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Style Play operating mode
What’s a Style?
9. STYLE PLAY OPERATING MODE
The Style Play mode is the boot-up operating mode.
When in this mode, you can play Styles (i.e. automatic
accompaniments), or just play with one to four Real-
time tracks on the keyboard (Upper 1…3 and Lower).
WHAT’S A STYLE?
A Style is a rhythm/accompaniment structure, that sim-
ulates a band backing your solos.
In a vertical direction, it is composed of 8 different
tracks (Drums, Percussion, Bass, and 5 different har-
monic or melodic instruments). You can play on the
keyboard with 4 more Realtime tracks (Upper 1–3 and
Lower).
In a horizontal direction, it is a series of Style Elements
(i.e., the various sets of patterns for each chord and
each of the Intros, Variations, Fills, Breaks and End-
ings).
STYLES AND PERFORMANCES
Styles and Performances are linked in many ways.
• When the SINGLE TOUCH LED is on, selecting a
Style also changes the Realtime (Keyboard) tracks
(a Single Touch Setting is selected). The Perfor-
mance settings are overridden.
• When the STYLE CHANGE LED is on, selecting a
Performance also selects a Style (the one whose
number is memorized with the Performance).
• When pressing the WRITE button, you can save
the track’s settings either in a Performance, a Style
Performance, or a Single Touch Setting (STS).
CHANGING AND RESETTING THE TEMPO
While in the main page of the Style Play mode, you can
change the Tempo using the DIAL or the DOWN/- and
UP/+ buttons.
In any other page, keep the SHIFT button pressed, and
use the DIAL to change the Tempo.
To recall the Tempo stored in the current Style, keep the
SHIFT button pressed, and press one of the DOWN/- or
UP/+ buttons.
THE DIRECT SD BANK
In addition to the internal memory Styles, you can have
DIRECT SD Styles, directly accessed from the card.
Just insert a card, and press the DIRECT SD Style bank.
The card slot will read the first (in alphabetical order)
“.SET” folder in the card, and will give you direct
access to the Styles it contains (no loading required).
Browse through the DIRECT SD Styles using the PAGE
buttons. You can have up to 6 pages, and up to 48
DIRECT SD Styles in a card.
How to make the DIRECT SD bank
To configure the DIRECT SD bank, save your Styles
into the first folder in the card. Folders are read in
alphabetical order.
Note: The following procedures requires you overwrite the
User Style banks. Save these banks before proceeding, to
avoid loosing important data.
1. Insert the card into the card slot.
2. Press SD CARD and go to the Load page.
3. Use the F-1 (SD) button to rescan the SD card.
4. Load three banks of Styles, to be transformed into
the DIRECT SD bank.
5. Go to the Save page.
6. While the “ALL” item is selected, press F-3 (OPEN)
to open it.
7. Use the E–F (Scroll Up) and G–H (Scroll Down)
VOLUME/VALUE buttons (or the TEMPO/VALUE
section controls) to move the “STYLE” item to the
first line of the display, and press F-2 (SAVE).
8. Select the SD card (SD) as the target, using the F-1
button.
9. The card directory appears. Use the E–F (Scroll
Up) and G–H (Scroll Down) VOLUME/VALUE
buttons (or the TEMPO/VALUE section controls),
to scroll the card content. Move the first folder of
the directory to the first line of the display.
10. Press ENTER twice to save the banks.
Folder DIRECT SD pages
*.SET > ST-YLE > USER01 1, 2
*.SET > STYLE > USER02 3, 4
*.SET > STYLE > USER03 5, 6
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