Steinberg在成功的推出虚拟吉他手之后，又推出了类似的鼓合成器产品Groove Agent，软件还是利用虚拟吉他手的技术，制作人员是虚拟吉他手的原班人马也还是利用虚拟吉他手的技术。
Groove Agent带有大量的世界名鼓音色和风格套子，有些是在genuine studio原音录制的。超过50种乐器型（每种都有自己的鼓节奏型和pattern）可以很轻松的混合各种节奏所有声音均为24bit，大部分都由真实打击乐录制所有参数都可以自己调节，并储存 。
Groove Agent 2，新增高音质的打击乐采样，还有27个全新的节奏样式，包括-slick RnB、Bristol Trip Hop、Old Skool HipHop、Retro Rock、roof-raising Punk等等。
新增一个叫做“No Internal Samples”（无内部采样）的模式，该模式可以只使用Groove Agent 2的演奏样式来触发其它采样软件或鼓机音色。
增加到8路立体声编组输出通道，并可将节奏存储为MIDI文件，可作为ReWire被控端使用。
Groove Agent带有大量的世界名鼓音色和风格套子，有些是在genuine studio原音录制的。
–超过50种乐器型（每种都有自己的鼓节奏型和pattern）
–可以很轻松的混合各种节奏
–所有声音均为24bit，大部分都由真实打击乐录制
–所有参数都可以自己调节，并储存
Replete with dozens of fresh, up-to the-minute styles and a
battery of quality new drum sounds, Groove Agent 2 offers a raft
of the latest drum grooves and styles within the comfortable
confines of modern DAW environments supporting the VST, DXi,
Rewire or AU plug-in formats.
Groove Agent 2 comes with 50% more musical styles and drum kits.
The 27 new styles offer an array of the latest grooves in
diverse flavors currently in demand such as ultra-slick RnB,
Bristol Trip Hop, Old Skool HipHop, Retro Rock, roof-raising
Punk and grinding Grunge grooves. Providing the kerosene for the
27 explosive new styles are the 9 new drum kits. The all-new
top-quality studio kit offers a highly polished, refined sound
while being widely usable for many modern pop and rock
productions. Other kit highlights include painstakingly
recreated retro drum synths, ultra-hip noisy lofi drums, a
diamond-hard metal kit as well as added percussive sounds.
Other feature refinements include added output busses, with up
to 8 stereo outputs now available within the virtual mixer of
the host application. It?s now also possible to bypass the
internal Groove Agent 2 sample playback engine and to use Groove
Agent as a MIDI player that triggers external samples.
The GUI has also been overhauled, with added scales and easier
access to vital controls. The new solo button for every group
makes it easier to quickly focus on one group of sounds while
tweaking and mixing. Groove Agent 2 also offers a new ?Save to
MIDI file?feature, which stores Groove Agent’s rhythm output to
a MIDI file for detailed editing, regardless of the DAW
application hosting Groove Agent 2.
Features
* Over 80 musical Styles (each with their own Drum Style
patterns), programmed by top musicians
* 25 complexity levels in each style, including fills and half
tempo feel variations
* Combine any style with any drumkit ?instantly
* Several unique drum kits plus percussion and a range of
electronic drum sounds
* 24-bit drum sounds, most of them recorded via analog tape
* Separate dry and wet (ambience) samples and 8 stereo outputs
and the facility to send room to one separate channel
* User-configurable drum kits, including tweaking of sounds
* Combine any musical style with any preset kit
* Fine-tune the overall feel with shuffle and Humanize controls
* Record Groove Agent beats to MIDI track with Cubase and Nuendo
or export Groove combinations to a MIDI file for further
editing
* Sample Engine Bypass ? Groove agents is able to bypass its
internal Sound Engine to save Performance
* New solo button for every group
* Connects to everything: VST, DXi, AU, Rewire and standalone
versions