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 14: Reference 252
Edit a Harmonies File… allows you to edit a Harmony file that is in your \bb
directory.
Edit Current Harmonies File… allows you to edit the Harmony file that is
currently loaded on your system.
OK to Load Harm. w/ songs
Toggle this option “On” if you want to load any harmony settings that were
saved/embedded in a given song.
Save Harmony with this song
Toggle this option “On” to allow Band-in-a-Box to embed the harmony settings
for the currently open song so that they may be recalled automatically later.
Change Harmony with new chord
Toggle this option “On” to allow the program to vary the harmony
characteristics (i.e. inversions) each time a new chord is encountered in the
song.
Allow Melody Harmony
Toggle this option “On” to allow the Melody MIDI channels to utilize the
harmony features.
Allow Thru Harmony
Toggle this option “On” to allow the Thru MIDI channels to utilize the harmony
features.
Allow Soloist Harmony (on THRU)
Toggle this option “On” to allow the Thru MIDI channels to utilize the harmony
features for the Soloist track.
Convert Harmony to Melody Track…
This converts a single line Melody track to include the current harmony
selection.
Convert Harmony to Soloist Track…
This converts a single line Soloist track to include the current harmony selection
(On the Thru harmony).
Use Passing harmonies for THRU
When you play along on a MIDI keyboard (or the wizard), and use a Thru
harmony, you can use passing harmonies. For example, on a C7 chord, with an
Ab note, the harmony might be a B diminished chord, which is a passing
harmony.