User Guide

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
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Style Aliases
Let's say you have a new style for Jazz called “Dizzy.” You can create an alias so that
when Band-in-a-Box looks for a Jazz Swing style, it will load in “Dizzy” instead, so you
don't have to change all your songs that were made with the old style. And when you
find a new favorite style, just change the alias.
Aliases are accessed by the MIDI | Style Aliases… menu item.
To make an alias, click on the [Choose] button under the “Original Style” heading to
select the original style in the Styles folder. Then click on the [Choose] button under
“Substitution” to select the style you would like to substitute in its place.
The [Clear] button will clear the styles chosen for the style alias that is currently selected
in the “List of Style Aliases.”
You can temporarily disable the Style Aliases feature by unchecking the “Allow Any
Style Aliases” checkbox.
You can also have confirmation of substitutions by checking the “Confirm Substitutions”
checkbox.
When you are using an alias, you will notice that there will be a small arrowhead in the
Title window on the main screen indicating that you have an alias loaded. Aliases are
stored in files called *.ALI.
Alias for ZZJAZZ.Style indicated by the > symbol.
Playing, Pausing, and Stopping Songs
Playing Songs
There are several ways to play a song in Band-in-a-Box, either starting from
the beginning or from a specified place in the song.
To generate a new Band-in-a-Box arrangement and play the song from the start you can
either,