Two weeks since I played with it opened it up to check while I was writing this and thought ‘what a cock up’ at least for GA3 users. It’s a whole new complicated programme that you have to learn. Not one of everything just like in a democracy. You get the message as soon as you open up and you have four Beat agents staring you in the face. Steinberg obviously have a different customer set for GA4 that they had for GA3. Styles are not as easily accessible as they were in GA3 All the options that were useful in GA3 should have been on the front page of GA4 They have replaced it with a just as simple interface but it’s buried and not the main focus of the interface. They have stripped out the simple interface of GA3. In GA4s defence, you can do all you can do in GA4 that you can do in GA3.
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I use a lot of style of drums in heavy styles of music myself. Not all styles of drums are necessarily use in the style that they are set to. GA3 had a range of styles right across the board that you could get at without any hassle or complication. They have as far as I can see, complicated GA4 and pointed it towards a different user base from GA3 that it might as well be a totally different piece of software. GA3 was so easy to use to set your self up. You guys need to hire Sven Bornemark again to show you how to do it. I realized the day I bought this thing I didn’t want it, but Steinberg refused to refund my money. Then trying to use automation to make this poop happen in some kind of improvised way is ridiculous.
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are so confusing and don’t seem to work consistently on all patterns. the complexity and intensity, auto fills, half time, etc. They call jamming, pressing pads to change pads, like a DJ or drummer might do. No jazz/blues, no recording to host, no artificial intelligence that just lays down a groove that I can jam or record to. It shouldn’t even be called Groove Agent. GA4 seems to have missed the mark entirely. I thought GA4 would give me at least all of that and then maybe go back and create a more structured song like EZ drummer. GA3 did that very well, a could randomize the groove the fills, record direct to Cubase and start having fun immediately. I’m a jazz/blues guitar player that wants to turn on the drummer, maybe record a guitar track and start recording. After hours and hours watching videos and reading lame documentation.