Instruction Manual

Chapter 5: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box
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Once you have set the recording properties and tested the recording input levels, recording is easy. Simply tell
Band-in-a-Box the place in the song where you want to start recording, whether or not you want to record the MIDI
data along with your acoustic instrument, and press [Record]. If you choose to start recording from the beginning of
the song, Band-in-a-Box will start with a lead-in count before the music starts playing. If you are starting from
elsewhere in the song recording starts instantly.
Punch-In Recording
Punch-in audio recording allows you to punch-in record or overdub a section of audio. You can hear the existing
audio part when you are overdubbing.
To select a punch-in range, open the Audio Edit window and highlight the punch-in section. The highlighted range
will set the From: and Thru: values for Punch-In Record.
Press the Esc key or click on [Stop] to stop recording. Band-in-a-Box will prompt you to keep the take or take
again.
When you get a take you like, press the [OK – Keep Take] button to save your recording. Use the Options to record
one Chorus and then copy it to the whole song, to overdub underlying audio on the track, and to retain audio past the
new take just recorded (punch out).
Add Audio Harmonies
You can apply a harmony to the audio part – allowing you to automatically create up to 4 part vocal harmonies from
your singing. And don’t worry if your singing is not in perfect tune, Band-in-a-Box can now “fix” vocals to the
correct pitch - automatically! Band-in-a-Box generates the harmonies using the world-leading TC-Helicon Vocal
Technologies engine. Once you have recorded a vocal part into Band-in-a-Box, you can use this feature in many
ways, including:
- Record yourself singing into a Band-in-a-Box file. Create a vocal harmony for part or all of the song by
selecting a Band-in-a-Box harmony and choosing the Generate Audio Harmonies option (Harmony | Audio
Harmonies & Pitch Tracking or Audio | Audio Harmonies & Pitch Tracking). You can then hear yourself
singing in perfect harmony!
- Did you hit a few “out-of-tune” notes when you recorded your singing to Band-in-a-Box? Fixing your “out-of-
tune” singing is easy, by instructing the program to correct the pitches to the Melody track.
- When you’ve recorded your singing voice, in addition to harmony voices, you can add unison voices that
“fatten” your sound. Each unison voice can have different vibrato and pitch characteristics.
- Each harmony voice can have up to 4 “choir” voices, duplicated and shifted slightly in time, pitch and more to
create an authentic, full choir sound. Create a 16 voice choir from your single vocal performance!