User Guide

Chapter 4: The Main Screen
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Use the Print button to launch the Print Options dialog and print the currently selected track of
notation.
Displays the notes being played on a virtual guitar fretboard. Select the track that you want to
display.
The Drum button launches an animated virtual Drum Kit window. Play along or watch drums light
up as they are played.
The [Intro] feature creates a chord progression that gets inserted as an introduction for the song.
The Audio Chord Wizard program (/Applications/Band-in-a-Box/Audio Chord Wizard)
automatically figures out the chords from audio files such as MP4, M4A, AIFF, WAV, and CD
audio.
The [Pref] button will bring up a Preferences dialog where you can set various settings and access
program options.
This button sends out an “all notes off” message to your MIDI or software synthesizer. It functions
as a “panic” button to stop a hung or stuck note.
This opens up the pgmusic.com website to the page with video tutorials for learning Band-in-a-Box.
Opens the Band-in-a-Box PDF manual, which is in the /Manuals folder.
Additional Toolbar buttons
When playing songs in the Jukebox, this arrow will jump back to the previous song in the list.
The Jukebox plays a folder of songs according to the specified options. The [JukeBox] button is
used to start or stop the Jukebox.
When playing songs in the Jukebox, this arrow will jump ahead to the next song in the list.
This button resets General MIDI devices by sending a GM mode On message and then setting up
the Band-in-a-Box patches.
This launches a Finder folder in the current song folder. You can open up songs by double-
clicking on songs from the finder.