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Working With Pads
Groove Agent features two different types of pads: instrument pads and pattern pads. Instrument pads are used to trigger samples. Pattern pads trigger MIDI drum patterns or styles.
Pattern Pads
Pattern pads trigger MIDI drum patterns or styles.
Agent Page
The Agent page allows you to select and set up the patterns or styles that are played by the pattern pads. With the two buttons at the top, you can select whether you want to use the MIDI Player or the Style Player.
Jam Mode
Jam Mode allows you to automatically switch between pattern pads during playback. For example, you can switch from an intro to a verse, or from a fill back to the previous verse, or even automatically stop playback.
Using Jam Mode
Jam Mode allows you to play along and jam with Groove Agent. It is much more flexible than a static song or pattern list.

Using Jam Mode

Jam Mode allows you to play along and jam with Groove Agent. It is much more flexible than a static song or pattern list.

Procedure

Load an intro, a verse, a fill, and an ending to four consecutive pattern pads.
Activate Exclusive Mode for all four pads and set up the Jam State as follows:
- Set the first pad containing the intro to Next.
- Set the second pad containing the verse to Standard.
- Set the third pad containing the fill to Return.
- Set the fourth pad containing the ending to Stop.
Activate Jam Mode.

The Play button starts blinking to indicate that Groove Agent is waiting for a pattern pad to be triggered.
Trigger the pad with the intro.

The intro is played back. Then, playback switches to the pad that contains the verse and plays back the verse in a loop.
Trigger the pad with the fill. After the fill, playback switches back to the pad with the verse and plays it back in a loop.
Trigger the pad with the ending. Playback stops once the ending is completed.