Hi
Provided that your keyboard allows you to control the pan and volume of a user style, then panning and adjusting the volume for each track for a style helps the style to have more room between instruments.

One of the things I do is to leave drums centered (bass and snare) the percussions sounds are mostly panned in the drum kit already. I generally keep the bass centered also. I most times keep pianos centered if it is playing a major part in the style. Then, if I have what I call filler sounds like and occasional guitar lick I would pan that to the extreme left or right. When I pan an instrument to the extreme left or right, I usually take the volume down about 25%.

One way to help in deciding what and how to pan is to listen, with stereo head phones, to a stereo recording of the type of music you are trying to make a style for and take note of the instrumentation, volume and the panning. Also, if your keyboard allows you to, you can use existing styles as a template for sounds, volume and panning settings.

In addition to mixer settings, effects (reverb and chorus and delay) help in giving space to the style.

Good to hear you are entering the fun world and useful world of style creation.

[This message has been edited by to the genesys (edited 01-31-2005).]