User Guide

Chapter 5: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box

Import a MIDI File

With the amazing Band-in-a-Box Chord Wizard, you can convert any MIDI file into a

Band-in-a-Box song, complete with Melody and Solo parts.

MIDI File Chord Interpretation Wizard

Many people who play music by ear think of songs in terms of “Chords and Melody.”

However many MIDI files lack chord symbols, so they become difficult to learn without

the user having to figure out the chords in a time consuming process.

Now you can open up any MIDI file in Band-in-a-Box, and Band-in-a-Box will

automatically figure out the chords of the song for you. It automatically analyzes the

MIDI file, figures out where the Bass, Piano, Melody, and other tracks are, and then

figures out the chord changes for the song. The chords are written onto the Band-in-a-

Box chordsheet like any other song. This allows you to quickly learn how to play a song

from a MIDI file - just read it into Band-in-a-Box and you'll see the chord symbols, and

then learn the melody! You can also read tracks into the Melody and Soloist tracks.

To import the chords from a MIDI file, blank the chordsheet, by choosing File | New.

Then select the menu item File | Import Chords from MIDI File or press the keystrokes

(Ctrl+Option+I). This launches the Chord Wizard dialog.

Select your MIDI file to import with the [Open (Change)…] button. The Chord Wizard

will automatically detect the settings for your song, choosing a Preset will help the Chord

Wizard make the correct choices for the type of song you are importing.