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®® Version 12 for Macintosh® OS X  Copyright 1989-2004 PG Music Inc. All rights reserved.

Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial 10 Chord Wizard Dialog When the Chord Wizard dialog opens, press the [Open (Change)…] button to choose the MIDI file

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing 100 This will provide even eight notes. You shouldn't have to change this setting very often, as Band-in-a-Bo

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing 101 Use Chord Scale for Enharmonics Band-in-a-Box ill automatically use the chord tones (1, 3, 5 and 7) in choosin

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing 102 Tip: The notation of Jazz Swing music will often be improved by a Tick Offset setting of about minus 5. This i

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing 103 To type the Ab that you see here, type Ab. Then to move to the Gb7 that is on beat 3, press the RIGHT CURSOR

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing 104 Printing Lead Sheet Style Printing Your created songs can be printed out in the style of a lead sheet style.

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing 105 Print Options Dialog Box Include Chords. If selected, this will include the chords of the song on the lead s

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing 106 Print Range (First Chorus / Last Chorus / Whole Song). You can either print the First Chorus, Last Chorus, or

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 107 Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features Automatic Songs - “The Melodist” Feel like composing a brand new song?

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 108 Once you launch the Melodist, you will see the Generate Chords and/or Melody dialog. Let's explore the

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 109 This section determines what aspects of the song are going to be generated. - If you want to generate Cho

Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial 11 Step 2 – Choosing a Style Band-in-a-Box creates backing arrangements based on the chords you type in, applied to

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 110 - The Form selection box allows you to choose between a song generated with a specific form (AABA 32 bars) o

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 111 second would be transposed up to the key of Gb. Melodists store these settings, and some Melodists are set

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 112 If you have set the Melodist to “Generate Part of Song” this would (in the example above) generate only

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 113 The Melodist Jukebox will continuously generate new songs, and play them in jukebox fashion. You can set

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 114 ideal type of sight-reading practice; playing along to music that you haven't heard before. - Ear Tra

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 115 Automatic Intros The Melodist will automatically generate an introduction for the songs it creates. It is

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 116 Country/Pop soloists and others, or create your own soloists using the “Soloist Maker.” Select a Soloist To

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 117 on practicing your solo phrasing and playing in time without concerning yourself with which notes to play (

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 118 words, wherever a THRU harmony is selected, the Soloist part will use the THRU Harmony settings. 2) We have

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 119 Tip: For added effect, add a guitar chord solo to the Soloist part using the Chord Solo button on the Guit

Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial 12 Selecting a Style using the StylePicker. This window shows styles listed by Styles Set number, and by genre. Sele

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 120 Soloing over Slash Chords The Soloist analyzes slash chords (like C/Bb) to determine the best scale type to

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 121 Launch the Chord Solo function with the [Ch. Solo] button, or select MEL | Generate Chord Solo. Select Gui

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 122 3. Confirm the Guitar Patch Selection. The Guitarist that you pick (see item #1) will already have chosen

Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 123 You'll now see a message box confirming that a chord solo has been added. Playing the Guitar Chord

124 3. The chords are strummed, to simulate a real guitar player. 4. The Track Type for the Melody has been set to Guitar, and the MIDI file will

Chapter 9: Recording Tracks 125 Chapter 9: Recording Tracks Overview Band-in-a-Box has a built-in sequencer allowing you to record and edit up to t

Chapter 9: Recording Tracks 126 - at a specified bar, - at the tag, - from the end of the track. If you select “Overdub Underlying Notes,” you wi

Chapter 9: Recording Tracks 127 [OK - Keep Take] will save the take that was just recorded. Copy 1st Chorus to Whole Song If you have recorded on

Chapter 9: Recording Tracks 128 Velocity Type in a velocity to control the volume that the note is played at. Change the velocity to zero to stop

Chapter 9: Recording Tracks 129 3. As the song plays, play the melody on any keys on the bottom two rows of the QWERTY keyboard, in the rhythm of

Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial 13 many times we want the program to play through the chords, in what key and how fast. Framing the Song To tell Ban

Chapter 9: Recording Tracks 130 Import Which Channel(s)? You'll need to know which channel(s) of your MIDI file the melody is on. You then se

Chapter 9: Recording Tracks 131 This feature is useful for stimulating ideas, for creating instant songs for sight reading exercises, to demonstrat

Chapter 9: Recording Tracks 132 We have broken down the Humanize effect into 5 main categories: 1. Tempo 2. Lateness 3. 8th note spacing 4. Leg

Chapter 9: Recording Tracks 133 syncopation, change durations to achieve staccato or legato playing, add grace notes, slurs, extra notes, vibrato,

Chapter 9: Recording Tracks 134 - Customize the settings of the Embellisher. - Choose Embellisher type from presets. - Make a particular embellis

Chapter 9: Recording Tracks 135 If the song is playing and the Embellisher is enabled, you can update the embellishment by pressing this button.

Chapter 9: Recording Tracks 136 Humanize: The velocities, durations (legato), and timing of the notes are humanized. The original velocities etc.

Chapter 9: Recording Tracks 137 Extra Notes: Extra notes are added between melody notes. Unembellished … In this before-and-after exampl

Chapter 9: Recording Tracks 138 This allows you to set advanced settings for the Embellisher. These include, - Vibrato Depth: This is the amplitu

Chapter 10: Built-in Drums 139 Chapter 10: Built-in Drums Animated Drum Kit This sizable window is a cool animated 3D display of a complete drum ki

Chapter 3: Summary of New Features 14 Chapter 3: Summary of New Features New Features in Band-in-a-Box Version 12 for Macintosh OS X… All New 32-bi

Chapter 10: Built-in Drums 140 Drum Display All the General MIDI percussion instruments are shown. Acoustic Bass Drum Bass Drum 1 Side Stick Aco

Chapter 10: Built-in Drums 141 The hint line at the top of the window describes the current control under the mouse cursor. Use the hint line to l

Chapter 10: Built-in Drums 142 Numeric Keypad Drum Keys Strike computer keys to play drums. Drums are grouped on the computer keyboard by category.

Chapter 10: Built-in Drums 143 Drum Window Settings Press the Settings button (to the left of Rewind button), to adjust Drum Window Settings. No

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 144 Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions The StyleMaker Overview of the StyleMaker The StyleMaker is the

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 145 Next interval masks Only when next chord of song is certain interval (e.g., up a fourth) But the Style

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 146 B patterns This row is for 1 bar drum patterns for the “b” substyle. Fills This row is for 1 bar drum

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 147 A period indicates no pattern and a number from 1 - 9 indicates that a pattern has been recorded with

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 148 recorded and displayed on the screen refers to the weight assigned to that pattern. Normally if you hav

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 149 - changing patches saved with style - adding/editing drum patterns to a style - copying and pasting

Chapter 3: Summary of New Features 15 Example of odd-time signature support: Load in a demo song like Songs: 11_8_Pop.MGU. This loads in the “11/8

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 150 B pattern is the row to record for the “b” substyle. Fills are recorded on the Fills row. Endings are re

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 151 - Accept the generic settings in the Drum Pattern Recorded dialog box. You will see your new pattern o

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 152 - Select the ZZLITROK.STY style. - Press the OPEN button to open this style. - Choose an empty 8-beat “

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 153 The screen will look like this. The solid box indicates the currently selected pattern. Empty patter

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 154 A typical pattern may look like this: This pattern is in a timebase of 12, you see 4 beats with 4 divi

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 155 Stop playback by pressing the [STOP] button or the < Spacebar >. Press the [PLAY] button again to

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 156 9. PRE-FILL special value - refers to the bar before a fill 10. FILL refers to the bar of a fill (not

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 157 pattern based on a C7 chord. You can use all 12 notes, but should just play the pattern as you would i

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 158 Playback Bar Mask Usual Setting = 0 Playback Bar Mask determines on what bars of the song the pattern

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 159 Play Pushed - how often % Usual Setting = 0 % #ticks to push pattern Usual Setting = 0 Pushed patterns

Chapter 3: Summary of New Features 16 New Count-In Options “Count-in” can be Drum Patterns instead of “1-2-1234.” There is a new option in Preferen

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 160 If you're making a simple piano pattern you'll only need to record pattern(s) on the A 8 beat

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 161 often than the other patterns on the same row. This number is also displayed on the main StyleMaker scr

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 162 this case, the pattern would only be picked if the chord in the song is in that range. Interval - Chord

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 163 (recorded in C) will be transposed a maximum of 2 semitones down, and therefore up to 10 semitones up t

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 164 Waltz If you want to make a Waltz style, check the Waltz checkbox. Then the StyleMaker will record and

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 165 along with the default instrument volumes. Remember to always use General MIDI Instrument numbers, not

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 166 The strings will play in the “b” substyle only, because that's how they were made in the Miami Pop

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 167 (e.g., PowerTracks Pro for Windows ) will recognize guitar parts on all 6 channels, so if you want to w

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 168 live playing on the Thru channel. Sophisticated options control usage of passing harmonies (diatonic, d

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 169 exit the Harmony Maker, and start a song with a melody playing (like Old Folks at Home.mgu). Now go ba

Chapter 3: Summary of New Features 17 Strauss-in-a-Box Transform 4/4 Melody to a Waltz 3 /4 (“Strauss-in-a-Box”). You can now automatically transf

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 170 For example, in the Shearing Quintet harmony, we want the 2nd voice of the Piano part to drop down an oc

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 171 rename that harmony “Shearing - modified” and you can make changes to it (such as using different instr

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 172 Use Close Harmony This only applies to 2 and 3 part harmonies. If set to =0, then it will use only clo

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 173 Overall Harmony Octave This is very useful setting. It sets the overall octave of the harmony. For ex

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 174 10 easy steps to make a Soloist: 1. Bring up the Soloist window by pressing the [Solo] Button or Shift+

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 175

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 176 The Melodist Maker In addition to the 50 Melodists supplied with the program, this module lets you defin

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 177 The Num selection box allows you to select the Melodist that you'd like to edit. The top area of t

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 178 - The Legato Boost changes the legato (length) of the notes generated. Instruments like Saxophone have

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 179 This is normally left at 100%. But if you want to force the Melodist to stick with the same theme thro

Chapter 3: Summary of New Features 18 To use this feature, load in any song in 3/4 time. Then load in a 4/4 style. If there’s a Melody (or Soloist

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 180 The Tempo Range setting determines the tempo range that the tune will be created with (it will be a rand

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 181 The Guitarist Maker The [Edit…] button in the Guitarist Selection window launches the Guitarist Edito

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 182 example), the chords will be limited to chords that can be played within the current position and up to

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 183 In the settings as illustrated, if the note occurs less than 100ms after the previous note, the note w

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 184 - Barre chords are chords that require the index finger to be played in a Barre position. - Include Op

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 185 - The “7ths/9ths” setting should be used for Jazz. This adds the embellishments of C to Cmaj7 and Cm

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 186 Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards MIDI File Chord Wizard MIDI File Chord Interpretation Wizard Many people who play

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 187 Press the [Open (Change)…] button to select the MIDI file that you'd like to import. If you select the “

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 188 - Choose the MIDI file Chord Wizard dialog by choosing File | Import Chords from MIDI File. - Press the [Open

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 189 - The chording (comping) parts are found on Channels 3, 6 and 7. - The Melody is found on Channel 4. - Ther

Chapter 3: Summary of New Features 19 Drum count-in options Option to hear the drum count-in even if the drums are muted or disabled. This is gre

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 190 the Chord Wizard will never attempt to come up with different chords that are only a beat apart. Tip: If you h

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 191 For the song “Violet Song.MID,” we know that this is a Jazz Swing type of song, so we press the preset called

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 192 So that we can see how well the Chord Wizard did, we can compare it to the “correct chords” of the song, input by

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 193 checkbox, and then specify where to start in the MIDI file (i.e. “the # of lead-in bars in MIDI file”) and what

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 194 The Guitarist Guitar Fretboard Window This is a window for Guitar and Bass Players! The onscreen fretboard disp

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 195 Automatic Settings for Guitar Display Band-in-a-Box does many things automatically on the guitar window, to ins

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 196 The Guitar Settings Dialog Note Display Options: If MIDI Thru is selected (Default=On), the Guitar will displa

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 197 The Fretboard color can be brown or black. (Default=brown) If you elect to not display note names, you can se

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 198 The note names will get displayed in up to two positions, depending on the settings for Show Notes at Aeolian P

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 199 To turn the Guitar Tutor on, launch the Guitar window and press the [Tutor] button. Enable the Chord Tutor d

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Chapter 3: Summary of New Features 20 StylePicker Dialog “show all” button StylePicker Dialog “show all” button added which removes any filter set.

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 200 The Guitar Tutor stays enabled until you change the Guitar track to another track (for example, to change it to t

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 201 Chord Substitution Wizard Reharmonizing a song with the Chord Substitution Wizard is a fun and educational way t

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 202 The appearance of this dialog depends on what chords are present at the highlighted bar. This bar number is show

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 203 You can see that Band-in-a-Box chose the substitutions for about 70% of the chords in the song (that's what

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 204 - The [Builder…] button allows you to try different chords, and build up chords by selecting root and extension.

Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards 205 Chord Builder The Chord Builder is launched with the menu item User | Chord Builder or with the keystrokes Ctrl+

Chapter 13: CoreMIDI and QuickTime OS X 206 Chapter 13: CoreMIDI and QuickTime OS X CoreMIDI and QuickTime OS X Tutorial Selecting a MIDI Driver Ban

Chapter 13: CoreMIDI and QuickTime OS X 207 CoreMIDI requires some setup, but is not terribly complicated. CoreMIDI with a MIDI Interface and Exter

Chapter 13: CoreMIDI and QuickTime OS X 208 If your MIDI Interface has been properly installed, the picture of your MIDI Interface will automaticall

Chapter 13: CoreMIDI and QuickTime OS X 209 This example shows Band-in-a-Box configured to receive/record from a MIDI keyboard on MIDI Interface Po

Chapter 3: Summary of New Features 21 For example, Soloist 188 is edited so that it will play at most 5 notes per beat. Dedicated menu items added

Chapter 13: CoreMIDI and QuickTime OS X 210 Inter-Application Communication via Virtual Ports (compatible with Jaguar and Panther) The Band-in-a-B

Chapter 13: CoreMIDI and QuickTime OS X 211 Rax will now receive MIDI from Band-in-a-Box. For testing purposes, you can select the Apple DLS Music

Chapter 13: CoreMIDI and QuickTime OS X 212 Inter-Application Communication with IAC (Panther only) With OS X 10.3 Panther (or later), you can als

Chapter 14: Reference 213 Chapter 14: Reference Band-in-a-Box Menu Descriptions File Menu New is used to blank the chordsheet and start a new song

Chapter 14: Reference 214 for a word or phrase to find a title quickly. For example, type in “Old folks” and the search will find the song title “O

Chapter 14: Reference 215 Rename any Song on Disk… or Rename Current Song on disk… allows you to rename files. Delete a Song from Disk… deletes a s

Chapter 14: Reference 216 Edit Menu Edit | Undo and Edit | Redo allow you to undo or redo most operations. Edit | Cut functions like a delete comma

Chapter 14: Reference 217 Copy From…To… / Copy Rests / Erase From… To… One of the best ways to copy chords is the Copy From… To… command, or pressi

Chapter 14: Reference 218 Preferences dialog. Boost Vel. of Pushes by The pushes in Band-in-a-Box are the chords that get played before the beat.

Chapter 14: Reference 219 Allow any Rests You can disable the rests feature. You might want to do this if you've got a song with a lot of re

Chapter 3: Summary of New Features 22 − Ctrl+Shift and E/R change the Reverb, − Ctrl+Shift T/Y changes the Chorus, − Ctrl+Shift U/I changes the

Chapter 14: Reference 220 To turn the song ending off for a single song select the Additional Song Settings option from the Song menu and uncheck “G

Chapter 14: Reference 221 Allows playback to be started from another keyboard or the computer keyboard. The Band-in-a-Box arrangement will be gene

Chapter 14: Reference 222 If checked, the harmony will be written to the MIDI file on separate tracks for each voice. You could use this to print o

Chapter 14: Reference 223 OK to save/load rev/vol/chorus w/songs Offers global control over additional song settings (i.e. reverb, chorus, etc.) th

Chapter 14: Reference 224 Lowest Bass Note (E2 = default) Styles will normally play bass notes (down to the low E) if the pattern won't go belo

Chapter 14: Reference 225 “knows.” (Note: This option may also increase Soloist creation times. Disable this feature if you are using a slower o

Chapter 14: Reference 226 Song Menu Title/Key/Tempo/Embel… Opens the Main Settings dialog. This dialog offers you the option to set the title, key

Chapter 14: Reference 227 Overall Loop If checked the song will play again from the beginning it time it reaches the end. Additional Song Settings

Chapter 14: Reference 228 notes on the bass.) Allow Pushes in Middle Choruses Default = This is used if you have put pushes into a song, but do

Chapter 14: Reference 229 Generate 2 Bar Ending for This Song Default = You can disable the ending for a certain song. You can disable the e

Chapter 3: Summary of New Features 23 This represents the command key. The up arrow is for the Shift key. This represents the Option Key.

Chapter 14: Reference 230 S Menu Use this list for a quick pick from the list of 24 original Band-in-a-Box styles. You either can pick a musical s

Chapter 14: Reference 231 MIDI Menu MIDI Settings This dialog box allows you to setup settings for each part (Bass/Drums/Piano etc.). You can als

Chapter 14: Reference 232 Open Current OMS Studio Setup… (FreeMIDI and OMS are supported only in Band-In-A-Box™ OS9, booted from Mac Classic) If us

Chapter 14: Reference 233 Make General MIDI Patch Map… This opens the GS Patch Numbers dialog, where you can make a customized General MIDI patch

Chapter 14: Reference 234 Edit Drum Kit (Note Values)… If you have been unable to find a preset drum map that matches your synth's drum notes,

Chapter 14: Reference 235 Choose Patch from Higher Bank… This will display a list of higher bank patches as found in *.PAT text files. Choose a .

Chapter 14: Reference 236 Hp Menu Balloon Help is available with context appropriate help for many on-screen items. Use the Help menu to enable th

Chapter 14: Reference 237 Launches your Internet browser and loads the PG Music Inc. home page. User Menu Load Style From Disk… Go to the file dia

Chapter 14: Reference 238 Current Style: This shows the file name of the current style in use. Style Information… Shows a summary of information abo

Chapter 14: Reference 239 Play Current Chord Click on any chord and use this command or press Shift+Return to instantly hear how it sounds. MEL Men

Chapter 3: Summary of New Features 24 Let's check out Styles Set #38 Note: Styles Set #38: If you ordered Band-in-a-Box 12 as an upgrade, the

Chapter 14: Reference 240 Import Melody from MIDI File… allows you to import MIDI data from a file (*.MID) into the Melody track. Import Melody from

Chapter 14: Reference 241 Quantize Durations. This quantizes the END of the notes. By default, this is set to “Off.” Humanize w/ straight feel /

Chapter 14: Reference 242 Move to Soloist Track Copies the entire contents of the Melody track and erases the original data from the Melody track,

Chapter 14: Reference 243 Convert Harmony to Melody Track Converts a single line Melody track to include the current harmony selection. Remove Ha

Chapter 14: Reference 244 Eliminate Note Overlap – Preserve Double Stops / Eliminate Note Overlap – Remove Double Stops eliminates note overlap whi

Chapter 14: Reference 245 Band-in-a-Box comes with over 100 Soloists built-in. If you want to make your own or modify an existing Soloist, use the

Chapter 14: Reference 246 Import Soloist from MIDI File allows you to import MIDI data from a file (*.MID) into the Soloist track. Import Soloist f

Chapter 14: Reference 247 Copy to Melody Track copies the entire contents of the Soloist track to the Melody Track. This is useful for a temporary

Chapter 14: Reference 248 - Guitar – Channels 11 to 16 will display on the guitar as strings 11 to 16, TAB will show, the notation will be up an oc

Chapter 14: Reference 249 GS Menu Reset Sound Canvas to Factory… resets the module to factory settings. Reset Sound Canvas And Send BB… sends a re

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 25 Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box You can arrange, record, save, and print your own song ideas wi

Chapter 14: Reference 250 This allows you to use the same channel for 2 parts, so that you hear a layer of 2 instruments playing the same part. Send

Chapter 14: Reference 251 Har Menu Melody Harmony… Shows the current Melody harmony selection. Click to open the Select Melody Harmony dialog. Th

Chapter 14: Reference 252 Edit a Harmonies File… allows you to edit a Harmony file that is in your \bb directory. Edit Current Harmonies File… allow

Chapter 14: Reference 253 Windows Menu Notation Window toggles between the notation and the chordsheet views. Drum Window launches the animated Dr

Chapter 14: Reference 254 Keystroke Commands – “Hot Keys” It's often faster to use keystrokes instead of picking up the mouse. We've adde

Chapter 14: Reference 255 Press [+] to just set the tempo. [+] Records a melody to the currently loaded song. r Plays the song from the current cur

Chapter 14: Reference 256 < > Advance page # in either direction. l Displays the Lyric Mode. Hit ESC or '=' to exit. p Set/Advance

Chapter 14: Reference 257 Hold down Ctrl+Shift and [+] and [=] keys to decrease /increase patch by 1. For example, let's change the Piano part

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Index 259 Index ! 166, 198 2 bar ending early 55 generate 55 32-bit engine 14 A2 Transpose 110 accidentals 101 alias substitutions 72 alternate

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 26 The first time that you select the [Song] button Band-in-a-Box automatically writes the song list. From

Index 260 comping See Concert Pitch adjust 88 Configuration files new 22 copy chords 35 Copyright 258 CoreMIDI 206 custom chord shortcuts 57 pgsh

Index 261 Guitarist Editor 181 chord embellishments 184 chord types 183 Guitarist Maker 181 harmonize melody 28 Harmony changing 66 low root 1

Index 262 toolbar 40 Melodies Recording 125 Melodist 32 64 bar form 110 A2 Transpose 110 Allow Style Changes 109 Auto-Tempo 110 Auto-Titles 109 D

Index 263 MIDI Channels Setting 87 drivers 86 Files Standard 129 Note Offs 88 settings 86 setup 85 sync 87 MIDI chord entry 9 MIDI file choose tra

Index 264 patches popup 42 Pause till key 80 pause song 73 PG Music chords 69 piano display 87 play 13 play along 26 Play button 72 play from

Index 265 Embellishment 54 framing 13 Intros 52 loading 10 Patches Allowing 87 save options 74 saving 74 Substyles Changing 63 Tempo Change at bar

Index 266 Smooth 163 StylePicker 11, 26, 35 filter 19 Styles about 11 load previous 18, 215 Selecting 70 Styles list bbm.lst 19 Styles Set #38 Abo

Registration Form 267 Registration Form Please register your program. Registering your PG Music software entitles you to free, unlimited technical

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 27 Change the Sound Band-in-a-Box has several instrument parts - Bass, Piano, Drums, Guitar, Solo, Strings,

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 28 Add a Melody Band-in-a-Box is much more than an arranger and accompanist. You can also record your liv

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 29 Use the preset Soloist settings, or choose your own Solo Mode and the Choruses where you want a solo.

Table of Contents 3 Table of Contents PG Music Inc. License Agreement 2 Chapter 1: Introduction 6 Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial 8 Step 1 – Typ

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 30 Band-in-a-Box Standard Notation window. The Standard Notation window is for notation display and the ent

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 31 Swing (triplet) Resolution Straight (sixteenths) Resolution Tip: Edits you make to Band-in-a-Box inst

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 32 Automatic Songs - “The Melodist” Feel like composing a brand new song? With Band-in-a-Box you can compos

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 33 Import A MIDI File With the amazing Band-in-a-Box Chord Wizard, you can convert any MIDI file into a Ban

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 34 Select your MIDI file to import with the [Open (Change)…] button. The Chord Wizard will automatically de

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 35 Copying and pasting a section of chords Since many songs repeat the same sequence of chords throughout,

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 36 Category List: Use the Category list on the left to select a style category (Jazz / Pop etc.) or a styl

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 37 Set the Tempo Let’s set the tempo to 160 beats per minute. The tempo is displayed in the song title wi

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 38 Record a Melody Band-in-a-Box has 2 built-in sequencer tracks so you can record and edit your own melodie

Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box 39 Tip: Looking for inspiration? At the click of a button, the Band-in-a-Box Melodist will write complete

Table of Contents 4 Chord Preview/Builder...66 MIDI file “Chord Wizard” ...

Chapter 5: The Main Screen 40 Chapter 5: The Main Screen Overview of the Main Screen Here is the main screen of Band-in-a-Box, as it looks after yo

Chapter 5: The Main Screen 41 Status Bar The first thing to note is that the name of the song that is open is identified in the window title at the

Chapter 5: The Main Screen 42 Synth Window / Piano Keyboard The Piano Keyboard This keyboard displays the notes that are being played by all instru

Chapter 5: The Main Screen 43 The Favorite Instrument Panel allows you to assign up to 10 of your favorite instruments for each instrument part. Se

Chapter 5: The Main Screen 44 the melody or soloist track without an external MIDI keyboard, and can even be used to trigger the Soloist Wizard. Al

Chapter 5: The Main Screen 45 music without a MIDI keyboard that doesn't sound as stiff as most music entered in step time. This is how it wo

Chapter 5: The Main Screen 46 The [Play] button starts generation and playback of a song. The [Stop] button is to stop a song that is currently pl

Chapter 5: The Main Screen 47 In the Title window you can create a Song Title, change the Style of the song, change the Key Signature the song is u

Chapter 5: The Main Screen 48 choose from a list of only your most frequently used harmonies. Pressing the [M] button allows you to choose from the

Chapter 5: The Main Screen 49 The chord you choose will be automatically inserted into your song (chordsheet or notation view) at the current curso

5 Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions 144 The StyleMaker... 144 T

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 50 Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide In the QuickStart Tutorial it’s as “easy as 1-2-3” to make great music on

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 51 To change the key, click on the key signature. This displays a popup menu where you choose the new key that

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 52 Adding An Intro. You select the beginning and end bars of the chorus. If you select a bar greater than 1 fo

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 53 Number of choruses to play. Click on the number where the number of choruses are displayed on the Title/K

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 54 For example, in Jazz Swing, since the “b” substyle is Swing, all of the middle choruses will have swing bass.

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 55 You can disable the ending for a certain song. You can disable the endings for all songs by clearing the ch

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 56 move the chord highlight cell around the chordsheet. Click on any bar to position the highlight cell, then t

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 57 Shortcut Chords. If you enter a lot of songs, you'll appreciate these shortcut keys: - J = Maj7 - H=m

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 58 Insert or Delete Bars Inserting or deleting measures in the chordsheet saves a lot of copying or re-typing of

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 59 2 bars of C chord (no break on bar 2). This is the usual situation without any break. Note that the piano

Chapter 1: Introduction 6 Chapter 1: Introduction The latest version of Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh is built for OS X, and adds many new features!

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 60 - G for Guitar - S for Strings C.bd To exempt instruments, add their letters following the break. Typing

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 61 This allows you to select the various Breaks (Rests, Shots, and Held Chords) by clicking on the various set

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 62 can just copy the first verse to the Clipboard, and then paste in the other verses. The clipboard remains ev

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 63 In addition to the Standard Notation window, you can also enter or display chords in Roman Numeral Notation,

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 64 The song continues to play in one substyle until it encounters a new part marker. There will always be a par

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 65 When making any changes to a measure using the Edit Bar Settings dialog box, Band-in-a-Box will place a colo

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 66 You should select a style that is present in the Styles folder in Band-in-a-Box (or the same folder where the

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 67 Previewing Chords This feature allows you to hear chords as you to type them in. When you are entering chor

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 68 You can now click on the root of the chord (in the “Root” group), the extension (Maj7 etc.), and also an alte

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 69 Press the [Open (Change)…] button, and select the MIDI file to import. Choose a preset, and the Chord Wiza

Chapter 1: Introduction 7 And much more … People familiar with the previous versions of Band-in-a-Box will be pleased to know that we have kept th

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 70 - “Jazz Up” - This function simply converts triads to 7th chords, producing a lead sheet more suitable for J

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 71 The first 24 styles that we made were built-in to the program, and are still referred to as “Built-in Styles

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 72 Style Aliases Let's say you have a new style for Jazz called “Dizzy.” You can create an alias so that

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 73 - Press the keystrokes +a, or - Press the F4 function key, or - Select the menu command Song | Play. To pl

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 74 Changing Volume, Panning, Reverb, Chorus, Bank To change the volume, panning, reverb, chorus, or bank of a pa

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 75 If you would like to save certain patches with a song type in the number of the instrument patch that you w

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 76 Melody and Thru harmony assignments and the Soloist selected to play on the song. You can also save the inst

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 77 Boost Vel. of Pushes by The pushes in Band-in-a-Box are the chords that get played before the beat. Typic

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 78 If so, you can temporarily disable the rests so that you can record and listen to the drums. Allow any Pushes

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 79 Allow Any Endings Song endings can be turned off for all songs, or on a song-by-song basis. To turn song

Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial 8 Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial Creating music with Band-in-a-Box is as easy as 1-2-3! In this tutorial, you’ll see

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 80 Pause Play till MIDI (or key) Allows playback to be started from another keyboard or the computer keyboard.

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 81 If checked, the harmony will be written to the MIDI file on separate tracks for each voice. You could use t

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 82 Send GM mode at startup For sound modules that are GM compatible, this command will ensure that the module is

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 83 Most GM modules have brushes available on patch 41 on the drums. On some, you need to load a GS sound font

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 84 Shrink/Expand The Shrink command will reduce durations of chords by ½ (e.g., 4beats>>2beats, 2beats>

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 85 Edit Chord Shortcut.txt This will edit the file SHORTCUT.TXT using Teach Text. This is the chord shortcuts

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 86 Selecting a MIDI Driver To select a MIDI driver go to M | Select MIDI Driver or QuickTime… to open the MIDI D

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 87 CHANNELS: Range 0 to 16. (If set to 0, part will be Off). Some synths (e.g. MT32), give higher priority t

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 88 Style Volume Changes: Default = Styles occasionally come with volume changes. To prevent these, uncheck

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 89 Setting the Harmony Channels Melody Harmony Channel A Always uses the Melody channel Melody Harmony Channel

Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial 9 Notice the box in the first half of bar 1. This is the highlight cell, and it represents the bar you are currentl

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 90 Click on the [Vocalist] button if you have such a device connected to your MIDI system. Band-in-a-Box will

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 91 Make your choices of options as described below, and then click on the [Play Juke Box] button to start the J

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 92 choose a Saxophone solo for the first chorus, a Trumpet for the next, and a Guitar or Piano for the last chor

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing 93 Chapter 7: Notation and Printing Notation Opening and Closing the Notation Window To get to the Notation insid

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing 94 Current Note This box displays the name of the note that the mouse is currently over. This is helpful to kn

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing 95 allows you to read along with the solo, or print a hard copy. Why not mute the Soloist track and play the Solo

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing 96 As you can see, the Notation window contains the notes and chords of the song. The bar numbers are also present

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing 97 You will notice the grid of vertical lines that indicates where the notes will be placed. This song is in Jazz

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing 98 Certain areas of the screen are not valid locations to drop a note. The mouse cursor will change to a busy curs

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing 99 This mode is similar to the Editable Notation mode, except the beats begin right on the bar line. You can also