How Many Styles Do We need ?

[⚅Graham UK]

Over the years many of us enjoy downloading and testing styles.
But how many styles do we really require ?
I have select two banks of 10 giving me 20 styles, these have been adjusted with Volume  DSP before resaving.
Many of the styles variation fours can be too busy, so style parts can be muted and resaved with a new name.
 
I have many of my favourite Voice RGT banks (STY not ticked) that can be played with any style selected.
 
Apart from muting style parts, my DGX670 with it’s very good voice samples a has button named SIMPLE which just leaves Bass & Drums.
Myself I no longer need all the bells and whistles from a top end arranger and I have find my playing has improved.
 
Or was it just changing to a different Whisky Brand responsible !!!

[♔Chello]

Over the years many of us enjoy downloading and testing styles.
But how many styles do we really require ?
I have select two banks of 10 giving me 20 styles, these have been adjusted with Volume  DSP before resaving.
Many of the styles variation fours can be too busy, so style parts can be muted and resaved with a new name.
 
I have many of my favourite Voice RGT banks (STY not ticked) that can be played with any style selected.
 
Apart from muting style parts, my DGX670 with it’s very good voice samples a has button named SIMPLE which just leaves Bass & Drums.
Myself I no longer need all the bells and whistles from a top end arranger and I have find my playing has improved.
 
Or was it just changing to a different Whisky Brand responsible !!!

Graham
You and I are thinking the same thing - again.



I also use about 20 styles to be able to play what I like, and about half of these I have created myself from midi.
For me, 5 tracks is plenty, which corresponds to a quartet (drums & perc require 2 tracks).
I often end up muting tracks to get the style I want.

A very good example is Big Band, which always has a bunch of unwanted wind instruments:
By muting these I get a lot of new styles that are actually very good without these instruments.

I also manage well without bells & whistles; I'm almost allergic to them.
The simple is often the best..!

[⚖musicalmemoriesuk]

The majority of the styles I’ve tried on the tyros or Yamaha styles are like the different mutations / strains of a virus. 
A lot are poorly balancing and need to be completely re worked, but this is now my practice with all styles.

While there are less styles for Korg they are of better quality.

[⚖Chris]

In an ideal world I would ask Chello to make a style from midi for all of the song sheets I am sharing with the group.