Table of Contents
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.
Pattern Groups
You can save the 16 pads of a group with their patterns and settings as a pattern group. This allows you to quickly restore and reuse particular patterns and settings.

Pattern Groups

You can save the 16 pads of a group with their patterns and settings as a pattern group. This allows you to quickly restore and reuse particular patterns and settings.

Pattern groups include all settings that you make in the Pad Settings section at the bottom of the Agent page, such as Exclusive mode, Play Mode, etc.

To save the current pattern group for a kit, right-click the kit in the kit rack or the corresponding slot on the Overview page and select Save Pattern Group.
To load a pattern group, right-click the kit in the kit rack and select Load Pattern Group.

Note
If you load a pattern group, the pad settings are only restored on empty pads. If you have assigned a pattern to a pad, your pad settings are not overwritten by the pattern group.