Has anyone used "Style Maker" or Midi2file? Other recommendations? How good are these at converting MIDI files to styles?
I tried to download "Style Maker" from SVP world and Winzip said it was corrupted. Is this on any other site? (If someone has this utility and wants to send it to me please change the .exe extension to something else, as our server does not accept .exe extensions).
Starkeeper

If you are referring to Michael P Bedesem's freeware app "stylemaker", I have used it quite a bit and it works very well. I downloaded it quite some time ago, ( I don't have a PSR a Yamaha arranger any more ) so it may not be the most current version, as Michael updates his software often. You might try contacting him directly at the SVP world forum if you cannot get hte d/l to work properly.

AJ

Hi Starkeeper
Jos's One Man Band is also good for style creation. It's not free though ( about $30USD I think) Has other features as well and he has a demo online for download and a Yahoo user group.
http://home.zonnet.nl/josmaas/onemanband/

best wishes
rikki

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Starkeeper:
[B]Has anyone used "Style Maker" or Midi2file? Other recommendations?

Rikki,
Will it convert a MIDI file to a Yamaha style file?
Starkeeper

EMC styleworks Universal will do that easily...

Hi Starkeeper,
I don't use it to create styles from midifiles, I actually have used it for the opposite, ie create a midile from a style so that I can use the midifile to style function on my kn7 and create a style for it.

Jos ( the developer) created some styles for the psr style group a while back, and I'm fairly sure it was from midifiles. It definately has the function.

If you're actually planning on creating styles from songs ( midifiles) you may also need a sequencer to transpose the parts to a single chord change ( you can't have chord changes within a style part, except for intro's & endings).

Michael Beddeson's Stylemaker program works in conjunction with sequencers.

I've only created the odd style here and there, but I've only done it with styles from my other keyboards ( ie I create a midifile from the style), or I've created midifiles from programs like BIAB or Jammer, ie where I don't have to worry about chord changes as I record them based on just 1 chord in the first place.

best wishes
Rikki

Rikki,
Thanks for you input, I didn't realize that I would need a sequencer also. I have Yamaha XG Works, but it sounds like to much trouble. I have a MIDI file that I thought would make a great style, so I was looking for a quick and dirty solutions.
Starkeeper

Hi

midi2style is a stand alone program and will convert MIDI files to Yamaha style files without a sequencer.

midi2style is free; download from http://home7.inet.tele.dk/js/midi2style

But, style conversion is not easy. Time and practice... ;-) Get the "Getting Started" manual at the same page.

Jørgen

Thank you Jorgen. Will try it out.
Starkeeper

There is no need to use a sequencer when you are converting midifiles to styles with One Man Band. By default OMB will convert all the chords in the midifile to standard CMaj7 chords. So you can paste the complete midifile into one large Main A variation if you want, without any additional editing.

If you do want to edit the resulting style you can use the built-in tools. Edit single events, record extra notes, copy and paste tracks, import and export tracks to merge different styles etc. You can play the style on your keyboard (with the built in real-time arranger feature) while editing it so this works much better then using a seperate sequencer.

The only reason why you should want to use a separate sequencer is when you want to record audio tracks to the music that you created with the arranger section. In that case you can export a midifile to a sequencer because OMB does not record audio.

Jos