User Guide

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
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“Memo” is a memo description of the style. These are stored in the Band-in-a-
Box/Data/RDPGMemos.txt file. You can also add your own memos in the User
Comments box below.
This shows the current RealDrums for this song.
This sets the drums to no RealDrums override for the song, and
optionally also forces MIDI drums (i.e., no RealDrums for the style either).
The RealDrums list can be sorted by any of the column headings.
Click on this button to enter an asterisk beside the current selection in the
list, indicating that this is a favorite style.
Click on the name of the RealDrums style name that you want to select for the song.
Names ending in a caret ^ have variations available.
- ^ Clicking in the caret column will show the variations for the selected RealDrums
style (if available).
- Genre is the type of music that the RealDrums style comes from, such as Jazz, Rock,
or Country.
- Genre (more) suggests additional types of music that the RealDrums style might work
for.
- /4 indicates the time signature, which is 4/4 by default. If the column is empty the
time signature is 4/4, if there is a 3 in this column the time signature is 3/4.
- Ev indicates the feel of the RealDrums style, either Even or Swing.
- The listing in the 8 column indicates whether the meter is based on eighth notes (8) or
sixteenth notes (16).
- Lo is the slowest tempo for which the RealDrums style is suited.
- Hi is the fastest tempo recommended for the style.
- X indicates a style with a tempo that is out of range for the song.
- N/A are styles not found in the drums folder.
- You can type in your own comments about any style in the “User comments” field
and they are saved.