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Style Properties

Open any KORG style and see — and change — how it is built: the sound of every track, expression, keyboard ranges, the STS, the pads, plus Export Style, Generate Report and the Event Editor.

4 min read · 6 sections · Intermediate
In this chapter you will learn
  • How to open Style Properties
  • What you can change: sounds (ReMap), expression, low/high key
  • Single Touch Settings (STS) and pads of the style
  • Exporting a style to KORG, Yamaha, MIDI, Medeli or Ketron
  • Editing notes in the Event Editor

Open Style Properties#

In SetManager → STYLES, right-click a style → Properties. The SetManager view is replaced by Style Properties; Back returns.

The Style Properties screen#

PA SET Explorer
Style Properties of “Guitar Pop”, element Var 2.
  1. 1The style elements: Intro 1–3, Var 1–4, Fill 1–4, Break, Ending 1–3. Click one to see its tracks.
  2. 2STS 1–4 — the Single Touch Settings of the style (with their names).
  3. 3PADS 1–4 — the pads assigned to the style. Double-click to play one.
  4. 4The style tempo.
  5. 5Apply changes to all Style Elements — ON: a change goes to the same track in every element. OFF: only to the current element (all its Chord Variations).
  6. 6The element you are viewing and how many Chord Variations (CVs) have data.
  7. 7Play the element in the Style Player.
  8. 8Chord Variations CV1–CV6. Click to play one; right-click for Play / Event Editor.
  9. 9ReMap — choose another sound for this track.
  10. 10The track’s sound: bank type, name and (MSB, LSB, PC).
  11. 11The track mode: Drum, Perc, Bass, ACMP or Guitar Mode.
  12. 12Expression — knob or 0–127 box.
  13. 13Low Key / High Key — the keyboard range of the track (A0 – C8).
  14. 14Octave (from the style’s STS, read-only).
  15. 15Update Style — write all track values into the style.
  16. 16Generate Report — a text report of the style.
  17. 17Export Style — save it in another format.
  18. 18Push to Community.
  19. 19Export Pads — the style’s pads as Yamaha or Medeli pads.
  20. 20Back to SetManager.
Style Properties of “Guitar Pop”, element Var 2.

What you can change#

SettingEditable?How
Sound of a track✔ReMap → Sound Select
Expression✔Knob or 0–127 box
Low Key / High Key✔Choose A0 – C8
Sounds of the STS parts✔STS tab → click a row
Notes of a Chord Variation✔Right-click the CV → Event Editor
Track mode, octave, tempo—Shown for information

ReMap — choose another sound#

PA SET Explorer
SOUND SELECT for the ACC1 track.
  1. 1Which track you are changing (here ACC1).
  2. 2Search a sound by name.
  3. 3Categories (Piano, E.Piano, Mallet & Bell, Accordion, Organ, Guitar, Strings & Vocal, Trumpet & Trombone…)…
  4. 4…and more categories on the right.
  5. 5Factory, Legacy, GM2/XG or User sounds.
  6. 6Each sound with its MSB.LSB.PC numbers. The current one is highlighted.
  7. 7Pages of the category.
  8. 8Apply — use the chosen sound.
SOUND SELECT for the ACC1 track.
Pro tips
  • User shows the samplers and drum kits of your SET — perfect for giving a style your own sounds.
  • With Apply changes to all Style Elements on, the new sound is used in every element of the style.

Single Touch Settings (STS)#

Click one of the STS buttons to see its four keyboard parts:

PA SET Explorer
The STS 1 of the style.
  1. 1STS 1 (“Piano Bell Pad”).
  2. 2SINGLE TOUCH SETTINGS — STS 1.
  3. 3State of each part: LOW, UP1, UP2, UP3 — ON or OFF.
  4. 4Sound of each part — click a row to change it.
  5. 5Volume…
  6. 6…and pan of each part.
The STS 1 of the style.

Export Style#

PA SET Explorer
Export Style.
  1. 1KORG .STY — a KORG bank ready to load on a Pa keyboard.
  2. 2Build Yamaha Style — a Yamaha .STY.
  3. 3Export MIDI — a Standard MIDI File with all accompaniment tracks.
  4. 4Export Medeli AKX10 Style — a Medeli .STY.
  5. 5Ketron Event (.kst) — 18 sections with MAJ/MIN/SEV, for Ketron Event / Audya / SD.
Export Style.

For Yamaha and Medeli you may be asked whether to transcribe Guitar Mode tracks into real guitar notes.

The Event Editor — edit the notes#

  1. 1
    Right-click a Chord Variation

    Right-click CV1…CV6 and choose Event Editor.

    PA SET Explorer
    style-cv-menu
    1. 1CV1.
    2. 2Its menu: Play / Event Editor.
    3. 3Event Editor.
  2. 2
    Edit

    A full piano-roll editor opens for that element and CV:

    PA SET Explorer
    Event Editor of “Guitar Pop” — Main A · CV1, DRUM track.
    1. 1Event Editor — style, element and CV.
    2. 2Import — bring a track from another style (step-by-step wizard).
    3. 3ReMap Sound — change the sound of this track.
    4. 4Zoom horizontally / vertically and Fit.
    5. 5Snap grid (1/1 … 1/64 or Off).
    6. 6Quantize (grid, strength, swing) and Transform (transpose ±12, legato, staccato, velocity, humanize, reverse).
    7. 7All tracks or Solo track.
    8. 8Bars (loop length) and BPM.
    9. 9Loop, ▶ Play, ■, then Save CV (scroll right on small screens).
    10. 10The tracks of the CV — DRUM, PERC, BASS, ACC1–ACC5.
    11. 11Tools: Select (S), Draw (D), Erase (E), Split (K), Glue (G), Mute (M), Zoom (Z).
    12. 12The piano roll — click empty to add a note, drag to move, drag the edge to resize, right-click to delete.
    13. 13Velocity lane — drag the bars.
    14. 14Events list — click a row to select and hear the note; rows turn orange as the playhead passes.
    Event Editor of “Guitar Pop” — Main A · CV1, DRUM track.
Space
Play / stop
Ctrl+Z
Undo · Ctrl+Y redo
Ctrl+C
Copy · Ctrl+X cut · Ctrl+V paste at the playhead
Ctrl+D
Duplicate the selection
Ctrl+A
Select all
Del
Delete the selected notes
↑ / ↓
Move selected notes by a semitone (Shift = an octave)
← / →
Move selected notes by one snap step
+/ −
Zoom · Home fits the view
Esc
Close the help, or the editor
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