They are different than the MIDI styles, but for me that is a good thing. So much of the complaints about Yamaha boards is that they all sound too much like polished CD's. To me, the audio styles have a sound that is not quite so polished. Much more like real drummers many of us have played with. Every drummer out there is not Buddy Rich. I would not want the keyboard to have only audio styles because I love the punch on many of the midi styles. However, for me, they are a nice change and so far I am using some of them on my gigs with excellent results.

Joe