Percussion Agent Style Player

Mute Pattern

Mutes the current pattern.

Select Style

Allows you to load a style.

You can also load a style by dragging it from the Load panel onto the Select Style field. If you drag a MIDI pattern file onto the field, the Agent page automatically switches to the MIDI Player.

Save Percussion Style

Allows you to save your settings as user style.

Original Tempo/Time Signature

Displays the original tempo and time signature as saved in the MIDI file.

MIDI Export

To export a style, click the MIDI Export field and drag it onto a MIDI track in your host application. You can also drag the style to other locations and applications that support MIDI files.

Quantize

Adjusts the timing of the pattern, from live-played to hard-quantized timing.

• At a setting of 0 %, the pattern plays with the original timing.

• At a setting of 100 %, the timing is hard-quantized.

Note

Rudiments in the MIDI patterns are not affected by this parameter.

Global Intensity

Decreases the intensity for the style.

Global Swing

Allows you to shift the timing of notes on even-numbered beats to give the pattern a swing feeling. Negative values shift the timing backward, and the notes are played earlier. Positive values shift the timing forward, and the notes are played later.

Global Swing Grid

Determines the grid for applying Swing. For example, to shift the timing at every 16th note position in a pattern, set this to 1/16.

Substyle Parameters

The following parameters affect only the playback of the substyles:

Instrument On/Off

Activates/Deactivates playback for the corresponding instrument.

Instrument Substyle

Allows you to load an instrument substyle.

Right-click the field to open a context menu allowing you to remove substyles.

• Clear removes the selected substyle.

• Clear All Inactive removes all substyles that are not active.

• Clear All removes all substyles.

Complexity

• The higher the complexity, the more intense the rhythm pattern.

  This way, you can have more intensity in the bongo than in the cowbell, for example.

Random Complexity

Randomizes the playback. The substyle automatically switches to a random complexity at each full bar.

Intensity

Decreases the intensity for each substyle separately.

Tempo Scale

Allows you to set the tempo of a substyle to half speed (1/2), normal speed (1x) and double speed (2x).

Groove Offset

Offsets playback of the substyle by up to 8 eighth notes. For example, with an offset of 2, the playback starts on the second quarter note.

Swing

Adjusts the swing factor for each substyle individually. The swing grid is defined globally with the Global Swing Grid parameter.