Generalmusic wk1000 - Manual (Page 51)

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Page45 the user styles
THE USER STYLES
wk1000 sequencer memory can store up to 7 programmable User Styles (96/03) which can either be
loaded from disk or programmed by the user. An extensive User Style library, available on Generalmusic
Floppy Disks, offers a large selection of User Styles to choose from. Styles can be created according to two
methods. The easier of the two consists in modifying existing Styles. The second method, which may be
more complex but is sure more interesting, is programming Styles from scratch, creating every single part
of the Style (Drums, Bass, Acc.1, Acc.2, Acc.3, Variation, Intro, Fill e Ending). Use the MODE, COPY, CLEAR,
and QUANTIZE to program a Style (these keys are more frequently used in Style Playback mode, as Fills,
Tap Tempo and Fade functions). Follow the steps below to program your own Style.
RECORDING A USER STYLE
A SETTING THE USER STYLE PARAMETERS
The available options to record a new Style are described in the following example.
SELECT AN EMPTY USER STYLE LOCATION
wk1000 sets to User Style recording mode. The Drums track (U01:DRM:Maj>) is ready to record the
“Major” RIFF. The relative Program Change number in the Drums track starts blinking in the display.
If you play on the connected keyboard, you will hear a drum sound with each note you play.
Press the STYLE button (the led in the numeric keypad lights up) 1
Select any of the USER STYLE locations (96-103) 2
Location 96 is selected in this example. The display will show the selected
location number (“User01”). The number changes with each Style selected
(01=96, 02=97, etc.).
Press and hold the RECORD button in the Sequencer section for at least 2
seconds to switch to Record mode
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It is important to be familiar with the basic structure of a Style. A Styles provide automatic accompaniments
based on the chords. Major, minor and 7th chords generate three very different types of accompaniment.
Each accompaniment generated by Major, minor or 7th chords, is divided into four Variations. Each Varia-
tion is divided into various parts: Basic, Intro, Fill, Ending, which compose the basic structure of each Style,
in 40 short patterns, or the RIFF.
THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF A STYLE RIFF
A RIFF is a music pattern that plays cyclically. When you play with Styles you will hear brief patterns that
repeat themselves. A “basic” RIFF is the main part of a Style, repeatedly played until it is stopped, or until
it is interrupted by Fill, a Intro or an Ending. The length of a RIFF is variable between 1 measure (MIN) and
16 measures (MAX).
Var1 Var2 Var3 Var4
Major1 basic Major2 basic Major3 basic Major4 basic
minor1 basic minor2 basic minor3 basic minor4 basic
7th1 basic 7th2 basic 7th3 basic 7th 4 basic
IntroMajor1 IntroMajor2 IntroMajor3 IntroMajor4
Introminor1 Introminor2 Introminor3 Introminor4
Intro7th1 Intro7th2 Intro7th3 Intro7th4
EndMajor1 EndMajor2 EndMajor3 EndMajor4
Endminor1 Endminor2 Endminor3 Endminor4
End7th1 End7th2 End7th3 End7th4
Fill1 Fill2 Fill3 Fill4
Style RIFFS