I already have huge libraries of already RX2'd loops that I would love to be able to drag and drop and have assigned on the fly. Does Groove Agent one accept RX2 files?

You can't directly drag and drop a REX(RX2) file onto Groove Agent One. You need to import it into Cubase first and copy the REX file into the working folder. And then, convert the copied REX file to AIFF/WAVE. Then, open the sliced AIFF loop in the Audio Part Editor, select all slices, drag them to a given Groove Agent One pad and release them while holding down the SHIFT key.

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

3.) Can Groove Agent one/Beat Designer have seperate outputs assigned as Mono channels? All I can see so far is being able to do this as stereo tracks. I like to do all my breaks in Mono, and love how Halion can assign Mono outputs to my drum loops. I would like to have individual kicks, snares, claps, cymbals etc being routed to individual outputs for processing, but in Mono. Is this possible?

GA1 has only stereo outputs (up to 16 stereo channels), so you need to select either the left or right channel or insert a stereo-mono plugin.

I haven't yet toyed with Beat Designer.

[Cantankerous]

Originally Posted by YUGA

You can't directly drag and drop a REX(RX2) file onto Groove Agent One. You need to import it into Cubase first and copy the REX file into the working folder. And then, convert the copied REX file to AIFF/WAVE. Then, open the sliced AIFF loop in the Audio Part Editor, select all slices, drag them to a given Groove Agent One pad and release them while holding down the SHIFT key.



GA1 has only stereo outputs (up to 16 stereo channels), so you need to select either the left or right channel or insert a stereo-mono plugin.

I haven't yet toyed with Beat Designer.

Thank you Yuga!

I must say however, I am very disappointed. Why does it always seem that whenever Steinberg releases something new, they are taking 2 steps back in getting full functionality over that of their competitors, or better yet, when compared to other software they themselves release? No RX2 support is just horrible. That file format has been out for over 10 years now since Recycle was introduced, and even Halion which is many years old fully supports the dragging and dropping of RX2 files from the mediabay into itself. What you described is quite cumbersome to simply get a file loaded into Groove Agent One, and completely unnecessary. Talk about a workflow killer.

Thanks for the confirmation on the Groove Agent One outputs as well. Again, a huge step back. Beats are almost always done in Mono, and with this being something that deals directly with beats, why offer only Stereo outputs? Again, other variations of Groove Agent One, and even Halion support the routing of audio to Mono channels. Knowing Steinberg, these are two issues that probably won't be addressed either.

[wakestyle]

Integrated step designer is nice (finally!). Soon I will try....

[SushiConQueso]

Groove Agent outputs up to 16 stereo channels fyi.