User Guide

Chapter 14: User Programmable Functions
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Playback Bar Mask (Usual Setting =0)
Playback Bar Mask determines on what bars of the song the pattern will play. The bar #s are counted relative to the
last part marker. Bar 1 is the first bar after a part marker for example. A bar mask setting of 0 is the default. This
lets the pattern be played at any time.
Other bar mask settings:
- Bar 1 of 4
- Bar 2 of 4
- Bar 3 of 4
- Bar 4 of 4
- Bar 5 of 8
- Bar 6 of 8
- Bar 7 of 8
- Bar 8 of 8
- pre-fill - refers to the bar before a fill
- fill - refers to the bar of a fill. This is not applicable to drums because there is a special row for drum fills.
- post-fill - refers to the bar after a fill, which is the same as the first bar after a part marker.
Drum Fill On Substyle (Usual Setting =0)
This setting is only relevant on the Drum Fills line. It lets you specify if you want the drum fill to be used on the “a”
substyle, the “b” substyle, or either. The default setting is “either.”
Late Triplets (Usual Setting =0)
This is only relevant in drum patterns with time base =12 (triplet feel). If you want the 3rd triplet to be played late,
as is usually done in slow Jazz styles, then set a number from 0-10. The default is 0 = not late at all. A typical
setting for a slow triplet style is triplets late =5 where one unit is 120/beat.
This type of pattern is found in earlier Band-in-a-Box styles. Later styles use live MIDI drums, which are edited as
notation. The same options are used.
Editing Live Drums Patterns (or patterns imported from a MIDI file)
Live drum patterns are recorded in real time from a MIDI controller - either MIDI drum pads or a velocity sensitive
MIDI keyboard. You can also import MIDI patterns from any standard MIDI file with the StyleMaker’s Pattern |
Import Pattern from MIDI file command.
To edit these patterns, press the notation button in the StyleMaker toolbar to open a special StyleMaker
Pattern Editor notation window. Edit the drum notes in the Editable Notation or Staff Roll view, just as
you would edit regular notation.
RealDrums Styles
RealDrums are actual recordings of studio drummers, pieced together by Band-in-a-Box to create a unique “real”
drum track that is played along with the MIDI tracks created by Band-in-a-Box styles.