User Guide

Chapter 14: User Programmable Functions
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It is possible to assign RealDrums (audio drums) to a particular Band-in-a-Box style in the Misc.
Style Settings dialog.
RealDrums Settings (Audio Drums, instead of MIDI drums)
Enable “Style uses RealDrums (audio drums)” in order to designate a RealDrums style, and then press the [RD]
button to select your RealDrums style. Whenever the current style is played, it will use your RealDrums style
provided that RealDrums are enabled in the RealDrums Settings dialog. There are also additional volume controls
here.
To make your overall dB setting a bit higher or lower for this particular Band-in-a-Box style you can enter a setting
here. There are also fields for adjusting the ‘a’ or ‘b’ subsection volumes only.
If you remove the check mark from either “Allow ‘a’ substyle RealDrums” or “Allow ‘b’ substyle RealDrums” the
one with the checkmark remaining will be used for the entire song, regardless of what substyle is currently called for
in the song.
See the following tutorial on Making RealDrums Styles.
Bass Patterns
Click on the button to the left of Bass to open the bass pattern window. Notice that the status bar gives the Row and
Column number for the current pattern.
You’ll see that this window is different from the Drums window, it has rows for different lengths of patterns – 8
beat, 4 beat, 2 beat and 1 beat – for both the A and B substyles, and a row for endings.
To see a bass pattern, select any numbered box and click on the notation button. The StyleMaker Pattern
Editor will open, showing the selected pattern as notation.
Click on the [N] button to enter the Editable Notation mode. In this mode notes can be edited, added, or deleted as
in the regular notation.
A new pattern can be created by selecting an empty cell in the StyleMaker grid and then opening the StyleMaker
Pattern Editor window to enter notes with your mouse. A quicker way to make a new pattern is to record it live
from a MIDI keyboard or any other MIDI controller that is connected to your computer.