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 79
Allow Any Endings
Song endings can be turned off for all songs, or on a song-by-song basis. To
turn song endings off for all songs uncheck the “Allow Any Endings” option.
To turn the song ending off for a single song select the Additional Song Settings
option from the Song menu and uncheck “Generate 2 Bar Ending for This
Song.”
Limit Screen size to
Use this setting to choose the size of the screen you want to display.
Menu Limit
Determines the number of items that can be listed in a menu.
OK to Load Harmony w/songs
If checked, the harmony settings for each song will be loaded and saved with
each song. If set to NO, the harmony setting won't be saved or loaded with the
songs. If you are using a certain harmony, you should set this setting to NO,
otherwise you'll have to keep re-selecting the harmony when you load in new
songs.
Change Harmony w/new chords
Example: If a harmony is played on bar 1 on a C chord, and then the note is
held as the chord changes to a Fm7 chord, ( if this setting checked ) the harmony
notes will change so that they will be still be playing chord tones. If they don't
the harmony sounds dissonant. Leave this setting checked, unless you have a
specific reason to disable it. The harmony is changed by moving the voices to
the nearest chord tone.
Har. Volume Adjust
Raise or lower the overall volume of the Harmony with a range of –128 to 128.
OK to Load Style w/songs
Leave this unchecked to audition the same style with several different songs.
Use MSB for Bank (Roland)
Band-in-a-Box sends General MIDI bank changes. These can be sent in two
ways. Most synths (e.g. Roland, Korg, and Kawai) use the Controller 0 for the
bank. This is the MSB (Most Significant Byte) method. Check this option if
you are using one of these synths. Some synths use Controller 32 for the bank
(e.g. Peavey). This is the LSB (Least Significant Byte) method. If you have
one of these synths, then uncheck the “Use MSB for Bank (Roland).”
There is also a patch change sent immediately after the bank change (when you
do bank changes from the main screen.)
Tip: If your synth requires both MSB and LSB bank changes, use the '+' button (patches on
higher banks).