Thank you for the extensive response.
In my signature it says, I use the T4 as a drum machine - which means I play the T4 as a keyboard player- ignoring the ACMP entirely except the drums. I am a long time, full time professional musician. Comparatively speaking, musical skill ( not computer ) is very high.
After 5 years with T4 I am considering using it as it was designed to be used.
I spoke to yamaha the support and asked can I save in a folder all voice combinations that I discover among the styles. Many COMBINATIONS of Voice R1 through R3 ( I assume Style and Lower would be saved as well... but my purpose is the Voice COMBINATIONS... formerly called Orchestration.) are very brilliantly found in our Tyros.
There are various brass sax Guitar Vibe pad combinations of the three voices, that would take a long time ( if ever ) to reproduce. Yamaha did an excellent job here.
But I do not use OTS, and am an independent sort of musician who wants to control the sounds in the T4, my own way, if at all possible. I know my approaches are against the grain of the Tyros design, but I am hoping for work arounds.
Unfortunately the Yamaha tech fellow seemed to discourage this.
So I am asking here.. I do not believe the Lessons address this.
If this question requires its own New thread category, you are welcome to move it.
For instance
I create a Folder called Voice Combi
When I come upon a style that contains 3 voices that combine beautifully, I want to extract those Voices and Save them to Folder, while presumably ignoring the Rhythm part of that style. The Lower voice presents some confusion... as I generally use bass in left hand, and play the bass lines myself.
So I am not sure about left hand extraction of the whole style- which contains the much cherished 3 voice combinations.
Then when I am creating my own Registration.. I can pick and choose from this folder a voice combination that I like... actually many choices for that bank.
I am unclear how to do this.
Thank you for your patience with this renegade musician doing things a bit against the grain.