Click "Start -- All Programs -- Cubase" to run Cubase. Select "New Project," click "OK" to create an empty project, choose the folder for the project and click "OK" to begin.
Choose "Devices -- VST Instruments." Click the black space next to number "1" and select "Drum - Groove Agent ONE." Click "Create."
Choose "Media -- Open MediaBay" from the menu. Click "+" on the left hand side of the window to open "VST Sound" and click to highlight a loop library, for example "Drum Loop Expansion 01." Highlight a specific loop on the right hand side of the window, for example "Tribal Loop 02 130." Drag the loop to the project workspace.
Double click the loop you dragged to the workspace. Choose "Hitpoints" in the menu on the left and click the symbol next to "Edit Hitpoints." Click to create a bar under the "Sensitivity" label that indicates how the hitpoints will be created. Notice the hitpoint lines drawn on the right as you adjust the sensitivity. Hold the mouse button down inside each hitpoint to play it. Adjust the sensitivity bar until you are satisfied with the hitpoints.
Click the symbol next to "Slice & Close" to create a new audio part with the hitpoints you've selected and to close the window. Click "OK" if you are asked to disable musical mode.
Drag the loop you just created onto the "C1" block in the "Groove Agent ONE" window to distribute each hitpoint to a block in the window. Click each block to listen to how the loop hitpoints have been distributed.
Choose "MIDI Inserts" in the main project window under "Groove Agent ONE." Click in the first empty space and select "Beat Designer." Click "Play" in the controller window.
Select when you want each instrument to play by clicking to display a marker on the timeline in the "Beat Designer" window. Listen to the beat as you're creating it. Watch the "Groove Agent ONE" window to see the blocks highlight as the beat is played. Adjust the beat placement until you are satisfied with the beat.
Click the "X" to close the "Beat Designer" window and click "X" to close the "Groove Agent ONE" window. Click the "Play" button in the control window to listen to your house beat.
Click "File -- Save," enter a name for your project and click "Save" to save your work.