Technical information

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards
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Snapshot Regions
This area is for the “snapshots” for A substyle, B substyle, and A, B drum fills. For the “A” substyle enter the range
of bars that you would like to be included in the “A” substyle. You can enter values separated by commas “1, 2, 4,”
or ranges “1-7, 9-14,” or combinations “1-4, 9, 11, 12-24.” To determine which bar numbers to enter you'll need to
listen to the MIDI file.
Pressing the [Auto-Generate Snapshot bars] button will generate a list of bar numbers for the snapshots. This list is
based on the part markers in the BB Chordsheet, so you should first exit the Style Wizard to insure that the part
markers are correct before pressing this button.
This is similar to the “Auto-generate snapshot bars,” except when you select this button; a menu of choices
will appear to allow selection of all bars, or only bars that include all of the instruments.
The [Clear] button removes the current snapshots from the snapshot areas.
The “Add looped bars as a snapshot” adds the current looped area as a snapshot. You can of course type the
information directly into the snapshot areas.
The Defaults button sets the Style Wizard settings to their default state, including the settings in the
“More” Dialog.
The “Resolution” is set automatically, and should be confirmed.
It is set to Triplets for style with a “shuffle” feel such as Jazz Swing or any style with a triplet feel to the 8
th
notes (or
a swing feel to the 16
th
notes). The other setting is Straight for styles with straight 8
th
or straight 16
th
notes.
The Jazz checkbox setting is to indicate whether the style is a “Jazz” type style with Jazz chords or a “Pop” type
style with Pop chords.
The “Copy Melody to Melody Track” is a utility function that
should only be used when the style is “finished.” Prior to executing this command, the Melody track contains the
entire MIDI file with all of the parts. This “MIDI-file-on-the-Melody-track” is used to create the style. Once the
style is created, you might want to extract the actual Melody track from the MIDI file to put on the Melody track.
The channels used are the channels that have the BB Part set to “Melody.” When you do this command, you are
prompted to save the MGX file (i.e. the file with the MIDI file on the Melody track), so that you can revisit the file.
This “Copy Melody to Melody Track” is useful to audition your new style, because you can then hear just the
Melody along with your style.
“Copy Melody to Soloist track” works in a similar way except
that it doesn't erase the MIDI file part on the Melody track.
“Generate NEW style…” makes a new style. The Style Creation Wizard dialog
is exited, and a file dialog allows you to pick a name for the style.