Hi Al,
quite an intersting thought. You'd also need the ability to easily test the style part that you're working on with a song.
Technics used to have a style creator tool
( not random though) where for the drum tracks you'd scroll thru till you found the bass drum pattern you liked, then you added the snares etc etc. Then scroll thru a number of bass patterns, guitar patterns etc etc
Only problem was, when you wanted to try the pattern with a song , you had to save, leave the creation area to test it.. But from memory, I don't think you could then go back and edit the pattern further, in the same manner as it had been created ie by scrolling thru & picking different drum beats or choosing a different guitar pattern etc.

I'm sort of trying to do something similar by creating user pads.
Biab throws out dozens of different combinations ( variations). I've mainly been playing around with a couple of the newer jazz piano styles. Some of the stuff works, other times the pattern sounds too busy. Hard to tell whether the pattern is going to work with a particular song or not.
Problem is, again there's no way of testing.
If I type in the chord progression for the song in BIAB, to hear if the style will work, I won't get the same set of phrases when I just type in the Cmaj chord required to create the midifile , from which I create the korg style.

Think I may have solved my problem by creating pads for some of the instruments. Wouldn't bother with BIAB string pads, most are awful. Some of the drum patterns are fairly ordinary too. Bass lines are interesting , so are the jazz piano phrases.
Thinking of a combination of Korg & BIAB tracks. Use the Korg drums if possible, definately Korg strings.
My method of testing involves Jos's Busker software ie type in chord progression, I even type in a single melody line.
The software triggers the korg style, changes the chords, even plays the melody.
I just have to sit back , listen & choose the phrases I want to use in the style.
The pad, when I find the correct one is easily copied into the style & becomes part of the style.
Personally I find it too diffcult to concentrate on playing chords & melody , while trying to put a style together.
best wishes
Rikki


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