Hi Lucky,
yes, roughly round about the time EMC first came out. I had it for KN2000,Korg i2, & Roland E86.
Keyboard junkie from way back.
Earlier styles appear to convert better than the newer ones, they were less complex.
ie I find it easier to convert my 3 year old psr1500 styles than the new T3 styles.
No megavoices to contend with. Also I don't use EMC for converting Yamaha styles, I convert from a midifile of the style.
I don't really use it that much anymore.
It's sort of a security blanket for me, knowing if I sell a keyboard & go to another brand, I still have access to any old styles , should I need them.
The styles I converted will play back in this order
vari 1 original Basic
vari 2 original Advanced ( enhanced)
vari 3 variation basic
vari 4 variation Advanced (enhanced)
Fills I programmed
f1 orig to orig advanced
f2 orig adv. to vari basic
break varibasic to vari advanced.
Fills can also be programmed so that when you hit fill 1, it automatically goes to vari2. Hit fill 2, goes to vari 3, hit break goes to vari 4.
Both intro's & endings are there including the minor versions.
There is also a 3rd intro & ending that could be programmed ie a count in for intro 3 & maybe a shortened 1 bar ending for ending 3.
Before selling any of my old keyboards, apart from saving the styles, I used to also record a midifile of the style just in case emc didn't convert it properly.
Only the ones I thought I may use again one day.
Basically used to record it as
C maj chord
Intro 1 to vari 1 to fill to vari 2 to fill to vari 3 to fill to vari 4 to end 1.
Next Intro2 to End 2
Next C minor chord for each of the intro's & endings.
Kept this stuff for years on floppy disks.
Didn't realize that they become corrupted even if they're not used. Lost the lot including a lot of my old keyboard styles.
One ray of sunshine though, I was going thru some of my old stuff yesterday & found the hexdecimal codes for converting my old Technic Piano styles back into KN5000 styles. My piano styles I'd saved to cd rom. In technic piano format EMC couldn't convert them, now I have access to dozens of my old Technics styles that I thought I'd lost forever. A lot of Bigband & Ballroom styles.
Be interesting to see if they convert as easily as the Roland, my KN7000 styles didn't.
Since you own both keyboards, converting the Roland style to Korg , from midifile, is an option, it's more work, I find it far more accurate, one has to do their own drum remapping IF required ( I convert my psr styles this way) & EMC isn't used.
Send me the styles you're reffering to & I'll try converting them. Hopefully they'll work as easily as the other 2.
If not, maybe we'll give the midifile option a go, but I'll have to explain the best way of recording it for the korg to turn it into a style.
best wishes
Rikki
Originally posted by Lucky2Bhere:
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!
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