Auditioning Your Style; Style Recording Options - Kurzweil MARK 12 V2.0 - ADDENDUM User Manual

KURZWEIL MARK 12 USER'S GUIDE ADDENDUM
AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT Style Editor
Press Start/Stop again to stop the recording, or use the part buttons to change the part
you're working on, without leaving the recording process. This allows you to build up the
style section in an interactive way, adding each part as you go. Try it out!
Press Next to leave the EZ-RECORD Menu and return to the main Style Editor menu.

Auditioning Your Style

To hear how your style will sound when played as an accompaniment, press Edit Style to
leave the Style Editor and return to normal playing mode. Your edited style will be set up
and ready to play: just press Start/Stop. Use the left hand to try out the various chords
with the new music. If you want to return to editing, press Edit Style again and you are
ready to edit the music or control values like volume and sound choice.

STYLE RECORDING OPTIONS

The OPTIONS soft button provides a display of several style creation options:
The Chord section defines which of the three chord sections you're creating, as described
above. For starters, stick with Major and add other sections if you're feeling creative.
The Time signature is fixed across the entire style, and can only be changed before any
tracks are recorded in a new style. The time signatures supported run from 1/4 to 16/4.
The Length (in measures) is specific to each section. The default values are:
These values may be changed before any tracks are recorded in the specific section, and
can run from 1 to 16 measures.
You may also access the Event Editor to manipulate specific musical data in a style.
Press Next from the OPTIONS menu, and then the middle soft button. The event editor
is described in detail on pages 13-15 of this addendum.
The QUANTIZE soft button in the recording menu gives you the ability to lock in the
rhythmic accuracy of the style tracks. Since a style is usually designed to serve as an
accompaniment to more free-form playing, it is often helpful to have its notes adhere to
the underlying rhythm with more accuracy than is possible during recording. You can
choose the degree of quantization in the menu which QUANTIZE displays. Once the
track data are quantized, some notes may change position in the track and cannot be
restored to the original recorded performance.
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Chord sect
Major
ORIGINAL, VARIATION
FILL TO VAR, FILL TO ORIG
INTRO, ENDING
Time sig
4/4
4 measures (looped)
1 measure
2 measures
Length
4 measures
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