Casio CTK-731 built-in styles

[v.muller]

Hello
I exported all the Casio CTK-731 built-in styles (*.cpt).
Do somebody know if this can be converted for example to the yamaha format?

This utility contains convertor, that can convert cpt to the ckf.
http://web.archive.org/web/20160306190509/https://www.casio-europe.com/euro/downloads/emi/cms/ides40.exe

Ckf styles can be played using this program:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130201214617/http://perso.wanadoo.es:80/didacpino2/CkfRhythmPlayerv1.22.zip


This program converts the Yamaha STY files to CKF, but I look for opposite conversion.
http://casio.medivm.ru/software/CASIO_RhythmConv v2.3.zip

[claudio]

v.Muller

You have part of your answer to read in this forum.

https://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/13798-how-to-convert-ac7-or-ckf-file-to-midi-or-sty-file/

[Dan]

Yes, can be done, but...
Casio seems to have many formats. The new one seems to be AC7
The question is does those styles worth the hard work?
Are many good Casio styles available?
Is it possible to get the factory styles of their latest model, I think MZ-X500?

[v.muller]

I haven't access other Casio keyboards.
The factory styles from the CTK-731 I got using in-build style editor.
The factory-style could be copied to the editor and then saved to the floppy.
I was using the same method to get styles from Yamaha PSR S650.

[BjayG]

Dan wrote..

Yes, can be done, but...
Casio seems to have many formats. The new one seems to be AC7
The question is does those styles worth the hard work?

Dan - don't be ridiculouus and even think about going off at a tangent and look to putting huge amounts of development resource into supporting Casio styles.  Its not even conceivable that there are not suitable styles available in all the other style formas vA supports.   

You are already getting a LOT of criticism because more important basic facilities (like Registration memory in my opinion) are not being developed and usability issues are not being fixed.    Sorry - but you are not gong to get more sales by having Casio styles being playable.     You really do need to stop this being a part time hobby (thus the reason there is no development plan that anyone can detect) and get to realise that people have spent a lot of money - and have a right to some decent professional support.

Barry

[v.muller]

To BjayG.
I agree with you that more than other features vArranger needs to tune the existing.
The request (not directed to Dan) was for a convertor, not integration into vArranger.
Yamaha styles could be edited for example using MidiSoft StyleMagic YA
and this file could be used in other (hardware) arrangers (= Yamaha keyboards).

I started to analyze the CPT file structure.
Now I'm able to convert it to Yamaha format manually.

[v.muller]

I examined the structure of cpt files.
Here is my convertor that converts these files into midi file.
It's one of my first program in C language,
so if somebody finds a bug - please let me know.

The package contains all CTK-731 built-in styles converted into midi file.
Using for example StyleMagic YA this can be converted into Yamaha style.