User Guide

Chapter 14: User Programmable Functions
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Recording a New Pattern
New patterns are recorded by playing them live in real time as the StyleMaker plays an accompaniment on the
drums and other instrument parts for the style. If you don’t want to hear other parts - say you just want to play along
to the drums – any part can be muted with a right mouse click on the instrument name in the Band-in-a-Box main
screen.
Go to the correct row for the length of the pattern you want to record (8 beat, 4 beat, etc.) and click on an empty cell.
Recording is started with the [Rec] button. When it is clicked, the drums and any other parts that are present will
start to play but recording has not begun.
The StyleMaker gives you a 2-bar intro to get ready to record the new pattern, so you can play along with the intro
for a “flying start” or just use the 2 bars to count yourself in. Recording then begins and continues for another 2
bars, no matter what length of pattern you are recording. If you are just recording a 4 beat pattern you will still hear
the 2-bar intro and then another 2 bars of accompaniment while the pattern records. You would just play your 4 beat
pattern and then wait until recording stops.
Tip: Remember that patterns can be edited in the StyleMaker Pattern Editor, so you don’t have to redo an otherwise good
take because of a small mistake.
When recording stops, a Record Options dialog
opens. The options determine how and when
each individual Bass pattern gets played. They
can always be changed after the style has been
saved.
Click on OK to save the pattern with the default
options. Click Cancel to erase the take and
record the pattern again.
To hear the pattern you have just recorded click
on the [Play] button or, better yet, click on the
[Chord] button in the StyleMaker toolbar to
hear how it sounds playing different chords.
Bass Pattern Options
Relative Weight (Usual Setting = 5)
Set this # higher/lower if you want the pattern to be played more/less often than the other patterns on the same row.
This number is also displayed on the main StyleMaker screen. A setting of 9 (always) is a special setting that