This README accompanies DNA DEMO - Freeware disk for Cubase.

DNA Groove Templates - A Revolution in Sequencing

The Rhythm is the soul, the essense, the thread that binds great 
music together.  Rhythm is intensely personal, individual, at 
least it used to be until the introduction of the Digital Drum 
Machine.

The entry of computers on the Music scene during the MIDI 
revolution, created a new universal instant rhythm politely 
termed Quantize.  Rhythm became fixed, constant, common, 
mathematically defined by a micro-chip.

The convenience of normal quantizing tends to result in music 
that is crystalized into a rhythmic straight jacket.  A straight 
jacket that chases the individuality out of your creative 
sequences.

Despite the advances in sequencer resolution software developers 
have provided no convenient ways of taking advantage of the high 
resolution.  By quantizing to 16th notes, a sequencer's 
resolution is dramatically reduced to 4 pulses per quarter.  
Absolutely inadequate for communicating most musical ideas.

Throughout our research, we have never encountered a musician 
that plays quantized.  While there are certain situations when a 
musician may want to use quantization, musicians need an option.

With Steinberg's Cubase Sequencer, musicians can now program 
their own quantize templates and impose non-linear, user-defined 
rhythms on their music.

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DNA Groove Templates capture live performances by great musicians 
that have great feels.  These templates are provided within a 
comprehensive environment that allows for powerful rhythmic 
processing.

DNA breaks down audio material into it's rhythmic components.  
The relationship between noets is captured and translated into a 
2 bar Groove template.  Groove Templates can then be saved to 
disk.  This means that you can create a library of feels tha same 
way you create a library of sounds for synths and samplers.

The feel is displayed on easy to understand Feel Charts.  These 
charts can be used to compare the templates on disk and predict 
what their sound will be.  Feel charts very quickly show the 
rhythmic compatibilities between different templates and allow 
for very precise and definitive modifications to their feel.

DNA doesn't stop there, it provides Motions that manipulate the 
template in hundreds of ways.  Each Motion acts on certain points 
within the template.  Some are meant to simulate Fills and 
others, to simulate lags, pushes and shuffles.  This allows for 
very precise rhythmic placement of every note in your sequence.  
The result - your music takes on a distinct feel, with each 
instrument having its own subtle variation.  Never before has 
rhythmic feel been as easy to control on a computer.

DNA provides templates in 10 Beat Divisions.  You can therefore 
translate the feel to music played with 8th note triplets or 3 
against 4, among many other rhythmic signatures.

Best of all, DNA comes with a comprehensive 38 page manual that 
makes using the grooves both educational and fun.  The 
possibilities are endless - within one set, there are thousands 
of combinations of different feels.  If you want to expand your 
music into new dimensions, you cannot afford to be without this 
powerful feel processor.  Get into the groove.

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DNA Def.Grv

All these grooves are based on the same piece of music.  
Therefore all these grooves will have coherence and can be used 
together.  All grooves are 2 bars long.  All grooves are based on 
a 4/4 time signature.  All groove are 16th notes, unless 
otherwise specified.

Straight - This is a mostly straight groove.  Most notes will 
push especially towards the end of each bar.
Push B2&4 - This will push (or make earlier) notes that fall on 
the second and fourth beats of each bar. This is great to try on 
a snare drum.
Late B2&4 - This is the opposite of the above.
Push P234 - This pushes the second, third and fourth sixteenth 
notes within each beat.  This can be used to create a rushing 
hihat (or any highly syncopated parts).
Late P234 - This is the opposite of the above.
Push B1&3 - This pushes the first and third downbeats of each 
bar.  This is useful in create a rushing kick drum or downbeat.
Late B1&3 - This is the opposite of the above.
8 Triplet - This creates a non-linear, but very musical eight-
note triplet groove.  This is useful for your Jazz and Ballad 
sequences.
16 Triplet - This is a non-linear sixteenth note triplet groove.  
Great for solos and fast drum fills over triplet signatures.  
This works well with the above groove.
SOLO 3a4 - This contains a combination of a 16th note and an 8th 
note triplet groove.  This is very useful for solos where both 
these signatures are played.
Shfl S2&4 - This is a soft shuffle of the second and fourth 
sixteenth notes of each beat.  This is great for just about any 
kind of music fron Dance to Rock to Reggae.
Shfl M2&4 - This is a medium shuffle.  A little stronger than the 
above.
Shfl H2&4 - This is a heavy shuffle.  Even stronger than the 
above.
Move All - This creates a significant shift in whole areas of 
notes.  This is useful for drum fills and solos.
Push Fill - This creates a change in feel where the last bar is 
rushed. this is typical of most drum fills.
Late Fill - This is the opposite of the above.
DNA 32nd - This is a one bar template containing non-linear 32nd 
notes.

Use Cubase's power to manipulate notes - Key Editor, Iterative 
Quantize, Track Shifting etc. and of course your imagination.

All DNA Grooves by Ray Williams & Ernest Cholakis

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The DNA Groove Template Library

DANCE I : All Around the World, Everybody Everybody, Good Times, 
Justify My Love, Symptoms of Loneliness, Wanna be Starting 
Something.
DANCE II : Billie Jean, Burn Rubber, Change, Keep On Movin, Le 
Freak, The Power.
MOTOWN I : Cloud Nine, Keep on Truckin, Love Child, Maneater, 
Reflections, Superstition.
NEW JACK SWING : Don't Wanna Fall in Love, I wanna Get with U, I 
Want Her, New Formula, OPP, Teddy's Jam.
ROCK I : Fool in the Rain, Give it Up, Heartbreaker, Radar Love, 
Smoke on the Water, So Lonely.
SOUL I: Boogie on Reggae Woman, Can't Hide Love, Cherry Pie, 
Funky Drummer, Mercy Mercy Me, Spanish Harlem.

Coming soon: Reggae, Funk & Jazz.

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For more information contact your nearest Steinberg Dealer, 
Steinberg GMBH or:

WC Music Research
PO Box 1275, Station K
Toronto, Ontario
Canada. M4P 3E5
Tel: 416 444-6644
FAX: 416 496-2884

**  The Rhythm of Life  **

