STY Converter

Convert Keyboard styles (STY) online for free


Drop or upload your .STY file

How to convert your STY file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your STY file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert STY to another file type

The converter easily converts your STY Styles to various formats - free and online. No Yamaha Arranger Keyboards or other Audio software needed.

  • STY to WAV
  • STY to MP3
  • STY to AAC
  • STY to FLAC
  • STY to OGG
  • STY to WMA
  • STY to AIFF
  • STY to EAC3
  • STY to AST
  • STY to RSO
  • STY to ADX
  • STY to TTA

Convert a file to STY

To convert other file formats to the "Keyboard Style File" file type, you need software like Yamaha Arranger Keyboards or a similar tool.


About STY files

The .STY file format is most commonly used as a Keyboard Accompaniment Style file by Yamaha and Korg. These files contain proprietary, multi-track MIDI data that instructs the arranger keyboard how to play auto-accompaniment rhythms, basslines, and chord backings. A secondary, but highly prevalent, use for .STY files is as a Style Document in LaTeX, storing custom macros and formatting parameters for typesetting technical documents. The primary disadvantage of keyboard .STY files is their hardware lock-in. While they are essentially standard MIDI files under the hood, they contain proprietary headers and CASM (Chord Assignation/Style Maker) sections that standard media players cannot read. You cannot simply play them on a PC without specialized software, and sharing them with musicians using different keyboard brands is nearly impossible without data loss. For editing and cross-platform playback, convert your keyboard .STY to standard MID. This strips the proprietary headers, allowing you to edit the backing tracks in any DAW like Ableton Live or Logic Pro. If you are dealing with a LaTeX .STY file, you can view and edit it as plain text (TXT) or compile it into a PDF for archiving. Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser, bypassing the need for complex, brand-specific conversion software.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your STY file.

Users also converted MP3, AUS, WAV, STYLE, ZIP, RGT, PAD, PRS, MID, MIDI, AC7, PCG and RAR files.


FAQ

If you want to convert STY file to MIDI, STL, SET, PDF or M4A, you can use Yamaha Arranger Keyboards or similar software from the "Keyboard Accompaniment Styles" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to STY, try Yamaha Arranger Keyboards or another comparable tool in the "Keyboard Accompaniment Styles" category.



The STY Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our STY converter.