User Guide

Chapter 12: User Programmable Functions
236
Melody Patch
If set to other than 0 all melodies will be played on the specified instrument. If you're making a “Grover
Washington” style for example, you might want any melodies to be automatically set to Saxophone.
Volumes
You can set a default volume for each instrument in your style. The default volume is 90. The volume range is 0 -
127.
RealDrums Settings
RealDrums are actual recordings of studio drummers, pieced together by Band-in-a-Box to create a unique “real”
drum track that is played along with the MIDI tracks created by Band-in-a-Box styles.
RealDrums Settings (Audio Drums, instead of MIDI drums)
Enable “Style uses RealDrums (audio drums)” in order to designate a RealDrums style, then press the [RD] button
to select your RealDrums style. Whenever the current style is played, it will use your RealDrums style provided that
RealDrums are enabled in the RealDrums Settings dialog. There are also additional volume controls here.
To make your overall dB setting a bit higher or lower for this particular Band-in-a-Box style you can enter a setting
here. There are also fields for adjusting the “a” or “b” subsection volumes only.
If you remove the check mark from either “Allow ‘a’ substyle RealDrums” or “Allow ‘b’ substyle RealDrums” the
one with the checkmark remaining will be used for the entire song, regardless of what substyle is currently called for
in the song.
Choose “Vary ^ styles with each play” to hear a different variation each time [Play] is pressed, so the song sounds
fresh each time. One time you’ll hear it with brushes, the next time with sticks and ride cymbals, etc.
Long Name (32 chars)
A long style name can be stored in the style (up to 32 characters), and this will appear on screen and in the
StylePicker.
Jazz Style?
This lets Band-in-a-Box know if the style you've made is a Jazz style or not. If it’s a Jazz style it will use the Jazz
Snare/Bass Drum instead of the Pop Snare/Bass Drum, and also makes some other decisions based on this setting.
Tempo
This allows you to set the default tempo for the Style. This is stored with the style. You can also change this tempo
by the tempo button on the StyleMaker main screen. Tempos can also be changed by the [ and ] keys. When
creating a new song the tempo will be set to the default tempo for the style/