User Guide

Chapter 14: Reference
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Style Demos
Every Band-in-a-Box style has a demo song stored in this folder. There are a lot of them, the easiest way to play
them is to pick the style that interests you in the StylePicker dialog and then click on the [Song Demo] button to
hear the demo song for that style.
Styles
Band-in-a-Box styles use the file extension .sty and are stored in this folder. These are the styles that are listed in
the StylePicker. If you add new styles, they will be installed in this folder and added to the StylePicker list by
clicking on the [Re-Build] button.
Synth Kit Documentation
These are documents that describe the synth kits provided in the Synth Kits folder.
Synth Kits
Even though the General MIDI and GM2 patch lists have been widely adopted, Band-in-a-Box supports many other
MIDI patch lists and drum kits.
The .DK files in this folder are pre-formatted GM patch lists for most of the popular synthesizers, GM and non-GM,
in use since the introduction of Band-in-a-Box.
The .PAT files are for the patches found on higher banks GM and other synths, and include the custom bank change
commands to provide access to any patch on any MIDI synthesizer.
Users can write custom .DK and .PAT files and save them to this folder.
Tutorials
This folder contains the files provided for use with the tutorials found in the help file.