Thank you so much for the style - it played once and now complains about an "Read Error" Even if I unblock the file, the results stay the same.

You are right. It is corrupted. We re-uploaded it and re-downloaded it: still corrupted!

There is some issue with the forum upload/download facility.

To solve the problem we zipped the file. Go to the original post, download the zip file, unzip it into a *.sty. Copy the *.sty into Groovyband's folders.

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Now it works for us. If not for you, let us know!
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This shows that our software, unlike Yamaha arrangers that usually hang beyond hope (you have to power down them), is resilient to badly corrupted files.

You cannot put it out of service this way. It stays up and running as nothing happened: as you would like in a Live! situation in front of an audience.

Also these details make the difference!

Thank you, now the style works great. Very nice effects added. I really enjoy your free demo as I love good styles.

I think your software should be good for someone doing studio work with Yamaha styles. Maybe you should add a song/style sequencer so that a complete song can be arranged from scratch. Then one can add all the effects and when done record the final song with voice direct on the Yamaha arranger.

Else you should at least include ALL of the Revo drums and all other new voices from the Genos to justify the price. This way one can upgrade to a "Genos" at a fraction of the actual cost. For this your price would be competitive as you no longer compete against other virtual arrangers but rather against other modules like i.e. the SD90.

Why I consider this to be possible is the fact that Varranger can re-produce most Yamaha Genos voices rather faithfully through a PC only - no need to use the Yamaha arranger engine for that. Hence you can leave everything as is and add only the extra non standard PSR S770 voices utilizing the PC hardware/software though the "Aux In" of the Yamaha and synchronize all of this to the rest of the style.

I myself would seriously consider purchasing such a beast!

Here are some Groovy Band Live style demos that I've recorded on my PSR S770:

Groovy01

Groovy02

Groovy03

Groovy04

Groovy05

Groovy06

Thanks Henni for taking the time to demo a substantial number of Groovyband Live! preset styles.
This a great service for all the readers that did not (yet) give a try to the free demo you have used to produce the recordings. By trying the demo it is also possible to audition whole categories of styles you did not demo, and actually interact with the program. And have a lot of fun too (zero need to tweak anything, everything sounds good out of the box, including the full complement of OTSes)!

We invite them to also carefully listen to the audio demo of a competing product of ours you linked a couple of posts above this (unfortunately they do not allow prospective customers to try a demo of the actual program before buying). It comes directly from their servers so it should show what you get at its best. It is a bit long but you'd better resist till the end since in all movies surprises always come later, and so the listener has the unbiased whole picture.

Groovyband Live! Team

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At least you don’t need a Yamaha arranger with the competing product you mention. Also the competing product don’t use only Yamaha styles but also Korg, Ketron and Roland styles.

We can also plug vArranger on the Yamaha keyboard, load styles, change few chords, and see that it sounds very good too....

I think the whole point of buying a software arranger is that you don’t need or want a hardware arranger at all. Just a good controller or synthesizer and you are ready to go.

Normally, that is probably true, but wonder how my 970 would interact with vA2 as an advantage over a straight controller. I mean, if you have to carry a board anyway.