Style Converter; General Considerations; Using The Style Converter - Roland G-70 Mode D'emploi

G-70 Music Workstation
OS Version 2

Style Converter

The G-70's Style Converter is an easy and intuitive tool
for creating your own Music Styles based on one of
your own songs or a Standard MIDI File created by
someone else. In either case, it is enough to play back
the Standard MIDI File once to transfer its data into the
G-70's song RAM memory where you can use the Style
Converter. You may want to edit the song before con-
verting parts of it into a Music Style.

General considerations

Here are a few guidelines for converting song parts to a
Music Style:
• The Music Style created using the Style Converter can
be used in Arranger mode (not in 16-track Sequencer
mode).
• Music Styles are accompaniment patterns. If the new
Style should be generally usable (i.e. for any song of a
given genre), try avoid chord changes in the "basic"
patterns (MAIN [1]~[4]). Remember that you can
transpose your Styles in realtime by playing different
chords in the chord recognition area. Also, it is usu-
ally wiser not to include the melody in your conver-
sion.
• Try to isolate the passages and parts that are really
typical of the song.
• Transitions, rolls, etc., should be converted to Fill-Ins.
The intro should be converted to an Intro pattern.
• For a really professional result, you will also have to
take advantage of the G-70's Style Composer to
ensure that your new Style also "works" for minor
and seventh chords.
• Though pattern length (and memory capacity) is no
issue, try to work in small but meaningful units.
Here's an example: most songs rely on a structure
based on 4-measure blocks. Converting 6 measures is
thus a bit odd (though perfectly possible).
• Prepare a simple pattern for MAIN [1] and increas-
ingly complex accompaniments for the remaining
patterns.
• Always set the correct KEY (page 10). Only then will
the Style really work as expected when used with the
G-70's Arranger.
• Your new Style resides in the G-70 Style RAM mem-
ory. Do not forget to save it before selecting another
Style (in Arranger mode) or switching off the G-70.
Commercially available Standard MIDI Files are pro-
tected by a copyright. Please note that the Style
Converter should only be used to create Music Styles
for private use. Roland assumes no responsibility for
copyright infringements that may result from the
use of the Style Converter.
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Using the Style Converter

(1) Select and load a (different) song.
This is not necessary if you want to use the song you
have just recorded or played back.
In any case, you should listen to it and try to isolate
the eight tracks whose parts should be included in
your new Music Style.
(2) Press the RECORDER [16-TRACK¥SEQUENCER] but-
ton.
The display changes to:
(3) Press the [STYLE¥CONVERTER] field in the right col-
umn.
(4) You may also have to press the [SETUP] button icon
to select the page shown above (if "CONVERT" is
currently active).
This page allows you to select the song tracks that
should become Style tracks. Remember that a song
may contain up to 16 tracks, while a Music Style
"only" provides eight.
The default assignments of song tracks to the Style
tracks (see the illustration above, last column in the
list) are made automatically. Though based on com-
mon sense, they may not yield the desired accompa-
niment pattern. As a rule, you should always listen
carefully.
(5) To correct one or several of the default assign-
ments, proceed as follows:
• Press one of the green fields to select the Style track.
Those are the tracks that make up your Music style to
be.
• Next, use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial or the [DEC]/[INC]
buttons to select a song track in the list to the left.
16-TRACK
SEQUENCER