Donny,

Yamaha do not have on board midi to style converters.

Yamaha's Style Creator is actually pretty easy to use...I have taught many clients how to make or edit a style, but most prefer the styles already done for them.

I was mostly referring to EMC Styleworks.

ALL brands of arrangers suffer from having features that aren't used by the average buyer.

I have addressed this issue with Yamaha many times, but I am only a very small spoke in a VERY big wheel.

All manufactures use these "features" as a marketing ploy...people then feel they are getting a lot for their money, even though they'll never use them.

Ian