Originally Posted by DFT
Charlie,

I don't want to belabor this, but I'm still not getting it. In your example you are taking the breakdown of the individual styles that make up a multi style. I'm pretty sure that if you have chosen the multi style itself as opposed to the individual constituent styles, what is part a and b in the individual constituents is now a, b, c, d, e, f, g and h in the 8 part multi style +.

I getting the impression that you are regarding this as changing styles within a single multi style+ file, not two multi style + files. That is why I am thinking that as in my original example I can't use the a part from the _stunner+.sty and the a part from the _wanted+.sty in the same SGU song ... and why I said that apparently changing from one multi style + to another in the Bar Settings does not change the same part, a to a, that goes with the changed style.

What I was trying to do is use 2 multi style + and I assumed that the part instruction in the bar settings would properly select and change the a to f parts congruent with each multi style + parts.

That hasn't worked. Possibly I need to add part identifiers to the different styles and somehow designate the a from one of the styles as some other part for that song?

I'm going to forego the arm chair theoretical for now and go dig in the program again and see if I can incorporate what you've presented to a satisfactory result.

I'm reposting the Part Marker drop down menu from my earlier post. Note that I am using two distinctly different genres of MultiStyles, an Americana folk MultiStyle and a jazz ballad MultiStyle. Instrumentation and the actual style genre between them aren't closely related. It is obvious when the style and/or instrumentation change. I can use any of the substyles from either MultiStyle in an SGU file.

You are creating a custom song MultiStyle with the operations you're putting together. The -a- and -b- sections of the different MultiStyles you're using are selected by the sub- numbered MultiStyle you select from and those two -a- and -b- parts do not retain their original a/b lettering letters but do retain the style and instrument information and play correctly in the Main SGU file you're constructing. The letters are redefined in consecutive and accumulative alphabet order in the Main SGU song. You define Part Marker configurations by defining from the various numbered styles included in the MultiStyle you've selected. For instance choosing MDWEST2 would have instrument RT1152 rather than MDWEST1's RT1036 electric Bass. Choosing MDWEST+, MDWEST1 or MDWEST3 would use RT1036 Electric Bass.

EDIT: In the attached screenshot, Letters a through f are from the Rainin MultiStyle's numbered sub styles. Letters g and h are from the Trepid + MultiStyle and are the a and b Part Marker substyles of that MultiStyle.

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Last edited by Charlie Fogle; 02/18/24 03:25 PM.
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