Modifying a style

[YammyFan]

I found a pleasing Style on the internet, but I would like to make it a little more subtle, subdued. I went into the mixer but there are so many options . No idea which one to go for. Is it possible to lower the volume of the ACMP by fiddling with things in the mixer and change  the style which someone else has made? I play a PSR 970 and a SX900.

[BogdanH]

..I went into the mixer but there are so many options . No idea which one to go for. ...

Why don't you just try options and find out? -is the only way to learn (besides reading manual).

Changing the volume (loudness) of particular instrument (voice) in style is elementary task on arranger keyboard. Process is described in Owner's manual (page 82) and as you can see, it's simple enough.
Keep in mind, that change of these parameters is only temporary: the next time you load the style, it will have old values again. To make change permanent, new style parameters must be saved into style. Process is described in Reference manual (page 19) and it goes like this:

1. Load the style you wish to edit
2. Press Mixer button, choose Style tab on display and adjust volume of each style channel to your liking
3. Close Mixer
4. Press MENU button, choose Menu 2 on display and select Style Creator
5. Choose Save option on display (it's a icon on top of the screen) and save the changed style
6. Close Style Creator.

Keep in mind that above process gives the same parameters (changed volumes) for all style variations (Main A, Main B, etc.). For example, if you change volume from 100 to 80 on Chord1, then that value for Chord1 will be applied on all variations.
If you wish to have different volume values in each variation, then the process is similar:

1. Load the style you wish to edit
2. Press MENU button, choose Menu 2 on display and select Style Creator
3. Select Section you wish to change (Main A, Main B, etc.)
4. Press Mixer button, choose Style tab on display and adjust volume of each style channel to your liking
5. Close Mixer (which returns you into Style Creator)
*Repeat step 3-5 as needed
6. Choose Save option on display (it's a icon on top of the screen) and save the changed style
7. Close Style Creator.

Bogdan

[mikf]

If you make a copy of the style first, then change and save under a new name, you can experiment with as many changes as you like without any danger of losing the original or any of the ones you save with new names. Then, when finished discard any you don't want.
Mike

[YammyFan]

Thank you Bogdan and Mike. I will follow your suggestions which sound pretty good to me. J.J.

[overover]

I found a pleasing Style on the internet, but I would like to make it a little more subtle, subdued. I went into the mixer but there are so many options . No idea which one to go for. Is it possible to lower the volume of the ACMP by fiddling with things in the mixer and change  the style which someone else has made? I play a PSR 970 and a SX900.

Hi YammyFan,

You don't necessarily have to save the Style again, you can simply save many changes in Registrations.

If you want to change the overall volume of the Style, you do this in the PANEL page of the Mixer. You can change the volumes (and other parameters) of individual Style Parts in the STYLE page of the Mixer.

Then you memorize the current settings just on a Registration button (at least Style, Voice, Keyboard Harmony and Tempo ticked in Memory dialog). If you want to use the same Style/Mixer settings in several registrations, I recommend memorizing the current settings on several Registration buttons first. You can then edit these registrations later, e.g. save other Style variations on them. Finally, don't forget to save the Registration Bank as well.

I almost always use this method, so I save everything in Registrations, i.e. I usually do NOT edit the Styles directly.


Best regards,
Chris