Request for Freeplay Styles in 3/4 and/or 6/8

[AllanM]

Has anyone got any Freeplay styles in 3/4 or 6/8 time?
I'm trying to record a song that is in 6/8 time, in Freeplay style (if that is possible).
Ethereal Movie or Ethereal Voices would fit the bill.
I've tried Style Creator to modify from 4/4 to 6/8 but keep getting totally lost in the procedure. 
Any help would be appreciated! 

[BogdanH]

hello Allan,

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I've tried Style Creator to modify from 4/4 to 6/8 but keep getting totally lost in the procedure. 

I would say that it's (almost) impossible to convert 4/4 style to 6/8 (so it would sound correct rhythmically). And even if you would succeed in that, it would be later very difficult to change chords at the right time. In short: result is a mess.

Depending on song, I see no problem to convert 3/4 style to 6/8... or just use 3/4 style as 6/8. However, it's still no that simple. Even if 3/4 and 6/8 style happens to have the same notes in particular channel, they don't sound the same (see here). Means, when we say "convert 3/4 to 6/8", that also includes changing accent of each note in channels that define the rhythm (otherwise it will not sound as 6/8).

I know that I didn't really help you with what I just wrote... it's meant more as an general info.

Bogdan

[bpsafran]

I was also interested in "assembling" (from other styles) a FreePlay style in 3/4 time that would allow use of 3/4 time multipads (both drum and piano loops) which I believe are new on the Genos2.  The multipads help the player stay "in time" and can be turned off for those sections of the piece that are played rubato (free rhythm).  In particular, I was trying to arrange the theme from Band of Brothers which is in 3/4 time (but is a slow anthem and not a waltz !).  The Genos2 Yamaha Playlist suggests using the RomanticMovie FreePlay style and a nice registration is also provided.  I wanted to add a 3/4 drum beat (softly, in the background) to give it a military flavor, but the 3/4 multipad Drum loop multipad of the Genos2 does not play correctly with the RomanticMovie style which is 4/4; the drum plays 6 beats and then is silent for two beats. You cannot change the overall time signature of a style in Style Creator, without the keyboard erasing all the style data.  So I used style assembly instead on a predefined 3/4 time style such as GuitarSerenade.  I was able to use style assembly to copy all the style parts (for the one variation I tried as an experiment) from the FreePlay style to the 3/4 time style.  It seemed to work and it is easy to erase the drum tracks if you wish or mute them in a registration.  With the redefined GuitarSerenade/FreeStyle I was able to use the 3/4 time multipad perfectly.  If I have the time, I will work on the other style sections, but maybe there is a member of the Forum who has style Magic or similar software that might make assembly of all the tracks of a FreeStyle into a pre-existing 3/4 style a bit easier.  One important note:  The FreeStyles on the Genos2 have pattern lengths of up to 32 bars and you must re-define the pattern length on the 3/4 template style you wish to modify using assembly.