User Guide

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features
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When you generate a solo using RealTracks, Band-in-a-Box will remember this, and
when you go to save the song, Band-in-a-Box will ask you if you want to save that solo
(and thereby freeze the Soloist track). If you say yes, then the solo will play instantly the
same way when the song is reloaded. Of course, you can freeze the Soloist track yourself
at any time. Note that only one solo can be saved. You can’t generate a bunch of
different segments of solos; only the last one will be saved.
Use the [Search] button to search the Soloist titles and memos. Check the “All” button
to search all Soloists, otherwise only the type selected will be searched.
[Go to] will go to the specific Soloist number that you enter in the box.
The “Memo” has information about the selected Soloist and notes about using it.
There are additional settings that let you customize the solo.
When “Double Time” is checked, the Soloist will play twice as many notes in a given
space of time. This is useful for ballads or other tunes with slower tempos.
The solo instrument is set by default according to the selected Soloist, but you can
override that instrument by clicking on the list box and choosing from the General MIDI
patch list.
The [Choose] button opens a list of instruments that typically play in the same register as
the default instrument. You can choose a new solo instrument from the list.
[Clear] will clear the default or chosen solo instrument, useful if you want to keep a
previously used solo instrument.
Some Soloists have a harmony assigned. You can use this setting to override the
selection or to add a harmony of your own choosing. Use [Clear] to remove the
harmony.
If a selected Soloist autoloads a new style, that style will be displayed here. You can
[Choose] to load a new style with the selected Soloist, or you can [Clear] the selection so
that no style is loaded.
“Change Instrument” determines if and how frequently the Soloist instrument will
change. This could be each chorus, every part marker, every substyle change, or every 4,
8, 16, or 32 bars.