User Guide

Chapter 14: Reference 241
Quantize Durations. This quantizes the END of the notes. By default, this is
set to “Off.”
Humanize w/ straight feel / Humanize w/ swing feel
Band-in-a-Box uses intelligent humanization routines, which can humanize a
melody from one, feel to another, from one tempo to another, and vary the
amount of swing in 8th notes (but not randomly). The results are very musical
with natural sounding MIDI melodies.
Humanize Melody…
Opens the Quantize to New Tempo or Feel dialog. The humanize effect is
broken down into 5 main categories: Tempo, Lateness, 8th Note Spacing,
Legato, and Feel.
Transpose Melody…
Allows you to transpose the melody track without affecting the other tracks in
the song.
Copy 1st chorus to all song
This stretches the melody track out over the entire song (i.e. first, last, and
middle choruses).
Kill entire melody
Erases the melody track and any data that was contained therein.
Kill Melody Choruses
Eliminates the Melody from the First Chorus, Middle Choruses, or Last Chorus
as selected from a list box.
Adjust Level of Melody…
Allows you to increase or decrease the volume (velocity) of the Melody track
without affecting the other tracks.
TimeShift Melody (ticks)…
Allows you to move the Melody forwards or backwards in small increments
relative to the rest of the song tracks. (Measured in ticks or parts per quarter,
PPQ.)
Insert Beats In Melody
Allows you to insert a blank beat or beats into the song relative to the current
time signature.
Delete Beats in Melody
Allows you to delete a beat or beats from the song relative to the current time
signature.
Copy to Soloist Track
Copies the entire contents of the Melody track to the Soloist Track. Useful for a
temporary holding area for your Melody or bouncing tracks.