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taichi · Senior Member Joined: 21 Aug 2017 Posts: 288 Location: UK

When we download a midi file it is sometimes great to sing along with but not good when "playing along" to. Any tips/tricks please to "thin it out" a bit in order to play and hear our own melodies and other right hand stuff. And at the same time keep the parts of the midi that would enhance our playing. (like we do with styles)

Hope that makes sense.

Thanks

mazydazydinah · Junior Member Joined: 16 Sep 2018 Posts: 88

Hi there, I have been doing this during lockdown. What I do, but remember I am also a learner as well lol. I go into the sequencer mode on the keyboard, load the midi and then you can turn down the volumes or cancel the volume altogether then that takes that instrument out. Save it, and then if all has gone well you will be able to load it back into the song mode and play and sing along with it., and everything should be a bit calmer. Hope that helps a little.

Marion

Biggles · Platinum Member Joined: 31 Aug 2017 Posts: 1011

Why not simply import the MIDI and let the Style Creator Bot do its thing to create a user Style which you can then edit in the normal manner?
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Reuben · Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:37 am Post subject:

I'm a big user of midis (more than styles in fact) and I tend to mute the main backing instrument (usually piano or guitar) to give me some space to play.
I think the amount you mute from the midi depends on the situation.
For fun at home or a sing-along leave most of it there because people want familiarity in that situation.
For a gigging musician delete as musch as possible because the listener wants you to be the attraction not the backing. In this case just leave mainly bass and drums and if you know how to use markers then put them in so you can repeat that chorus or whatever.
Deleting too much can also be problematic if you can't keep timing or know where you are up to. Sometime I will add my own cymbol tapping to the midi in quiet sections to help me keep in time and I always like to have midi lyrics on screen to give me confidence of where I am in the song.
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Musicwithharry · Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 1:36 am Post subject:

taichi · Senior Member Joined: 21 Aug 2017 Posts: 288 Location: UK

Thanks Marion for kicking off OP and Harry, Reuben and Biggles too. As a result I have spent two days playing around with midi files. Downloaded a few to add to Reubens that he kindly donated. I am an Eagles and Creedence Clearwater fan and Reuben they were great.

After a shaky start I am at the moment over the moon with results. To start I used Style Bot as you mentioned and most of them turned out professional. (with room to improve via tweeking ??) Problem is I need to get more sheet music now.

Need to read manual regarding markers so thanks for that. Plan is to keep a book of my results and share with you. Must leave it there, its Sunday and a few beers. I have learnt a lot so thanks to you all. Songbook is great, I love it, the heart of Korg I think. But this project has added another dimension I hope.

taichi · Senior Member Joined: 21 Aug 2017 Posts: 288 Location: UK

Update. First lot of midi files downloaded and converted to styles using Style Bot were excellent. (mostly). Saved to user 1 and 2 empty slots. Really pleased.

However I downloaded other Midi files and converted to styles. I played them today and they were very poor, even rubbish. Very disappointed and will delete them.

So, the difference must be the source of the midi files. What I have learnt is not to spend and waste a lot of time tweeking the bad ones. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sows ear. Love that proverb.

You will all know this but just my update as promised. At the end of the day I now have some super favourite songs to play from the good ones. Like Harry said “see what you like” which is what I have done.

Thanks to you all for replying to post.

Musicwithharry · Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:59 pm Post subject:

taichi · Senior Member Joined: 21 Aug 2017 Posts: 288 Location: UK

Harry

Just another update after a day messing around with midi files. Yes many of the midis saved sound really good to listen to as you say but only a percentage of them convert to a nice style. I have learnt again not to bother with the poor converted ones and to delete them from User.

But I have no problem with that, a percentage game as you said. At the end of the day I am gradually adding more songs to play, good songs too of all genres. Rock, ballad, traditional, gospel, jazz whatever.

I wonder how Marion is doing on this project ? Learning a bit by going into Menu and adjusting a few things via the manual and reading the posts here.

Thanks Harry