User Guide

Chapter 12: User Programmable Functions
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If you're making a simple piano pattern you'll only need to record pattern(s) on the A 8 beat row (the top row).
These patterns will get chosen for every
chord, regardless of the length. But if you want the style to play different patterns when the song is encountering
chords that last 1, 2, 3, or 4 beats, you should record separate patterns on these rows.
Recording Piano Patterns
Move to the top row of the piano area, in column 1. Press the [REC] button. This will begin the recording of the
piano pattern. You will hear a 2 bar lead-in, and then you record a 2 bar piano pattern. For your piano pattern, you
will play a pattern based on a C7 chord. You can use all 12 notes, but should just play the pattern as you would if
the chord was a C7.
Tip: If you are uncertain what to play, press the LOAD button and edit another style that comes with the program - you can then
play the piano patterns by the pressing the PLAY button to see what patterns we used to make it, and imitate them in your style.
After you have recorded the piano pattern, a dialog box with options will appear. This allows you to specify the
conditions that must occur for this pattern to be played back in the song. These are called masks. Usually you can
just accept all the defaults, which allow the pattern to be played at any time.
Playback Weight (Usual Setting = 5)
Set this number higher/lower if you want the pattern to be played more/less often than the other patterns on the same
row. This number is also displayed on the main StyleMaker screen.
A setting of 9 (always) is a special setting that instructs the pattern to always be played instead of the other patterns
on the same row. These patterns always have other options set which specify the times that this pattern would be
eligible to be played.
Playback Bar Mask (Usual Setting =usual setting = 0)
Playback Bar Mask determines on what bars of the song the pattern will play. The bar numbers are counted relative
to the last part marker, and range from 1-8. Bar 1 is the first bar after a part marker for example.
Other bar mask settings:
1. pattern played at odd number bars only 1, 3, 5, 7, 9,...
2. pattern played at even bars only 2, 4, 6, 8, 10...