User Guide

Chapter 3: Band-in-a-Box Version 2005
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Let’s examine the improvements in the SongPicker.
Open the SongPicker. (The program may rebuild the song list prior to opening the dialog.)
Look at the folder name displayed at the bottom of the dialog.
Select the checkboxes “Always open in this folder” and “Include Subfolders.”
If the folder name isn’t already c:\bb, press the [Change] button near the bottom of the dialog, to change
the folder to c:\bb.
If the program doesn’t rebuild the list automatically, then force a rebuild by pressing the
[Rebuild List] button.
The Song list will then be rebuilt, displaying ALL of the
songs in your c:\bb folders and subfolders. If you have the MegaPAK, this will be over 2,000 songs, riffs, and style
demos!
Use the FILTER to manage this
list. Set the Filter to “any column.” For example, type the word Bluegrass in the filter, and press [Apply Filter].
You’ll now see a list of 29 songs, all with the word Bluegrass somewhere in the title, filename, genre, or other field.
Let’s explore the new “Vocal Wizard.”
The Vocal Wizard determines the best keys for any song in your vocal range.
Load in the song c:\bb\ Tutorial - BB 2005\Old Folks at Home.MGU. This is in the key of F. We’ll assume that
you are a male with a baritone range. If so, F is not a good key for this song, it is too high.
Choose Window | Vocal Wizard or press the Vocal Wizard button on the toolbar.
The Vocal Wizard will open. It displays color coded scores for each possible key, and has determined that they key
of D is the best key for that song in your vocal range, which you can set in the same dialog.
When you call out to your
piano player “We can do this song in D.” he replies, “I don’t play much in D, I’m a Jazz player.”