User Guide

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Table Of Contents

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Welcome to Band-in-a-Box!
- What is Band-in-a-Box?
  - Band-in-a-Box is so easy to use!
- System Requirements
- Installation
  - Band-in-a-Box External USB Hard Drive
  - Using the USB Hard Drive
- Setup
Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial
- Step 1 – Enter the Chords
- Step 2 – Choose a Style
  - What’s a Style?
  - Four Fast ways to Open a Style
- Step 3 – Play your song!
- More fun with Band-in-a-Box
  - Add RealTracks and RealDrums
Chapter 3: Band-in-a-Box 2010.5 for Macintosh
- Welcome to Band-in-a-Box 2010.5
  - 30 New Features!
- New Features in Band-in-a-Box 2010
  - The New Features in Band-in-a-Box 2010 for Macintosh are...
- More New RealTracks
- QuickStart Tutorial
  - Using the New Features in Band-in-a-Box 2010 and 2010.5
- Quick Song Settings
- Save Default Mix
- Improved Audio Rendering
- DAW Plug-in Mode
- Freeze Tracks
- RealTracks Enhancements
  - Audio Reverb
- New Favorite Songs/Styles Dialog
- Rendering Tracks
- StylePicker Enhancements
- New in the StyleMaker
Chapter 4: The Main Screen
- Main Screen Overview
  - Personalizing the Main Screen
- Status Bar
- Synth Window / Piano Keyboard
- Toolbars
  - Transport Controls
    - Additional Toolbar buttons
- Title Window
  - Favorite and Recently Played Songs and Styles
  - Harmony Area
- Chordsheet Area
  - Chord Entry
  - Chordsheet Editing Features
Chapter 5: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box
- Loading and Playing Songs
- View and Print Notation
- Play the Jukebox
- Automatic Songs - “The Melodist”
  - Import a MIDI File
- Make Your Own Songs
Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
- RealTracks
  - What are RealTracks?
  - RealTracks Dialogs
- RealDrums
  - - Other RealDrums Controls
- Song Settings
  - Rests
- The Chordsheet
  - 2 bars of C chord (no break on bar 2).
- Chord Preview/Builder
- MIDI file “Chord Wizard”
- Applying Styles
- The StylePicker
  - Styles with RealDrums
    - Standard Pop song form with 4 substyle MultiStyle
    - About LS3 Files
- Playing, Pausing, and Stopping Songs
- Changing Volume, Panning, Reverb, Chorus, Bank
- Freeze Tracks
- Saving Songs
  - Storing Volume, Reverb, Panning, Chorus, and/or Bank Settings
- Preferences – User Settings
- Other Editing Features
  - Automatic Song Summary
- MIDI Setup
  - Selecting a MIDI Driver
- The JukeBox
  - (Preview) Switch to next song after ____ Bars
    - Use this setting to preview the songs in a Jukebox list. Band-in-a-Box will play each song in the folder for the number of bars you enter into the box. Use a setting of 99 bars to play one chorus of each song.
Chapter 7: Notation and Printing
- Notation
  - Options
- Printing
- Printing
  - LIKE THIS
    - Music Font Size
    - Setup
Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features
- Automatic Songs - “The Melodist”
- Automatic Solo Generation – “The Soloist”
  - Trade Fours Soloing
    - Soloing over Slash Chords
- Automatic Guitar Chord Solos – “The Guitarist”
- Melody Embellisher
- The Reharmonist
  - See a List of Possible Reharmonizations
Chapter 9: Recording Tracks
- Real Time Recording
- Step Edit Notes
- Entering Notes Manually in the Notation Window
- Recording with the Wizard Feature
- Importing Pre-Recorded MIDI Data
- Record using The Melodist
- Additional Options for Melody/Soloist Track
Chapter 10: Audio Features
- RealTracks and RealDrums
- Render MIDI Track to AIFF File
- Rendering Audio Files
- Audio Reverb Control
- Reverb Settings
Chapter 11: Wizards, Tutors, and Fun
- The Wizard
- Audio Chord Wizard (“Chords from MP4”)
- MIDI File Chord Interpretation Wizard
- The Reharmonist
- Chord Breaks
- The Guitarist
- Guitar Tutor
- Chord Substitution Wizard
- Chord Builder
- Animated Drum Kit
Chapter 12: User Programmable Functions
- The StyleMaker
  - Special bar masks:
    - Jazz Style?
      - Tempo
      - Resolution
- The Harmony Maker
- The Soloist Maker
- The Melodist Maker
- The Guitarist Maker
Chapter 13: CoreMIDI and Apple DLS Synth
- CoreMIDI and Apple DLS Synth Tutorial
Chapter 14: Reference
- File Menu
- Edit Menu
- Song Menu
- Styles Menu
- User Menu
- Melody Menu
- Soloist Menu
- Harmony Menu
- MIDI Menu
- GS Menu
- Windows Menu
- Help Menu
- Keystroke Commands – “Hot Keys”
- Chord List
- Files and Folders
PG Music Inc.
Index
Registration Form
- How to Register

Chapter 5: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box

This button is to turn off any notes that are stuck on. (There shouldn’t be any.)

Enter the number of the harmony you want to go to and press [Go To #].

Favorite Melody Harmony

This option brings up your favorite 50 Harmony styles (based on recent usage) and allows you to choose one to use

on the Melody track. It opens from the Harmony | Favorite Melody Harmonies menu item or by pressing either the

[F] button next to the Melody Harmony box or the [Favs] button in the Select Melody Harmony dialog.

You can go directly to the Favorite Melody Harmony dialog from the main screen with the keystrokes

Control+F10.

Play along with the Wizard

The Wizard is an intelligent play along feature that is controlled with the bottom two rows your

computer’s QWERTY keyboard. The bottom row of keys plays chord tones, the second row plays passing tones -

you play any key in either row and never make a mistake!

Add a Solo

That’s right! Band-in-a-Box can “solo like a pro” in over 200 styles.

Use the [Soloist] button on the main screen to open the Select Soloist dialog box and choose from

hundreds of soloist profiles, including RealTracks for authentic live audio solos. The RealTracks

soloists start at #361 in the list.