User Guide

Chapter 3: Band-in-a-Box 2010.5 for Macintosh
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you both recently used songs/styles, and a new list of “favorites” that you select as a favorite songs or styles. You
can add an unlimited number of favorites.
Double time and half time support for RealTracks added. Now you can play any RealTracks at half time or
double-time. This allows you, for example, in a ballad at a tempo of 70, to add a RealTracks Sax solo with tempo of
140, and play it as a double-time, which will match the ballad tempo of 70. So now all of your existing RealTracks
can be used at 3 different tempos (normal time, half time, or double time).
Tempo swapping of similar RealTracks. You can use this feature either automatically or manually. If you set
“Auto RealTracks substitution based on tempo” to true in RealTracks Settings dialog or Additional Song Settings
dialog, Band-in-a-Box will automatically choose the best one to use. For example, if you have a ballad loaded, with
an Acoustic Bass RealTracks at a tempo of 60, and you speed up the tempo to 140, and press the [Play] button,
Band-in-a-Box will automatically choose an Acoustic Bass RealTracks closer to the tempo of 140, if it is the same
genre and feel. This means you can use a simple Jazz style, and play it at various tempos, without having to set the
best RealTracks based on tempos. If you don’t want this feature to work automatically, then set “Auto RealTracks
substitution based on tempo” to false. The RealTracks that support the Tempo Swapping are listed in the next to last
column of the Assign RealTracks to Track dialog.
RealTracks Picker dialog enhanced:
- Opens up faster.
- New columns are added (tempo swappable, holds type).
RealDrums Picker dialog has been enhanced, with information about Artist name, Artist bio, and RealDrums
Set number.
Rendering now has a Normalize option, to normalize individual tracks or the complete arrangement. Normalizing
boosts the volume to a maximum level without distortion. Most professional music tracks are normalized.
Songs that are “Saved-As” a different name now have the new name added to the Recently Played Song dialog.
Support enhanced for non-concert instruments (Bb/Eb sax, trumpet etc.). Now when the Chordsheet is
transposed, you can type in chords in the transposed key, and they will show up as you have entered them, instead
of requiring you to enter the chords in the concert key.
More Soloists are now available, up to 2000.
Many messages changed to “yellow alerts” at top right of screen, so you don’t have to respond to the message,
interrupting workflow.
Looped playback of any selected region. On the Chordsheet window (not the notation window), select a region of
bars, and press the [Loop] playback button on the toolbar. The selected region will loop. You can change the
looped section during playback. Pressing [Loop] button again will turn off looping.
Mouse scroll wheel support added to the main window, notation window, and many dialogs.
Ability to have endings use a “held chord,” (like C...). (RealTracks and MIDI)
For songs with no ending, the last chord of the song can be a held chord (like C...). (RealTracks and MIDI)
More New RealTracks
There are one hundred and one sets of RealTracks available for Band-in-a-Box!
The basic Band-in-a-Box Pro package includes a basic set of RealCombos for Pop, Country, and Jazz. In addition,
there are hundreds more RealTracks instruments available in one hundred and one different sets.
For a full listing with complete descriptions and demo songs, go to
www.pgmusic.com and see the RealTracks page,
http://www.pgmusic.com/products_realtracks.htm.
While you’re there, be sure to check for new releases.