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HOW TO USE STYLE-FILES on TYROS

Handling of  Styles and Registrations

Hi, musician friends and TYROS-users !   

Thank you for purchasing your song style package, and we‘d like to mention that in addition to the styles, we include registration-files [RGT] as part of a style package, which is normally not offered by other style sellers. RGT- and style-files together always run perfectly.

Because a RGT-file always refers to the styles‘s storage location, it is important to set up your storage medium - USB-stick or hard disk - so that a style can be found by the RGT-file.

The following information shows you how your USB-stick or hard drive should be prepared in a way that the files run smoothly.

Additionally you will find on our Styles-24.de site two short videos, in which the individual steps are shown.

Instructions in short

Attention: The files in the -Styles-24 folder are prepared for use by a hard disk [HD] of the Tyros-Keyboards and do not run using a USB-stick instead.

How to use the files with a USB-stick:

1 - Use a backup copy of the ZIP-file
2 - Unzip the file
3 - Load the style-file data into the USB memory stick
4 - Connect the USB stick to the instrument
5 - Select the registration bank of the song
6 - Click the registration button #1 of your keyboard and play.

Now the single steps in more detail in how to use the style-package:

Package Content

After unpacking of the ZIP file, you will find the following contents (= 3 folders):
(„Dateiordner“ = „Folder with files“ / „Datei“ = „File“), for example

 

1Tyros2_Tyros

 

The song-title folder „Good LuckCharm“ contains all the files needed for use of an USB-stick. The INFO folder contains a Song-title.doc („Chords“), which will be described later on, and sometimes a midi-file as a spin-off product in producing the song-video. The folder -Styles-24 contains the files for the use on the hard-disk only.

Always use a backup copy !

For safety, use only a backup copy of the downloaded ZIP file unpacked into a different directory. The provided registration (RGT) files  are  a proposal  for how to play the song from our point of view . If you want, you can change the settings, the choice of voices and effects according to your own tastes. If something goes wrong, you‘ll be able to restore  the original from your style package.

Unpack the ZIP file. If you do not already have a Software program for extracting ZIP files, we recommend the free software „7-Zip“, which is downloadable free of charge.

Preparation of your „Storage Location“ (USB and Hard Drive)

When the song-related style-package is produced the registration (RGT-) file together with the style- (STY) and text- (TXT) and a midi-file (MID) are saved
                - either in a song-named folder for the use of an USB-drive (directly saved after I:/ )
                - or in a directory named  -Styles-24 for the use of the hard-disk.
The text-file shows the text of the song and the chords and further information to run the registrations shown on your keyboard display.

If this is your first order you will need to prepare your Storage Location on your hard-disk. This means, you should create a directory named exactly -Styles-24  (in words: minus Styles minus 24). This should be created on the keyboard‘s Storage Location‘s root directory of it‘s hard-disk as
E:/-Styles-24/ . The root directory is the top level of the Storage Location‘s directory structure.

The song named files are the RGT-bank-file (Song-title.RGT), the style-file (Song-title.sty) and the text-file (Song-title.txt), if the text with chords will be shown on the instrument‘s display, and will be placed in the -Styles-24 directory. The song-related files should not be loaded into any other subfolder of the Storage Location, otherwise the style-file and the text-file will not be found by the RGT-file.

The -Style-24 -directory serves as a pool, in which all our purchased song-related style-files / text-files / midi-files are stored. The registration-files are the important focalpoint in your directory structure. We do not prefer organizing the styles by order of the song-name related styles, because once stored usally the style-files won‘t have to be handled any more. And if so, they are stored centrally in this -Style-24 -directory and it allows to find the styles alphabetically and quickly.

Optionally,  you could create a different structure for all of your RGT-files. For example a directory  of registrations in sub-folders ABC, DEF, GHI, etc. and song registrations could be placed centrally and easily found within this structure. A structure could be organized as follows („Datei“ = „file“):

 

 

3Tyros

 

All song-related files and especially the STY-, TXT- and MID-files, provided by Styles-24.de, could now be saved using the directory -Styles-24 and all other files (i.e. INFO-files) could be deleted.

A simpler organizational structure could be created by saving the RGT-files in the song-named folders too. If the number of songs are less this could be well enough. If the number of songs increase the upper structure would be better.

Download

To ensure a simple download of all files (style-, registration-, text-, doc- and midi-file) from our Styles-24.de site, we are using ZIP-compressed files. Unpack the ZIP file.

Before downloading, always check briefly which song-title was selected.

Unpacking ZIP-files

- You downloaded a style-package named Song-title.ZIP. Please copy this ZIP-file as the original file in your directory of your choice to ensure it remains as a backup .
- You should also create a directory on your computer to contain the unzipped song files (Target Directory).
- This Song-title.ZIP-file contains all the above mentioned  files to allow a quick download.

- To unpack the Song-title.ZIP-file use the right mouse button and click in the case of software „7-Zip“ on „Unpack here“, should be the Target Directory.  There will now  be a folder in your Traget Directory and is named by the song-title. This folder contains the styles, RGT and some information sheets.

Files of a Style-package

a) To use the this style-package effetively only the following files are necessary. All other files are for information or include additional song-related items.

1 - (Song-Title).txt

This file includes the song-text, the chords and how to use the registration-file.

2 - (Song-Title).STY

This is the actual songname-related style you bought.

3 - (Song-Title).RGT

This is a registration file and could have up to 8 programmed reg.-buttons on your keyboard. The RGT-file does not need to be placed in a fixed or special location in your directory structure. The directory paths that are part of the RGT-file, will find the style and the textfile stored on your USB-drive, regardless of where the registration is saved.

b) Two other files complete the package and ensure an effetcive use of the song to be played on your keyboard:

4 - (Song-Title).MID

This file is a live recorded midi-file which is used in the  video presentation of the song shown on our homepage (made for teaching purposes).

5 - (Song-Title).DOC

This file includes according to the bars the chords to be played, the song text and additional information for use of the registration and the style itself, and can be used to create a printout. For example it shows which main-variations (of the style) should be used, which reg.-button has to be clicked and on which bar fill-ins and endings should be used.

Now you are ready to start your song

Copy the song-named folder from your computer on your USB-stick, then connect the stick with your keyboard. Use keyboard menu button J (Registration) to look for the song on the connected USB-drive. Click on the registration-button #1 and the style and the text-file for your display are choosen.
Use the Song-Title.DOC as the guidance to use style and registration and shown in the song-demo-video on our homepage. Or use the Text-file on your display.

If you are using the hard-disk, the way is similar to the aforementioned steps, look for the folder -Styles-24 , press the regarding button, look for song-title and choose the regarding registration-bank.

Contents of the (Song-Title).DOC („Chords“)

If you know the melody of the song, it is possible to perform the song with these chords only. The information which is provided by the Song-title.doc- and Song-title.txt files, are transferable to your note sheets too.

The following information is included (general example):

1 - INTRO 3:
The song starts with Intro 3. Using the Sync Start is optional.

2 - 8 T (= 8 bars):
Song-related styles usually have a longer Intro. To ensure you do not miss your melody start, how long (= how many bars) the Intro runs is displayed.

3 - Left - F (Dm F Dm F Dm F Dm) (Dm=D flat or minor):
The Intro starts with an F major chord. All chords in brackets are played by the Intro not by you.

4 - Right – A:
The melody (right hand) starts (in this example) with Note A .

5 - Reg(-Button) 2:
This section (part) has a registration placed on the registration button 2.

6 - Main B:
Part Main - Variation 2 (Var 2) should be used.

7 - End 3:
Ending 3 should be activated at this bar. Again, note whether chord details are in brackets or whether these should be seized.

8 - +Left:
The sound (voice) for the left keyboard area can be switched on.

9 - Break:
Press the break button at this bar.

10 - AA, BB, CC, DD:
These are the fill-in labels. If you are currently playing with the Main A variation, the Fill-In AA can be activated now.  Normally, a fill-in should always be pressed just before the first beat of the following bar, at least if the fill-in is to run with the complete accompaniment.