Technical information

Chapter 3: Band-in-a-Box Version 2005

Set the 4 harmonies to the first vibrato setting “1 BNatural Vibrato,” and press the [PREVIEW]

button. You’ll now hear these harmonies,

generated from MIDI notes in the Band-in-a-Box harmony, but with various types of vibrato and scooping pitch

effects. On held notes, the vibrato is essential for a natural vocal sound.

Now let’s move on to the Piano Roll Tutorial.

Piano Roll Tutorial

The Piano Roll window enables precise graphic editing of note timing and duration. You can also graphically edit

note velocity, controllers, program changes, channel aftertouch, or pitch bend.

The Piano Roll may be opened as a movable window (which floats above the Band-in-a-Box main window), or it

may be opened embedded, which occupies the same position as the Chordsheet/Notation panel in the Band-in-a-Box

main window.

Let’s load the song “PianoRollDemoSong.MGU.” This is a medium Bossa Nova with some horn noodling to

demonstrate Piano Roll features. The song contains example use of several MIDI data types with which to

experiment.

To open the Piano Roll, in the Band-in-a-Box Window menu, select the item Piano Roll Window.