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 14: Reference
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Keystroke Commands – “Hot Keys”
It's often faster to use keystrokes instead of picking up the mouse. We've added many keystroke “hot keys” to mute
instruments or to adjust volume, panning, reverb, chorus, or bank of instrument without using the mouse.
If a hot key is not performing as expected, it might be because the operating system has assigned a different function
to that key. You can disable the operating system hot keys assignments by going to the Apple System
Preferences/Keyboard & Mouse and clicking on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. Scroll down to find the key you are
looking for, and uncheck it in the “On” column. Then your Band-in-a-Box hot key should work properly.
Keystroke List
This is a list of keystroke “hot keys.” These keys are also listed on the pull down menus beside the function.
Play the song
A
Set the first bar of the Chorus
B
Copy
C
Delete the Highlighted Chord Area
D
Set the Last (Ending) bar of the Chorus
E
Display and edit Favorite Patches Dialog
F
Reset Sound Canvas and send BB MIDI
settings
G
Melody Harmony
H
Insert x bars in the highlighted chord area
I
Jukebox play
J
Previous jukebox song
[
Next jukebox song
]
Open Main Settings dialog (title, key, tempo,
etc.)
K
Set the number of choruses in a song
L
Display and edit the MIDI Settings
M
New song
N
Open song from disk
O
Print current song
P
Quit the program
Q
Replay already constructed song
R