Steinberg has announced the release of Pop Essentials, a new Style expansion pack for the Groove Agent 4 and Groove Agent SE 4 instruments.

The new expansion’s release is sure to attract a lot of Groove Agent users by adding a range of mid and up-tempo grooves ideal for popular music to the style library of the Acoustic Agent.

The ten Styles of Pop Essentials span intros, main parts, fills and endings of different tempi and signatures, instantly available in the Style Player of the Acoustic Agent. Each Style includes a VST preset that is listed in the MediaBay and aligns with the relevant drum kit, its mixer settings and assigned pattern pads.

Steinberg’s Senior Marketing Manager, Matthias Quellmann, commented: “Pop Essentials is yet another highlight of the expansions we’ve released for Groove Agent. Pop music spans a wide variety of different musical style, so choosing the right grooves was a challenging task, but we nailed it perfectly!”

Pop Essentials features

  • 10 Pop Styles for the Acoustic Agent drum kits in Groove Agent 4 and Groove Agent SE 4.
  • Each Style is featured in a VST preset and comes with a dedicated mixer setting.
  • Grooves cover different tempi and time signatures.
  • Each Style includes main parts, intros, endings and fills.
  • An inexhaustible resource for creating backing tracks, inspiring new compositions and improvisation sessions.

Pop Essentials is available for purchase for 24.99 EUR, including German VAT.

More information: Steinberg / Pop Essentials