ZackPlonk, welcome to the forum. You immediately zeroed in on something many do not understand. This topic reappears periodically.

I think the long-time users are some who may not understand the relationship between RTs and Styles precisely because we learned it differently for MIDI, yes, but it was never clearly explained how RTs made styles different. Over the years I’ve given advice that people can substitute RTs and even save the result as a new style. It was just explained here that the supplied styles are well-matched. PG Music develops new combinations each year. But I often experiment with mixing genres and come up with some amazing sounds.

Your first post here is highly perceptive. As a former programming prof. I always value the observations of new users. Keep your questions coming.

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