Re:Sonar 8.5 and Groove Agent 3?
2011/06/11 11:07:14
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I was a user of Groove Agent from version 1 and upgraded over the years to version 3 - but to be honest I find the product now too under developed to be used very often - I can't even remember the last time I did use it.
There are some good ideas in V3, but to my mind they have not been developed to their true potential.
If I remember correctly there is something called Secret Agent I think (as I said long time since I used it) and you use this module to add to the basic groove - but again if I remember correctly, you cannot output any Midi from this module, so whilst it sounds good it's impractical to use.
Instead of wasting money on this product, which I don't think has been updated for ages which probably means they are about to drop it, I would go for one of the better products such as Addictive Drums, Ezdrummer, Kitcore etc. Or use Session Drummer.
This is all such a shame as I think if only Steinberg would develop Groove Agent propelry, iron out the bugs, make it stable and develop the modules to their full potential, it could be a great product and different from all the other drum packages
Nigel