Instruction Manual
Chapter 14: Reference
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Slide Tracks
- This allows you to move any of the Bass, Drums, Piano, Guitar, Strings or
Melody track ahead or behind by a certain amount. You could, for example, slide
the Bass track so it plays a little ahead of the rest of the band. This has the effect
of making the bass player “drive the band,” and is useful in Jazz styles to make
the music sound more exciting.
Looping
- You can loop any section of the song. The program will then start playback at
the first loop point and play the looped section until stop is pressed or looping is
turned off.
- Looping of a section of the song is enabled by the “LoopSec” checkbox, with the
Loop section Enabled command, or with the keystroke NUMPAD 1.
- Open up the Loop Section Settings dialog with the menu command, by clicking
the Loop button in the toolbar, or pressing NUMPAD 2. The Loop settings
dialog will then display; see its online Help for detailed instructions.
The remaining commands in this submenu are also found in the Loop Section
Settings dialog.
Tempo
- When a new song is started the tempo is set based on Style. This is the tempo that is
embedded in the style file. It can be reset to any tempo.
- You can quickly enter a specific tempo for a song with the Set Tempo… command
(hot key is Ctrl+Alt+T), or by clicking on the tempo. A dialog opens up where you
can type in a tempo.
- You can quickly change to different speeds with the menu commands or hot keys.
For example, choosing Half Speed (or the hot keys Ctrl -) will change the playback
speed to half, and Normal Speed (Ctrl =) will revert to normal speed.
- Load an audio file and use the tempo feature to play it at reduced speed without
changing the pitch, a big help for analyzing and transcribing songs.
Juke Box Play
- Opens the Options for Juke Box dialog to select and play a jukebox list.
Previous Juke Box Song /
Next JukeBox song
- Navigate back and forth in a juke box set list.
Wizard Play Along
feature
- The Wizard is a play along feature that allows you to use the QWERTY keyboard
or your connected MIDI keyboard to play along with Band-in-a-Box. The