PA5X: HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN STYLES USING PATTERNS FROM OTHER STYLES

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HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN STYLES USING PATTERNS FROM OTHER STYLES

This tutorial does not say anything about the procedure itself, but is intended for those who already know how to use the function.

It is actually very easy to create new styles this way, but there are some factors that it is important to be aware of:

EFFECTS
All effects from the style you get data from are copied to your basic style, which can result in everything sounding completely wild, because effects such as O-verb are often inserted in drums and perc, which rarely works well when you change the pattern for these.
However, this is easy to fix by going into the MFX Send for the base style, and reducing the values in drums and perc for the effect, which are typically placed in FX1.

TIME SIGNATURE
It is always an advantage that both styles have the same signature; e.g. 4/4. However, it can often work well to use different ones, but this is very individual.

TEMPO
It is a good rule of thumb to lock the tempo on the base style when looking for suitable patterns from other styles, but the tempo can be changed successfully, which however requires some experience.

NUMBER OF BARS
It is an advantage that the style you get patterns from has the same number of bars for all intros, variations, fills/break and endings, but this can be difficult to fulfill - anyway; variations in the number of bars can really help to create a new style and create unexpected possibilities for variations.

OUTPUT VOLUME
Output volume must always be checked in the Finalizer, because this is almost always louder and too loud, and must be reduced to approximately -20 to -15dB max.

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Technically speaking you can use tracks from a midi file the drum pattern and build from there if your wanting generic styles. You can then create the rest of the parts or copy parts from other styles and build from there as well.