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[Jeff van Spaendonk]

Hi Guys,

As you probably might know Yamaha's sequencer win program XGworks died officially in 2002 ( since Yamaha took over Steinberg ).
As far as I know it is ( was ) the only win program in the world one could enter chords and ( Yamaha ) styles.

It would be wonderful if Korg styles could be entered in XGWorks.
But that is absolutely not possible.
Even the newest Yamaha styles ( Ty3 ) cannot be entered anymore. XGWorks has never been updated.
It is completely obsolete and no longer existing.

Is there somebody within this group who can create a program with comparable applications for us, Korg PA players ?
Just like XGWorks following applications should be possible :
- enter chords ;
- enter PA styles ( intro's, breaks and endings ) ;
- create a midi file.
- Editing applications are not necessary.
- Editing can be done by Sonar, Cubase etc. after a midi file
has been created.

Upon my ( and others ) request, in 2008 Michael Bedesem made a comparable program called Producer.
It only works with Yamaha styles though.
A couple of days ago I asked Michael if he could make Producer for Korg but he answered me he cannot since he is not familiar with Korg styles.
Michael is a Yamaha specialist and is not interested in creating programs
for other keyboard brands than Yamaha.

In the meantime Rikki already has analysed Producer and informed me Produced can only be applied to Yamaha styles.
Changes for Korg styles are absolutely not possible.

It would be wonderful if one of our programmers within this group could make a similar program ( for win and Mac users, if possible ).

Plse advise. Many thanks, Jeff / The Netherlands

P.S. XGWorks is no longer available on the market.
Nobody cannot buy it anymore.
If you need a copy of XGWorks for study and/or examination purposes only, plse contact me privately ( xgwave@zeelandnet.nl ).
Producer can be downloaded from the internet - free of charge -
www.svpworld.com.

[Rob Sherratt]

Jeff,

Please see the following:

http://www.korgpa.com/pa_root/en/suppor ... p_smf.html

This will allow you to export all existing styles into MIDI for use in a sequencer that uses markers. You can quickly construct a library of all existing styles. Then you can copy and paste sections from one <<var>> from any of the "library" styles, and you can form new styles. It may not work exactly like XGworks, but it is a solution that's available now.

Regards,
Rob

[Jeff van Spaendonk]

Wooooow, thank you very much, Rob !
Best wishes from The Netherlands, Jeff

[rikkisbears]

Hi Rob,
what Jeff is actually after is really something more along the lines of how BIAB works
ie
you type in a chord progression
you type in the various style parts where you require them , intro bar1, variation 1 in bar 5 , variation 2 starts at bar 17, etc etc.
Load in a Korg style & the sequencer automatically creates a backing track ( song) which can be saved as a midifile.
This is the way XG Works could be used with Yamaha styles.

It can be done in the Korg sequencer in step record mode, but Jeff is hoping there is some way of doing it via software.

I'd suggested Busker software to Jeff, but it doesn't really work the same way as XG works either .

Hope I explained it correctly Jeff??

Jeff, I think the closest to what you want to acheive may be the Korg sequencer in Step record Mode, save as midifile, load into PC sequencer & record additional tracks.
(BTW the additional tracks could also be recorded in the Korg itself in multi record mode)

[quote="Rob Sherratt"]

[Jeff van Spaendonk]

That is absolutely correct, Rikki !
Thanks for your help for this additional clear description.

Indeed, the Step Record Mode can do the same job.
In the video movie " Korg Arranger Secrets " Chris Whitehead is showing quickly how to proceed.

It would be wonderful if the Step Record Mode could be worked out as a standalone pc program though.
Probably my dream is a bridge much too far and/or impossible.

Best regards, Jeff