User Guide

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions
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- Are always entered as 1-bar patterns (longer patterns may be chained together using
BAR MASKS – described below).
The drum patterns are entered from the drum screen in 4 sections (these 4 sections appear
when you click on the drum button).
A patterns This row is for 1 bar drum patterns for the “a” substyle.
B patterns This row is for 1 bar drum patterns for the “b” substyle.
Fills This row is for 1 bar drum patterns for the “a” substyle.
Endings This row is for endings. Endings are 2 bars (2 patterns of 1 bar each). If
you‘ve made a style and haven’t included an ending, a 2-bar “auto-ending”
can be generated automatically, based on the style.
Tip: If you are making a simple style, you only need to use the top row (“a” patterns).
Bass / Piano / Guitar / Strings patterns:
- Are played in real time from a MIDI keyboard, MIDI guitar, etc. by clicking on
[Rec] or typing “r” with the cursor placed on the first dot of the A or B section of
the desired instrument starting with 8 Beat.
- Are played in based on a C7 chord (C E G Bb) though all 12 notes may be used.
The patterns for Bass/Piano/Guitar/Strings are classified by the length of the pattern, i.e.,
the number of notes that the chord lasts without a change of chord.
Click on the Piano/Guitar/Strings buttons to toggle
between each instrument’s A/B recording sections. You
get to the instrument screen by mouse clicking on the
instrument name button.
For example, click on the Bass button and you will see similar to the following:
The important rows are indicated with an asterisk *, meaning that if you are making a
simple style you'll only have to use these rows. The “a” and “b” refer to the “a” and “b”
substyles found in Band-in-a-Box. The numbers 1, 2, 4, 8 refer to the length of the