GA 4 is so well-improved they could have renamed it. It's an impressive, powerful and versatile solution for drum tracks of all kinds. Massive improvement over GA 3. Well-implemented acoustic kits.

Without so much as a pianissimo drum roll by way of fanfare, Steinberg have upgraded their Groove Agent 'auto-drummer' plugin to version 4. One of the German giant's more… unusual virtual instruments, ...

Groove Agent and Virtual Guitarist are interactive VSTi plug-ins, providing prerecorded performances by live musicians. You can manipulate them in real time, which you can't do with static loops.

Steinberg took the opportunity at the NAMM tradeshow in Austin, TX on Friday to unveil the next generation of its virtual drummer plug-in, Groove Agent. In addition to an expanded drum library, the ...