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Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial
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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-a-
Box 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. Time for generating MIDI
arrangement is much faster - now “instantaneous” (less than 1 second). Endings
are improved, and RealTracks endings are now 4 bars long, giving time for the
natural decay of the instruments. Individual tracks (MIDI or Real) can be frozen
now, so the arrangements can be saved and fixed, and will replay quickly
without need for regeneration. Soloist RealTracks are now saved with the song.
We added Multiple Undo support, up to 999 levels of Undo. There are new
Reverb and Bass/Treble controls for each track, allowing you to add these to
individual RealTracks. All settings are now saved with each song. And many
more!
The New Features in Band-in-a-Box 2010 for Macintosh are...
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. Work in your
favorite sequencer, type a chord progression in Band-in-a-Box, drag the track
button to the drop station (blue rectangle) at top left of the screen, and then drag
that to your sequencer's track at the desired track and the bar location.
The DAW Plug-in mode is a mode within the regular Band-in-a-Box program.
This mode allows you to transfer tracks or parts of tracks, to other DAW
sequencers or Finder.
You can enter and exit the DAW plug-in mode easily.
Press the [DAW Mode] button on the Toolbar, then choose the menu item
“Start DAW Plug-in mode” (or go to Windows menu and choose Plug-in Mode
for Sequencer-DAW).