Scottyee,

I couldn't agree with you more on the issue of converted styles. In lay-man's terms, what you are converting is a set of commands that determine WHEN WHAT instrument should/shouldn't sound. In this light, most convertion software is currently based on GM, right? So your converted style(s) can only play as good as the assigned sounds in the new keyboard! Now when KETRON (then Solton) introduced 'GROOVES' this completely defeats the convertion scale. Try converting a Latin rhythem (say Merengue) from a KETRON X1 for use on say a YAMAHA PSR 9000. The Bass and chords will be close, but believe me, you'll be way off on the drums (if any at all). In the case of the SD1, this is even further enhanced. Some of the drum sounds (drum 2) are entirely grooves. This means that if you MUTE the groove track (drums2), you'll hear ... nothing interms of drums. If you were to convert such a style for use on say a KORG, there will be NO drums! I believe GEM has also implimented similar technology (RASS) but these are ingrooved into the styles - rather than outlayed as separate tracks.

How do styles converted from KETRON -> Others sound - any feedback?