Upgrade Manual

Chapter 6: StylePicker Editor

The StylePicker is now Editable!

You can now add your own styles to the StylePicker list by pressing an ADD/EDIT button on the StylePicker. You

can see all the information about the style, including memo, genre, feel, tempo, range, etc.

The StylePicker allows browsing and choosing a style from the large library of available styles. Now you

can add your own styles to this list, including memos, examples, and other information about the style.

Technical Note: All of the styles that you add will be appended to the bottom of the StylePicker under new category and style

names. This is because we don’t want editing of the main style list (BBW.LST) provided by PG Music, because we update that

list frequently ourselves, and the updated list would overwrite your changes. The edits that you make in the StylePicker editor

will stay permanently, and not be overwritten by future versions of Band-in-a-Box.

In the StylePicker, at the bottom left, there is an [Edit] button. Pressing this button launches the

StylePicker Editor.

When you first launch it, there won’t be any styles added, so you’ll see a screen with only a blank category with no

styles on it.

The category here is called “My Styles,” you can change the name using the yellow “Category Name” area. For this

example, change the name to “Favorite Jazz.”

Let’s add a Style to the list.

Press the “Add New Style” button.

A style has been added, called NONAME.STY. You now need to fill in all of the information

in PINK, to supply the information for the style you have added.

Note: For this example, we’ll add a Jazz style called NEWONE.STY. This style is included in the C:\BB folder.

This information includes: