User Guide

Chapter 5: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box
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For example, you could add a SuperSax harmony to a saxophone soloist to create the
effect of a full saxophone section.
This button opens the Harmony Maker, where you can customize
Harmonists.
This button is to turn off any notes that are stuck on. (There
shouldn’t be any.)
Enter the number of the harmony you want to
go to and press [Go To #].
Favorite Thru Harmony
This option brings up your favorite 50 Harmony styles (based on recent usage) and
allows you to choose one to use on the Thru or Soloist track.
It opens from the Harmony | Favorite Thru Harmonies
menu item or by pressing either the [F] button next to the
Thru Harmony box or the [Favs] button in the Select Thru
Harmony dialog.
Pressing the [T] button allows you to choose from the full list of harmonies. The
keystrokes Ctrl+F10 disable the Thru harmony.
Normalize MIDI
If performing live, or at a jam session, it helps to have the volume of all of the songs be
similar. With the Normalize MIDI feature, you can level the volumes to a range set in
the program options. For example, you can set all volumes to be between 65 and 75, and
the program will make each song play within those levels. This is done in the
Preferences 2 tab.
Transpose THRU Part (live playing on MIDI keyboard)
This feature opens with the menu command MIDI | Thru Transpose Settings.
When playing along on your MIDI keyboard, you can set Band-in-a-Box to “Transpose
by” semitones and/or octaves.
You can define a favorite key and “Each time a song is loaded” Band-in-a-Box will
optionally transpose any and all loaded songs to that key. This is a great feature for
practicing in a certain key.
You can also automatically transpose the Thru part so that you can always play along in
your favorite key regardless of the actual key of the song.