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
Table of Contents
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Song Settings .................................................................................................................................................................. 85
The Chordsheet............................................................................................................................................................... 89
Chord Preview/Builder ................................................................................................................................................. 101
MIDI file “Chord Wizard”............................................................................................................................................ 103
Applying Styles............................................................................................................................................................. 104
The StylePicker............................................................................................................................................................. 106
Playing, Pausing, and Stopping Songs .......................................................................................................................... 111
Changing Volume, Panning, Reverb, Chorus, Bank ..................................................................................................... 112
Freeze Tracks................................................................................................................................................................ 113
Saving Songs................................................................................................................................................................. 115
Preferences – User Settings........................................................................................................................................... 117
Other Editing Features .................................................................................................................................................. 128
MIDI Setup ................................................................................................................................................................... 130
The JukeBox ................................................................................................................................................................. 135
Chapter 7: Notation and Printing ...........................................................................................
137
Notation ........................................................................................................................................................................ 137
Printing ......................................................................................................................................................................... 145
Printing ......................................................................................................................................................................... 147
Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features.................................................................................... 149
Automatic Songs - “The Melodist”............................................................................................................................... 149
Automatic Solo Generation – “The Soloist” ................................................................................................................. 155
Automatic Guitar Chord Solos – “The Guitarist” ......................................................................................................... 159
Melody Embellisher...................................................................................................................................................... 164
The Reharmonist........................................................................................................................................................... 169
Chapter 9: Recording Tracks.................................................................................................. 172
Real Time Recording .................................................................................................................................................... 172
Step Edit Notes ............................................................................................................................................................. 174
Entering Notes Manually in the Notation Window....................................................................................................... 175
Recording with the Wizard Feature .............................................................................................................................. 175
Importing Pre-Recorded MIDI Data ............................................................................................................................. 175
Record using The Melodist ........................................................................................................................................... 176
Additional Options for Melody/Soloist Track............................................................................................................... 177
Chapter 10: Audio Features..................................................................................................... 179
RealTracks and RealDrums........................................................................................................................................... 179
Render MIDI Track to AIFF File.................................................................................................................................. 180
Rendering Audio Files .................................................................................................................................................. 180
Audio Reverb Control................................................................................................................................................... 181
Reverb Settings............................................................................................................................................................. 182
Chapter 11: Wizards, Tutors, and Fun...................................................................................
185
The Wizard ................................................................................................................................................................... 185
Audio Chord Wizard (“Chords from MP4”)................................................................................................................. 186
MIDI File Chord Interpretation Wizard ........................................................................................................................ 196
The Reharmonist........................................................................................................................................................... 202
Chord Breaks ................................................................................................................................................................ 204
The Guitarist ................................................................................................................................................................. 205
Guitar Tutor .................................................................................................................................................................. 208
Chord Substitution Wizard............................................................................................................................................ 209