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1. Basic knowledge for creating style data

1-1. Required SMFs (Standard MIDI Files)
In order to create style file, you'll need the following three SMF files.

Table 1.Three SMF files

No. 1. 2. 3. Chord Major Minor 7th SMF File Name ****_m.mid ****_x.mid ****_7.mid

1-2. SMF playback data

The above three files contain the following sixteen types of musical data. INTROs for VARIATIONs 1--4 MAINs for VARIATIONs 1--4 FILLs for VARIATIONs 1--4 ENDINGs for VARIATIONs 1--4

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1-3. Using the samples to check the musical data

Using SMF editing software such as SONAR, open the sample_*.mid files located in the Sample folder on the CD-ROM, and take a look at the structure of the following musical data.

Table 2.SMF Divisions structure Sample_m.mid 1 2 6 8

I1 I2 I3 I4

12
M1

16
M2

20
M3

24
M4

28
F1

29
F2

30
F3

31
F4

32
E1

33
E2

38
E3

43
E4

Sample_x.mid 1 2 6
I1 I2 I3

8
I4

12
M1

16
M2

20
M3

24
M4

28
F1

29
F2

30
F3

31
F4

32
E1

33
E2

38
E3

43
E4

Sample_7.mid 1 2 6
I1 I2 I3

8
I4

12
M1

16
M2

20
M3

24
M4

28
F1

29
F2

30
F3

31
F4

32
E1

33
E2

38
E3

43
E4

Table 3.SMF Divisions contents Measure

I1 I2 I3 I4 M1 M2 M3 M4 F1 F2 F3 F4 E1 E2 E3 E4 1 2--5 6--7 8--11 12--15 16--19 20--23 24--27 28 29 30 31 32 33--37 38--42 43--47

The Number Of Measures

1 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5

Divisions
INTRO for VARIATION 1 INTRO for VARIATION 2 INTRO for VARIATION 3 INTRO for VARIATION 4 MAIN for VARIATION 1 MAIN for VARIATION 2 MAIN for VARIATION 3 MAIN for VARIATION 4 FILL for VARIATION 1 FILL for VARIATION 2 FILL for VARIATION 3 FILL for VARIATION 4 ENDING for VARIATION 1 ENDING for VARIATION 2 ENDING for VARIATION 3 ENDING for VARIATION 4

Table 4.SMF MIDI Channel structure

MIDI Channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Part Accompaniment 1 (ACC1) Accompaniment Bass (ACC bass) Accompaniment 2 (ACC2) --------- Don't use Accompaniment 3 (ACC3) --------- Don't use Accompaniment 4 (ACC4) Accompaniment 5 (ACC5) Accompaniment 6 (ACC6) Accompaniment Drums (ACC drums)

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2. Editing the SMF

Once you've gained an understanding of the overall SMF structure, as explained in chapter 1, you're ready to begin editing SMF file.

Procedure
1. From the Sample folder on the CD-ROM, copy "sample_*.mid" to the hard disk of your computer. 2. Using SMF editing software such as SONAR, open the "sample_m.mid" that you copied. 3. Measures 24--27 (MAIN for VARIATION 4) of MIDI channel 1 are empty. Go ahead and enter musical data as desired. The musical data you've entered here will be converted into a style musical data on the GW-8. 4. Save the file.
If you use the GW-8 as a MIDI Sound Module, press [SONG] to put the GW-8 in Song mode.

3. Converting SMF into style file

Procedure
1. Start up Style Converter on your computer. 2. Click the File Open (illustration) icon, and open "sample_m.mid" made by the above.

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3. Set the Division Measure Count as shown below.

Table 5.Division Measure Count Division

INTRO for VARIATION 1 INTRO for VARIATION 2 INTRO for VARIATION 3 INTRO for VARIATION 4 MAIN for VARIATION 1 MAIN for VARIATION 2 MAIN for VARIATION 3 MAIN for VARIATION 4

Measure
1 4 2 4 4 4 4 4

Division
FILL for VARIATION 1 FILL for VARIATION 2 FILL for VARIATION 3 FILL for VARIATION 4 ENDING for VARIATION 1 ENDING for VARIATION 2 ENDING for VARIATION 3 ENDING for VARIATION 4

Measure
1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5

4. Click the Convert (illustration) icon.

5. When the conversion is completed, the style file "sample.stl" and the division file "sample.dv3" will be created in the same folder as "sample_m.mid." 6. Via USB memory, import the style file "sample.stl" into the GW-8.
*For more information, refer to the GW-8 owners manual.