User Guide

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions
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Jazz Style?
This lets Band-in-a-Box know if the style you've made is a Jazz style or not. If it’s a Jazz
style it will use the Jazz Snare/Bass Drum instead of the Pop Snare/Bass Drum, and also
makes some other decisions based on this setting.
Tempo
This allows you to set the default tempo for the Style. This is stored with the style. You
can also change this tempo by the tempo button on the StyleMaker main screen. Tempos
can also be changed by the [ and ] keys. When creating a new song the tempo will be set
to the default tempo for the style/
Resolution
Styles can either have Triplet (swing eighth notes) Straight (even eighth or sixteenth
notes) resolution.
‘Riff’ voicing type uses chord tones
This is an option for piano, guitar, and string patterns. If selected, voicing modifies to
match the chord and scale. Deselect for a simple transpose ignoring chord type.
Assign Soloist (MIDI) or RealTracks (audio) to style
Styles can contain RealTracks and RealDrums or MIDI soloists.
To assign RealTracks to a style set the “Instrument” to use, and the RealTracks #. In the
example, we are using RealGuitar for the Guitar track.
Styles can have multiple RealTracks. For example, you could have RealPedalSteel and
RealAcousticGuitar. And also RealDrums.
Styles can also use MIDI soloists. For example, make a style with a banjo part that has
the same quality as the Band-in-a-Box Banjo Soloist. Here we are assigning an Earl
Scruggs Bluegrass solo to the Strings part.
Use the dB or volume offset to match the level of the Soloist or RealTrack to the other
instruments in the style. The acceptable range is a MIDI setting of –127 to 127. When
applying this offset to audio (RealTracks) a value of 32 is approximately 6dB.