Style Players

Two players — which one is which#

The KORG Style Player#

1. 1
   Open it

   In SetManager, right-click a style → Play ▸ → choose the section (Intro, Variation, Fill, Break, Ending) and its number. You can also press Play in Style Properties.

   PA SET Explorer

   

   1. 1Play ▸
   2. 2The section types…
   3. 3…Variation…
   4. 4…number 1.

   The first time, the program prepares the style’s samples (“Loading style…”); then it plays by itself.
2. 2
   Play

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   1. 1Style Player — Full Variation, element, CV and number of tracks.
   2. 2BPM — tempo (− / + or type it).
   3. 3Loop: ON / OFF.
   4. 4MIDI: ON / OFF — send the style to a MIDI port.
   5. 5Play / Stop.
   6. 6Fill 1–4 and Break — click while playing: it enters on the next bar and returns to the variation.
   7. 7How fills work.
   8. 8A mixer row: track and its sampler / drum kit.
   9. 9S solo · M mute · Midi = play this track with a GM sound.
   10. 10The notes of every track, with a moving playhead.
   11. 11Shown when a Guitar Mode track is playing (experimental).

The universal Style Player#

Open it by double-clicking a style in Resources (or right-click → ▶ Open in the Style Player), double-clicking a Community download, a Style Database style, or a style in a Medeli AKX Styles pack.

Step 1 — Sections#

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1. 1The format: KORG STY, PA5X STG, YAMAHA, KETRON or STYLE (Medeli).
2. 2Tempo, time signature, number of sections and Chord Variations.
3. 3Bar counter (blinks in tempo while playing).
4. 4The steps: 1 Sections, 2 Tracks (and 3 Quick Settings for Medeli styles).
5. 5The selected section.
6. 6All sections grouped as Intro, Variation, Fill, Break and Ending. Missing ones are greyed out.
7. 7Next ▶ — go to the tracks (or double-click a section).

Step 2 — Tracks#

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1. 1Output: 🎹 PC MIDI (your computer’s MIDI synth) or 🔊 Internal GS / AKX samples.
2. 2▶ PLAY / ■ STOP (Space). Choosing another section while playing switches on the next bar.
3. 3CHORD — root (C…B) and type (Maj, m, 7, m7, M7, 6, m6, sus4, 7sus4, dim, dim7, aug, m7b5, mM7, add9, 1+5, 1+8).
4. 4AUTO or a fixed Chord Variation (KORG CV1–CV6, Yamaha Main/Minor/7th, Ketron MAJ/MIN/SEV, Medeli CV1–3).
5. 5⇉ Apply settings to… — copy this section’s samplers / volume / octave to other sections.
6. 6Tracks grouped by Chord Variation; “playing now” shows which group you hear.
7. 7S — solo a track (preview only).
8. 8The part (Drum, Bass, Acc1…).
9. 9SAMPLER — double-click to change it.
10. 10VOL — click for a 0–127 slider.
11. 11OCT — −3…+3 (not for drums).
12. 12How many notes the track has.
13. 13Another Chord Variation (not playing with the current chord).
14. 14Section bar — jump to any section.
15. 15💾 Save Style.

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1. 1Right-click a track…
2. 2…for Edit notes, Change sampler, Move / swap with, Chord rule (when the format allows), Solo, Delete track and Delete in all sections.

Chord rules — how a track follows your chords#

Right-click a track → 🎼 Chord rule…. Available for Yamaha styles (with chord tables) and Medeli styles. A Yamaha example:

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1. 1Yamaha CVs: Main, Minor, 7th.
2. 2Tracks grouped by CV…
3. 3…and ALL CVs for tracks shared by every chord.
4. 4Right-click a track…
5. 5…→ 🎼 Chord rule…

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1. 1Where the change applies (this section, or all sections sharing the same chord table).
2. 2NTR — Root Trans, Root Fixed or Guitar.
3. 3NTT — Bypass, Melody, Chord, Melodic / Harmonic / Natural Minor (5th), Dorian (5th). With Guitar NTR: All-Purpose, Stroke, Arpeggio.
4. 4Bass (NTT bass on).
5. 5High Key — where notes fold down an octave.
6. 6Note Limit Low / High.
7. 7Retrigger Rule — Stop, Pitch Shift, Pitch Shift to Root, Retrigger, Retrigger to Root, Note Generator.
8. 8Source Chord — the chord the phrase was recorded in.
9. 9Plays on these chords — blue = the track plays on that chord type, grey = muted.
10. 10All / None.
11. 11Heard at once · saved with Save Style · Ctrl+Z to undo.
12. 12⟲ File values, Cancel or Apply.

Edit notes of a track#

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1. 1The track, CV, channel, section and sound.
2. 2▶ Play track (Space).
3. 3Click = hear · Ctrl+drag = select · Double-click = add · Del · ↑↓ move · drag velocity.
4. 4Snap (1/4 … 1/32), Vel, ▼ Key / ▲ Key and 🗑 Delete.
5. 5The notes on a piano roll.
6. 6Velocity — drag the bars.
7. 7↶ Undo, ⟲ Original, ✓ Apply and 💾 Save style.

Apply settings to other sections#

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1. 1What to copy: Samplers, Volume, Octave, and whether to include All CVs of each part.
2. 2The section you are copying from (Main A).
3. 3Blue sections receive the settings…
4. 4…grey ones stay as they are. Click to toggle.
5. 5Auto — selects the Intros and Endings.
6. 6OK.

Saving an edited style#