Occasionally, I get styles sent to me that the owner would like converted to kn6k format. Maybe they came from a friend, or the sending person owns more than one keyboard by different manufacturers, and wants the commercial disk converted so as to use it on both keyboards. While I get to use my copy to play with, I am asked to keep it off the internet, which also means that I can't use it with a sequenced song. I will honor this request, because even if I can't pass the styles along, I can get a lot of ideas from them to use on other conversions. Especially older styles that only have two variations and I have to fill in the other two to bring them up to par. Now, after a period of time, someone else sends me the same styles, sometimes already converted, or I come upon them on a website, converted to another unnamed brand, but ready for anyone to download and use, and this has become a real problem for me. If I use the styles from the first party, that person will think I didn't honor the agreement, and likely never send me anything again. However, since the styles are there for everyone, why shouldn't I pass along the good ones? (Keep in mind that these will not be Technics commercial styles.) Should I make it a policy to not get into that type of agreement, or make it for a set period of time? I have styles I've been sitting on for six months, and some I really would like to use. If the sender makes no special request, then you all will see the results eventually, and we all benefit from the exchange. I suppose I should say that from this point forward, any styles sent for conversion will be shared with forum readers, so if anyone has styles they don't wish to share, then please keep them to yourself. We have enough older material from Solton, Roland, Yamaha, and Korg to last a good many years. All they need are a fresh change of clothes. Complicated, but not impossible. Time consuming, but rewarding. Now, about those CA software styles....are they under copyright protection or open for use? I haven't had time to even look at them yet.