User Guide

Chapter 14: User Programmable Functions
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If you set the Thru patch to other than 0 < No Patch Change >, the instrument that the user plays along to your style
will be the 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.
Advanced Editing Of Patterns
Patterns can be “tweaked” with the other advanced features in the StyleMaker - Trim Pattern, Late Notes, and the
Event List Editor.
Trim Pattern
The Trim Pattern routine deletes notes past the end of a pattern, or (optionally) a specified distance from the end of a
pattern. This can be accessed from the Pattern | Trim Pattern(s), row(s) command.
In the dialog displayed, we are trimming 50 ticks from an 8 beat pattern. This means that all of the information past
8 beats (less 50 ticks) will be deleted. This feature is useful to erase “busy playing” that is present near the end of a
pattern, and also delete notes that are just taking up space in the style.
Pattern Velocity Adjust
This function adds or reduces the velocity of a single pattern, row of patterns, or all patterns in an instrument. It is
useful for reducing or increasing the volume of an entire instrument, or fine-tuning the velocities in a style. Choose
the StyleMaker menu item Pattern | Velocity Adjust for 1 pattern, 1 row or all patterns, and input the velocity change
to make for the pattern(s). This adds or subtracts a certain velocity value to the patterns.
Tip: There is another velocity command, “Volume adjust,” but it works differently. It will change the velocities to a certain
value, useful for “smoothing out” velocities.
Late Notes
The [Late Note] button is found inside the StyleMaker’s Misc. Style Settings dialog. It opens a dialog with
“Settings for Making Late notes quieter.” There are settings for allowing or not allowing late notes, and for how late
the notes can be.