User Guide

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
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Select the [Prefs] button or press Option+P or Command+comma to go
to the Preferences dialogs.
There are buttons for Preferences, Preferences 2, Soloist Prefs, Reverb,
and DAW Plugin settings.
Preferences Dialog (Preferences 1)
Boost Vel. of Pushes by
The pushes in Band-in-a-Box are the chords that get played before the beat. Typically,
pushes are played a little louder than other patterns. You can leave this setting at 0, or set
it to between 0 and 10.
Show Chords with push/rest chars
The push character is the caret symbol (^). So a C chord with a push is displayed as
^C. The rest character is a period (.), so C. shows a C chord with a rest.
If you prefer not to see these characters displayed, then set this to false. These characters
won't show up on the printout regardless of this setting.
Show Rests in color
If checked, pushes are displayed in GREEN, and rests are displayed in RED. This only
applies to the Chordsheet (not the notation).
Allow any Rests
You can disable the rests feature. You might want to do this if you've got a song with a
lot of rests in it, and are then having difficulty recording a melody because you don't hear