Technical information

Chapter 5: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box

The Band-in-a-Box Synth window controls instrument settings.

Solo an Instrument Part

While listening to Band-in-a-Box, you can easily solo (isolate) a certain part by holding the Control key and mouse

clicking (left or right) on the instrument at the top of the screen. For example, if you want to hear only the Piano

part, Control-Click on the Piano part. If you want to use hot keys for this, you can press Alt+2 (Mute-All) and then

Alt+4 (Unmute Piano).

Mute All Parts

To mute/unmute all parts as the song is playing, simply press Alt+2 or right-click on the “Combo” radio buttons at

the top of the screen.

Play Selected Area as a Loop

To use this function select a region on the Chordsheet.

Click on the[Loop] button, Shift-click on the [Play] button, or press F10 (Play Selected Area as Loop)

and the program will play a selected region, and loop the selection. For example, you can select bars 19

and 20, and then press F10, and bars 19 and 20 will play looped until Stop is pressed.

Loop any Section of the song.

You can loop any section of the song. The program will then start playback at the first loop point and play the

looped section until stop is pressed or looping is turned off. This feature is handy for looping a full chorus or other

section of a song for practice or performance.

Looping of a section of the song is enabled by the “LoopSec” checkbox or with the keystroke

NUMPAD 1.

Open up the Loop Section Settings dialog by clicking the Loop button, or pressing NUMPAD 2. The Loop

settings dialog will then display.

Add a Melody – MIDI and/or Audio

Band-in-a-Box is much more than an intelligent arranger and accompanist.

You can record your live MIDI performance to the Melody track, enter a Melody in the Notation note-by-

note, or use the Wizard to record from your computer keyboard.