User Guide

Chapter 5: Playing Songs in Band-in-a-Box
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You can select RealDrums styles within the StylePicker. Highlight a
MIDI style that you like, and press the RealDrums [Best] button, to see
a list of the most compatible RealDrums styles for that style, or the
[RealDrums] button to select from all available RealDrums.
You can also change the style at any bar in the song, so you could use a
few similar styles to add variety while keeping the same feel. This is
done in the Edit Settings for Current Bar dialog, which opens with
either the F5 function key or the Edit | Settings for Current Bar menu
command.
In the style change dialog (F5 and
others) you can audition the style that
you are considering.
This dialog can also be opened
with the [Bar Settings] button in the
Song Settings dialog.
Make a MultiStyle Song
If you have a song, you can also use more than 2 substyles for that song. For example, let’s say we have a song that
is a Bossa Nova and you want to have a Jazz Swing section. Rather than finding a MultiStyle that has this exact
combination, we can make one, in the song, for this song only as follows:
Load a song like c:\bb\styles0\zzbossa.mg4
Right click on a bar number, and choose “Define c/d.”
Then choose ZZJAZZ.STY from the StylePicker.
You will then see that there are 4 substyles now, a, b, c, d. You can use the “d” substyle for Jazz Swing walking
bass, since it is the same as the “b” substyle from ZZJAZZ.
Load the song c:\bb\Tutorial BB 2008\ “Demo of MultiStyle in song only Bossa 2 Jazz.MG4” and you can see the
finished result. This song switches styles using part markers.
Note: The RealDrums will play for all of the styles if you have enabled RealDrums and “Substitute RealDrums for \ MIDI
drums” in the RealDrums Settings dialog.
Settings for Playback
You’ll find the Synth window at the top of the screen. Select an instrument part by clicking its name. The dot in
the radio button beside the name indicates the selected part. Any changes to the Instrument, Volume, Pan, Audio
Reverb, Tone, Bank, or MIDI Reverb will apply to that part.