Instruction Manual

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
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Here's a summary of the style data line (on the next 4 lines)
; stylename,soloist# to use (1-255),soloist type to use (see list on web),double time OK (false/true),
; time sign. (3 or 4),straight or swing (sw/ev),16ths or 8ths (8/16),tempolow(30-500),
; tempo high range (30-500), tempo mid range (30-500), style disk # (0-30000) PG uses 1-255)
; melody patch to use (1-128 or higher-see list on web),soloist patch to use (1-128 or higher-see list),
RealDrums Styles
The RealDrums feature replaces MIDI drums with audio drums.
Why do RealDrums sound better than MIDI Drums?
The RealDrums are recordings of top studio drummers, playing multi-bar patterns. MIDI drums are patterns based
on single drum hits, being programmed, typically on a quantized grid, of what people assume drummers are
typically playing. We record drummers at multiple tempos, so the playing you hear at various tempos is also
musically different, not just “sped up.” Drummers play different types of fills etc. at slower/faster tempos, and these
are captured with RealDrums.
Technical note: If interested, you can see which tempos have been recorded by looking in the c:\bb\drums\ folder for the
particular style you are interested in.
The Edit Settings for bar… dialog (F5 key) lets you use multiple
RealDrums styles within a song - either using the RealDrums from a
Band- in-a-Box style or specifying a RealDrums style to use at a bar.
How Do RealDrums Work?
There are several ways to hear RealDrums with new or existing Band-in-a-Box songs.
We provide many styles that already have RealDrums. These styles can be identified by the style name beginning
with a minus sign. For example “-ZZJAZZ.STY” is a version of the ZZJAZZ.STY that uses RealDrums.
Styles (.STY) can have RealDrums (e.g. “–ZZJAZZ.STY”).
This setting is found in the StyleMaker’s Misc. Style
Settings dialog.
You can set the RealDrum style inside the StyleMaker, by pressing the [Misc] button, and then typing
the name of the RealDrum style.
RealDrums can be substituted for MIDI drums on existing styles in the RealDrums
Settings dialog, which opens with the RealDrums toolbar button or with the [RealDrums]
button in the Preferences dialog.