Upgrade Manual

Chapter 8: Style Selection Enhancements58
For each style, you see the following information:
(the example will describe the J_DIZZY.STY)
•
The asterisk (*) or (^) tilde indicates if the style is a perfect or good match
to the prototype style (as described previously).
•
'Sw' indicates that the style is in a Swing feel (vs. Ev for Even feel) of the
beat.
•
The '8' indicates that the style is an 8
th
note feel (vs. 16
th
note feel)
•
Jazz Dizzy Style is the full name of the style.
•
SD #5 indicates that the style is found on styles Disk #5.
Here's how to use the Dialog.
1.
Launch the dialog
by pressing the STY button (or Ctrl F9).
2. You can
search for styles
similar to the one you are prototyping by looking
for ones with the (*) asterisk or (^) caret symbol.
3. When you find one that you'd like to test out,
double click on it
, and you
will hear a
preview
of your song in the new style.
4.
Note: you must set the option Preview on
Double Click for this to work. Alternatively you can press the PREVIEW
button.
5. As you hear the style playing, you can control playback by pressing the
PREVIEW button (to play) or STOP. The Tempo can be set at the top. You
can REDUCE or EXPAND the duration of the chords, useful when
changing the feel of songs. If the Prompt With Preview item is set, the
program will ask you if you want to change the feel of the song's melody, or
auto-reduce/ expand the chord durations when the styles change.
6. When the new style is prototyped, patches appropriate to the new style get
loaded in (as long as you have the "Auto Change Melody/Soloist Patch". So
when you load in a "Chopin Piano Style", the Melody patch of your song
will change to Piano. This allows the song to blend in with the new style.
The new style picker window is a useful and fun way to audition new styles. If
you load up a song in a jazz swing style, you can quickly find out what
Pop/Rock/Classical etc. styles would also work in that feel and tempo, and
preview how they would sound without leaving the dialog. What starts out as a
jazz tune can quickly change to another genre, complete with new style, new
tempo, and new patches for Melody.