Groove Agent
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80 or 160 BPM, what's the correct tempo?
Normally, we decide a certain style's tempo by defining where the
downbeats and backbeats are. A rhythm that goes boom-chick-boom-
chick probably counts 1-2-3-4 at the same rate. In most popular west-
ern music the kick (bass drum) plays the downbeats (1 and 3) and the
snare drum plays the backbeats (2 and 4).
As with all living things, this rule has its exceptions. Reggae has a half
tempo feel built in to itself by nature. The reggae style we've included
in Groove Agent actually plays the backbeat on the third beat of the
bar. It simply seemed sensible to specify its favorite tempo range to
130-150 BPM rather than half those figures. This is also true for the
cajun style.
On the other hand, styles like Tom-Toms, Backbeat and Train Beat are
sort of double speed by nature. Here, the Train Beat style works best
somewhere in the 100 BPM region. More practical than 200, don't
you think?
Finding a suitable style for your song
So, you are working on a song in 104 BPM and now you want to know
what styles have a suitable tempo? Take a look at this tempo map. It
provides a rough guide to suitable tempo ranges for the various styles.
Jamming with Groove Agent
You may feel the urge to play a drum instrument yourself. Perhaps you
have a much better idea for a kick drum pattern than what's been pro-
grammed into Groove Agent or you may want to add a very special
tambourine rhythm. If so, please feel free to do just that!
If you mute, say, the kick drum, Groove Agent won't play the kick drum
pattern. You can add your own kick drum playing from your MIDI key-
board, and if you're recording the MIDI output of Groove Agent, your
playing will end up in that newly created MIDI part, too.
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