Cathy,

I think Charley meant, that when you don't switch the synth to LOCAL OFF, then you will hear the sound of the attention key and the variation triggers. There will be an alternative for these keys in the next version.

You can select banks in styles by putting controller 0 and 32 values before a patch change. If you use OMB in GM mode these controllers are ignored because the selected banks don't match your non-XG synth. But if you use styles that you have made or edited yourself you can use OMB in XG mode on any type of synth.

JM