Technical information

Chapter 5: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box
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Play Along with the Wizard
The Wizard is an intelligent play along feature that is controlled with the bottom two rows of your computer’s
QWERTY keyboard. The bottom row of keys plays chord tones; the second row plays passing tones. You play any
key in either row and never make a mistake!
In the Play menu, toggle Wizard uses “Smart” notes to “off” (unchecked) to have the Wizard provide you access to
the chromatic scale. Toggle it “on” to have access only to the notes based on the chord/key of the song.
This also allows you to record to the Melody or Soloist track without an external MIDI keyboard, and can even be
used to trigger the Soloist Wizard. Also, play along using the Wizard works with the harmony feature, so you can
play along live from your QWERTY keyboard in 4-part saxophone harmony for example.
Playing the Wizard
The Wizard Keys are active during playback. The active keys are the lower 2 rows of the keyboard.
Changing Instruments / Settings for the Wizard
As a play along instrument, the Wizard uses the Thru instrument part. To change the instrument patch, volume,
reverb, etc. for the Wizard select the Thru instrument in the synth window.
Add a Solo - “The Soloist”
That’s right! Band-in-a-Box can “solo like a pro” in over 200 styles.
Use the [Soloist] button on the main screen to open the Select Soloist dialog box and choose from over
200 Soloist profiles.