Technical information

Chapter 3: Band-in-a-Box Version 2005
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“Play Selected Area as a Loop” function!
Shift-click on the Play button, or press F10 (Play Selected Area as Loop) and the program will play a selected
region as a loop. For example, you can select bars 10 and 11, and then press F10, and bars 10 and 11 will play
looped.
StyleMaker Enhancements!
If you don’t save the style, the previous style will load in, instead of reverting to “ZZJAZZ.STY.”
Guitar Tutor Enhancements!
The Guitar Chord Tutor now has an “Anticipate” mode that plays the next chord X beats in advance, allowing time
for the user to prepare the chord for playing along. 11 new tutors have been added for the Alternate tunings like
DADGAD, Open G, etc.
No more drum crash cymbals on Bar 1 of the song!
The very first bar of the song is (optionally) no longer considered to be following a fill, so a drum crash cymbal
won’t be played. Most drummers wouldn’t play a crash cymbal on bar 1 of the song.
New hot keys added for Prefs tab dialog!
This allows navigation of the Preferences tabs by single keystrokes.
Auto “Staves per Page” Option!
Notation | Options now has an option to allow “Staves per Page” setting to be automatic or not!
Print to much larger BMP files!
Notation | Print to Graphics command can now print to high resolution BMP’s like 2400 x 3000! This feature is
only limited by available memory.
Guitar TAB lines easier to see!
Guitar TAB lines now print in black, instead of grey, so tab is easier to read.
Larger Harmony display boxes!
Harmony display boxes are wider by 64 pixels on the main screen and Melodist/Soloist dialogs!
VU meters added for Audio!
These show the Record and Playback levels for audio, allowing adjustment of microphone and speaker levels.
Mouse wheel support!
Mouse wheel support added to the Chordsheet screen and other windows.
… and many more!