Comparison of Style Companies pt1

[⚖whitecolin1]

there are a multitude of companies selling Styles/RGT and expansions, here is my assessment of quality and value for money
This is only my opinion, but having first hand experience i have a relatively good idea on whats good nd whats not

Bee music From £30-80 very good quality Recommend Classical magic   4/5

Strawberry music £80 100 rgt good quality but has no intro/endings of the original song also a little date 3/5

Styles 24 £10 each comes with style/Rgt Midi And midi score  4/5

doo  £8 not a lover rehashes of generic styles 2/5

Andre Shurma £20- 100 Huge collection good quality price a little high on some products 4/5

Key-Experts     £8  poor quality 2/5

Keyboard Akademy £60 German company nice quality poor value for money 2.5/5

Easy sounds £60 expansions descent but more synth oriantated 3/5

Keyboard World- £100 tested their latest registrations powerpack  not worth the money 2.5/5 

Anthony pianico Yamaha demonstrator £45 was dissapointed use wav voices poorly mixed 2/5

Genos world Store £ 60+ some good stuff on there mainly Expansions

Mister Music  £70 Tested best of B3, Best ive Heard worth everypenny 5/5

Epianos £200-£400 Sells as add on descent quality far too high priced 2/5

TTT theatre music and sound alikes £50-400 quality sampled overpriced soundalike £50 very good

Soundpacks- Lee wilberham  £60-80 Epic Strings very good others plagerised 3/5

Sharrenburg £12-60 a really mixed bag some really good others not so 3/5

Obviously there are any others,I will try to do a comparison of songs on like companies lets see if others have recommendations

[♔Chello]

⚖Colin

Thank you very much for this review of styles from different manufacturers.

This is a great help for all users who are always looking for styles and would like to know other people's opinions before buying something.

[✪aprilla]

Strawberry music and Styles 24 both have very good personal service if you need to contact them. I contacted both and each was helpful and patient. But for the actual files, I would prefer Styles 24. Though the book format from Strawberry music is handy, there isn't as much detail as Styles 24 include, Strawberry's are more basic. But I think this can be expected in that format, so if that suits they are nice to have.

Styles 24 are my current favourites for individual titles, after Chello's 

You give 5/5 to Mister Music so I was tempted to try one to see what 5/5 offers, but they are Korg. I am Yamaha. I don't think it's fair to convert and then judge, the real test can only be with the original, so I'll just accept they are very good indeed LOL

[⚖whitecolin1]

I agree with styles 24 i have 200 titles  the Mister music which is b3 jazz and gospel are yamaha,Bee music is consistantly good as are Andre shurma look them up see if theres ones that take your fancy will send you samples

[✪epereirajle]

I would like to suggest this seller:

https://www.wimex-studio.eu/korg/index_pa4_en.html


I bought the full pack and I liked many of the styles. There are many "80's Eurodance" styles, JMJarre, many universal styles, etc.

There are audio demos for all styles and here is a list of some nice ones (the first styles in the list are not so nice... check the following ones): 352, 332, 182, 179, 285, 344, 343, 336, 107, 291, 090, 169, 184, 240

Considering there are a lot of styles for the price, I think it's a good deal if you like that kind of styles.

Prices for styles in Korg PA4X format:
Single style - 3 €
Price for 10 styles - 17 €
Price for 40 styles - 45 €
Price for 80 styles - 60 €
Price for 120 styles - 70 €
Price for the entire package of 352 styles - 100 €

[✪simondragon]

What about for Korg PA5x? Seems to be a real shortage of professional-grade styles for it. Although luckily There are plenty of onboard styles and bonus wear. Having to make my own styles for tracks I want though, which is very time consuming as I am a bit of a perfectionist when it come to that.

[✪epereirajle]

What about for Korg PA5x? Seems to be a real shortage of professional-grade styles for it. Although luckily There are plenty of onboard styles and bonus wear. Having to make my own styles for tracks I want though, which is very time consuming as I am a bit of a perfectionist when it come to that.

Yes, it’s true. Even though PA4X styles sound very good on the PA5X—and you can fine-tune them to make them sound even better—you feel like you aren't utilizing the PA5X's full capabilities.

What kind of music do your custom styles feature? Unfortunately, I’m not skilled enough to create my styles from scratch, but I enjoy converting and tweaking styles based on Yamaha styles that I like, as well as converting high-quality MIDI files.

One idea I’m testing is separating the audio tracks from the original song using MOISES. This allows me to bring each track from the style closer to each track of the audio sing by comparing them individually. I'm happy with my first results.

[⚖whitecolin1]

considering Chello is downloading a huge collection of quality styles for the PA5X why would you go elsewhere

[✪simondragon]

What about for Korg PA5x? Seems to be a real shortage of professional-grade styles for it. Although luckily There are plenty of onboard styles and bonus wear. Having to make my own styles for tracks I want though, which is very time consuming as I am a bit of a perfectionist when it come to that.

Yes, it’s true. Even though PA4X styles sound very good on the PA5X—and you can fine-tune them to make them sound even better—you feel like you aren't utilizing the PA5X's full capabilities.

What kind of music do your custom styles feature? Unfortunately, I’m not skilled enough to create my styles from scratch, but I enjoy converting and tweaking styles based on Yamaha styles that I like, as well as converting high-quality MIDI files.

One idea I’m testing is separating the audio tracks from the original song using MOISES. This allows me to bring each track from the style closer to each track of the audio sing by comparing them individually. I'm happy with my first results.

Only done a few, like Madonna's Borderline. It is slow going from scratch. Probably around 8 hours or so per style.