Upgrade Manual

Chapter 8: Style Selection Enhancements 57
Chapter 8: Style Selection Enhancements
Style Selection Enhancements
. Selecting a style to use for your song has been
made much easier, and more fun! When you open the new StylePicker Window,
it shows you which styles would work best in your song, highlighting all styles
that have a similar tempo, genre, and feel to your song. You can
preview
styles
before loading them so you can hear what they'll sound like in your song. The
window remembers the style and genre that you've used, and will return to it the
next time you visit the window.
Pressing the STY button launches the
Style Picker Window
.
You can see a lot of new information on the Style Picker screen.
The current style of the song is listed at the top of the window, in this case it is
the Jazz Swing Style (ZZJAZZ.STY). This is referred to as the Prototype Style.
The prototype style can be changed to the current style that is highlighted by
pressing the "Change Prototype Button".
Styles that are in a Similar Feel to the Prototype will be indicated with a (*)
asterisk. These would be styles that have the same feel (triplets/ eighth/
sixteenths) and a similar tempo range. Styles that have a similar range but a
different tempo range are marked by a (^) caret symbol. So you can quickly see
styles that are similar to Jazz Swing (in this example). The Styles J_BASIE,
J_DIXIE could be substituted with a perfect match, so are marked with an (*) .
Styles like J_DJANGO are marked with a (^) because they sound best in a much
faster tempo than the prototype style Jazz Swing.