Upgrade Manual

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features

available to enter a value for Volume, Panning, Reverb, Chorus, and Bank

settings.

Master Volume Hot Keys.

Master Volume settings can now be made more quickly with added hot keys. If

you want to “turn it all up or down,” this can be done quickly with hot keys.

THRU Velocity boost.

A velocity boost can be applied to the THRU part.

Song Titles Dialog Editing.

The Song Titles window can now be updated from within the Song Titles dialog.

Scrolling Big Lyrics.

The Big Lyrics Window now scrolls a page at a time for easier reading of lyrics.

Custom File Dialog Enhancements.

Now there are hot keys for the Search Dialog (Alt+S), Favorite Folders

(Alt+F), and Font selection (Alt+N). Double clicking in the favorite directories

window now exits the dialog.

Quick Song Transpose (1 hot key).

Now you can transpose the entire song during playback (or while stopped) using

a single key. Transpose down 1 semitone (Ctrl+Alt+5), up one semitone

(Ctrl+Alt+6), or a specified # of semitones (Ctrl+Alt+7). Quick Transpose is

useful when accompanying a vocalist who requests a higher key, since you'll

instantly hear the song in the new key – even if the song is playing it will

continue in the new key. Use it during playback to modulate the song.

Audio Mute.

Now you can mute/un-mute the audio track in Band-in-a-Box. Choose Audio-

Mute Audio to mute/un-mute the audio track.

New Hot Keys Added.

Examples include hot keys for Chord Builder (Ctrl+Shift+B), Song Settings

(Ctrl+N), Preferences (Ctrl+E), song transpose by +1/-1 (Ctrl+Alt+5, 6) and

many more. The TAB key now advances around the Chordsheet (like the

right cursor key), and Shift+TAB functions like the left cursor key. For

entering chords like “Cm+” you no longer have to type an uppercase for the

“+,” you can type the lowercase “=” and the program will enter a Cm+.

Shot/Held Chords Option Enhanced.

Normally, when a “shot” or a “held” chord is assigned, instruments that are

excluded from the shot/held chord play normally. Now there is an additional

option for those excluded instruments to stay silent. Velocity boosts for shots

and held chords are now settable. In previous versions, a shot or held chord