Other than the *.ppfdata files contained in the Audio Style zip's, some of the zip's in this archive list have midi files with *.prs suffixes, and some have the *.aus suffix. Are these interchangeable (renameable)? And all can be read off a USB stick?
Hi Lucille,
Yamaha Styles files are basically MIDI files, but Styles contain additional data sections (e.g. the CASM section which defines certain control parameters for the auto accompaniment).
Styles ("MIDI Styles"):
.prs = Pro Style
.sst = Session Style
.fps = Free Play Style
.scp = DJ Style
.sty = Standard Style .bcs = Basic Style
.pst = Pianist Style
.pcs = Piano Combo Style
Audio Styles ("+Audio Styles"):
.ausIn principal, these Style file extensions are interchangeable, but this is not normally done. The only sensible case is if an older keyboard model does not recognize a certain Style type (e.g. DJ Styles .scp), then you can try to rename it to .
sty.
You can always use (play) Styles directly from an USB stick. For
Genos and
PSR-SX models, this also applies to Audio Styles (.aus). (With
older models which have a dedicated internal memory for the Wave data of Audio Styles (like Tyros5, PSR-Sx7x), I'm not exactly sure about this.)
By the way:
Multi Pad bank files (.pad) and
User Voices (for file types see the list below) can also be used (played) directly from a USB stick. (They are also basically MIDI files.)
User Voices (can only be used in Keyboard Parts!):
.vce = Regular
.liv = Live!
.clv = Cool!
.swv = Sweet!
.nlv = S.Art!
.sar = S.Art!
.sa2 = S.Art2!
.mgv = MegaVoice
.org = Organ Flutes
.drm = Drums
.ldr = Live!Drums
.sfx = SFX kit
.lsf = Live!SFX kit
The only exception are
Ensemble Voice files (.env). These are
not MIDI files, but their internal format is similar to that of Registrations (.rgt).
Hope this helps!
Best regards,
Chris