User Guide

Chapter 5: Playing Songs in Band-in-a-Box
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By pressing a QWERTY hot key prior to an action, you can control when the action will take place. If no mode hot
key is pressed prior to an action, the default mode will occur.
The default is set in the “Default Mode for section change” or “Default
Mode for going back or ahead” combo box.
For example, by default, the section change will occur as soon as you
press the key, and it will go to the equivalent place in the bar immediately
before the beginning of the target section (so that the music stays in time,
and the next section begins at the end of the bar). But you can change the default for the action to take place at the
end of the current bar or current part marker etc.
Example uses of the Conductor:
In this example, we don’t have custom sections set, so the default sections apply (middle chorus = section 4 etc.).
- Jump to the start of middle choruses during playback (press “4”).
- Loop the middle chorus (press S, which is Loop Section).
- Jump to the end of the song (press 6).
- Pause the song (Backspace).
- Go back 1 chorus (Ctrl a).
- Go ahead 1 chorus (Shift A).
At the end of the current chorus, go back 1 section, press Y then Ctrl S.
Note: Pressing the Y sets the mode to do the action at the end of the current chorus
These actions can also be done with the MIDI keyboard. See the MIDI keyboard mapping diagram for details.
Example using the MIDI keyboard. Assume Charlie is a piano player who uses his MIDI keyboard with Band-in-
a-Box, and would like to play his keyboard, but also use it to control Band-in-a-Box.
He sets the conductor to allow his MIDI keyboard lowest notes A/Bb/B to turn the Conductor mode
OFF/ON/Toggled-when held.
When he turns it off (low A note), he can play his keyboard normally.
If he wants to pause the song, he holds down the low B3 note as he presses the MIDI key for pause, which is G4.
The song will pause, and the conductor mode turns off as he lets go of the B3 key, and he can resume his piano
playing. If Charlie didn’t plan on using the MIDI keyboard for piano playing, he could leave it in conductor mode
by turning it on with the A3 key.
The Jukebox
Use the
Jukebox for continuous playback of a whole list of Band-in-a-Box songs or to
play all or the songs in a folder. The Õ Juk button plays the previous song in the
directory; the Juk Ö button plays the next song in alphabetical order.
The Jukebox will continue to play while you move to other Windows programs, providing continuous background
music.
Click the [Juke] button to open the Options for Juke Box dialog.