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Chapter 1: Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of Band-in-a-Box 2010 for Macintosh! This documentation covers the new features in Band-in-a-Box Version 2010 for Macintosh. - Chapter 2 is a summary of the new features. - Chapter 3 is a QuickStart Tutorial. - Chapters 4, 5, and 6 describe major new features. 50 New Features! Band-in-a-Box 2010 has over 50 cool new features.
Chapter 2: Summary of New Features Overview Band-in-a-Box 2010 for Macintosh is here with over 50 cool new features! There are some exciting new features in Band-in-a-Box. We've added a new "Plug-in" mode, allowing you to simply Drag-n-Drop tracks between Band-in-aBox and your favorite sequencer (GarageBand, ProTools, Logic, Nuendo, Reaper and more). RealTracks generate much faster now, typically 4X faster. RealTracks now support Shots, Holds, and Pushes.
All Tracks can be Edited and Saved. MIDI tracks for bass, drums, piano, guitar and strings can now be edited, and saved with the file. If you freeze a track, edits can be still made to it, because it is only frozen from Band-in-a-Box making changes to it (you can still edit it), so that the MIDI track will be saved to the file. So you can customize the bass part to match a certain song, and save it with a frozen bass part, so Band-in-a-Box won’t overwrite your edits.
tempo” to true in RealTracks Settings dialog or Additional Song Settings dialog, Band-in-a-Box will automatically choose the best one to use. For example, if you have a ballad loaded, with an Acoustic Bass RealTracks at a tempo of 60, and you speed up the tempo to 140, and press [Play] button, Band-in-a-Box will automatically choose an Acoustic Bass RealTracks closer to the tempo of 140, if it is the same genre and feel.
New RealTracks PAKs! There are 101 new RealTracks sets available, with special packages for Jazz, Rock-Pop, and Country. These new RealTracks add to a large existing library of Jazz, Country, Rock, Pop, Metal, Blues, and Bluegrass styles and more - all recorded by top studio musicians and recording artists. The total number of RealTracks available is now over 375, with more to come in a wide variety of popular styles and genres.
Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial How to Use the New Features in Band-in-a-Box 2010 Band-in-a-Box 2010 is here with over 50 cool new features! There are some exciting new features in Band-in-a-Box. We've added a new "Plug-in" mode, allowing you to simply Drag-n-Drop tracks between Band-in-aBox and your favorite sequencer (GarageBand, ProTools, Logic, Nuendo, Reaper and more). RealTracks generate much faster now, typically 4X faster. RealTracks now support Shots, Holds, and Pushes.
When you do this: 1. Window size of Band-in-a-Box changes to a small size (you can resize it to the size/position that you want, and it will remember that). 2. You can now easily drag tracks from Band-in-a-Box to your DAW in 2steps. First, drag the track button to the drop station (blue rectangle), and then when it turns green, drag that to your DAW’s track. You can also drag files to other programs, besides DAW’s, if they accept a drop of audio files (AIFF, M4A) or MIDI files.
More reasons to freeze any track: - Frozen tracks play back instantly, without requiring time to regenerate. - They play back the same way each time. - You can change the chord progression of the song, and have one part playing a different chord progression than the rest of the band. For example, type a “blowing” chord progression, generate a solo, freeze the solo track, then type a normal chord progression and generate the rest of the instruments (bass, guitar etc.) that will play the normal changes.
SHIFT-PLAY, generate a new arrangement, and press SAVE. Then the new “fresh-frozen” arrangement will play instantly, even with many RealTracks. Tip: Obviously you wouldn’t use this feature to force regeneration of a frozen song if you have made custom edits to the song that you don’t want to lose, unless you’ve saved the song and have a backup copy. All Tracks can be Edited and Saved. MIDI tracks for bass, drums, piano, guitar and strings can now be edited, and saved with the file.
Shots, Holds, and Pushes RealTracks now support new features, including Shots, Holds, and Pushes. Simply type in the chords as you normally would, adding periods (…) for shots and holds, and the RealTracks will play them. Note: You need the installer that creates a LibraryM/Holds folder in your RealTracks folder. The “H” column of the RealTracks Assign dialog tells whether the RealTrack styles supports Shots, Holds and Pushes.
Audio Reverb Reverb control are added for individual tracks with RealTracks or RealDrums, so you can easily add reverb (0 to 127) for any RealTrack. Reverb type is also settable, and saved with the song. At the top of the screen, there is an “A.REV” (Audio Reverb) control. Click on an instrument radio button, and then set the Audio Reverb for it. Note that this only applies to RealTracks, since MIDI tracks have MIDI Reverb, which is set via a “REV” control. The Audio Reverb varies from 0 to 127.
You can enable/disable Reverb. If you disable it, this will save some CPU cycles, so this might be advisable on an older/slower machine, if you hear that the audio is clicking or not keeping up. Bass/Treble Tone Control has been added for individual tracks with RealTracks or RealDrums, so you can easily adjust the bass/treble EQ for any RealTrack. The settings are saved with the song.
Tempo swapping of similar RealTracks You can use this feature either automatically or manually. If you set “Auto RealTracks substitution based on tempo” to true in RealTracks Settings dialog or Additional Song Settings dialog, Band-in-a-Box will automatically choose the best one to use.
RealTracks Picker dialog enhanced. - Opens up faster. - New columns are added (tempo swappable, holds type). RealDrums Picker dialog has been enhanced, with information about Artist name, Artist bio, and RealDrums Set number. New Favorite Songs/Styles Dialog There’s a new dialog for these favorites with separate lists of “Recently Played” and “Favorite” songs or styles. The previous Favorite Songs/Styles dialog was a list of recently used songs/styles.
Always save all song settings. Now all settings are saved with songs, including patches, reverbs, volume etc., so the song will play the same way each time, without having to set this in the Save Patches and Harmonies with Song dialog. If you keep the default setting of “Save all settings with Songs,” you will find that all settings are saved, and loaded with each song. You shouldn’t have to visit this dialog, unless you have some custom items that you want to not-save with the song.
You can make any style a favorite by clicking the [Add Favorite] button. If you want to remove it, click the button again. “Only Show favorites” will only show the favorite styles in any list that you have opened. And much more… Multiple Undo Support. Up to 999 levels of undo is supported (configurable). The default number of undos is 99. If you need to change this, use Number of Levels of Undo in Preferences dialog. Range is 5 to 99. You can also choose Edit | Redo to redo an undo.
Chapter 4: Band-in-a-Box Plug-in Mode DAW Plug-In Mode There now is a "Plug-in" mode for your favorite sequencer (GarageBand, ProTools, Logic, Nuendo, Reaper and more). With the new plug-in mode, Band-in-a-Box is open as a small window, and acts as a plug-in for your favorite DAW sequencer, so you can Drag-n-Drop MIDI and audio (AIFF, M4A) tracks from Band-in-a-Box to your favorite sequencer.
It will be dragged as audio, unless you have set it to be dragged as MIDI in Plugin Settings dialog. Normally, a single file is dropped, with the entire arrangement, but if you want all tracks transferred as separate files, you can enable this option in Plugin Settings dialog. (Note that your DAW will need to support dropping of multiple files, and will typically put them on consecutive tracks.) 4. SINGLE TRACKS. If you want a single track transferred, drag that track button to the drop station.
You will now see the plug-in options. Many of them have been explained above. Allow Drag and Drop (default=true) If disabled, the Drag and Drop feature will not work. There shouldn’t be a reason to disable this. Drag individual MIDI tracks as audio (default=false) When enabled, the chosen MIDI tracks get converted to audio, using Apple Synth. Drag Combo (Master) track as audio (default=true) When enabled, the entire arrangement gets converted to audio, using Apple Synth.
Chapter 5: RealTracks and RealDrums 101 New RealTracks in 3 new RealPAKs! Another 101 RealTracks have been released with Band-in-a-Box 2010, bringing the total number of RealTracks available to over 375.
The “H” column of the RealTracks Assign dialog tells whether the RealTrack style supports Shots, Holds and Pushes. If the column is blank, the selected RealTracks style has Holds, Shots and Pushes available. If there is a “n,” holds are available from PG Music but not installed. If there is a “-,” no holds are available for this style. The Holds files are a free upgrade, so you can download them from our web site pgmusic.com.
At the top of the screen, there is an “A.REV” (Audio Reverb) control. Click on an instrument radio button, and then set the Reverb for it. Note that this only applies to RealTracks, since MIDI tracks have MIDI Reverb, which is set via a “REV” control. The Audio Reverb varies from 0 to 127. Adjust the value by clicking a key on the on-screen piano keyboard. Or right-click (or control-click) the control to enter a value.
With the Timebase option in the Assign RealTracks dialog you can play any RealTracks at normal, half-time, or double-time. Half-time is used for fast tempo songs when a much slower tempo RealTrack has been chosen. Double-time is used for slow tempo songs (e.g. ballads) when a much faster tempo RealTrack is chosen. This allows you, for example, in a ballad at a tempo of 70, to add a RealTracks Sax solo with a tempo of 140, and play it as a double- time, which will match the ballad tempo of 70.
A yellow message appears if RealTracks are selected, but better RealTracks are available for the current tempo. You can then substitute the RealTracks by pressing the RealTracks toolbar button and then clicking on Select better RealTracks for this tempo. The “T” column of the RealTracks Assign dialog shows which RealTracks are eligible for Tempo Swapping. The tempo swapping only occurs if you have the RealTracks in your installation.
Chapter 6: Reverb Audio Reverb Control The Reverb control for individual tracks with RealTracks or RealDrums is added so you can easily add audio reverb. The reverb type is also settable, and saved with the song. At the top of the screen, there is an “A.REV” (Audio Reverb) control. Click on an instrument radio button, and then set the Audio Reverb for it. Note that this only applies to RealTracks, since MIDI tracks have MIDI Reverb, which is set via a “REV” control. The Audio Reverb varies from 0 to 127.
You can enable/disable the audio reverb. If you disable it, this will save some CPU cycles, so this might be advisable on an older/slower machine if you hear that the audio is clicking or not keeping up. Click on the green Select a Preset button to open the list of presets. This list will show only the “Band-in-a-Box Default Reverb” until you save some presets of your own. As you adjust the settings, they will be applied to the current song.
Reverb Parameters Pre-Delay is the time delay of first reflections. Decay is the time it takes for reverb to decay. Reverb time is measured as RT60, the time it takes for reverb to decay to a level -60 dB below the dry signal level. LF Rolloff gradually reduces the bass frequencies. If you can’t add enough reverb because the sound gets too muddy, try increasing the LF Rolloff slider. It is adjustable between 50 Hz and 500 Hz.
Select [Yes] to save the new preset to the chosen location. Auto Reverb Enable “Auto-Add Reverb to RealTracks” to automatically apply preset amounts of reverb to RealTracks according to the instrument type. No reverb is added to the Bass part, for example, but most instruments get reverb. If you just want more or less reverb added overall, you can adjust the “Strength %.” For example, the default Band-in-a-Box reverb setting is 40 for most tracks.
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