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Before you compose a Style

For each of the three principal chords (Major, minor, and 7th),

each Style contains four variations each for intro, main, fill-in,

and ending, giving a total of 48 accompaniment patterns.

Each accompaniment pattern is called a “division.”

In the STYLE COMPOSER screen you can check whether or not

a division exists.

1. Select a Style (p. 25 in the owner’s manual).

2. Press [MENU] so the button is lit.

3. Use [ ] [ ] to select “Style Composer,” and press

[ENTER].

The STYLE COMPOSER screen will appear.

In this screen you can select the division that you want to

edit or record.

You can also access the STYLE COMPOSER screen from the

Main screen by holding down [STYLE].

1.

Chord

2.

Division:

(

■

)Performance data exists

(•) No performance data

3.

Variation

Each division consists of eight performance parts: “drums,”

“bass,” and “accompaniment 1–6.”

These eight parts are called Style parts.

You can select a desired part and edit its settings, or newly

record it.

In the STYLE COMPOSER screen, press [ENTER] to access the

STYLE COMPOSER ZOOM screen.

In the STYLE COMPOSER ZOOM screen you can view the

tone used by each part of the selected division.

1.

Tone:

This indicates the Tone assigned to the selected style

part.

2.

Style part:

The name will be highlighted for parts that contain

performance data.

You can assign the following Tones to each style part.

Drums (ADR): rhythm sets

Bass (ABS): tones other than rhythm sets

Accompaniment (AC 1–6): any tone

3.

Move the cursor and press [ENTER] to move to other

screens.

EDIT: STYLE EDIT screen (p. 13)

MICRO: STYLE MICROSCOPE screen (p. 21)

How a Style is constructed

Divisions

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Checking the settings for each part of

a Division

Parameter Value Explanation

PART

ADR, ABS,

AC1–6

Selects the style part.

ADR: Accomp Drum

ABS: Accomp Bass

AC: Accompaniment

CHORD

Major,

minor, 7th Selects the chord.

DIVISION

INTRO1–4,

MAIN1–4,

FILL1–4,

ENDING1–4

Selects the division.

MUTE

OFF, ON Specifies whether the sound

will be muted (ON) or heard

(OFF).

SOLO

OFF, ON Specifies whether this part

alone will be heard by itself

(ON) or not (OFF).

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Contents

Main Contents New functions in Prelude Version 2.0 Playing back songs with Lyrics data Creatingd and editing a User Style Other added functions Recording or editing a song Playing back songs with Lyrics data Copying songs to the USB memory Importing songs with Lyrics data Before you compose a Style How a Style is constructed Divisions Checking the settings for each part of a Division Creating a User Style Editing an existing Style STYLE MFX screen Changing the Styles sounds (STYLE MAKEUP) Changing the Styles MFX settings (STYLE MFX) Saving a Style Creating a new Style Initializing the style (STYLE INITIALIZE) Realtime recording Recording a Style Page Entering chords Assigning a name to the Style The Relation between Note Value Length and Gate Time Saving the Style you recorded Editing a Style Correcting the note timing (Quantize) Erasing unwanted data (Erase) Deleting an unwanted region (Delete) Copying performance data (Copy) Page Inserting blank space (Insert) Shifting the pitch (Transpose) Modifying the note dynamics (Change Velocity) Modifying the note durations (Change Gate Time) Replacing performance data (Global Change) Making fine adjustments to the timing (Shift Clock) Changing the length of each part (Style Part Length) Specifying the time signature (Time Signature) Editing a Style in more detail (STYLE MICROSCOPE) Viewing only the performance data you want to see Automatically generating Style data (EZ CONVERT) Creating a song Recording your performance as you play Creating a song Ways to create a song Editing an existing song Creating a new song Editing an existing song Changing the songs sounds (SONG MAKEUP) Changing the songs MFX settings (SONG MFX) Editing an existing song Saving a song SONG MFX screen SONG MFX SETTING screen Naming the Song Creating a new song Initializing the song (SONG INITIALIZE) Recording a song Realtime recording Step recording Entering a chord Naming the Song The Relation between Note Value Length and Gate Time Saving the song you recorded Editing a song (SONG EDIT) Correcting the note timing (Quantize) Erasing unwanted data (Erase) Deleting an unwanted region (Delete) Copying performance data (Copy) Inserting blank space (Insert) Shifting the pitch (Transpose) Modifying the note dynamics (Change Velocity) Modifying the note durations (Change Gate Time) Replacing performance data (Global Change) Making fine adjustments to the timing (Shift Clock) Combining performance data (Merge) Exchanging data with another part (Exchange) Editing a song in more detail (SONG MICROSCOPE) Viewing only the performance data you want to see Editing data that applies to the entire song (SONG MASTER TRACK) Page Other added functions (Owners Manual p. 45) STYLE FINDER SYSTEM PEDAL Other added functions SYSTEM STYLE MIDI (NTA) What is NTA? Other added functions (Owners manual p. 37) Chord Zone Error messages related to creating Styles and Songs Index