User Guide

Chapter 12: User Programmable Functions
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2 -beat and 1 -beat still record 2 and 1 beat patterns. The new style is made as a waltz, and will play with a 3/4 lead-
in. There is no need to put a 3/4 time signature change in bar 1.
You will also notice that any style will play better if set to 3/4 time. This makes songs like “'Take Five” sound
better, which are written as 3/4 + 2/4 bars. Try out the swingSwing_number9 demo of 5/4 time signature. So, if we
haven't made as Bossa Waltz for example, you can set a time signature of 3/4 in bar 1, and get a Bossa Waltz.
Pattern Pushing
Patterns can be pushed individually or on instrument basis (random % of time).
Pushes can get a Velocity Boost, so that they are played louder than other patterns. Usually a setting of 10 is a good
boost to give pushes.
# ticks to push: Choose the number ticks for each push to use. 30= = 16th note, 40 ticks= = triplet, 60 = half note.
In this example, the Bass part patterns will be pushed randomly 10% of the time, in the A substyle, and 20% of time
in the B substyle.
Since Rests can be “Shots,” that play a chord on beat 1, the style can define what instrument to use for this, and at
what velocity.
Similarly, each Push is accompanied by a drum stab, and the style can define what instrument to use and at what
velocity.
Set Patches…
The Set Patch and Volume for Style dialog box allows you to assign instruments to a style including default
instrument volumes. When the song is played back using the style, these patch changes will be sent to your
synthesizer along with the default instrument volumes. Remember to always use General MIDI Instrument
numbers, not the Patch numbers of your synth, unless you have a General MIDI synth. If you don't require a
specific instrument for the style, type a 0 for no patch change. The patch changes take effect immediately in the
style, so that when you are recording Bass parts for example, you will hear the bass patch that you have selected.
Thru Patch
If you set the Thru Patch to other than 0, the instrument that the user plays along with, using your style, will be the
Thru patch that you set. If you're making a “heavy rock” style, you might want to set the thru patch to be Rock
guitar if you expected that the user would want to always play along on Rock guitar.