User Guide
Table Of Contents
- PG Music Inc. License Agreement
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial
- Chapter 3: Summary of New Features
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- All New 32-bit PPC Carbonized Engine.
- Odd-Time Signature Support.
- Maximum Number of Soloists increased
- New Count-In Options
- Harmony – Low Root Feature.
- Strauss-in-a-Box
- Transform 4/4 Melody to a Waltz 3 /4 \(“Strauss-
- Transform “Waltz” Melody to 4/4 \(“De-Strauss” t
- Bass player plays better “5ths
- Load Previous Style, Load Next Style.
- “Chase Volumes” added for playback.
- Drum count-in options
- StylePicker Enhancements.
- StylePicker Dialog “show all” button
- Mono/Stereo menu options
- Video and Audio Memo support
- Soloist “Note-Density” option.
- Dedicated menu items added on GM Menu
- New Hot Keys
- Configuration Files
- About Hot Key Names on the Menus
- New Program Hints Added
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- Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box
- Chapter 5: The Main Screen
- Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
- Chapter 7: Notation and Printing
- Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features
- Chapter 9: Recording Tracks
- Chapter 10: Built-in Drums
- Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions
- Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards
- Chapter 13: CoreMIDI and QuickTime OS X
- Chapter 14: Reference
- PG Music Inc.
- Index
- Registration Form
Chapter 3: Summary of New Features 14
Chapter 3: Summary of New Features
New Features in Band-in-a-Box Version 12 for Macintosh OS X…
All New 32-bit PPC Carbonized Engine.
Previous versions of Band-in-a-Box were 68K code, which required translation
by the processor to operate on newer Macs. The new program is rebuilt with a
32-bit-clean carbonized PPC engine, so that it runs natively in OS X. Program
operations are much faster, including up to 3 times faster notation redraws, song
and soloing generation. Playback timing is improved and rock-solid with Mac
OS X.
Odd-Time Signature Support.
Previous versions of Band-in-a-Box supported only X/4 time signatures, but
now we’ve added support for odd-time signatures like 9/8, 11/8, 13/16, 19/16,
etc. The count-in and the style plays in the odd-time signature feel, and you can
change time signatures during the song.
Note: The notation window still displays/edits these odd-time signatures in 4/4, but
the styles all play/sound correctly.