User Guide

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
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The StylePicker allows easy selection of styles by category or from a complete list of all
styles. For example, you can select Jazz styles and see a list of all of your Jazz styles.
Then you can select any style to see its full title, description, and examples of songs
appropriate to the style.
The current style of the song is listed at the top of the window; in this case it is the Jazz
Swing style (ZZJAZZ.Style). This is referred to as the Prototype Style.
The prototype style can be changed to the current selection that is highlighted in the list
by pressing the [*Change Prototype Style] button.
There are filters to display only styles of a certain “Feel” or “Tempo” or only the styles of
a certain Styles Set number, as well as displaying the name of the Styles Set. To select
this, open the StylePicker, and choose the option you want with the “Show Styles:”
setting.
When you pick Disk #, you can then see only that Styles Set listed, regardless of the
category you are in.
RealStyles and Styles with RealTracks
RealTracks, live audio recordings by top studio players and recording artists, replace
MIDI tracks and can be controlled just like MIDI instruments (volume changes, muting,
etc.). Best of all, they follow the chord progression that you have entered, generating an
authentic audio accompaniment to your song. They are not “samples,” but are full
recordings, lasting from 1 to 8 bars at a time, playing along in perfect sync with the other
Band-in-a-Box tracks. RealTracks can be built in to styles to replace some or all of the
MIDI parts.
RealStyles are Band-in-a-Box styles that use RealTracks only. There is a separate
category in the StylePicker for RealStyles.
It also lists Styles with RealTracks, a blend of MIDI tracks and RealTracks, with subsets
for different musical genres.
The style names for RealStyles are prefaced by an underscore, _.
Style names for Styles with RealTracks are prefaced by an equals sign, =.