User Guide
Table Of Contents
- PG Music Inc. License Agreement
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Welcome to Band-in-a-Box!
- Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial
- Chapter 3: Band-in-a-Box 2010.5 for Macintosh
- Welcome to Band-in-a-Box 2010.5
- New Features in Band-in-a-Box 2010
- More New RealTracks
- QuickStart Tutorial
- Quick Song Settings
- Save Default Mix
- Improved Audio Rendering
- DAW Plug-in Mode
- Freeze Tracks
- RealTracks Enhancements
- New Favorite Songs/Styles Dialog
- Rendering Tracks
- StylePicker Enhancements
- New in the StyleMaker
- Chapter 4: The Main Screen
- Chapter 5: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box
- Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
- RealTracks
- RealDrums
- Song Settings
- The Chordsheet
- Chord Preview/Builder
- MIDI file “Chord Wizard”
- Applying Styles
- The StylePicker
- Playing, Pausing, and Stopping Songs
- Changing Volume, Panning, Reverb, Chorus, Bank
- Freeze Tracks
- Saving Songs
- Preferences – User Settings
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- Show Chords with push/rest chars
- Metronome During Recording
- Harmony Volume Adjust
- OK to Load Style with songs
- Write Guitar part on 6 channels
- Turn External Keyboard’s Local On at end of session
- OK to beep with messages
- OK to prompt to reduce/expand
- For Roman Numerals in minor keys, use relative major
- Save Button on main screen works as Save As
- Name MIDI files with .MID extension
- Allow larger fonts on Chordsheet
- Color for Chordsheet Area
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- Other Editing Features
- MIDI Setup
- The JukeBox
- Chapter 7: Notation and Printing
- Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features
- Chapter 9: Recording Tracks
- Chapter 10: Audio Features
- Chapter 11: Wizards, Tutors, and Fun
- Chapter 12: User Programmable Functions
- Chapter 13: CoreMIDI and Apple DLS Synth
- Chapter 14: Reference
- PG Music Inc.
- Index
- Registration Form
Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
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In addition to quick access to editing features it also
includes shortcuts to major features for editing
arrangements and making program settings.
Chords can be copied, pasted, cut, or erased and
new chords can be entered from the Chord Builder.
The Chord Settings allow pushes, rests, and pedal
bass to be applied.
The Bar Settings let you refine your arrangement
with changes in tempo, meter, key signature, styles,
RealDrums, volume levels, patches, and harmonies.
Song Settings allow rests and pushes, and also
control tags, endings, and fadeouts.
Global system settings are accessed in the
Preferences.
You can select bars for the beginning and end of the
chorus, and for the song ending.
Start playback from the bar that is selected in any
chorus.
MIDI file “Chord Wizard”
This allows you to read in the chords from any MIDI file and write them onto the Band-in-a-Box chordsheet.
- First, blank the song by choosing File | New.
- Choose File | Import Chords from MIDI File (or press Ctrl+Option+I).
- You'll see this Chord Wizard dialog: