User Guide

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions
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Melody Patch
If set to other than 0 all melodies will be played on the specified instrument. If you're
making a “Grover Washington” style for example, you might want any melodies to be
automatically set to Saxophone.
Volumes
You can set a default volume for each instrument in your style. The default volume is 90.
The volume range is 0 - 127.
RealDrums Settings
RealDrums are actual recordings of studio drummers, pieced together by Band-in-a-Box
to create a unique “real” drum track that is played along with the MIDI tracks created by
Band-in-a-Box styles.
RealDrums Settings (Audio Drums, instead of MIDI drums)
Enable “Style uses RealDrums (audio drums)” in order to designate a RealDrums style,
then press the [RD] button to select your RealDrums style. Whenever the current style is
played, it will use your RealDrums style provided that RealDrums are enabled in the
RealDrums Settings dialog. There are also additional volume controls here.
To make your overall dB setting a bit higher or lower for this particular Band-in-a-Box
style you can enter a setting here. There are also fields for adjusting the “a” or “b”
subsection volumes only.
If you remove the check mark from either “Allow ‘a’ substyle RealDrums” or “Allow ‘b’
substyle RealDrums” the one with the checkmark remaining will be used for the entire
song, regardless of what substyle is currently called for in the song.
Choose “Vary ^ styles with each play” to hear a different variation each time [Play] is
pressed, so the song sounds fresh each time. One time you’ll hear it with brushes, the
next time with sticks and ride cymbals, etc.
Long Name (32 chars)
A long style name can be stored in the style (up to 32 characters), and this will appear on
screen and in the StylePicker.