Is it possible to export drum rhythms from PA1000...

[Scott]

...and bring them into another arranger (e.g. a Roland)?

[siebenhirter]

...and bring them into another arranger (e.g. a Roland)?

If the drum tracks of both systems use midi events then no problem - Pa1000 uses midi events and is capable of doing so also via importing/exporting events of styles and pads tracks

[Scott]

Thanks. I do see on p.303 of the manual, the PA1000 has the function, "Exporting a Style to a Standard MIDI File ‘separated by markers’" which I assume is what I want... the drum patterns should end up on channel 10... and I'm guessing that the 'markers' define the variations (regardless of whether they are fixed--e.g. intros/ending--looping), yes? Then I guess the remaining question is whether the other board can import these things from a Standard MIDI File, keeping those markers intact (as opposed to having to re-define stuff manually on the other side)...

[siebenhirter]

.. the remaining question is whether the other board can import these things from a Standard MIDI File...

In manual Page 304 you can find a screenshot of a test file created in Steinberg Cubase, just as an example of how a SMF separated by markers can look like.

The SMF after a Korg Style export corresponds to the structure of Korg Styles with eight tracks and the names of the individual sections. This structure may be different for a style from other manufacturers, maybe arranged in a different order, using different channels, etc .

What is essential, however, is the common, compatible data format of the sequence - and these are the Midi events, ready to be used after arranged accordingly for the respective style of another manufacturers arranger.