Hi Rikki,

You’ve been doing this since 1992? Veryyyyyyyy impressive! You did a great job in picking the right instrumentation on what I sent you.

So, you’re saying that since my styles are older ones, there’s a greater chance of them going through the conversion process without any glitches (or only minor ones)?

A question here. I forgot that my particular Roland plays styles this way: I’ll play a basic style, then I can hit a button and go into any enhancement of that style. So….if I were to play that (converted) style on the Korg, will I then still have access to the “enhanced” style? And access to the same fills, intro’s, and endings that I‘m used to?

I was reading about StyleWorks at a few sites. One said that if you use a MIDI file of your style (that you want to convert) then there’s a greater chance of success. If that is so, shouldn’t I just let the style run on my keyboard and use the onboard recorder to record it as a MIDI file. And press the “fill” button and use the “intro” and “ending” pattern?

I’m thinking this. I only use about a dozen styles regularly. Should I send them all to you as MIDI files or STL’s and see if you can’t convert them successfully. If I can get those under my belt, then my needs for a new keyboard won’t be so critical.

I also thought about what Diki said. I’m not in the driver’s seat anymore where I can pick what I need in a board. Times ARE a-changing. I’m going to have to make concessions or buy nothing at all (which I still might do).

But….a step at a time. Would you mind working with those dozen or so styles?

Lucky

BTW: I called Korg again yesterday. It’s so sad for us consumers. They know nothing about the programming end of it. And what they DO know about you almost have to extract it out of them. They volunteer very little, you have to come up with the questions. Their lack of enthusiasm is such a contrast to their marketing talents. But, in all fairness, Roland is the same way. And with Ketron, you have no one at all to call! Enough moaning and groaning!