User Guide

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features
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Pick a type of Soloist in the “Soloist type” list box and choose the appropriate style, or enable the “Auto” checkbox
and press the [Suggest] button next to it. This brings up a list of Soloists in that style; simply choose which one you
like.
If you can’t find the Soloist you’re looking for, try pressing the [Search] button to type in part of a
name to search for.
The [Fav] button finds your favorites by opening a list of the last 50 Soloists used.
Go To# box allows you to select from the list exactly which Soloist to choose (if known).
The pre-made Soloists may set the style, instrument, and harmony, but you can change these settings to your own
choices.
The [Clear] buttons will remove the currently selected Instrument, Harmony, or Style.
Use the [Choose(1)] button to select an instrument and automatically set the soloist note range
for that instrument.
Use the [Choose(2)] button to select any style from the \bb folder.
For a harmonized solo, choose a harmony from the
Harmony list.
Solo Mode
In Normal Solo Mode, Band-in-a-Box solos in the normal way of improvising
choruses of the song.
Several other options are provided for adding improvisation to your song in a variety
of ways, including Fills, Around Melody, Trade4s, Solo Wizard, and a user-defined
Custom setting.
Fills%
Fill instructs the Soloist to “noodle” on the song part of the time (% box).
Around Melody
To solo around the Melody, do the following:
- Open up a song that has a Melody, preferably a sparse Melody with some space in it that a Soloist might be
able to “jump in.”
- Press the [Soloist] button. Select the Solo Mode “Around Melody.”
- Set the Soloist to play in All Choruses, and uncheck the “Mute Melody in Middle” option.
- Press [OK] and the Solo will be generated, playing riffs at times when the Melody isn't playing.
Tip: For added effect, add a guitar chord solo to the Soloist part using the Chord Solo button in the Guitar window and
choosing Solo as the destination, or simply choose a Guitar Harmony like 32 J Pass.
Trading 4s
There is a type of soloing called “Trade4s”soloing. “Trading fours” refers to a solo lasting four bars, usually
followed by a different melodic solo or drum solo for the next four bars. Band-in-a-Box can generate the first four
or the second four bars.