User Guide

Chapter 9: Automatic Music Features
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The Sub-Soloist checkboxes are for use ONLY with add-on hybrid soloists such as the ones found on the
SOLOISTPAK for Band-in-a-Box. These checkboxes can be used to “sub” a different instrument and playing style
in a Soloist which contains more than one playing style, such as BG_BAND.ST2 found on Soloist Disk Set #5. For
more information on additional Soloist Disk Sets and the additional features available with them, contact PG Music.
To Modify (if required) the “Phrase Length,” “Space Length,” and “Outside Range” parameters, simply click in the
box you wish to change and type-in the new number.
For example, change the “Legato Boost %” to 10 %. This will add 10% to the duration of the notes.
Adjust the lateness by -5 to have the Soloist play the notes more “on the beat” than other Jazz soloists.
Adjust the 8
th
Note spacing by -5 to have your Soloist play 8
th
notes in a more even feel than other Jazz soloists.
The Increase Velocity setting will increase the velocity of each note in the solo by the value entered, or DECREASE
the velocity if a negative value is entered.
You can control the maximum number of notes per
quarter note that the Soloist will use.
For example, you can set a “Rock Guitar” Soloist to use nothing shorter than 16
th
notes. This would produce less
“guitar hero” solos with bursts of 32
nd
notes etc. Or you could create a Jazz solo that uses only quarter notes or
longer to help with sight-reading or student study.
Use the [Import] button to bring a soloist in from a disk and use the [Export] button to
save your Soloist to a disk to share Soloists with your friends.
You can also save your soloist to another Soloist file (*.s1) by pressing the [Save As] button
Use Copy/Paste to copy all settings from one Soloist to another. Copy to an undefined
Soloist # to create a new soloist. Changes are saved to the default file.
Press the [OK] button when you are satisfied with your choices.
Auto Piano Hand-splitting
This feature applies to the Piano, Melody, and Soloist tracks. It is found in the Notation Window Options and in
both the Melodist and Soloist Utilities submenus.
Piano Track (Notation Options)
The Piano part can be displayed on both clefs, using intelligent hand-splitting
routines that dynamically the split point. This happens automatically.
When you do this, the Piano track (not any other track) will be displayed on both clefs with intelligent hand-
splitting. You can print out the Piano track with the hands separated.
Melody and Soloist Tracks
You can also manually split a piano part on a Melody or Soloist track using the intelligent hand-splitting routines.
The left/right hands display in red/blue on the big piano, and on bass/treble clefs on the notation. Import a piano
MIDI file to the Melody track to get a split-hands display and printout!
For example, if you have a MIDI file that is a solo piano piece, File | Open MIDI file will put the music on the
Melody track. Then choose Melody | Edit | Utilities | Piano Hand Split. Make sure that Melody | Track Type is set
to piano. You will then see the piano part split intelligently into 2 hands.