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Chapter 14: Reference
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Quantize Melody…
The Quantize Melody… and Quantize Soloist…menu commands open the Quantize dialog, where all or part of the
Melody and Soloist tracks can be quantized. The dialog and settings are identical for both tracks.
Resolution
Choose the division you would like the track quantized to. Choosing 16 will quantize to 16th notes.
Starting at Bar# and Chorus #
Quantization will begin at the place you select and applied for the number of bars.
#Bars to quantize
Leave at 999 to quantize the entire track, or specify 1 or more bars.
Quantize durations %
Choose 100% if you want the notes quantized exactly to the division. Otherwise, the notes will be moved
the % toward the target quantization.
Quantize Start Times. By default, this option is set to “Yes.” If you don't want the beginnings of the
notes quantized, set it to “No.”
Quantize Durations. This quantizes the END of the notes. By default, this is set to “Off.”
Humanize w/ straight feel and Humanize w/ swing feel
Band-in-a-Box uses intelligent humanization routines, which can humanize a melody from one, feel to another, from
one tempo to another, and vary the amount of swing in 8th notes (but not randomly). The results are very musical
with natural sounding MIDI melodies.
Humanize Melody…
Opens the Quantize to New Tempo or Feel dialog. The humanize effect is broken down into 5 main categories:
Tempo, Lateness, 8th Note Spacing, Legato, and Feel.
Transpose Melody…
Transpose the melody track without affecting the other tracks in the song.
Copy 1st chorus to all song
This stretches the melody track out over the entire song (all choruses).
Kill entire melody
Erases the melody track and any data that was contained therein.
Kill Melody Choruses
Eliminates the Melody from the First Chorus, Middle Choruses, or Last Chorus as selected from a list box.