Instruction Manual

Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
PG MUSIC INC. LICENSE AGREEMENT.............................................................................................................2
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................................3
CHAPTER 1: WELCOME TO BAND-IN-A-BOX!.................................................................................................7
WHAT IS BAND-IN-A-BOX?........................................................................................................................................7
INSTALLING BAND-IN-A-BOX FOR WINDOWS ............................................................................................................8
MIDI SETUP ...............................................................................................................................................................8
AUDIO SETUP ...........................................................................................................................................................14
CHAPTER 2: QUICKSTART..................................................................................................................................17
STEP 1 – TYPING IN THE CHORDS .............................................................................................................................17
STEP 2 – CHOOSING A STYLE....................................................................................................................................20
STEP 3 – PLAY YOUR SONG!......................................................................................................................................22
CHAPTER 3: BAND-IN-A-BOX 2008.5 .................................................................................................................23
WELCOME TO BAND-IN-A-BOX 2008.5!...................................................................................................................23
SUMMARY OF NEW FEATURES IN BAND-IN-A-BOX 2008 .........................................................................................23
SUMMARY OF NEW FEATURES ADDED IN BAND-IN-A-BOX 2008.5..........................................................................29
CHAPTER 4: THE MAIN SCREEN.......................................................................................................................39
MAIN SCREEN OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................39
STATUS BAR.............................................................................................................................................................41
SYNTH WINDOW / PIANO KEYBOARD.......................................................................................................................42
TITLE WINDOW ........................................................................................................................................................48
CHORD SHEET AREA ................................................................................................................................................50
CHAPTER 5: GUIDED TOUR OF BAND-IN-A-BOX .........................................................................................53
LOADING AND PLAYING BAND-IN-A-BOX SONGS ....................................................................................................53
THE CONDUCTOR WINDOW......................................................................................................................................61
ADD REAL INSTRUMENTS – REALDRUMS AND REALTRACKS ..................................................................................62
ADD A MELODY – MIDI AND/OR AUDIO..................................................................................................................64
ADD A SOLO - “THE SOLOIST”..................................................................................................................................68
VIEW AND PRINT NOTATION ....................................................................................................................................70
PIANO ROLL WINDOW..............................................................................................................................................73
LEAD SHEET NOTATION WINDOW............................................................................................................................81
THE GUITAR WINDOW .............................................................................................................................................86
BIG PIANO WINDOW.................................................................................................................................................90
PLAY THE JUKEBOX..................................................................................................................................................91
IMPORT A MIDI FILE................................................................................................................................................93
AUTOMATIC SONGS - “THE MELODIST” ...................................................................................................................94
MAKE YOUR OWN SONGS ........................................................................................................................................95
SAVING YOUR WORK.............................................................................................................................................106
BURN YOUR OWN AUDIO-CD................................................................................................................................108
CHAPTER 6: BAND-IN-A-BOX POWERGUIDE ..............................................................................................110
OPENING FILES.......................................................................................................................................................110
GLOBAL SONG OVERRIDES ....................................................................................................................................113
CHORD ENTRY .......................................................................................................................................................113
PART MARKERS AND SUBSTYLES...........................................................................................................................119
REPEATS AND ENDINGS..........................................................................................................................................119