Hi Lucky,
hope you don't mind me moving the post. Didn't want to hijack Audya post any further. haahaa.

If you'd like to send me a couple of the Roland Foxtrot styles you're referring to, I'd be happy to take a look & see how easily & how well they'd convert to Korg.
I gave up trying to convert to Ketron because my SD1 doesn't have the style editing functions required to fix wrong notes etc that my korg has.
EMC is the only software that can convert from one brand of keyboard to another, & it's not always perfect.

The only other way of converting & I have done this on occasions when I've owned both keyboards is to record a midifile of all the style parts Intro's , fills, variations
based on the c maj or cmaj7th chord for fills & variations, & cmaj & cmin for intro's & endings.
I then turn this midifile into a style for the other keyboard..
Korg is perfect for this procedure.

Basically , the earlier styles were easier to convert than some of the newer more complex ones. With a bit of luck, EMC may do a good enough job.

Anyway, i'm happy to give it a go.
Not doing much for the next week or so, as our lovely little car got rear ended (hit) at the traffic lights by a 15 ton truck. We pulled up for the red light, he didn't.
We're waiting on it to be fixed.
Must admit I'm feeling lucky to be here also. haahaa

Diki once warned me about posting my email on the open forum, so you'll find my email address under my profile. Just zip the style & send thru. Hopefully I can get it back to you before you visit Frank.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Lucky2Bhere:
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Hi Rikki,

Yes…I did read AJ’s post again….he IS talking about modern dance styles.

This short dialogue we’ve had is starting to make me realize it’s also the dance styles that are problematic for me. I need really “dry” styles that I can build on during performance. I have a Roland E-300 which was very advanced for it’s day. It has very basic styles (but convincing) that I can start out with and then add 4 sets of “layers” of drum variations to the SAME basic beat. It works well for me.

The thing I have noticed over the years is that with each generation of keyboard styles, they HAVE to make a new pattern (you can’t sell a new keyboard with an old patch (dance style). And over the generations they lost sight of the basic dance style pattern. I found this noticeably so with the Fox Trot and “Tango’s.” I like tango’s and many other basic dances, particularly Latin. Ketron is still somewhat traditional, but I found the Korg to be bordering on overkill with their drum patterns.

I have hundreds of great dance styles for my Roland. Many I bought and many were downloaded from the Net. Also I have styles that fit one situation only…example: Beach Boys/Fun, Fun, Fun, Beatles/Michelle/ Yesterday, Jerry Lee Lewis/ Whole Lot of Shakin & Great Balls of Fire, etc. I would really miss all of these. When I get time I’m going to have to look into whether or not I can convert these styles fairly easy to a new keyboard format.

No one responded to my post about "who (or what country) makes up the drum patterns for the various keyboards." Or HOW they get made up. Do you have any ideas on this?

I wish I had the time to do proper keyboard shopping, but in the meantime no one has complained yet about my E-300!

Lucky



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Rikki

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