John,

I'm a little dense. What you say makes sense regarding the 'chaining,' presumably not so different than what happens when you add something using the part markers. So I understand you to be saying that when you load the 2nd 'chained' C & D part in the stylemaker, in the stylemaker it will just show them as normal A and B parts. What you say seems to explain how to create a multistyle, but it is not clear to me how you'd edit one after you made it.

First I note that when you hit the Help button on the 'Misc. Style Settings,' there is nothing there about the Multistyles section of the window. Second, on page 204 of the 2009 BIAB manual where it describes the 'buttons' in the stylemaker, there is no documentation at all about this window and I couldn't find anything in the index. Point: I'm trying to do my homework.

What I don't understand is how you 'toggle' back and forth between the two 'chained' style files. Whatever I open either using the "Misc. Styles Settings" window or from a song using the "Edit Current Style" only shows A & B. When I open the "Misc. Styles Settings" Window I see the name of the selected style with the + sign, a button to open the styles directory and a little drop down menu box below with the choices of 'None" or "Method 1 (Pop)" beside text that states Automap to A/B.

What am I missing? How would I know which A and B parts were in the stylemaker, i.e., A and B or the A/2be C and B/ 2be D? How would I 'toggle' between the two? Or, is it a matter of identifying the 2 style files individually that have been 'chained' and opening each up by itself? Is there a convention for naming the underlying 1st A and B and, in distinction, the 2nd A and B (C and D)?

Finally, are you also saying that you can extend this process and 'chain' more than 2 styles? I know that using the part marker dialog it looks like you could do an infinite number ... not that you'd want to.

Thanks for any help.

Prado

Last edited by Prado; 02/20/10 08:15 PM.