User Guide

Table of Contents
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Open File Dialog.................................................................................................................................................57
Custom File Selection Dialog..............................................................................................................................57
Favorite Songs (and Styles).................................................................................................................................58
GLOBAL SONG OVERRIDES ......................................................................................................................................59
LOADING AND PLAYING BAND-IN-A-BOX SONGS ....................................................................................................60
The SongPicker....................................................................................................................................................61
Change the Style..................................................................................................................................................64
Make a MultiStyle Song.......................................................................................................................................65
SETTINGS FOR PLAYBACK ........................................................................................................................................65
Patch Changes.....................................................................................................................................................66
General MIDI 2 support......................................................................................................................................66
Additional Patches...............................................................................................................................................67
CHANGING VOLUME, PANNING, REVERB, CHORUS, BANK.......................................................................................69
PLAYING/PAUSING/STOPPING SONGS .......................................................................................................................69
Lead-In Counts and Metronome..........................................................................................................................70
Slide Tracks .........................................................................................................................................................70
Play Selected Area as a Loop..............................................................................................................................71
Loop any Section of the song...............................................................................................................................71
“Conductor”- Live Looping/Playback control....................................................................................................73
Play along with your MIDI Controller Keyboard ...............................................................................................73
Play Along with the Wizard.................................................................................................................................73
MIDI Normalize...................................................................................................................................................74
Outputting MIDI to an External Device ..............................................................................................................74
ADD REAL INSTRUMENTS – REALDRUMS AND REALTRACKS ..................................................................................74
RealDrums...........................................................................................................................................................74
RealTracks...........................................................................................................................................................76
FREEZE TRACKS .......................................................................................................................................................78
THE GUITAR WINDOW .............................................................................................................................................79
Launching the Guitar Window.............................................................................................................................79
Guitar Window Toolbar.......................................................................................................................................83
BIG PIANO WINDOW.................................................................................................................................................83
THE CONDUCTOR .....................................................................................................................................................84
THE JUKEBOX...........................................................................................................................................................88
Jukebox Options ..................................................................................................................................................89
MEDLEY MAKER ......................................................................................................................................................91
CHAPTER 6: MAKING SONGS IN BAND-IN-A-BOX .......................................................................................92
MAKE YOUR OWN SONGS ........................................................................................................................................92
Getting Started.....................................................................................................................................................92
Setting the tempo .................................................................................................................................................92
“Framing” the Song............................................................................................................................................92
CHORD ENTRY .........................................................................................................................................................93
Computer Keyboard Entry...................................................................................................................................93
Audio Chord Wizard (Chords from MP3) ...........................................................................................................94
Copy and Pasting Section of Chords...................................................................................................................94
Deleting Chords...................................................................................................................................................96
Previewing Chords ..............................................................................................................................................96
Support for other chord display types..................................................................................................................96
Advanced Chord Entry and Editing Features......................................................................................................97
BREAKS - RESTS, SHOTS, AND HELD CHORDS..........................................................................................................98
Chord Options .....................................................................................................................................................99
PART MARKERS AND SUBSTYLES.............................................................................................................................99
Part Markers........................................................................................................................................................99
MultiStyles .........................................................................................................................................................100
APPLYING STYLES..................................................................................................................................................102
The StylePicker Window....................................................................................................................................103