Audio Styles: Style CreatorI am in my third week with my Genos. Finally loaded some Expansion from the YEM, most of my updated Premium Packs, and uploaded all the [Bonus (Tyros 5) Audio Style Packs] via the YEM. Any previously purchased Audio Style expansion packs will be available to download (as per Tyros 5 Premium Pack conversion schedule for Genos) as they become available around February/March 2018.
[Bonus Audio Style Packs] see bottom section (Other Downloads) from link.
https://ca.yamaha.com/en/products/musical_instruments/keyboards/arranger_workstations/genos/downloads.html#product-tabsOnce I loaded most of my relevant Premium Packs and custom expansion from the Yamaha Expansion Manager (YEM) to my Genos, all my transferred Tyros 5 Voice registrations worked properly. I still used the Wireless pack install method to transfer from the YEM to my Genos Expansion. On my Tyros 5, it typically took 40 minutes or so transfer 1 GB of expansion data. With all my Genos packs and the added bonus audio style packs, adding up to about 1.3 GB, it took only 20 minutes or so to transfer. So I guess maybe twice as fast on the Genos to transfer from the YEM wirelessly compared to my Tyros 5.
I love the Tyros 5 Audio styles and certainly worth the effort to upload these approximately 40 factory audio styles to your Genos. They sound excellent and reside in the Genos expansion folder categorized by genre. As most think or were misinformed that the previous Tyros 5 Audio styles would have the Audio Drum parts replaced with the Revo Drums in the Genos upgraded version was incorrect. The Genos does play "Audio Styles" and the original audio drum part, plus these upgraded Genos versions of the original Tyros 5 default audio styles were reworked with new Genos voicing/DSPs and OTS selections.
My present issue is, any selected Audio Style from the Genos expansion will
"not" open in
"Style Creator". Why, or is it an issue with only my Genos? You also cannot copy them to the Genos User drive. This is not unusual because one could not copy or transfer them on the Tyros 5, however one could open a Tyros 5 Preset Audio Style or one from the Expansion folder in "Style Creator", edit or not, and save it to the Tyros 5 User Drive. Why cannot you not do the same on the Genos? I hoped to cleanup my Genos Expansion Folder and simply re-save all the audio styles (via the Style Creator) to the large User Drive.
The Genos reference manual states,
"Editing of Audio Styles is not available on firmware version 1.10 or before. It will be available in a future version upgrade." We are on firmware version 1.10 presently, so I guess this option is not available yet. Just curious if anyone managed to get an audio style to open in Style Creator or I guess I just have to wait for the next firmware update? This update would not be just the usual minor bugs and would make fairly significant changes to the Genos OS, so I figure additional upgrades are in the works.
Cheers and Happy New Year
Marcus