User Guide

Chapter 14: Reference
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Chord Builder submenu
Chord Builder… Allows you to build up chords using mouse clicks.
Play Current Chordsheet Chord This function plays the current chord on the chordsheet. It is most commonly
accessed by pressing Shift+Enter on the chordsheet.
MIDI Chord Detection…
This Window menu command brings up a submenu for entering chords from a keyboard.
Select MIDI Chord Detection… and play any chord on your MIDI keyboard. Band-in-a-Box will then provide you
with up to 4 interpretations of the chord you played, with its best suggestion at the top and alternates below.
Choose the chord you want to have pasted into your song by clicking the appropriate [Enter] button beside the chord
name. You can insert up to two chords per bar in this fashion, and move backwards and forwards in a song with the
[<] [>] buttons in the top right section of the dialog.
Tip: You can also insert chords this way without opening up this dialog. Just press Ctrl+Enter keys at any time to insert the
last chord that you've played on your MIDI keyboard onto the worksheet.
Conductor Window
As the song is playing, many “single key” hot keys are available to control the playback and looping of the song.
For example, pressing the “4” key will insure that the middle chorus is the next one played, and pressing the “S” key
will insure that the middle section is looped. This would be useful to extend a song that has the last chorus playing.
Custom loop points can also be set for each song.
These settings are ideal for live performance, or “jam sessions” where you aren’t entering new Band-in-a-Box
songs, but want full control of the playback. These loops happen seamlessly at the end of the chorus, so are suitable
for the “dance floor.” In addition, you can control Band-in-a-Box from a standard MIDI keyboard, pressing MIDI
keys corresponds to program functions. For example, load the next song, play/pause/tempo adjust/change thru
patch/jump to middle choruses/open the notation or lead sheet window – all from your MIDI keyboard!