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Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions
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Hybrid Styles
The “Hybrid Styles” feature allows you to play and create a style that has instruments from up to five different
styles! You can, for example, play a song with a Reggae bass, Rock drums, Salsa piano, or any combination of up
to five styles that you want. Create a name for your hybrid style and you can save it with the song so that it will play
that way in the future.
To use the Hybrid Styles feature, choose Styles | Make a Hybrid style or click on the hybrid [STY] button
in the toolbar. You’ll then see the Make a Hybrid style dialog.
Your hybrid style can be up to five instruments, each from a different style. For example, you can have a Latin
drum part, with a Zydeco bass, and Jazz guitar part, and strings from a Classical style!
Select the instrument (e.g. Bass), and then select a style by pressing the [.STY] button. Repeat for
up to five instruments.
When you’re ready to generate the Style, press [OK- (re) Generate style
with name ---〉], and choose a name for your style.
Remember that style names in Band-in-a-Box can be a maximum of eight characters, with no spaces! (This is to
insure compatibility with Macintosh and previous versions of Band-in-a-Box.)
Press [Play] in Band-in-a-Box and you can hear the results. You can revisit the Make a Hybrid style dialog to
make any changes.
Editing a Hybrid Style
You can edit a hybrid style just like any other style. Open the StyleMaker to view the patterns. In addition, in the
StyleMaker, if you press the [Misc] button, you’ll see a style memo listing the various styles that made up the hybrid
style.
Importing Instruments from Other Styles
This is a great way to have fun with the StyleMaker, and to create great new styles in no time. The dialog is
accessed from the Style | Import Instrument menu item.
Choose the instrument you want to import and select the desired options. Click on [OK] and a standard Windows
Open dialog will be launched so you can select any style on your computer as the source for the instrument. Mix
and match instruments from different styles to create fresh new arrangements.