Upgrade Manual

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial
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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 2-
steps. 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. For example, Finder allows this.
Please see the DAW Plug-In Mode chapter for a full tutorial.
Freeze Tracks
Freezing (locking) MIDI or RealTracks/RealDrums
Any track (MIDI or RealTrack) can now be frozen. When frozen, it won’t get
changed or re-generated. This saves time when replaying previous songs, and
allows you to freeze an arrangement that you like. If you freeze the whole song,
you don’t have to wait at all for the song to regenerate. Next time you play, it is
ready to go.
You can make tracks Frozen by pressing the Freeze button (snowflake) on the
toolbar, and then choosing which tracks that you want to freeze or unfreeze.
There are a number of reasons that you would freeze a track.
Reasons to Freeze a RealTracks track (audio):
- Frozen tracks will play back instantly, not requiring time to generate.
- They play back the same way each time, so if you like a solo, you can “freeze it.
- If you send a song to a friend as “frozen,” they will hear the same performance.
- For the Soloist track, if you generate a solo, it can now be saved (by freezing
the track).
Reasons to Freeze a MIDI track:
- You can edit the MIDI data, to customize the performance to match a certain
song, and this will be saved. Use the Notation window or Piano Roll to edit
the track.