Then KN7000 was the top-of-the-line Technics keyboard and included some fantastic styles. Not all of these can be suitably converted to a PSR since many employ features in the Technics that are not available, in particular, a very strong section on vocals and on organ voices. In addition the commercial conversion programs set all the tempos to 120 so the initial conversions don't sound at all like the original style. However, with some experimentation and revoicing, these styles can serve as the basis of some very nice styles for use on Yamaha PSR keyboards. I have tuned up a bunch on the PSR-2100 and added some one-touch settings. I was aided enormously by obtaining a list of the default tempos for these KN7000 styles. I confess that I enhanced some styles by using panel voices for some of the accompaniment voices. If a style doesn't sound good on your keyboard, you may want to try running it through Michael Bedesem's MidiPlayer program, which can convert a style to one using voices on your particular keyboard.

Joe's Conversions (with OTS)

I like these new styles and have converted a number of them. The styles are listed below alphabetically. I had planned to convert more, but so many additional styles have shown up, I haven't pursued additional conversions.

KN7k_D1.ZIP 25 styles

16BtRock 16BtSlow 8BeatSlow 8BtStand BBandBld

BoogieWoogie Club1Combo Club2Combo DixieBand FastBebop

JazzQuintet JazzVoices MillerBand ModBebop SlowBB

SlowBlues SlowJazz SlowJazz2 SteadyBB Swing Ballad

SwingBand SwingRock SwingRock2 SwingRomance UpTempoBB

More Conversions

With all the new styles in the 3000, I confess that I have spent my time exploring the preset styles rather than tuning up new ones. However, there are others who have been working on the KN7000 styles and they are sharing the results with you. Many thanks to Brian Miles, Tom Griglock, and Eileen Lowery for the 108 conversions provided below. These will make a great addition to your PSR style library. Just click on the category title to download all the styles in that category in a single zip file.

Original Style Tempos

Many thanks to Marilyn Boissoneault, who has both a PSR-2100 and a KN7000, for compiling this list of the KN7000 categories and styles and the default tempo for each style. Not all of the styles above may be set at the original default tempo and this table may help if you want to adjust them.