User Guide

Chapter 6: Making Songs in Band-in-a-Box
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The various categories in the StylePicker include lists of just the RealStyles in
that category to make your selection easier.
The StylePicker lists also show styles with RealTracks, a blend of MIDI tracks and RealTracks. Style names for
Styles with RealTracks are prefaced by an equals sign, =.
Styles with RealDrums
The StylePicker has a special category called “Styles with RealDrums.”
This lists many RealDrums styles (.STY) that we’ve
made. We always name the RealDrums style beginning with a minus sign, so that “-ZZJAZZ.STY” would be the
ZZJAZZ.STY, but using RealDrums instead.
StylePicker Column Headings
StylePicker column headings are displayed, with descriptive yellow tooltips explaining the columns.
For each style, you see the following information:
(the example will describe the ZZJAZZ.STY)
Fav - “F” indicates that this style is a Favorite.
* - An asterisk (*) or (^) caret means the style is a “perfect” or “good” match to the prototype style.
File - ZZJAZZ is the name of the .STY style file.
W - The letter “W” indicates a waltz style in 3/4 time.
Feel - The letters “sw” indicate that the style is in a Swing feel vs. “EV” for Even feel.
8 - The “8” indicates that the style is an 8
th
note feel (vs. 16
th
note feel).
Tempo - 140 is the tempo for this style.
Name - Jazz Swing Style is the full name of the style.
# - Number of instruments present in the style.
NA - NA would indicate that you don’t have all of the RealTracks or RealDrums for the style.
Sub - If this column shows “sub” it means that a RealStyle substitution is available for the style.
Styles that are similar to the prototype are indicated with an asterisk (*). These are styles that have the same feel
(triplets/ eighths/ sixteenths) and a similar tempo range. Styles with similar feel but a different tempo range are
marked by a caret (^) symbol. So you can quickly see styles that are similar to Jazz Swing. The styles J_BASIE
and J_DIXIE could be substituted with a perfect match so are marked with an asterisk (*). Styles like J_DJANGO
are marked with a caret (^) because they sound best in a much faster tempo than the prototype Jazz Swing style.
Memo
The Memo is a description of the selected style. It includes the instruments that are present and a suggested tempo.
Memos are auto-generated for styles in the BBW.LST file.
These numbers below the memo indicate the default tempo of the style, a suitable
tempo range, and the number of the Style Set that the selected style was released in.
The Examples are popular songs or standards that are representative of the selected style.