Upgrade Manual

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features
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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. This
includes RealCharts – if you wanted to edit the notation of a RealTracks solo for
example.
Soloist generated RealTracks are now saved with the song, so you will hear
the RealTracks play the same solo when you reload the song.
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 for this, you need the
installer that creates a LibraryM/Holds folder in your RealTracks folder.
RealTracks endings have been enhanced, and are now 4-bar endings instead
of 2-bar, allowing time for a natural decay of the instruments.
Multiple Undo support. Up to 999 levels of undo (configurable).
Always save all song settings. Now all settings are saved with songs, including
patches, reverbs, volume, etc., so that the song will play the same way each
time, without having to set this in the Save With Patches dialog.
Reverb control 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.
Bass/Treble Tone Control added for individual tracks with RealTracks or
RealDrums, so you can easily adjust the bass/treble EQ for any RealTrack.
Settings save with the song.
Band-in-a-Box window is now sizable, when size changes, chord sheet,
notation, and other windows redraw in proportion to the new size. This allows
you to have Band-in-a-Box open as a small window on screen with other
programs, and you still see a full chord sheet. The screen size is remembered
between sessions.
New favorite songs/styles dialog, 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. Now there are 2 tabs in this dialog, showing you
both recently used songs/styles, and a new list of “favorites” that you select as a
favorite songs or styles. You can add an unlimited number of favorites.
Double-time and half-time support for RealTracks added. Now you can
play any RealTracks at half-time or double-time. This allows you, for example,
in a ballad at a tempo of 70, to add a RealTracks Sax solo with tempo of 140,
and play it as a double-time, which will match the ballad tempo of 70. So now
all of your existing RealTracks can be used at 3 different tempos (normal, half-
time, double-time).
Tempo swapping of similar RealTracks. You can use this feature either
automatically or manually. If you set “Auto RealTracks substitution based on