Roland G / BK
4 Mains
4 Intros
4 Endings
6 Fill-ins
each part can have different patterns for Maj/Min/7th chords
54 total patterns

Korg Pa
4 Mains
3 Intros
3 Endings
4 Fill-ins
1 Break
You can have 6 different patterns for main and 2 patterns for others, assignable to different chord types.
46 total patterns

Yamaha Tyros/PSR
4 Mains
3 Intro
3 Endings
4 Fill-ins
1 Break
1 pattern for each
15 total patterns

How about Audya in comparison?

How many do Really need to perform a song effectively?)

Hi



Wrong. Each part can have different patterns for all combinations of chord types.

Please read: http://www.jososoft.dk/yamaha/articles/style_11.htm (1st column)

Regards
Jørgen

Roland and Ketron can play 3 patterns per part (Maj / Min / 7th)
Korg it's 6 patterns for Mains, and 2 for other
Yamaha is, as Jorgen saied : you can record 16 tracks per part.
Then you decide witch track will play with witch chord pattern.
So you can for example share the drums for all patterns, but decide to record another bass track for minor chords...

Which makes yamaha styles more versatile..

but then i think all major style formats have more then enough to offer almost all players... So the only thing that counts is the quallity of onboard styles... but also the number of high quallity user created style files that are on offer for free, and the number of high quallity sound and style expansions sold by the dealers.

And for the more daring musicians, the ease of use for creating your own high quallity styles.. tough i prefer to edit styletracks on a computer..and then export them..

Thanks for the link, really interesting, now I know more about how Yamaha styles works, The info I put in the first place were taken assuming what specified in the product manual, I never owned a Yamaha keyboard.
Now I understand also why playing Yamaha styles as .mid files sometimes I hear duplicate notes with different pitches, these are probably alternative notes assigned to chords.

Ketron has 4 Mains, 3 Intros, 3 Endings, 4 Fill-ins, 4 Breaks
All with 3 patterns (Maj/Min/7th) each

Hi



Yes, the styles having alternative (chord dependent) patterns do often sound defective - or at least strange - when played as MIDI.

Jørgen

C'mon, Gar ... You know you only need one, but it is about having the RIGHT one ...