... I would like to make a simple EDM style with lead synth voice for SX keyboards but with sounds from my DAW and plugins. Can somebody point me to a overview tutorial or explain it to me in 2 or 3 sentences? What files are needed, file extension name,... Is this even possible?
Hi 3dc,
when the standard MIDI template "All Parts" is selected on the keyboard, the Style Parts are transmitted on Channels 9 - 16 @ MIDI Port 1 (see attached picture).
So you can control your external sounds (e.g. from plugins in the DAW) using USB-MIDI Port 1 (or DIN MIDI A Out) and routing the desired Channels (of 9 - 16) to the desired Sounds of the DAW. You have to make sure that the Sounds in your DAW are not changed by BankSelect and ProgramChange messages of the Style. This can be done in several ways. Or, if your DAW
does respond to BankSelect and ProgramChange messages from the Style, you have to insert/change these events correctly in each Style Part (BankSelect MSB = CC0, BankSelect LSB = CC32, ProgramChange).
You can use "Local Control" in MIDI settings to switch off the Style playback via the internal sound generation. To do this remove the checkmark for "Style" in the System tab (see the second picture).
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Creating a Yamaha Style on the computer is a completely different topic. There are many options here, e.g. the program called "EMC Styleworks" by John (which is however not cheap and unfortunately does not guarantee perfect results by far). A highly recommended program is "Style Magic YA" from the Polish manufacturer MidiSoft (
https://www.midisoft.pl/en/).
There are also many free tools for creating and editing Styles on the PC, e.g. by Jørgen Sørensen (
http://www.jososoft.dk/yamaha/software/software.htm). MixMaster by Michal Bedesem and Etienn Volbragt can also do a good job here (
https://psrtutorial.com/MB/volbragt.html).
The professional Style programming tool "Stylist" from Yamaha is unfortunately still only available to professional Style programmers who work directly with Yamaha. For us "normal users" it is unfortunately not available.
One method to create a Style "from scratch" in the DAW is to use a corresponding MIDI template in which the necessary markers for the individual Style sections are already defined. Here is an example of an SFF1 Style:
>>>
http://www.robbys-hp.de/Download/TEMPLATE.zipIn order for a Style created on this basis to
work later, only notes of the
C Major7 scale may be used, and when the MIDI file is finished, the file extension must changed from .mid to .
sty.
But all of this would lead too far here. Style programming requires a lot of special knowledge and is fundamentally much more demanding than MIDI file programming.
Hope this helps a little bit!
Best regards,
Chris
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