User Guide

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions
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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
Swing_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.