User Guide

Chapter 3: Summary of New Features 18
To use this feature, load in any song in 3/4 time. Then load in a 4/4 style. If
there’s a Melody (or Soloist) present, you’ll be asked if it’s OK to change the
Melody from 3/4 to 4/4. If you click YES to that, the transformation will occur
and you can listen to the Melody in 4/4 time.
If you click NO to the offer to transform the Melody, you can still convert it
later by choosing Melody | Edit | Utilities | Transform 3/4 to 4/4. Note that if
you choose the manual command, the Melody prior to transformation should
have 6 beats before bar 1 beat 1 of the Melody begins (as it normally would in a
3/4 style)
Bass player plays better “5ths
Bass player plays better “5ths” over some Jazz chords. Band-in-a-Box’s
bass player was playing some natural 5ths over some chords like C7 altered or
others. Now, after a discussion with some bass players, we’ve improved Band-
in-a-Box so that the bass part plays the #5 or b5 correctly on these Jazz chords.
Load Previous Style, Load Next Style.
This function, (analogous to the Load Next Song function) loads in the previous
(or next) style in alphabetical order of the file name. To load the next style, in
alphabetical order, choose the menu item File | File Utilities | Load Next Style,
or use the hot key Command+Shift+F8 (Control+Command+Shift+F8 for the
previous style).
“Chase Volumes” added for playback.
For files that include volume change events (Controller 7). Band-in-a-Box will
locate the most recent volume control information that is prior to the current
location in the song. Band-in-a-Box will then send this volume control
information at the start of playback.