User Manual

Screen Items and Functions
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y Status bar
Shows the following information on the section being edited. If there is some setting which will result in failure to export, an
additional message is shown in red.
Section length: Indicates the playback time of the section, when the exported Style will be played back on the instrument
with the tempo not changed. This is calculated from the tempo, time signature, and “Bar” (number of measures).
Wave length: Indicates the original playback time of the selected range of the audio file.
Time Stretch: Indicates the time stretching ratio applied so that the selected audio data fits to the “Section length” when the
project will be exported to the Audio Style file. When this is 50%, the audio is converted to half-speed for playback.
When this is 200%, the audio is converted to double-speed for playback.
If the audio cannot be exported due to an invalid ratio, it is shown in red.
u Bar: Shows how many bars (measures) the selected range is estimated to be. This parameter corresponds to the “Pattern
Length” of section in the Style Creator function of the instrument. If the “Manual” checkbox is checked, you can enter it
manually. There is an upper limit for each type of section in the “Bar” value, and the project will not be exported if the value
exceeds the limit. For details on limitations, refer to “The upper limit of the Bar value for each section” on the next page.
i Fade: When this is checked, fade-in/fade-out processing will be performed when exporting the selected range. Try
enabling this when there is noticeable noise around the start/end time of an exported section when playing it back in the
instrument.
o Shift/Unshift Beat Position: Adjusts the beat detection result by swapping between downbeat and upbeat recognition.
This is available only when the “Manual” checkbox is not checked.
Selection of assignment range—difference between Manual disabled or enabled
When the Manual checkbox is NOT checked (semi-automatic):
Analysis result of the audio file is used.
• The range of the waveform is selected according to the beat position of the analysis result.
• The “Bar” value is calculated automatically from the tempo of the audio file (analysis result), and the selected
range.
• The ratio of time stretch is almost constant, unless you change the tempo of the Style with numeric input.
When the Manual checkbox is checked (manually):
Analysis result of the audio file is NOT used.
• The desired range of the waveform can be selected manually.
• The “Bar” value is manually entered, and the value specifies how many bars (measures) the selected range is esti-
mated to be, depending the current time signature. The number of beats in the selected range is calculated based on
the “Bar” value and time signature, and then finally the Section length is calculated using the tempo of the Style in
addition.
• The ratio of time stretch varies depends on the settings.
What happens when the waveform assigned to one section is too long
In an Audio Style, audio information is added to the waveform in order to perform time stretch processing that main-
tains optimum sound quality when played on the instrument. If the playback time of the waveform assigned to one
section is too long, there may not be enough audio information to be added, and a warning message appears when
the project is exported to the Audio Style file. In this case, sound quality degradation may occur when playing an
exported Style on the instrument. For this reason, you should keep the assigned waveform to the minimum length
required when making each section.