Technical information

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features
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This dialog can also be
accessed from the Opt. |
Preferences [Soloist] button.
Set “Use MIDI Volume for
Soloing Wizard” to true if
you want MIDI velocity
information sent to the
Soloing Wizard. If you have a
velocity sensitive MIDI
device attached to your
computer and you
want to control the dynamics of the Soloist, you should enable this feature.
Set the “Trigger Playback Early” to true to enable song playback to start before the Soloist has actually completed
composing a solo. Otherwise, Band-in-a-Box will completely compose a solo before song playback begins.
Soloist – Prefer Long Phrases
Set this checkbox to “True” (enabled) if you would like the Soloist to use the longest musical phrases it “knows.”
Soloist/Melody Velocity Adjust
This box allows you to quickly boost or reduce the volume of the Soloist part relative to the other instrument parts.
For a realistic mix the soloist instrument is set slightly louder than the other instruments/parts in a song. The default
is 5.
Automatic Guitar Solos – “The Guitarist”
The Guitarist allows you to generate a guitar chord solo for any melody. Band-in-a-Box will intelligently arrange
the melody to a guitar chord solo by inserting real guitar voicings throughout the piece. You can select from among
many “Guitarists” in order to create your arrangement. You can also define your own Guitarists; choosing
parameters such as strum speed, types of voicings
(Pop/Jazz), embellishments, and much more. Guitar Solos are selected from the Guitar window, which
opens with the Guitar button.
Press the [Ch Sol…] button to launch the Generate Guitar Chord Solo function, or use the Melody |
Generate Chord Solo menu item.