Playing an organ, I would tend to strip down the style to just drums and maybe (and that's a big MAYBE) one arp track for the left hand, as I would be playing bass with bass pedals.

Using the arranger as I do, with no bass pedals, I like using more accompaniment tracks, the number of which will depend on the genre and/or the overall size of the virtual band I'm trying to emulate.

The part of the style, I find, that affects the accompaniment the most when changed, is the bass line.

Ofttimes I like staring a tune with a style variation that has no bass or drums, and the bass part is being provided by one of the chordal tracks using a guitar or piano sound, then switching to the next variation that adds a simple bass track with or without drums. The third Variation will have a more complex bass line, and more accompaniment tracks will be added.

Also, sometimes I will go between two similar styles to achieve more variety in a tune, or use a FreePlay style to begin the tune rubato, and then switching to another style.

You could also use style assembly to make one of a style's Main Variations into a FreePlay section, if you don't mind giving it up.

I don't use styles to color my songs, I create songs by using styles... they're a crucial part of what I do ... I never considered, as some do, that styles are a crutch...to me, they're part of the art.

That's the main reason I use an arranger...otherwise I'd just get an XK3c dual manual (or a Nord C2D), get a 25-note bass pedalboard, and a drum machine and play organ like I did years ago.

I like the way this guy, Alan McPike uses his setup...very nice bass pedal work. He also backs up a vocalist on several other clips. Very creative player.

Ian