User Guide

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Table Of Contents

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Welcome to Band-in-a-Box!
- What is Band-in-a-Box?
  - Band-in-a-Box is so easy to use!
- System Requirements
- Installation
  - Band-in-a-Box External USB Hard Drive
  - Using the USB Hard Drive
- Setup
Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial
- Step 1 – Enter the Chords
- Step 2 – Choose a Style
  - What’s a Style?
  - Four Fast ways to Open a Style
- Step 3 – Play your song!
- More fun with Band-in-a-Box
  - Add RealTracks and RealDrums
Chapter 3: Band-in-a-Box 2010.5 for Macintosh
- Welcome to Band-in-a-Box 2010.5
  - 30 New Features!
- New Features in Band-in-a-Box 2010
  - The New Features in Band-in-a-Box 2010 for Macintosh are...
- More New RealTracks
- QuickStart Tutorial
  - Using the New Features in Band-in-a-Box 2010 and 2010.5
- Quick Song Settings
- Save Default Mix
- Improved Audio Rendering
- DAW Plug-in Mode
- Freeze Tracks
- RealTracks Enhancements
  - Audio Reverb
- New Favorite Songs/Styles Dialog
- Rendering Tracks
- StylePicker Enhancements
- New in the StyleMaker
Chapter 4: The Main Screen
- Main Screen Overview
  - Personalizing the Main Screen
- Status Bar
- Synth Window / Piano Keyboard
- Toolbars
  - Transport Controls
    - Additional Toolbar buttons
- Title Window
  - Favorite and Recently Played Songs and Styles
  - Harmony Area
- Chordsheet Area
  - Chord Entry
  - Chordsheet Editing Features
Chapter 5: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box
- Loading and Playing Songs
- View and Print Notation
- Play the Jukebox
- Automatic Songs - “The Melodist”
  - Import a MIDI File
- Make Your Own Songs
Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
- RealTracks
  - What are RealTracks?
  - RealTracks Dialogs
- RealDrums
  - - Other RealDrums Controls
- Song Settings
  - Rests
- The Chordsheet
  - 2 bars of C chord (no break on bar 2).
- Chord Preview/Builder
- MIDI file “Chord Wizard”
- Applying Styles
- The StylePicker
  - Styles with RealDrums
    - Standard Pop song form with 4 substyle MultiStyle
    - About LS3 Files
- Playing, Pausing, and Stopping Songs
- Changing Volume, Panning, Reverb, Chorus, Bank
- Freeze Tracks
- Saving Songs
  - Storing Volume, Reverb, Panning, Chorus, and/or Bank Settings
- Preferences – User Settings
- Other Editing Features
  - Automatic Song Summary
- MIDI Setup
  - Selecting a MIDI Driver
- The JukeBox
  - (Preview) Switch to next song after ____ Bars
    - Use this setting to preview the songs in a Jukebox list. Band-in-a-Box will play each song in the folder for the number of bars you enter into the box. Use a setting of 99 bars to play one chorus of each song.
Chapter 7: Notation and Printing
- Notation
  - Options
- Printing
- Printing
  - LIKE THIS
    - Music Font Size
    - Setup
Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features
- Automatic Songs - “The Melodist”
- Automatic Solo Generation – “The Soloist”
  - Trade Fours Soloing
    - Soloing over Slash Chords
- Automatic Guitar Chord Solos – “The Guitarist”
- Melody Embellisher
- The Reharmonist
  - See a List of Possible Reharmonizations
Chapter 9: Recording Tracks
- Real Time Recording
- Step Edit Notes
- Entering Notes Manually in the Notation Window
- Recording with the Wizard Feature
- Importing Pre-Recorded MIDI Data
- Record using The Melodist
- Additional Options for Melody/Soloist Track
Chapter 10: Audio Features
- RealTracks and RealDrums
- Render MIDI Track to AIFF File
- Rendering Audio Files
- Audio Reverb Control
- Reverb Settings
Chapter 11: Wizards, Tutors, and Fun
- The Wizard
- Audio Chord Wizard (“Chords from MP4”)
- MIDI File Chord Interpretation Wizard
- The Reharmonist
- Chord Breaks
- The Guitarist
- Guitar Tutor
- Chord Substitution Wizard
- Chord Builder
- Animated Drum Kit
Chapter 12: User Programmable Functions
- The StyleMaker
  - Special bar masks:
    - Jazz Style?
      - Tempo
      - Resolution
- The Harmony Maker
- The Soloist Maker
- The Melodist Maker
- The Guitarist Maker
Chapter 13: CoreMIDI and Apple DLS Synth
- CoreMIDI and Apple DLS Synth Tutorial
Chapter 14: Reference
- File Menu
- Edit Menu
- Song Menu
- Styles Menu
- User Menu
- Melody Menu
- Soloist Menu
- Harmony Menu
- MIDI Menu
- GS Menu
- Windows Menu
- Help Menu
- Keystroke Commands – “Hot Keys”
- Chord List
- Files and Folders
PG Music Inc.
Index
Registration Form
- How to Register

Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial

Enter Chords Using the Chord Builder

Press the Chord Builder button to open the Chord Builder dialog with a list of chord roots and

extensions.

Chord Builder Dialog

To enter a chord at the current bar, select the chord root from the left pane, and then the extension on the right pane.

Pressing [Enter Chord ___] enters the chord and advances the highlight cell to the next half bar.

Import Chords from a MIDI File

Band-in-a-Box can import chords from an existing MIDI file with the Chord Wizard.

Choose File | Import Chords from MIDI File on the File menu, or use the keystrokes Ctrl+Option+I, to open the

Chord Wizard dialog.

When the Chord Wizard dialog opens, press the [Open (Change)…] button to choose the MIDI file that you want

Band-in-a-Box to interpret the chords from.

To help Band-in-a-Box interpret the chords better, you can choose a preset for the song. Choose from among such

genres as Pop, Rock, or Jazz Standard.