Technical information

Chapter 5: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box
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Pressing the [Record]
button will start Band-in-
a-Box recording what you
play on the Thru track. An
audible count-in is played
prior to recording.
You can punch in/out,
overdub, record directly to
the ending or the tag, and
use the filter to choose
which MIDI events are
recorded.
Once you have completed
recording your melody,
Band-in-a-Box will ask you
if you would like to keep
the take and if you would
like to copy the recorded
chorus to the whole song.
Tip: Looking for inspiration? At the click of a button, the Band-in-a-Box Melodist will write entire new songs from scratch, complete
with Chords, Intro, Melody, Solo, Ending, and even an original Title. Or you can enter your own chord changes and let the Melodist
create a new melody over them. There are more than 100 Jazz, Pop, Rock, Latin, Country, and Classical melody styles.
Embellishing the Melody
When musicians see a Lead Sheet that has a melody written out, they almost never play it exactly as written. They
change the timing to add syncopation, change durations to achieve staccato or legato playing, add grace notes, slurs,
extra notes, vibrato, and other effects. Now you can have Band-in-a-Box do these automatically using the
Embellisher.
If you enable the Embellisher, any Melody will be embellished as it is played so that you hear a
livelier and more realistic Melody - and it's different every time.
The Embellisher button opens the Melody Embellisher dialog with many user options to control
the embellishment settings. The Embellisher Presets allow you to choose a combination of
common settings for the Embellisher quickly.