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 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
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Some RealTracks have variations available, such as the Acoustic Jazz
Bass, which has variations that play in “2” only, in “4” only, or in “2”and “4” (for “a” and “b” substyles). Normally
you will want to “Show RealTracks Variations.”
Use this to show/hide RealTracks that are out of compatible tempo
range.
This will display RealTracks installation errors when you open the dialog.
Press the [Rebuild] button for more information.
This rebuilds the list of RealTracks. It also reports any installation errors.
You can play RealTracks at half time or double time. This allows you,
for example, in a ballad at a tempo of 70 to add a RealTracks solo with
a tempo of 140 and play it in double time, which will match the ballad tempo of 70.
A filter is available. Type a filter text, (e.g., bass) and press
[Update] and you will then see the list filtered to show only
RealTracks that have the word bass somewhere in the title,
memo, genre, etc.
Multiple search terms work with the RealTracks picker. If you separate terms with a space, each term is searched
for separately. So a search for "“Country Guitar Ev 120",”, will find any Country Guitar styles with an Even feel
that would work with a tempo of close to 120. Adding a search term that has a number will filter for RealTracks
that match the tempo or within a compatible range.
Pressing [Show All] will cancel the filter, and show all RealTracks again.
[Generate Track] will generate a RealTracks instrument on the currently selected
track.
This button will close the dialog, and assign the RealTracks instrument to the current track.
Then, when play is pressed, the RealTrack will generate.
Click on [Cancel] to exit the dialog without assigning a RealTracks instrument to the current
track.
Using RealTracks in Styles
The StyleMaker has settings to assign RealTracks to styles in the Misc. Style Settings dialog. This allows you to
create or edit styles to assign specific RealDrums or RealTracks to the style.
To access this dialog, enter the StyleMaker (User | Make A New Style), and then press the [PATCH]
button to launch the Misc. Style Settings dialog.
RealTracks can be assigned to any Band-in-a-Box instrument part in an existing style by using the “Assign Soloist
(MIDI) or RealTracks (audio) to style” feature.