Technical information

Chapter 14: Reference
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Quantize Soloist opens the Quantize Soloist Options dialog. The Humanize Soloist Part… feature is an advanced
version of this function.
Humanize Soloist Part w/Straight Feel / …/Swing Feel. Band-in-a-Box uses intelligent humanization routines,
which can humanize a Soloist from one feel to another, from one tempo to another, and vary the amount of swing in
8th notes (but not randomly). The results are very musical, with natural sounding MIDI solos.
Humanize Soloist Part… opens the Soloist: Quantize to New Tempo or Feel dialog. The humanize effect is
broken down into 5 main categories: Tempo, Lateness, 8th Note Spacing, Legato, and Feel.
Transpose Soloist Part allows you to transpose the Soloist track without affecting the other tracks in the song.
Copy 1st chorus to whole song stretches the Soloist track out over the entire song (i.e. first, last, and middle
choruses).
Kill entire Soloist Part erases the Soloist track and any data that was contained therein.
Kill Soloist Choruses eliminates the Soloist from the First Chorus, Middle Choruses, or Last Chorus as selected
from a list box.
Adjust Level of Soloist Part allows you to increase or decrease the volume (velocity) of the Soloist track without
affecting the other tracks.
Timeshift Soloist Part (ticks) allows you to move the Soloist forward or backwards in small increments relative to
the rest of the song tracks. (Measured in ticks or parts per quarter, PPQ.)
Insert Beat(s) in Soloist Part allows you to insert a blank beat or beats into the song relative to the current time
signature.
Delete Beat(s) from Soloist Part allows you to delete a beat or beats from the song relative to the current time
signature.
Copy to Melody Track copies the entire contents of the Soloist track to the Melody Track. Useful for a temporary
holding area for your soloist or for bouncing tracks.
Move to Melody Track copies the entire contents of the Soloist track and erases the original data from the Soloist
track, preparing it for a new track or data.
Swap Melody and Soloist Track performs a “double copy/move” so that the data that was in the Soloist track gets
transferred to the Melody track and vice versa. This is also known as track bouncing.
Convert Harmony to Soloist Track… converts a single line Soloist track to include the current harmony selection.
Remove Harmony (or guitar solo) from Soloist Track removes a harmony from a track, providing that the
harmony was put there by Band-in-a-Box in the first place using the Convert Harmony to Soloist Track command.
Generate Guitar Chord Solo opens the Guitar feature dialog for generating a guitar chord solo.
Rechannel to Guitar Display converts channels on a track to channels 11 to 16. Channels 11 to 16 are used by
Band-in-a-Box to indicate strings 1 to 6 of a guitar. It uses the current position marker on the guitar for this
command.
Utilities
There is a Utilities sub-menu that has utility functions to convert the pitch bend range of a track, or to insert pitch
bend note events.
Eliminate Note Overlap – Preserve Double Stops / Eliminate Note Overlap – Remove Double Stops opens a
Choose Range dialog to select the range of bars where note overlap will be eliminated while double stops are either
preserved or eliminated.
Transpose One Octave DOWN / Transpose One Octave UP transposes the Soloist part one octave in either
direction. This is often useful if the Soloist instrument has been changed. Transposing can be done while the song
plays.