User Guide

Chapter 14: User Programmable Functions
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Convert Track to C7 chord
Choose Melody | Edit Melody Track | Map Melody track to C7 chord. The purpose of this function is to allow you
to quickly import any MIDI file track into the StyleMaker and make a style from it.
Once you choose the option, you select whether it is a bass track to import, or a piano track (actually any part other
than bass or drums). A bass track uses notes below C4 (MIDI note #48) and above the lowest note you select in the
dialog.
If you select piano track the notes will all be mapped to a C7 chord, it is not important that the chords on the
spreadsheet are correct. However, if you are importing a bass track, it is important that the chords are correct. You
can select options to allow patterns that are anticipations, and also convert chords to “macro notes.” Force mapping
to “tritones” is useful for guitar or string parts that you might only want 2 notes for.
Once you have mapped the track to the notes, you can examine the Melody track to make sure the results are what
you want, and then use the Pattern | Import From Melody track command, and set the # of patterns to import, etc.
This function allows you to read in any track of music from a MIDI file that you've created, and quickly convert it to
patterns in the StyleMaker. Since the StyleMaker requires all patterns based on a C7 chord, this function
automatically maps the entire track to notes on a C7 chord. You can then import any # of patterns (using the
function to choose the number of patterns to import).