User Guide

Chapter 5: Playing Songs in Band-in-a-Box

Click on this button to go to the PG Music web page where you can

download more patch files from

http://www.pgmusic.com/support_miscellaneous.htm.

Converting Synthesizer Patch Lists in Band-in-a-Box

Band-in-a-Box can read a patch file list generated by PowerTracks Pro Audio or Cakewalk, and convert it to a .PAT

file for use in Band-in-a-Box.

Converting PowerTracks patch list to Band-in-a-Box .Pat files.

PowerTracks stores its patch lists in a single file, called PATCHES.INI. This file contains all of the patch lists for

the synths supported by PowerTracks. Band-in-a-Box stores the patch list for each synth in a separate file, with an

extension of .PAT.

To convert a PowerTracks patch file to a Band-in-a-Box Patch file, you will be choosing the c:\pt\ptw\patches.ini,

and then choosing the synth that you want to convert to a .PAT file.

Press the [+] button to the right of the Instrument name on the

main Band-in-a-Box screen.

This will open the Patches on Higher Banks dialog.

Note: If a .PAT file has not been previously selected, a File Open dialog will appear. Select a .PAT file from the \bb

directory to launch the Patches on Higher Banks dialog.

Press the [Open INI/INS…] button to launch the Open File dialog.

Choose the file c:\pt\patches.INI.

You’ll then see a menu of synths stored in the patches.INI file. Select

one to convert. Create a name for the .PAT file (e.g. My Patch

List.PAT) and save it to c:\bb.

Converting a Cakewalk .Ins file to a Band-in-a-Box .Pat file.