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
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Chord Preview/Builder.........................................................................66
MIDI file “Chord Wizard” ...................................................................68
Applying Styles....................................................................................70
Playing, Pausing, and Stopping Songs .................................................72
Changing Volume, Panning, Reverb, Chorus, Bank ............................74
Saving Songs........................................................................................74
Other Edit Functions.............................................................................76
More Preferences – Preferences 2 ........................................................81
MIDI Setup...........................................................................................85
The JukeBox.........................................................................................90
Chapter 7: Notation and Printing 93
Notation................................................................................................93
Printing...............................................................................................104
Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 107
Automatic Songs - “The Melodist” ....................................................107
Automatic Solo Generation – “The Soloist” ......................................115
Automatic Guitar Chord Solos – “The Guitarist”...............................120
Chapter 9: Recording Tracks 125
Real Time Recording..........................................................................125
Step Edit Notes...................................................................................127
Entering Notes Manually in the Notation Window ............................128
Recording with the Wizard Feature....................................................128
Importing Pre-Recorded MIDI Data...................................................129
Record using The Melodist ................................................................130
Additional Options for Melody/Soloist Track....................................131
Chapter 10: Built-in Drums 139
Animated Drum Kit............................................................................139
Drum Kit Main Window ....................................................................142