User Guide

Chapter 6: Making Songs in Band-in-a-Box
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With “Enable RealDrums” checked RealDrums may be used rather than MIDI. There is
also a hot key combination to turn RealDrums on/off (Ctrl+Shift+F6).
The hot keys also work while the song is playing.
This will substitute RealDrums for MIDI styles. You can change the setting from 1 to 5.
If set to 1, almost all MIDI drums will get substituted by RealDrums. If set to 5, only RealDrum styles that match
the style perfectly will get substituted.
Technical note: The text file a_pgmusic.ds provided by PG Music controls this, and users can make other files MySubs.ds
if they make their own RealDrums styles.
Individual songs can have RealDrums assigned to them. You can set the desired style in the RealDrums Settings
dialog with the “For this song only, use this RealDrum style” setting. This will let the current song use the specific
RealDrums style.
The [RD] button opens the RealDrums Picker where you select the RealDrums style that you
would like to assign to your song. Clear your selection with the [Clear] button.
You can also open the RealDrums Picker directly from the menu on the RealDrums toolbar button.
RealDrums are normally saved with songs, unless you have unchecked “Save all Settings with Songs” in the Assign
Instruments and Harmonies to Song dialog. In that case, you can select and save a RealDrums style with your
song by going to File | Save Song with Patches & Harmony (Alt+F2) to assign a RealDrums style.