Upgrade Manual

Chapter 12: Other New Features
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Dedicated menu items added on GM Menu for “Turn Local ON,” “Turn
Local OFF,” and “When program quits, turn Local ON.”
“Local” refers to sounds
generated by playing on
an external MIDI
keyboard, if set to “off,”
Band-in-a-Box will play
the keyboard via the
THRU part, if set to ON,
both Band-in-a-Box and
the keyboard might be
playing the same THRU
part.
For the loop screen feature, if looping on the first line Band-in-a-Box now
loops from bar 1 and does not include the lead-in.
MIDI Driver dialog improvements.
When visiting the MIDI Driver
dialog, if the setup is panned to
MONO, the program offers to
change it to stereo. Selecting a
new drum kit from the MIDI
Driver dialog no longer changes
your panning settings. Since most
people use stereo settings, this
makes it easier to ensure that you
are using stereo settings.
A new Drum kit is only installed
if you specifically select a new Drum kit in the MIDI Driver dialog.
If playback is occurring when OPEN song is chosen, playback of the new song
will resume when the new song is loaded (so you don't have to press PLAY).
This works for other methods of song loading such as load next/previous Song.
Chord Wizard Enhancements, including recognizing more chord types and
additional options.
“MGX” file type added. When a MIDI file is loaded onto the Melody (or
Soloist) track, the Track Type for the Melody (or Soloist) gets set to Multi-
Track. When the file is saved, the extension will be MGX, allowing you to
easily identify the BB songs that you have that contain entire MIDI files.