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Erase Audio Choruses

will erase some of the choruses.

Erase Region

will erase a specified region of bars/beats of audio.

Adjust Output level – quick

uses the Windows Mixer to adjust the output

level of the audio track. You can also use the Windows Mixer directly by

pressing the Speaker icon.

Adjust Level of .WAV file permanently

changes the volume of the audio track

itself. It uses a sophisticated peak-limiting algorithm to ensure that increases in

the volume do not result in 'clipping' of the sound (which would be heard as a

loud distortion). It accepts units of decibels (dB). Zero means no change in the

level, whereas +6 would be a doubling of the sound, and –6 is a halving of the

sound level.

Timeshift audio

in ms (milliseconds) is used to timeshift the whole audio track

a certain number of milliseconds. Normally you wouldn't have to timeshift a

track at all. There are settings in the Audio-Options Dialog (see below) that can

adjust for synchronization differences between your soundcard and MIDI

devices (for example, the VSC-88 has a 430ms latency). But the timeshift audio

command can be useful in special cases. (1000ms = 1 second. Positive values

move the audio track ahead, negative values move it back)

Insert Beats in Audio

and

Delete Beats in Audio

are used to insert silence or

remove parts of the audio track. You can specify the region to use. For example,

if you decide to add an extra 2 bars to the intro in Band-in-a-Box, and you've

already recorded an audio track, you should insert 2 bars (8 beats in a 4/4 time

signature) in the audio track as well.

Render MIDI to Stereo .WAV file

This command launches the dialog that

allows you to Render (convert) the BB song (with or without an audio track) to a

stereo .WAV file. This rendering is discussed in detail elsewhere.

Audio Options Dialog –

this allows you to set options for the audio track, and is

discussed elsewhere.