This is a longstanding issue that provoked a lot of heated debate a couple of years back.

What you need to do is go into the pattern editor for the piano/guitar part of each style you're using and in the menu called 'style' choose.... 'set embellish for all patterns of current instrument'.... Set this to 0 and it should have a positive effect on the problem. Make sure 'allow embellishments' in song settings is still unchecked though.

Agreed though that there isn't much point in that particular song setting if it doesnt work and leaves the embellishment setting in the style untouched.

As for the comment about modal chords, it's possible using the above style embellishment settings to harmonise scales with the chords available and by using chord inversions/synonyms.
I'll post my solutions for this next time.

(BTW There is a remarkably effective if somewhat 'labour intensive' way of obtaining complete control over chord voicings which i intend to post in the 'tips and tricks' forum.)

Regards

Alan

Last edited by alan S.; 07/22/09 04:33 AM.