Reference Manual
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Creating Original Styles (Style Creator)
This instrument has a Style Creator feature that lets you record and save your own
original Styles. Recorded Styles can be played in the same manner as the preset
Styles.
Style data consists of 14 sections, each of which has eight separate Parts.
With the Style Creator feature, you can create a Style by separately recording the parts, or by importing pattern
data from other existing Styles. Here are some of the aspects in which Style recording differs from Song record-
ing:
• Loop Recording
Style playback repeats the rhythm patterns of several measures in a “loop,” and Style
recording is also done using loops. For example, if you start recording with a two-mea-
sure MAIN section, the two measures are repeatedly recorded. Notes that you record will
play back from the next repetition (loop), letting you record while hearing previously
recorded material.
• Overdub Recording
This method records new material to a channel already containing recorded data, without
deleting the original data. In Style recording, the recorded data is not deleted, except
when using functions such as Rhythm Clear (
) and Part Clear (
). For
example, if you start recording with a two-measure Main section, the two measures are
repeated many times. Notes that you record will play back from the next repetition, let-
ting you overdub new material to the loop while hearing previously recorded material.
When creating a Style based on an existing internal Style, overdub recording is applied
only to the rhythm channels. For all other channels (except rhythm), you need to delete
the original data before recording.
Style Structure
Parts:
Rhythm 1, Rhythm 2, Bass, Chord 1, Chord 2,
Pad, Phrase 1, Phrase 2
FILL IN A–D
INTRO 1–3
MAIN A–D
ENDING 1–3
8 Parts in each
section
Part 1
x 8
