Auto Accompaniment; Style Editor; Understanding Styles - Kurzweil MARK 12 V2.0 - ADDENDUM User Manual

KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER'S GUIDE ADDENDUM
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT Style Editor

AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT

Style Editor

The Mark 12 allows you to create your own musical accompaniments, using any of the
sounds available, in whatever style you want. Press Edit Style to activate the Style Editor,
which provides this display:
There are three ways to edit a style, as indicated by the soft button choices:
• EZ-RECORD lets you play the accompaniment parts directly into the style system.
Use the style control buttons to define the musical structure. This is the easiest and most
creative way to work.
• COPY STYLE allows you to copy another style. You can copy either a user style or
one of the Kurzweil styles found in the other style categories.
• IMPORT SONG gives you the ability to take musical track data from the Recorder.
The data may be imported from a MIDI file or other source and you can create style
tracks with it. This is the most complex and advanced way to create a style.
There are 7 user style locations in which to store your current styles. These are the same
locations used for loading styles from disk, and they can be accessed for play using the
User/Disk button. In the Style Editor you can move from one style location to another
using the Up/Down buttons. In the editor, style locations that are unused will be labeled
<Empty>. As soon as you start to create a style, the Mark 12 will name the style "User
Style X" (where X is the number of the style location being used). You can rename the
style using the menu system. (See pages 45-46 in your User's Manual for further
information).

UNDERSTANDING STYLES

In order to create a style, you should know something about how a style works. The best
way to get a feel for styles is to play with the various style features described in the Styles
section of your manual. Try the various forms of accompaniment, from Intro to Ending;
change the chords on which the styles are based using the Chord Reader; with the parts
button in the Auto Accompaniment section turn the various style parts on and off. Have
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Editing User Style 1
EZ-RECORD COPY STYLE
<Empty>
IMPORT SONG
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