Hi Gary,
sorry but I can't totally agree with you.
the style editing /creation functions to my mind are better on the korg than on my Yamaha. I've played around with both extensively. Note, I didn't say Korg styles are better, I actually prefer a lot of the Yamaha styles.
Every bit of style editing/recording can be done within the korg itself . There is event list edit for every single style track, drums, bass and the other 5 instruments. You've got your copy & paste of individual style tracks, complete style parts, you can even copy pads to create a new style. Actually you can also create a pad from a style track. No need for external programs it's all done internally. Having said that, if someone prefers to create or edit a style in a pc sequencer they can.
A korg style can be exported as a midifile to a PC sequencer. There it can be edited , saved and imported back into korg style creator as a midifile. The style when it's exported into a pc sequencer, actually looks fairly similar to how a Yamaha style looks like, when using Michael Beddersoms Style Creator software and a sequencer. They both use MARKERS to show up the Intro's fills Variations.
One big difference also, Korg styles can have genuine different time signatures for each of the style parts, they don't have to be converted using software similar to Jorgen's. Really don't know what Yammie players would do without the wonderful software that Jorgen & Michael provide for editing Yamaha styles.
As Gary says though, there are a lot more Yammie styles floating around than there are Korg. Sorting good from bad, can take time. I spent the first 12 months of owning my PSR9000 pro , downloading, auditioning & rejecting styles. haahaa
Lee,
I'm not convinced that Korg's style creator program is better, just different. Both are really good, and as SqueakD stated above, the later keyboards have tools that allow you to be very creative by copying from one style to another, something that began with the PSR-2000 and was expanded from that point on.
I think the easiest way to start is to use an existing style and modify it for your particular needs, which is what I did when I purchased the PSR-3000 many years ago. I took the MORswing style, which sounded perfect for the song "Can't Smile Without You" and changed the intro using the keyboard's onboard style creator program. Essentially, the meaures were the correct length, and all I had to do was create the intro by using the whistle sound and recording it into the intro--ir worked perfectly. Since then I've modified hundreds of styles, plus created a few from scratch.
The best advice I have is if you have access to a Yamaha keyboard, PSR or Tyros series, give it a try before you buy. Same hold true for the Korg--try before you buy. I think the biggest advantage of Yamaha V/S any other manufacturer is the number of great, third-party styles available. There are thousands upon thousands available on the PSR-Tutorial site alone, and Jorgen's site has links to thousands upon thousands as well. Some of them are not very good, some are horrible, some are incredible. It took years of going through the 44,000 styles I have archived to sort out the good from the bad, then find or create the incredible. It was a lot of work, but well worth the effort.
If you want me to send some great, song specific styles to you to try out on any Yamaha keyboard, email me and I be more than happy to comply.
Good luck on whatever you decide upon,
Gary
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