Upgrade Manual

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial

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. 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.

Assuming that you have the Holds files for the RealTracks that you are

generating, then you just use Band-in-a-Box as you would normally, and type

chords with shots (e.g. C..), holds (C…) or pushes (^C or ^^C for 8

or 16

note

push), or combinations of push and hold (^C…).

4-bar Endings

RealTracks endings have been enhanced, and are now 4-bar endings instead of

2-bar, allowing time for a natural decay of the instruments.

By “4-bar-endings” we are referring to a 2-bar ending that has additional two

bars to allow for the natural decay of the audio instrument (instead of being

quickly faded out). To add the 4-bar ending support, you need to have updated

ST2 and XT2 files for the RealTracks. We are releasing many of these updated

files with 2010 release, and will have free patches for the older RealTracks as

they become available.

4-bar-endings are on by default. So if any of the RealTracks have 4-bar endings,

then the arrangement will play as a 4-bar ending.

You can disable 4-bar endings:

- either globally using RealTracks Settings dialog,

- or on a song-by-song basis, using Additional Song Settings dialog (Song |

Additional Song Settings.

Currently, the only way to tell if a RealTracks has a 4-bar ending, is to either try

it and see, or to look in the Select Soloist dialog (Soloist | Generate and Play a

Solo), and see the name of the ST2 file (under the term database at the top right).

Then check the date of the ST2 file. If it is Nov. 2009 or newer, then it should

have a 4-bar ending. Check our pgmusic.com web site, as we are releasing free

upgrade patches to add 4-bar endings to most of the RealTracks styles.