User Guide

Chapter 8: Notation and Printing
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Piano Roll Window
For advanced editing of notes plus graphic controller editing, go to the Piano Roll window, either by
selecting the Piano Roll button on the toolbar, or the Window | Piano Roll Window menu item.
Notation Window Options
Press the [Opt.] button in a notation window to bring up the Notation Window Options dialog box:
Track Type
Normally you'd leave the track type set to Single Channel, but you can also set it to Multi-Channel, Guitar, or Piano.
Multi (16)
-Channel:
All MIDI channel assignments are preserved and output on playback. This would be useful for
importing an entire MIDI file, and playing it from the Melody channel using a silent style.
Guitar: MIDI channels 11 to 16 are assigned to the guitar strings 1 to 6. Correct guitar tablature replaces the
bass clef, the notation will be up an octave, and guitar channel assignments are saved with MIDI files.
Piano: In this mode, channels 8 and 9 are treated as the left and right hand of a piano part.
Triplet Resolution (Swing)
Band-in-a-Box automatically sets the resolution whenever a style is loaded. When a style has a triplet feel (such as
Jazz Swing or a Shuffle style), Band-in-a-Box selects Triplet Resolution. This ensures that Jazz eighth notes (swing
triplets) are handled correctly. When a style with a straight feel loads (Pop, Latin) the Triplet Resolution setting is
automatically turned off. Then the notation shows even eighth notes, not triplets, and each note and duration is
rounded to the nearest sixteenth note when displaying the music.
Show Bar/Beat Lines
This setting is for the Staff Roll mode only. When turned off (unchecked) only the staff lines will show, helpful for
editing note Duration and Velocity lines.
Show Note Durations
A Staff Roll mode setting to show or hide the horizontal Duration lines.
Duration Line Color (Green /Blue)
There are two color choices for the Duration lines, green or blue.