User Guide

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions
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When you’re ready to generate the Style, press [OK- (re) Generate style
with name ---〉], and choose a name for your style.
Remember that style names in Band-in-a-Box can be a maximum of eight characters, with no spaces! (This is to
insure compatibility with Macintosh and previous versions of Band-in-a-Box.)
Press [Play] in Band-in-a-Box and you can hear the results. You can revisit the Make a Hybrid style dialog to
make any changes.
Editing a Hybrid Style
You can edit a hybrid style just like any other style. Open the StyleMaker to view the patterns. In addition, in the
StyleMaker, if you press the [Misc] button, you’ll see a style memo listing the various styles that made up the hybrid
style.
Importing Instruments from Other Styles
This is a great way to have fun with the StyleMaker, and to create great new styles in no time. The dialog is
accessed from the Style | Import Instrument menu item.
Choose the instrument you want to import and select the desired options. Click on [OK] and a standard Windows
Open dialog will be launched so you can select any style on your computer as the source for the instrument. Mix
and match instruments from different styles to create fresh new arrangements.
Notice the selector box to choose an instrument to
import and the destination instrument in “Import to
this instrument.”
For example, to add a second guitar to your style,
you could import it to the Strings part if it is empty
(or if you want to replace the strings with another
guitar).
Note that Piano/Guitar/Strings can be interchanged
here, but Bass can only be imported from Bass, and
Drums from Drums.
Try some instruments from dissimilar styles for fun
and surprises! You can also add parts that were not
present in the original style this way.
Importing Patterns from a MIDI file
You can use any MIDI file as a source for new StyleMaker patterns by accessing Pattern | Import Pattern from
MIDI file menu item.
Use the options to specify the channels and the exact bars to import, and also to include or exclude controllers.
The import # patterns option allows you to import more than one at a time.