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 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 65
When making any changes to a measure using the Edit Bar Settings dialog box,
Band-in-a-Box will place a colored indicator box around the measure number of
the measure that had been edited.
Change the Number of beats/bar.
The initial time signature of the song is determined by the style (e.g. Jazz =4/4,
Waltz =3/4). In certain songs you will want to insert time signature changes at a
certain bar. For example you might want a single bar of 2/4, or 8 bars of 3/4
time etc.
This option allows a change of time signature during a song. The change takes
place at the beginning of the bar and continues until a new time signature change
is specified. You can select # beats per bar from 1 to 4 beats per bar. A setting
of 0 beats/bar is used for no change of time signature.
Examples:
A song in 4/4 time with a single bar of 6/4 time. Since the maximum # beats per
bar is =4, we will split the 6/4 bars into 2 bars, a 4/4 bar and a 2/4 bar. Insert a #
beats per bar =2 at the beginning of the 2/4 bar and then restore the time
signature to 4/4 by assigning # beats per bar =4 for the next bar.
A song in 5/4 time throughout: To do this we will alternately create a 3/4 bar +
2/4 bars. On odd numbered bars insert a # beats per bar =3, and on even bars
insert # of beats per bar =2. This needs to be done for every bar.
Style Changes at any Bar.
You can specify a new style at any bar of the song, so that you can use many
styles within the same song. To change styles at any bar:
- Move the cursor highlight bar to the bar for the style change.
- Press the F5 key to open the Edit Bar Settings dialog (or choose the Edit |
Bar Settings menu command, or use the keystrokes Option+B).
Use the [Change Style to] button to select a
style change for that bar.
If you prefer, use the [STY…] button to
select a style using the StylePicker dialog.
To remove the style change at this bar,
press the [Clear] button.