Technical information

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Enable the Embellisher, and the Melody will be embellished as it plays. You hear a livelier, more
realistic Melody, and it's different every time. The Embellisher is only active while the music is
playing; the recorded Melody track isn’t
affected. There is an option for the Embellisher to only humanize the timing of the music if the timing was “stiff” to
begin with. This allows the Embellisher to leave the timing of human input melodies alone, and humanize only the
ones that were entered in step-time.
You can record an audio track of your live vocal or instrumental performance and save it to an audio
wave file along with the Band-in-a- Box accompaniment. Make sure that you have a microphone
plugged in to your sound card, or a connection from a mixer, keyboard, or other audio device connected
to the Line In jack on your sound card.
A Mono or Stereo WAV file can be imported to the Audio track, optionally merging with or replacing any existing
audio track. Choose the menu item Audio | Import WAV File. You then choose a WAV file to import. The Import
WAV dialog is then displayed, which allows selection of the point to insert the WAV file, and whether to merge or
overwrite existing audio in the range.
Harmonize the MIDI Melody
Press the [M] button in the Synth window to add a MIDI harmony to the
Melody track.
Pressing the [F] favorites button brings up a list of the last 50 harmonies used.
The Select Melody Harmony dialog box allows you to choose from any of the pre-defined harmonies and even
allows you to define your own.