User Guide

Chapter 15: Reference
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The Plugin menu command refers to running a plug-in audio effect. This
applies an audio effect such as Reverb or Chorus to the already recorded
audio part.
Band-in-a-Box comes with a large selection of high quality audio effects
built-in, such as Compressor, Gate, Distortion, Reverb, Echo, Chorus,
Flanger, Ring Mod, Tremolo, Tone Control, Graphic EQ, Parametric EQ,
Gain Change, De-Ess, Auto-Wah, Pitch Shift, Exciter, Enhancer and Hum
Filter. DirectX plug-ins from PG Music and other makers are also
supported.
The plug-ins are fully documented in the online Help.
Edit Audio submenu
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chorus to whole song copies the first chorus of audio to the rest of the song.
The Kill entire Audio menu item is used to erase the Audio Track.
Erase Audio Choruses will erase the First Chorus, Middle Choruses, or the Last Chorus as chosen from a list box.
Erase Region of Audio will erase a specified region of bars/beats of audio.
Adjust Output Level of Audio (Quick) uses the Windows mixer to adjust the output level of the audio track. You
can also use the Windows mixer directly by pressing the yellow speaker icon.
Adjust level of region of .WAV file (permanent)… changes the volume of the audio track itself. It uses a
sophisticated peak-limiting algorithm to ensure that increases in the volume do not result in clipping of the sound,
which would be heard as a loud distortion. It accepts units of decibels (dB). Zero means no change in the level,
whereas +6 would be a doubling of the sound, and –6 halves the sound level.
Timeshift Audio (ms)… is used to time shift the whole audio track a certain number of milliseconds. Normally you
wouldn't have to time shift a track at all. There are settings in the Audio-Options Dialog (see below) that can adjust
for synchronization differences between your sound card and MIDI devices (for example, the VSC has a 430ms
latency). But the time shift audio command can be useful in special cases.
Tip: 1000ms = 1 second. Positive values move the audio track ahead, negative values move it back.
Insert Beat(s) in Audio and Delete Beat(s) from Audio are used to insert, silence, or remove parts of the audio
track. You can specify the region to use. For example, if you decide to add an extra 2 bars to the intro in Band-in-a-