Hi Diki,
not really.
There's only 16 tracks to work with on a yammie style.
Intro's & Endings usually have a min & maj
pattern( I'll call it a cv, which is what Korg calls them). Most of the variations only have the one pattern (cv).
My PSR 1500/3000 manual RECOMMENDS recording chord & pad tracks based on
C maj7th chord & Bass & Phrase tracks based on Cmaj7th Scale tones. Not sure if it's a hard & fast rule as I did most of my styles (conversions, mix n match etc) for OMB software.
Maybe the T3 styles are more sophisticated, but as far as I'm aware they're still restricted to the 16 tracks.

My SD1 has patterns ( cv's) for maj, min & 7th chords, but if neccesary , one can get away with recording just the maj. pattern.
At least that's how I remember it. I gave up because of lack of style editing functions.

Roland, from dim past memory also has patterns for maj , min & 7th chords???
Maybe you can help me clear something up in the back of my mind.
The pattern that is TRIGGERED by playing a 7th chord in style play mode, does it actually have to be recorded based on an actual 7th chord?? and the pattern thas is triggered when playing a minor, is it recorded using a minor chord??
Strange question? but you may understand why I'm asking.

Korg Styles.
Intro's / Endings / Fills ( each can have 2cv's)
Recommendation Maj & Min patterns for Intro's & Endings that have chord progressions, one needs to create a CV for Maj & Minor so that the Intro/Ending plays back correctly.
The Intro's & Endings (where you play your own chord progression) & fills you can get away with 1 cv.

The variations you can have up to 6 cv's per variation. You've virtually got up to 48 tracks to play with per variation.

Ok for anyone who wants to just create the one pattern ( cv ) per variation, the recommended chord type is a maj7th ( just like my yammie).
For the more adventurous you can create an additional 5 cv's. Sounds like a lot of work, but one can always use the copy function to create the additional cv's.

The chord type you play on your keyboard to trigger a particular cv & the chord type that the pattern was recorded in , doesn't necessarily have to be the same.

ie vari 1. (pattern) cv1 I've recorded based on Cmaj7th chord. Technically it's the only pattern I need to record for my variation to play back based on any chord type I play in style play mode.
I go to the Style Element Chord Table & set all the possible chord types to CV1.

It's going to play my min , my 7th , my 6th chords etc etc

Next up I decide I'd like to have just a tiny variation to the drum pattern when I play a minor chord.
I copy all the tracks from cv1 to cv2, alter my drum pattern, go to the Style Element Chord Table settings, change the setting next to min from cv1 to cv2.
My edited pattern (cv2) plays back when I play a minor chord.
Next I want a slight change when I play a 7th chord. I'll alter the bass pattern, but use the same tracks for the rest of the instruments from cv1. Again, copy all the tracks to cv3, alter bass, Alter chord table setting to cv3 for 7th chords etc etc

As far as I'm aware, the only time I would need to totally rerecord a track would be if the track wasn't playing back correctly based on my original maj7th recording ie some jazzy piano track wasn't playing back correctly when playing a diminished chord.
Then one would need to record the track based on a diminished chord.

Each of the 48 style tracks ( 6 sets of 8) in a variation has it's own key & chord type setting.
(Reason why I asked if roland styles.)

You can set any of the 8 main tracks to whatever type of instrument you want ie you can have 3 drum tracks, 2 bass tracks, instrument tracks , guitar mode tracks.
Whatever type of instrument you set up for cv1, will also affect the other 5 cv's.

I just luv the flexibility.


Actually when the brought out OS 2 they included an import/export function for a complete style.
Simple as pressing export, saves whole style as one long midifile , with markers to denote where intro's endings & the various cv's start & end. Brilliant for editing on a pc sequencer. Do the edits, save as mid & import it back into the korg.

Looks just like a yammie style. Just requires changing the marker names, switching channels 9 & 11. Altering a few incorrect drums & program changes & import it into the Korg. Styles already based on a maj 7th chord.
Bit simplistic but more accurate than emc.