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When selecting a style as the prototype and then selecting all styles; I wish there was a way to "jump/click/select" the next style with an * next to it instead of having to scroll through all of the 4000+ styles. A way to "recognize" the next style marked with an asterisk ( * ) and have a button that would click down the list until it reached the next suggested style.

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I’m not sure what’s being requested here, but I think I agree. The style files are getting so large, I wish we could call up all styles at once that fit a particular genre----realizing, of course, there could some cross-overs. I find that the search descriptors don’t always pick up what I’m looking for. How about a button that would categorize every single country style in one group, if that’s what we’re looking for? Or, all bossa novas that the program has to offer in one batch? Or, jazz swing styles, no matter the tempo or instrumentation? I can take it from there, if I can review and audition them all from one group of like-minded styles.

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Trax, have you tried clicking on the genre and/or other genres headings? Clicking on genre will place all similar genres like Latin together. Clicking on other genres will sort all specific genres together so groups like Latin would be subdivided into bossa, salsa etc.

I couldn't make out exactly what you referred to when you said * so if the above isn't what you are looking for then sorry for wasting your time.


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I have 2015, no Genre to click.

When you hi-lite a style by selecting it as a prototype, then select all the styles, the styles that match with the prototype will have an * at the beginning of the style names. A ^ will be a similar style to the prototype, but the * will be MUCH more closer to the original selected prototype style.

I would like to be able to go from * style to the next * style down the list, that's all. Right now, you have to scroll through all of the styles to find the next * listed style.

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This request is going to be hard for many of us to follow because there have been considerable improvements to the style picker dialog box since 2015. PG Music is unlikely to update version 2015. We hope they are concentrating on an upcoming version 2018.


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Yep, any changes to the style picker would be based on where it is now in version 2017.


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