User Guide

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 72
Style Aliases
Let's say you have a new style for Jazz called “Dizzy.” You can create an alias
so that when Band-in-a-Box looks for a Jazz Swing style, it will load in “Dizzy”
instead, so you don't have to change all your songs that were made with the old
style. And when you find a new favorite style, just change the alias.
Aliases are accessed by the M | Style Aliases… menu item.
To make an alias, click on the original style then select the style you would like
to substitute in its place. When you are using an alias, you will notice that there
will be a small arrowhead in the Title window on the main screen indicating that
you have an alias loaded. Aliases are stored in files called *.ALI.
Alias for ZZJAZZ.STY indicated by the > symbol.
Tip: You can temporarily totally disable the Alias feature by unchecking the “Allow
Any Style Aliases” checkbox found in the Style Aliases dialog. You can also have
confirmation of alias substitutions by checking the “Confirm Substitutions” checkbox.
Playing, Pausing, and Stopping Songs
Playing Songs
There are several ways to play a song in Band-in-a-Box, either starting from the
beginning or from a specified place in the song.
To generate a new Band-in-a-Box arrangement and play the song from the start
you can either,
- Press the
button, or