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PG Music Band in a Box - 2012 (Windows) Upgrade Manual

1. World Fretboards This Styles Set covers a wide variety of genres with over 20 styles including New Age Hawaiian Pop Jazz Pop and Ethnic Many of these styles utilize Band in a Box version 12 s new intelligent chord fretboard display You ll see the correct chord voicings for ukulele banjo mandolin and violin for parts like the melody solo and piano 12ST amp BAN STY BANJ amp MAN STY BEEBROK4 STY BEEBROKS STY BIGBAND1 STY BLUGRASS STY BO_D STY CAMPFIRE STY COZY _SW STY CREEDNCE STY DIXIDUKE STY DREAM STY DRUMSOLJ STY GOSSAMER STY HAWAISLO STY J BREEZY STY J GITWLZ STY JAZFOURA STY JAZFOURB STY JAZFOURC STY JOHNBAL STY JOHNNYH STY L BOSA4U STY 12 string guitar amp banjo Country style Banjo amp mandolin swing 16ths Bass at b Sparse guitar comping variation of BeeBRock Sty Rock Blues var of BeeBRock less varied guitar rhythm Medium Swing big band sound with Brass fills amp bg Bluegrass style with a swing 1 6ths feel Swing 16ths rhythm groove la Bo Easy round the campfire sing along with strumming Simple Jazz trio Swing style Loose 16ths Rock feel in between straight and swing Dixieland in the style of the Dukes and similar groups Slow 50s Swing Ballad with rhythm section amp strings Jazz Swing DRUMS ONLY Use for inserting drum solos Slow quiet amp peaceful style with even 8ths arpeggio feel Slow easy semi even 8ths Pop Hawaiian strumming style Jazz swing 5 in
2. Band in a Box Version 12 for Windows Band in a Box for Windows C B1 Night Trip MGU 3 36 Bar 1 Beat 1 File Edit Styles Opt Play Lyrics Melody Soloist Audio GM Harmony Notn window Help armi 1 TISSU TNT Instrument ver bChorus Banko LSB ae SOUNDCanvas TROUS ts Fromet Seal soie aie avis ols oS oS af e SEs Lidbuiditdicadbodioadbodhoodhudhoodhudhate a ee ae ae ee eae ee eo ee ee oe ee LODEL oY Rs a ES ER ES Play Stop H From Melodist Soloist LE ra cmr een ae LEE ER gt GM7 C13b BbMaj s Cm7 F u Am7 D7 u Cm7 F7 Am7 D7 22 F7 Bass 3rd Pos ition Key of Bb Track Displayed is Bass C eee ae ee A Bb Jui EARE E JE Cerrero rer Copyright PG Music Inc 1989 2003 All rights reserved PG Music Inc License Agreement CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE COMPLETING THE INSTALLATION OF THIS SOFTWARE USAGE OF THE SOFTWARE INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS LICENSE A The program may only be used on a single machine B You may transfer the program and license to another party if the other party agrees to accept the terms of this Agreement If you transfer the program you must either transfer all copies whether in printed or machine readable form to the same party or destroy all copies not transferred This includes all modifications and or portions of the program merged into other programs C You may receive the program in mo
3. Note Of course you don t need to enter this much detail You could just enter a single range like 1 20 for the a substyle and make a quickie style We re illustrating advanced style generation here Now we re ready Press Generate NEW style choose a name for Generate HEW style your style and the style will get made Let s call it Violet STY Now to hear your style You could play the style with any song of course by loading in a song and then loading in the Violet STY Itis easily available from the favorite styles dialog Shift F9 For this tutorial load in the song V TEST MGU that we made for you That s a Jazz Swing song using different chords than Violet and it uses the Violet STY So you need to have made that style before you try to play the song or you ll get a Violet STY not found message Before loading in the new song save the existing song When Band in a Box saves a song that has an entire MIDI file on the Melody or Soloist tracks it gives it a special extension MGX So you ll be saving the file as Violet MGX You can revisit this file at a later date as it remembers all of the settings in the Style Wizard that you ve made so that you can resume your work in tweaking your style Alternatively if you d prefer to play the Violet STY style without loading in another song you can do it as follows Since the Violet MGX file currently has the entire MIDI file on the Melody track the fir
4. Untitled Song i a To quickly generate a style pick a MIDI one 3010 T file and press Generate NEW Style ar aa nae To customize the process after picking the MIDI file confirm Chn BB Part Patch Aloin that the part markers and chords are correct match the BB parts to the channels play looped sections to choose add snapshot bars and then press Generate NEW style Use the Play Stop buttons Play Stop to audition loop areas of Loop at Bar 9 fHbars the file D Fill A Add looped bars as snapshot to A Sub B Sub D Fill B Bar Snapshots beginning at bar s eg 1 3 7 A Substyle fi 34 B Substyle Drum Fills 1 bar A Substyle 32 Drum Fills 1 bar B Substyle Auto generate snapshot bars Clear Defaults Resolution Jazz Help More Generate NEW style Add to existing style Close Copy Melody to Melody Track Copy Melody to Soloist Track The dialog is largely empty because we haven t chosen a MIDI file yet Press the Open button and load in the file c bb violet MID The Style Wizard now swings into action and does the following automatically Chn BB Part Patch HHotes Grues 2e F 10 Drams 1 Standard Drum Kit I Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial 19 1 The chords for the MIDI file are figured out and displayed on the Chordsheet They aren t perfect but usually are more than 80 accurate 2 The part markers for the file are interpret
5. 41 43 45 48 53 57 61 62 Chapter 1 Introduction This documentation covers the new features in Band in a Box Version 12 v Chapter 2 is a summary of the new features v Chapter 3 is a Quick Start Tutorial v Chapters 4 12 and Appendix A describe the new features in detail The latest version of Band in a Box adds 50 more features First off you ll get the amazing new MIDI file to Style Wizard that automatically converts a MIDI file MID to a Band in a Box Style STY This wizard has plenty of options so you can quickly make your own simple to advanced styles from a MIDI file without any knowledge of the StyleMaker required Twice as many instruments We ve added support for General MIDI 2 standard GM2 This GM2 support adds 128 new instruments to Band in a Box styles and songs including ukulele mandolin 12 string guitar plus many new and improved piano organ guitar brass and string sounds We ve made many new styles using the new instruments and include updated versions of previous styles You ll be hearing the new instruments with many of your new and existing styles Note The included Roland VSC3 synth supports the new GM2 instruments as do most newer modules sound cards If yours doesn t a similar instrument from the existing 128 General MIDI sounds will be substituted We ve enhanced the Guitar Window by adding fret display support for other instruments including mandolin uku
6. Bar Settings F5 Song Settings Chrl H Preferences Look at the top of the main screen Tn Instrument EL a Up at the top left there s a GM2 button This allows you to select General MIDI patches as well as 128 additional General MIDI 2 patches Also the patch number is displayed in the instrument list In the example above the instrument displayed is Ukulele The Ukulele patch is 25 variation 1 The variation indicates that it is a GM2 patch Note Not all synths sound cards support GM2 yet The Roland VSC3 Soft synth included with Band in a Box does support GM2 as do the Roland Sound Canvas series and newer Yamaha XG units Most sound cards don t support GM2 yet If your unit doesn t support GM2 and you don t want to use the Roland VSC3 Band in a Box will substitute the closest patch In the case of Ukulele this would be Nylon String Guitar Set the Options MIDI Driver GM2 Support to indicate the type of GM2 support that your system supports Ra Pressing the GM2 button O lt NoPatchChange gt lan S 0 S 121 1 S Tit Pianos allows you to select a patch Chromatic Percussion using a menu that groups the 01930 eee t t b t Pi v Guitar 25 Nylon String Guitar INSUUMENS Oy type 1anos em 26 Acoustic Guitar Guitars etc Strings Orchestral 27 Jazz Electric Guitar Ensemble 28 Clean Electric Guit Brass 29 Muted Electric Guit In this example the Ukulele Reed 30 Overdrive Guitar is
7. Chord Wizard and the MIDI file will play and display on the Melody track A Silent style will get loaded so you ll just hear the MIDI file To access this feature choose the Chord Wizard File Interpret Chords and select Open entire MIDI file to Melody Visual Metronome during the whole song You can display a visual metronome on Visible Metronome screen during the entire song or just the Whole Song Top 2 4 lead in Choose the screen position top Ho visible metronome right or center and the size up to near eh mld pee Right full screen size Also choose the visual ead in Uniy Lenter 1234 1 3 1 or 2 Whole Song Top 1234 ee Pan ec ete whole Song Top 1 3 Seeing a visual metronome on screen is a great way for a student to learn to Whole Song Top 2 4 E keep on the beat and with a settable size Whole Song Center 1234 students can view this from across the hole Song Center 1 3 room To set the visual metronome Whole Song Center 1 whole Song Center 2 4 choose Opt Preferences and select the type of Visual Metronome 48 Chapter 12 Other New Features W Lead in drum count if drums muted disabled Option to hear the drum count in even if the drums are muted or disabled Previously when the drum track was muted or disabled in a song the count in drum click wouldn t play Now there s an option to play the drum count in in all circumstances Drummers who play along wi
8. In the StyleMaker deleting patterns no longer requires a confirmation are you sure dialog Just typing a zero or Delete will delete the pattern Chapter 11 Style Enhancements 47 Chapter 12 Other New Features Handy Song Transpose Options Quick 1 hot key Song Transpose Now you can transpose the entire song during playback or while stopped using a single key Transpose down 1 semitone CtrI Alt 5 up one semitone Ctri AIt 6 or a specified number of semitones CtrI Alt 7 These are also available from the Edit Transpose menu Quick Transpose is useful when accompanying a vocalist who requests a higher key since you ll instantly hear the song in the new key even if the song is playing it will continue in the new key Or you can use it during playback to modulate the song Hitting Ctrl Alt 6 twice or more quickly will have the effect of a full tone or more transpose Note that the transpose is not just a simple transposition of the notes it is a new arrangement based on the transposed chords so that instruments stay within their correct range Tip If the resultant melody isn t in the octave that you d like transpose it down up an octave with Ctri Alt 1 or Ctri Alt 2 Soloist is Ctri Alt 3 or Ctri Alt 4 Band in a Box can load and play an entire MIDI file Band in a Box can load and play an entire MIDI file Now you can open an entire MIDI file into Band in a Box The chords will get auto interpreted by the
9. NUMPAD DEL Advances the notation leadsheet and guitar window by one chord 1 e one group of notes at the same time NUMPAD INS Backs up the notation leadsheet and guitar window by one chord Transpose Settings Ctrl Alt 1 Transpose Melody down one octave Ctrl Alt 2 Transpose Melody up one octave Ctri AIt 3 Transpose Soloist down one octave Ctri AIt 4 Transpose Soloist up one octave Ctri AIt s Transpose down 1 semitone Ctrl Alt 6 Transpose up semitone Ctrl Alt 7 Transpose setting dialog Custom File Open Dialog Ctri Shift F3 Load song with custom file dialog Alt F In custom file dialog Favorite Folders AIt N In custom file dialog Font selection Alt S In custom file dialog Search dialog 54 Keystroke Commands Hot Keys Windows Ctrl W Toggle Notation and Chordsheet windows Ctrl O Movable Notation window Alt W Leadsheet window Ctrl T Put Notation Chords at top of screen Ctri Shift A Audio Edit window Ctrl Shift D Drum Kit window Ctrl Shift G Guitar window Ctrl Shift J Ear training window Ctri Shift L Big Lyrics window Ctrl Shift N Big Piano window StyleMaker Hot Keys F1 Shift F1 Ctrl F1 Help F2 Save style Alt F2 Save style as R or F3 Record pattern lt Spacebar gt or F4 Play pattern F8 Play pattern on chord F10 Edit pattern options F6 or Shift F6 Change instrument Cursor Keys Move around screen Alt F4 Quit the StyleMaker StyleMaker Drum Screen Hot Keys F5 Drum alternate n
10. Sw amp St miz JIN ORL VintJz Hew Orleans Syw amp Sto mix J 1 NAT YintJzz Hat piano Trio no dre J ISATCH VintJz Satch slow 1270 Pop J TRAD VintJz Trad band J SILVER VintJz Silver sw piano trio J STRIPR VintJz Stripper kaucus club 5w J EEUES4 W VintJz Erubeck fast JzWaltz SI TEDY VintJz Teddy stride Pno Trio L_ WAMBO Latin Hambo 6 ala Perez Stylepicker filtered to Styles 25 moO OOo ooo CO moo ooo CO CO CS OS C0 oo ooo oo oo Preview on Double click M Auto Change Melody Show Styles by Feel and Tempo Melody Patch Alto Sc Show all style rhythms Soloist Patch Alto G Only show styles disk H urrent style ox Cancel Q E25 Vintage Jazz Vintage Jazz 15 Vintage de Open trent style There is a new filter to display only the styles of a certain Styles Set number as well as displaying the name of the Styles Set To select this open the StylePicker and choose Only Show Styles Set When you pick Styles Set you can then see only that Styles Set listed regardless of the category you are in The limit of number of styles in the StylePicker has been increased to 4 800 to accommodate the large number of third party styles developed for Band in a 46 Chapter 11 Style Enhancements Box The window size has been increased providing more space for the category descriptions Technical note The configuration file saved is now called BBW LSW instead of BBW LSV
11. files can contain many different substyles and a Band in a Box style allows only 2 you ll likely want control over these snapshots yourself Tip to help you choosing which bars to use To listen to the MIDI file you can either Play Stop exit the Style Wizard dialog and just play thors e the song like any other Band in a Box file or play a looped section inside the Style Wizard using the Play Stop and Loop Loop at Bar 9 at Bar settings OK the Style Wizard has already made the correct settings for the BB Parts for us so we don t need to make any changes there Let s move to the Snapshots section and enter the bar numbers that correspond to the substyles that we d like for the Jazz tune After listening to the tune we notice that there is a 2 feel Jazz section and a 4 in the bar section We d want those as a and b substyles so we want to enter the bar s that correspond to these settings Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial 21 Snapshots beginning at bar s eg 1 3 7 A Substyle 20 B Substyle 21 28 37 68 Drum Fills 1 bar A Substyle 12 20 Drum Fills 1 bar B Substyle 28 36 44 52 60 68 In the Snapshots area of the Style Wizard Enter 1 20 for the bars for the A Substyle Enter 21 28 37 68 for the B Substyle Enter 12 20 for the A Drum Fills Enter 28 36 44 52 60 and 68 for the B Drum Fills
12. Cl V appears with options to C Chord Buide Cushite Cut Copy Copy From To Paste Chord Builder Play Curent Chord lt Shif Enter Play Current Chord Chord Builder Bar Settings Chord Settings Alt FS Song Settings Preferences Bar Settings FE Song Settings Ctrl H Preferences The main menu of the program has been simplified Band in a Box for Windows C B14Night Tnp MGU 3 36 Bar 21 Beat 1 File Edit Styles Opt Play Lyrics Melody Soloist Audio GM Harmony Mot There 1s a Window menu that launches the various windows in the program Chapter 9 GUI Enhancements 41 The User menu abbreviation for User Style has been moved to the Styles menu The Styles menu now contains the StyleMaker menu items including the new Style Wizard Right click on the Chordsheet screen or Notation window and a context menu appears This is another way to launch the Preferences dialog or other items Descriptive Hints added throughout the program We ve added much more detail to the yellow window flyby hints that appear when you move over an item Also added are many new hints for the dialog boxes and various windows You can set the hints to display none basic or detailed information On program boot up the current directory will get set to the last directory used in the previous session This option is set in the Opt Preferences Prefs2 dialog Custom File Dialog Enhancements The custom file dialog can be opened b
13. Guitar Window by adding fret display support for other instruments including mandolin ukulele and banjo You ll see authentic chord voicings and melody display on the fretboard for all of these new instruments The StyleMaker has been enhanced with support for the GM2 instruments so you can make styles that use the new instruments and have correct instrument voicings displayed on the fretboard The ukulele mandolin and banjo display will mainly occur when you are playing styles that have these instruments Audition Styles Set 30 to listen to these styles For example HAWAISLO STY has a Ukulele Go to the guitar piano or strings track and view the Guitar fretboard it will change to ukulele when you are viewing a style with Ukulele You can force the Guitar Window to always display Ukulele for Melodies etc To do this choose Window Guitar Window and click on the Set button to open the Guitar Settings dialog Use the Fretboard combo box to select Guitar Bass Ukulele Mandolin or Banjo Or set the Melody Track Type to Ukulele When this is done the default fretboard display will become the one that you have chosen and it will only be overridden by a style containing another fretboard type Rhythm Guitar Chord Tutor The Guitar Tutor also works with the new fretboard types For m H TE H ee eae example if you want to see Ukulele chording to any song any style cee aioe a cena choose the Tutor and choose one of ni
14. Kansas City blues shuffle style Appendix A New Styles and Add Ons 59 BLZTRIOS STY BLZTRIO6 STY BLZTRIO7 STY BLZTRIO8 STY BLZTRIO9 STY BLZTRI10 STY LHBLZ1 STY LHBOOGL1 STY LHBOOG2 STY LHBOOG3 STY LHBOOG4 STY LHBOOGS STY LHBOOG6 STY LHBOOG7 STY LHBOOGS STY LHBOOG9 STY MOJO2 STY SLOBLZ1 STY STRIDE2 STY 60 Modern Urban Blues shuffle Chicago style Jazzy Blues Piano Swing 8ths feel la NatC GeneH Old stride style in 2 a la TeddyW RayBr Fast 3 4 like 6 8 Modern cool Modal jazz style Fast Bebop Jazz Blues style A very slow 12 8 Jazz Blues Chicago Style Slow left hand piano in the style of CrippleC CowCowD Chicago Blues Boogie style 8 to the bar straight 8ths LH boogie piano boogie style Chicago Style Boogie Blues with typical left hand pattern Left hand piano Chicago Style Boogie 8 to the bar straight 8ths boogie Slow 12 8 feel Chicago blues LH piano boogie Classic left hand piano boogie woogie pattern up tempo Hard Rockin straight 8ths LH Boogie Blues style Left hand piano walking bass la Monty A DaveMcK Fast Mojo style 24 bar blues a la OtisS CharlesB Muddy Very Slow 12 8 Chicago Blues style 40 s style slow Stride blues a la EarlH FatsW TeddyW Appendix A New Styles and Add Ons PG Music Inc Band in a Box is copyrighted and is the property of PG Music Inc All rights reserved Address for Correspondence PG MUSIC INC 29 Cadillac Avenue Victori
15. Music Inc dealer has been advised of the possibility of such damages or for any claim by any other party TRADEMARKS Band in a Box is the registered trademark of PG Music Inc in the United States Canada and other countries Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Apple the Apple logo Macintosh Mac Power Mac QuickTime and True Type are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries IBM is the registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Other brands and their products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be noted as such Printed in Canada 2 PG Music Inc License Agreement Table of Contents PG MUSIC INC LICENSE AGREEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2 SUMMARY OF NEW FEATURES CHAPTER 3 QUICKSTART TUTORIAL CHAPTER 4 MIDI FILE TO STYLE WIZARD CHAPTER 5 GENERAL MIDI 2 GM2 SUPPORT CHAPTER 6 LOOPING SONG NAVIGATION ENHANCEMENTS CHAPTER 7 BASS GUITAR FRETBOARDS CHAPTER 8 HARMONY NOTATION DISPLAY ENHANCEMENTS CHAPTER 9 GUI ENHANCEMENTS CHAPTER 10 NOTATION ENHANCEMENTS CHAPTER 11 STYLE ENHANCEMENTS CHAPTER 12 OTHER NEW FEATURES KEYSTROKE COMMANDS HOT KEYS APPENDIX A NEW STYLES AND ADD ONS PG MUSIC INC INDEX Table of Contents 13 24 32 34 36 38
16. commercially successful left of center Pop styles of Alternative Rock to the down tempo Jazz inflected Trip Hop Influenced by the styles of artist like S Crow Nelle Pinc K Osbourne Minem Mobe Blink A Lavigne J Jackson Crede A Keys Our Lady Piece and J Lopez Styles Set 32 is a collective study of recent trends in popular music Included Styles 58 Appendix A New Styles and Add Ons TripHop AltRock HipHop RockTronica PopBallad Modern Rock Soul Groove and Dance ALTROCKI1 STY Alternative Contemporary Rock even 8ths ALTROCK2 STY Hard Alt Rock even 16ths starts with drums amp organ ALTROCK3 STY 16th note Alt Rock style with bass amp drums at a ALTROCK4 STY Medium even 8ths Alt Rock style DANCE3 STY Bright even 8ths dance feel DANCE4 STY Bright Pop Rock Dance HIPHOP3 STY Contemporary slower Swing 1 6ths Hip Hop feel HIPHOP4 STY Funky Swing 16th Hip Hop 5 instruments HIPHOPS STY Funky Swing 16ths Hip Hop style HIPHOP6 STY Bright Beat even 8ths Hip Hop MODROKI1 STY Even 8ths modern Rock sound MODROK2 STY Modern Rock with 16th feel pushes on and of 2 POPBALL2 STY Pop Ballad style with piano quiet string pad POPBALL3 STY Rock Pop ballad with acoustic guitar strumming ROKTRONI1 STY Bright Dance with Electronica aspects ROKTRON2 ST Up beat Electronica with Rock aspects SOULGRVI STY Slow soulful pop groove SOULGRV2 STY Soulful slow groove TRIPHOP1 STY Contemporary Rock ev 16th
17. disabling a style is when a MIDI file is loaded to the Melody track Then the style won t sound and conflict with the full arrangement on the Melody track XJAZQUINT JazQuint style is disabled as indicated by the X at the start of the name Chapter 11 Style Enhancements 45 Load Previous Style Load Next Style This function analogous to the Load Next Song function loads in the previous or next style in alphabetical order of the file name These functions are added to the Styles menu and accessible with the hot keys Ctrl Alt Shift F8 or Alt Shift F8 StylePicker Enhancements The StylePicker window has been enhanced ps DE E J 1 BASIH VintJz basin Essy 40s I EENHY VintJz Henny fast 30s swing JIFCLUE VintJz Club 30s 40s sw Ballad J FEEDY VintJz Freddy emart rhy guit J HOAGY YintJz Hoagy i0e d0s swing 1 HTCLB VintJz Hot Club 30s 40s HotSw J l HAT2 VintJz Hat Cole d0s Qt swing J ITHIGET VintJz Hight very slow ballad 1 Sky VYintJz Sky 30s 40s bounce J SEY 2 VintJz Sky 30s 40s bounce var JI TEDY2 VintJz Teddy e stride Pno Quartet J ALHIRT YintJz AlHirt NewOrl Jz Pop J LUSH VYintJz Lush S0s 5t 8 MOR westre J LUSH VYintJz Lush St MOR RSecOnly J LUSH3 VintJz Lush3 St86 MOR no pno J LUSH4 VintJz Lushd St MOR no stre gui JIHAHCHE Jazz Mancnii Slow pop bal var J IHANCHI Jazz Mancni Slow pop sw bal JIN ORL VintJz Hew Orleans
18. floor is not humming and you want to end the song by for example jumping to the ending or last chorus For live performers or people in a hurry there are even simpler 1 hand hot key commands to accomplish the entire process CtrlI41 NUMPAD 1 while a song is playing or stopped will set the last chorus to loop endlessly and NUMPAD 1 turns the loop off If you press CtrI NUMPAD 1 to start the song it will start playback and set the looping up for the last chorus If you forget you can still press the hot keys CtrI NUMPAD 1 as the song is playing and the loop will get set up Similar hot key commands are available for looping the Middle choruses or Middle amp Last chorus and there are one hand hot key commands for jumping to the last chorus or ending to end the song early The Title bar at the top of the main screen indicates the looping status If a song has a looped section this will be listed at the top of the screen e g Will loop Middle Choruses or Currently looping Middle Choruses So you can tell what is going to happen with the looping during a live performance Tip If you re at home practicing a tune start playback with Ctrli NUMPAD 2 and the song will play with endless middle choruses for soloing until you press NUMPAD 1 or Stop to release the loop Chapter 6 Looping Song Navigation Enhancements 35 Chapter 7 Bass Guitar Fretboards Guitar Window Enhancements We ve enhanced the
19. line as a courtesy where no accidental is required Printing as Graphics has been enhanced with a Copy to Clipboard option so that you can quickly paste into other applications To copy to clipboard choose Not n Print then Print Preview and Copy To Clipboard You can then paste the bitmap into another application For the Leadsheet and printout if the last line of the range printed out contains only 1 bar it is drawn with a narrow width previously it was stretching the bar across the entire line Style Jazz Swing Style Print Options has a Style button 1 pressing this button will enter the full style name into the Style field Chapter 10 Notation Enhancements 43 Channel Numbe Channel numbers are now displayable on the notation When editing notes it is often helpful to see the channel number of each note Now by setting Note Rel to Key Names to Channel Numbers in the Notation Window Rel to Chord Options dialog you ll see the channel number for each note written into the note head of the notes This is useful for example when viewing an entire MIDI file that you ve loaded onto the Melody track and want to examine the channel information or for editing a guitar track that uses channels 11 to 16 44 Chapter 10 Notation Enhancements Chapter 11 Style Enhancements Styles Improved All of the styles are enhanced We ve improved updated EVERY Band in a Box style that we
20. selected under the group ih ee ee Synth Lead 32 Guitar Harmonics Guitars GM2 patches Synth Pad appear in the list after the shales Ethnic Misc regular GM patches Pas Sound Fx 26 1 12 Strings Guitar 26 2 Mandolin 14 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial Le new Loop Section Settings dialog and checkbox eee 0 the right of the song title you ll see the Loop Sec SM check box and the Loop Section Settings dialog button Greiner WME beside it The loop section checkbox turns the looping on off The loop settings dialog button launches the Loop Section Settings dialog allowing you to set a range of bars to loop in Band in a Box Let s quickly make a loop for bars 5 12 by first selecting bars 5 12 bars by dragging the mouse Then press the loop button and inside the Loop Section Settings dialog press Play from loop and then Close Now let s examine the new harmony display features Load in the song Night T MGU This is a Jazz song Note The melody of this song was previously converted to a harmony using the Melody Edit Melody Track Convert Harmony to Melody Track menu option So this song now contains a harmony on the Melody part Open the notation window Ctrl W and you ll see all 4 voices of the harmony on the same treble clef Note If your song has an Intro the opening bars of the Melody track will be empty so you ll have to scroll ahead to the start of the Melody Now open the leadshe
21. separate track or view print a single harmony voice Print harmony charts for your band or use for sight reading practice to read and play any harmony voice along with the melody that you re hearing Guitar Window enhancements We ve enhanced the Guitar Window by adding fret display support for other instruments including mandolin ukulele and banjo You ll see authentic chord voicings and melody display on the fretboard for all of these new instruments The StyleMaker has been enhanced with support for the GM2 instruments so you can make styles that use the new instruments and have correct instrument voicings displayed on the fretboard BpMaj Guitar Chord Diagrams on the Notation We ve added an option for standard Guitar Chord diagrams to be included in the notation display Choose from Folk Pop or Jazz Guitar Chord Diagrams on the notation leadsheet or printout Bass 3rd Position Key of Bb Track Displayed is Bass Eb F EAEE BCE rere ae Eu vu Help Bass Part Enhancements Bass players will now see bass tablature and correctly displayed bass parts on the new bass fretboard Interface Enhancements The program s Graphical User Interface has been enhanced with a single dialog for all program options hot key Ctrl E and song settings Ctri N right mouse menu support simplified menu additional hot keys and more The Main Menu has been simplified with 7 as many menu items A new Window menu has been
22. want strings in the style then change that BB Part setting to none or Other The Patch setting is the Patch instrument that 33 Acoustic String Bass is found in the MIDI file and it is the suggested one to use in the style You can change the patch if you d like to use a different patch in the Style HMotes The Notes column reports the number of notes that are 312 found on each channel This is helpful information in deciding which BB Parts to assign For example if only 10 notes are used on the channel it s unlikely that the channel is playing much in the file and shouldn t be used as a BB Part in the style The Auto Set button instructs the Style Wizard to re make the settings for the Tracks Area and Snapshots of the Style Wizard The Auto settings are already invoked when you load a MIDI file so you would rarely need to press this button explicitly Open The button beside the Open button also allows loading of a MIDI file but displays the Interpret Chords from MIDI file dialog the Chord Import Wizard to allow you to tweak settings controlling the chord interpretation For example if the interpretation 26 Chapter 4 MIDI File to Style Wizard of the chords isn t accurate you can use this button to use different settings Open The button will re load a MIDI file that is already on the Melody track For example if you ve loaded in a MIDI file to the Melody tr
23. 0 Clean Electric Guit 24 Muted Electric Guit 30 Overdrive Guitar 31 Distorted Rock Guit 3z Guitar Harmonics 1 LI Cu Bass StringsOrchestral Ensemble Brass Reed Fipe Synth Lead Synth Pad Synth SFs Ethnic Misc Percussive Sound F 251 Ukulele 25 2 Acoustic Guitar nylon key off 25 3 Acoustic Guitar nylon 2 2671 12 Strings Guitar 262 Mandolin 26 3 Steel Guitar with Body Sound 1 Electric Guitar pedal steel 01 Electric Guitar detuned clean 2072 Mid Tone Guitar 2941 Electric Guitar funky cutting 292 Electric Guitar muted velo sm 29 3 Jazz Man 30 1 Guitar Finch 31 1 Distortion Guitar w feedback 3172 Distorted Ahpthm Guitar 321 Guitar Feedback Tr FTF F F i F F0 F F F Technical note For a GM patch like Nylon Guitar the patch is 25 For a GM2 patch like Ukulele the patch is also 25 but it is accompanied by two bank settings MSB Bank Controller 0 setting of 121 and LSB Bank Controller 32 setting of 1 When you select the instrument from this menu it will make the bank settings BankO and LSB for you You can also change the bank s directly and the patch in the box will change aie aie Volume Pan ReverbChorus Banki Ol 40 5 NS GM2 patches can also be selected elsewhere in the program such as the Change Patch at any bar dialog and the StyleMaker patch selection Chapter 5 General MIDI 2 GM2 Support 33 Chapter 6 Looping Song Navigation Enhancements L
24. I file select your options and press Save As Style With plenty of options this wizard allows you to quickly make your own simple or advanced styles from a standard MIDI file without any knowledge of the StyleMaker required Novice users will appreciate the automated option that does everything to make the style while advanced users will appreciate the custom options to control for example which bars from the MIDI file are included in the style how many pattern variations and more Twice as many instruments with General MIDI 2 support We ve added support for General MIDI 2 standard GM2 This GM2 support adds 128 new instruments to Band in a Box styles and songs including ukulele mandolin and 12 string guitar plus many new and improved piano organ guitar brass and string sounds We ve made many new styles using the new instruments and also include updated versions of previous styles you ll be hearing the new instruments with many of your new and existing styles Note The included Roland VSC3 synth supports the new GM2 instruments as do most newer modules sound cards If yours doesn t a similar instrument from the existing 128 General MIDI sounds will be substituted Harmony Notation Display Enhancements 6 Chapter 2 Summary of New Features Harmonies can now be displayed on the leadsheet window or printed with separate notation tracks for each harmony voice View each harmony on a
25. a BC V8Z 1T3 Canada Contacts E mail info pgmusic com Phone toll free 1 800 268 6272 1 888 PG MUSIC Or 1 250 475 2874 Fax toll free 1 888 475 1444 Or 1 250 475 2937 Visit our Internet web page at www pgmusic com Technical Support Phone 1 250 475 2708 E mail support pgmusic com Live Internet Chat www pgmusic com Hp music PG Music Inc 61 add ons 53 57 audible drum count in 49 audio mute 50 Band in a Box main screen 13 banjo fretboard 18 36 Bass altered 5ths 49 bass guitar fretboard 17 18 36 bass tablature 37 Big Lyrics page scroll 50 Blues Piano Solos 59 chase volumes 49 Chord Wizard 52 Chordsheet right mouse click 42 Compatibility 5 Copyright 61 Custom File dialog 42 Descriptive hints 42 options 42 Drums count in 49 separate tracks 49 filter styles 46 fretboards 36 General MIDI 2 32 GM2 32 bank settings 33 patches 32 Roland VSC3 32 settings 32 GM2 button 14 32 GM2 patches 14 Guitar chord diagrams 36 Guitar tutor 36 Harmony print voice 17 separate tracks 15 voice volume 17 harmony tracks 15 62 Index Index Held chords options 51 velocity boost 51 hot keys 53 hot keys added 42 Introduction 4 Jump to 35 keystroke list 53 Leadsheet harmony tracks 15 Harmony volume 17 print voice 17 show Harmony voice 17 Leadsheet options 39 convert harmony 39 Harmony display 39 Harmony volume 40 print harmony 40 Licen
26. ack outside of the Style Wizard and would now like to make a style from it you just need to load in the MIDI file from the Melody track to the style wizard This won t cause an interpretation of the Chords it uses the current chords on the Chordsheet Play Looped Sections Play Stop Loop at Bar 9 Hbars 3 The Play and Stop buttons and Loop at Bar allows playback of a region of the MIDI file As you hear the playback you audition various channels for the style by using the Channel checkboxes to mute un mute tracks The Loop at Bar setting is the bar for the loop to begin The bars is the number of bars for the loop following the Loop at bar setting Snapshot Regions Snapshots beginning at bar H s eg 1 3 7 Substyle 51 4 2936 B Substyle 21 26 37 68 Drum Fills 1 bar A Substyle 12 20 36 Drum Fills 1 bar B Substyle 23 44 52 60 68 This area is for the snapshots for A substyle B substyle and A B drum fills For the A substyle enter the range of bars that you would like to be included in the A substyle You can enter values separated by commas 1 2 4 or ranges 1 7 9 14 or combinations 1 4 9 11 12 24 To determine which bar numbers to enter you ll need to listen to the MIDI file either by using the PLAY STOP buttons to loop a section or exiting the dialog and playing the MIDI file insuring that the Style is Disabled from the Style
27. added and the User menu has been removed Menu functionality is the same just easier to navigate Right Mouse menu support has been added Right mouse click on the Chordsheet or notation Chapter 2 Summary of New Features J press the right mouse button and you ll see a menu of items available giving faster access to common editing commands Styles Improved All of the styles are enhanced We ve improved updated EVERY Band in a Box style that we ve made with the newest StyleMaker features including guitar and other fretted instrument voicings consistent volume levels edited patterns and more Many of these styles and new demo songs are included with your Band in a Box version 12 upgrade Loop any Section of the song You can now 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 There s a useful Play Looped command that allows you to quickly play a looped section Simply highlight the range of bars to loop and then choose the Play from loop command in the Loop Section Settings dialog Song navigation options during playback These features allow you to control song looping and navigation during live performance or practice sessions Options includes hot keys and buttons for enabling disabling loo
28. al 23 Chapter 4 MIDI File to Style Wizard Overview MIDI file to Style Wizard This automatically converts a MIDI file MID to a Band in a Box Style STY Simply open a MIDI file select your options and press Save As Style With plenty of options this wizard allows you to quickly make your own simple or advanced styles from a standard MIDI file without any knowledge of the StyleMaker required Novice users will appreciate the automated option that does everything to make the style while advanced users will appreciate the custom options to control for example which bars from the MIDI file are included in the style how many pattern variations and more First off you should likely read the Version 12 Tutorial on making a style This tutorial gives a description of the process to make a style Also make sure to watch the Band in a Box 12 New Features Video on making a style with the Style Wizard this may be included with your Band in a Box 12 version In the tutorial we saw that making styles with the Style Wizard is a process involving Loading a MIDI file into the Style Wizard Listening to the MIDI file by muting channels to identify parts Picking the channels to use for the BB Parts Picking the snapshot bars for the a and b substyle Pressing the Generate NEW style button ig ae ee This section will discuss the various items in the Style Wizard Dialog and the Style Wiz
29. anspose the instrument to Eb for an Alto Sax chart Now let s check out some of the new Bass Guitar features Continuing with the Night Trip song play the song and open up the Notation window Ctri W and the Guitar window Ctri Shift G As the song is playing press the B bass button B Q P G S M S on the Guitar window r nagBass 3rd Position Key of Bb Track Displayed is Bass You ll see the guitar fretboard has now changed to a bass fretboard The bass part is correctly displayed and is fingered as a real bass player would do it There is also bass tablature displayed on the Notation This can be printed out Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial 17 You can view the bass fretboard for other tracks except Guitar in the Guitar Settings dialog by choosing Bass in the Fretboard list Ukulele Mandolin and Banjo fretboards may also be chosen from this dialog Look at the Play Looping menu There are several menu commands and hot keys that allow you to control the song as it s playing Loop section Enabled MUMPAD 1 Loop Section Settings NUMPAD 2 Flay Last Chorus looped Chi NUMPAD 1 Play middle Choruses looped Chi NUMPAD 2 Flap wi Middle Last Choruses looped Chrl HUMPAD 3 Jump to Last Chorus no loop Chri NUMPAD 4 Jump to Ending no loop Ctr NUMPAD 5 Loop Notation Screen Chi NUMPAD 7 Examples of Song Navigation Hot Keys Loop Endless Middle Choruses To practice a song st
30. ard Advanced Settings and Preferences dialog Style Wizard More Dialog This dialog is launched from the More button in the Style Wizard Add to existing style Hore F Style Wizard Advanced Settings and Preferences Include VYoicings eee Threshold Veloc Adjust pue None fo ee Piano Auto Voicings l Emb jo ae M Emb fo aring _ Emb fo Preferences F Save settings with songs Leave Stylemaker open after creating style M Auto interpret MIDI file Delete existing patterns when adding to style columns to leave unused in style jo Generate new pattern after duplicates 8 There are 2 sections to this dialog Advanced Instrument Settings The advanced instrument settings allow settings for the instruments drums bass piano guitar strings to be included in the style The settings are The Substyles determines whether the instrument is included in the A B or both A amp B substyles For example if you want to make a style that only uses the strings on the B substyle set the strings instrument part to B only The Voicings settings determine for the various instruments Chapter 4 MIDI File to Style Wizard 29 Drums voicings Whether the patterns will use live or grid style patterns Default Grid for drums mode is auto which normally uses live Live drums on notation patterns but you can force it
31. ard Additional Settings The Style Wizard is used to generate a Band in a Box Style from a MIDI file The Style Wizard does this by analyzing the file and creating patterns emulating the notes and rhythms for the style First off you d need to get a MIDI file to use Important You should use a MIDI file that you have composed and arranged if not you need to first get permission of the composer and arranger before making a style from the MIDI file 24 Chapter 4 MIDI File to Style Wizard Style Wizard Dialog Open the Style Creation Wizard dialog from the Styles menu by choosing the Style Wizard menu item A quicker method is to use the hot keys Alt S then W Once you open the dialog you should select a MIDI file MIDI File You ll then see the name of the MIDI file in the MIDI file label Once chosen the Style Wizard will display the channels patches and number of events in the Tracks Area of the Style Wizard It will look like this 1 Acoustic Piano 57 Trumpet F 10 Drums l 1 Standard Drum Kit __Zlfe54 Here s a sample row from the Tracks Area BB Part Patch 33 Acoustic String Bass This indicates that Channel 2 is used in the file The checkbox indicates that it will sound when the Play button in the Style Wizard is pressed Deselecting this checkbox will mute the channel during playback Muting Playing the channels 1s essential
32. ard is too quiet and increasing the THRU Volume doesn t help enough using this option to boost to the THRU velocity will make your THRU playing louder For example non velocity sensitive keyboards are usually set to output a quiet velocity of 64 To set this THRU velocity boost open the MIDI Channels dialog Opt Preferences Channels and set Boost THRU Velocity by to a value in the range of 127 to 127 Default is 0 The Song Titles Window can be updated from within the song list dialog Press the Rebuild List button in the Select Song by Title Rebuild List dialog Also if a Song List is rebuilt the song list dialog will automatically be launched when the list is rebuilt The Big Lyrics Window scrolls a page at a time for easier reading of lyrics PERS eee ee Previously the lyrics would scroll on a Ee every line Many users pointed out that it would be easier to read if they scrolled a page at a time so we added this feature When the lyric cursor reaches the next to last line of the lyrics 1t will scroll to the top of the page allowing uninterrupted reading of lyrics This option is settable in the Big Lyrics window options Audio Mute Audio GM Harmony Notn Window Help Now you can mute un mute the audio ae a track in Band in a Box Choose Audio Mute Audio to mute and un mute the audio track Record Audio and MIDI Melody Record Audio and MIDI Soloist Plugin Edit Audio R
33. armonies and learn to hear inner voices of a harmony Press the Print button to print out Voice 2 If needed press the notation Transpose Options to first visually transpose the instrument to Eb for an Alto Sax chart 40 Chapter 8 Harmony Notation Display Enhancements Chapter 9 GUI Enhancements Interface Enhancements The program s Graphical User Interface has been enhanced Preferences Prefs2 HIDI Driver Channels Rec Filter Colors Patch Map DrumKit Fav Patch Notation Print Leadsheet Guitar Big Piano Audio BigLyrics Soloist Transpose There is a single tab dialog for all program Preferences Press the Preferences button new hot key is CtrI E to launch the dialog and then choose the tab for the type of options that you want to set These include options for General Preferences MIDI Driver Channels Record Filter Colors Patch Map Favorite Patches Drum Kit Notation Leadsheet Guitar Big Piano Audio Big Lyrics Soloist THRU Transpose Press CtrI E to launch the Preferences dialog and try out the various tabs These preferences apply to the whole program not a single song The Song Settings dialog Edit Settings for This Song or CtrI N has similar tabs for the various settings that apply to the current song gt ae Right mouse menu support has been added Right Cony From To a click on the chordsheet and the right mouse menu Paste
34. art it playing with Ctri NUMPAD 2 The song will play and the Middle Choruses will loop endlessly until the loop is turned off NUMPAD 1 Example use A student practicing a Jazz song can press CtrIt NUMPAD 2 at any time and the middle choruses will loop continuously for soloing Loop Endless Last Choruses CtrlI4 NUMPAD 1 will trigger playback and loop the last choruses Example use For live performance pressing CtrIt NUMPAD 1 will insure that the song continues until the loop turns off NUMPAD 1 CtrlI NUMPAD 4 jumps to the last chorus Example use For live performance if you d like to end the song early jump to the last chorus or directly to the ending CtrI NUMPAD 5 jumps to the ending These song navigation commands can be done whether the song is stopped or playing MIDI File to Style Wizard Tutorial Now let s work with the amazing new Style Wizard This converts any MIDI file to a Band in a Box style In this tutorial we re going to load in a Jazz Swing MIDI file Violet MID and convert it to a style which we ll call Violet STY 18 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial Note Violet MID is a Jazz Swing MIDI file that is included in your c bb folder You can use your own MIDI file in place of this if you d prefer for this tutorial First start with a new song File New and then choose Styles Style Wizard Alt S W to launch the Style Wizard You ll see the following dialog Style Creation Wizard omer
35. d want to make a quickie style right now just press GENERATE STYLE pick a name for the style and that style will be made You can use it or revisit the Style Wizard to tweak it and make it again By tweaking it see below we can turn a good style into a great one and it s fun too Continuing on we want to make a great sounding style so it is important that we have the following two items correct 20 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial The BB Parts have to be correct We can audition the MIDI file by playing a loop and listening to the MIDI file and muting channels by clicking on the Channel checkboxes From that we can hear the individual parts and assign them correctly as we would like them in the style From listening to the style by playing the MIDI file inside the Style Wizard see below we can tell which bars to use for the a and b substyle Note Some of these settings have been entered automatically by the Style Wizard but you ll have to type in the data as below Snapshots beginning at bar H s eg 1 3 7 Substyle 1 20 B Substyle 21 28 37 68 Drum Fills 1 bar A Substyle 12 20 A Drum Fills 1 bar B Substyle 28 36 44 52 60 68 The Snapshot Bars should be correct for the a and b substyle You need to tell the program which bars to use for the a substyle and which for the b substyle The program makes an attempt to guess at this but since MIDI
36. ect Entry of Tempo and other settings You can now quickly enter a specific tempo for the song by clicking on the tempo hot key is Ctri AIt T or menu item Play Tempo Set Tempo and a dialog will open up allowing you to type in a tempo Similar dialogs are available for Volume Panning Reverb Chorus and Bank settings Type in a number Enter a tempo 30 500 beats per minute note hotkeys and shift work for tempo changes outside of this dialog P Cancel Chapter 12 Other New Features 49 Master Volume settings can now be made more quickly with hot keys If you want to turn it all up or down this can be done quickly with hot keys Hot keys Ctrl Alt A or Ctri AIt S will decrease or increase the master volume setting by 5 and CtrI Alt D launches a new dialog that allows a number to be set for the master volume Since Master Volume is a different parameter than Volume we have also added similar hot keys that control the overall volume by reducing or increasing volumes on all parts by 5 to simulate a Master Volume effect especially useful for sound cards that don t support Master Volume changes These items are all available on the GM Master Combo Volume Adjust submenu and also have hot keys as listed on the menu Ctrl Alt Shift Q W and E A THRU Velocity boost can be applied to the THRU part 5 When playing along on a keyboard to the Band in a Box band if the sound of your keybo
37. ed and displayed on the Chordsheet For Violet MID the Style Wizard has found the correct part markers by looking for drum fills and other signs of a part change and has assigned substyle a to all of them We ll be changing some of those part markers to b substyle later Chn M 2 The channels used in the MIDI file are displayed in the dialog with the patches used and of notes played on each channel For Violet MID you can see that channels 2 3 4 6 7 and 10 are used The Style Wizard analyzes the parts and guesses at which Band in a Box part to use for each track There are 5 possible Band in a Box parts in a style Bass Piano Drums Guitar and Strings In Violet MID Band in a Box has guessed perfectly and has assigned 5 instruments not assigning a Band in a Box part to the Melody Snapshots beginning at bar s eg 1 3 7 A Substyle 9 88 B Substyle J Drum Fills 1 bar A Substyle 12 20 28 36 44 52 Drum Fills 1 bar B Subse __ The Style Wizard suggests which bars snapshots to include in the style The suggested bars are bars that contain all of the BB Part instruments Usually you ll want to customize these snapshot bars to control which bars get included in the a or b substyle In the Violet MID style the Style Wizard has offered to include Bars 9 88 inclusive and wants to put them all on the a substyle Note If you can t wait an
38. ender MIDI to Stereo WAV file etc Burn an Audio CD using CD A CDRW Drive 50 Chapter 12 Other New Features Shot Held Chords option enhanced Normally when a shot or a Rest type held chord is assigned the instruments that are excluded C All Instruments from the shot held chord play All except _ normally Now there is an additional option for those excluded instruments to stay silent To set this open the chord options dialog and select a shot or held chord and then select Excluded instrument s should rest This new option gives you the ability to rest some instruments while others play the shot or held chord FM Bass TF Drums Piano W Guitar Strings Velocity boosts for shots and held chords are now settable 3 In previous versions a shot Boost shots by 5 Boost Holds by 5 or held chord produced a loud velocity boost of 15 30 Now you can set the amount of velocity boost so that the effect won t be so loud In Option Preferences use the settings Boost shots by and Boost Holds by Note that the style StyleMaker can override the velocity for the pushes and the drum velocity for shots held chords and pushes 1s also set in the StyleMaker Duration of shots is reduced to 60 ticks per beat Previously the shots lasted as long as the typical 1 beat pattern which was often longer than 60 ticks Soloist Note Density option Now you can contro
39. ere will be spaces of silence up to 1 bar long perhaps longer if chained together in the style for that instrument So if an instrument is used sparsely in a style set this setting to something higher than none Veloc Adjust The Velocity Adjust will make an instrument louder or softer in the style M Auto interpret MIDI file Auto interpret MIDI file DEFAULT YES When set the Style Wizard will set the channels BB Parts and snapshots for you Normally this setting should be left on 30 Chapter 4 MIDI File to Style Wizard Delete existing patterns when adding to style Delete existing patterns when adding to the style DEFAULT NO If this option is set when you create style patterns to add to an existing style the entire instrument will first be erased in the style for any instrument used in the new style When you generate a style by adding to an existing style the StyleMaker is then opened up allowing you to pick a new name for the style so you don t overwrite the existing style columns to leave unused in style lo of Columns to leave unused in the style DEFAULT 0 If set to zero the default the Style Wizard can create the biggest style possible filling up the rows completely with patterns But if you set this to a non zero value it will limit the of patterns that can be made Since there are 30 rows in the StyleMaker you can set this setting from 0 to 29 Generate new pat
40. et window Band in a Box now recognizes that this is a harmony generated by Band in a Box and displays each voice on a separate track of the leadsheet Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial 15 wo Notation Opt SL Print BbMaj7 y a eee es Fo h Fha e M DA Four part Harmony display in Leadsheet Notation window For example you can see the first Bb note has the other harmony voices playing G drop 2 F and D Now open up the leadsheet options Harmony display Melody or Soloist only Convert Harmony to track Remove M Split harmonies to different tracks Show Harmony Yoice Play Volume of harmony voice ss 16 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial Select Show Harmony Voice Voice 2 and press OK You ll now see just voice 2 of the harmony Play the song so that you can hear the harmony Show Harmony Voice Play Volume of harmony voice 60 Solo You will hear the Voice 2 harmony along with the other harmonies Return to the Leadsheet Options and select Play Volume of Harmony Voice gt 50 solo Now you ll hear Voice 2 played louder than the other harmony voices Similarly you can remove the sound of the harmony by selecting gt Muted Seeing the harmonies like this is great for sight reading practice reading a voice under a Melody Press the Print button to print out Voice 2 If needed press the Notation Options Transpose to first visually tr
41. hen the song ends If the dance floor is full you can extend the song for as long as you like all without skipping a beat This is also useful for home practice so that you can play endless choruses for soloing practice and conveniently navigate the song during playback You can now load and play an entire MIDI file in Band in a Box including interpreting the Chords with the Chord Wizard Harmony notation display has been enhanced Harmonies can now be displayed on the leadsheet window or printed with separate notation tracks for each harmony voice View each harmony on a separate track or view print a single harmony voice Print harmony charts for your band or use for sight reading practice to read and or play a harmony voice along with the melody that you re hearing And much more Important Note People familiar with the previous versions of Band in a Box will be pleased to know that we have kept the same functionality of our previous releases The new features are optional and don t interfere with familiar methods of using the program All songs styles etc are completely compatible with previous versions so that you can upgrade without losing any of your existing work Chapter 1 Introduction 5 Chapter 2 Summary of New Features The New Features in Band in a Box Version 12 MIDI File to Style Wizard This automatically converts a MIDI file MID to a Band in a Box Style STY Simply open a MID
42. in auditioning the MIDI file to determine which BB Parts to use and what bars to use for Snapshot bars The Channel selector presets help with the selection of the channels as described above The None button de selects mutes all of the channels Chapter 4 MIDI File to Style Wizard 25 The All button selects plays all of the channels The Solo button will solo the last channel that was pressed before the solo button was pressed So to solo a channel press the Channel Checkbox then the SOLO button The BB part button selects all of the channels that are currently selected as using the BB Parts 1 e the drums bass piano guitar and strings not the melody or other BB Part The BB Part section is the area that you choose which channels to use for the BB Parts in your style There are 5 possible instruments in the style drums bass piano guitar and strings Tracks that are not part of the rhythm section 1 e melody or soloist parts or extra instruments that you don t want to use in the style should be assigned to a BB Part setting of None Melody or Other The Style Wizard automatically sets these BB Parts for you but you should over ride these settings to your choices that you d like to use in the style For example if the program has chosen an instrument for BB Part of strings and you don t
43. ing the bar across the entire line Print Options has a Style button pressing this button will enter the full style name into the Style field Descriptive Hints added throughout the program We ve added much more detail to the yellow window flyby hints that appear when you move over an item Also added are many new hints for the dialog boxes and various windows You can set the hints to display none basic or detailed information Direct Entry of Tempo and other settings You can now quickly enter a specific tempo for the song by clicking on the tempo hot key is Ctri AIt T or menu item Play Tempo Set Tempo and a dialog will open up allowing you to type in a tempo Similar dialogs are 10 Chapter 2 Summary of New Features available to enter a value for Volume Panning Reverb Chorus and Bank settings Master Volume Hot Keys Master Volume settings can now be made more quickly with added hot keys If you want to turn it all up or down this can be done quickly with hot keys THRU Velocity boost A velocity boost can be applied to the THRU part Song Titles Dialog Editing The Song Titles window can now be updated from within the Song Titles dialog Scrolling Big Lyrics The Big Lyrics Window now scrolls a page at a time for easier reading of lyrics Custom File Dialog Enhancements Now there are hot keys for the Search Dialog Alt S Favorite Folders AIt F and Font selection AIt N Doub
44. is saved the extension will be MGX allowing you to easily identify the BB songs that you have that contain entire MIDI files 52 Chapter 12 Other New Features Songs will always be saved with last letter of extension U regardless if they are chosen with a Built in style or not For example if you make a song and choose ZZJAZZ STY as the style i e one of the 24 built in styles previous versions of BB would save the song as MySong MGI the 1 indicates Style 1 ZZJAZZ Now it will be saved as MySong MGU Older songs loaded in with MG1 will still get re saved as MGI to prevent duplicate song files Tip If you d like Band in a Box to save every song with a U extension including loaded files already saved with a 1 9 A N extension then select the Option Preference Prefs2 Always save songs with U extension option What add ons do I have dialog links to www pgmusic com addons htm for a listing of newest add ons and much more Keystroke Commands Hot Keys It s often faster to use keystrokes instead of using the mouse For example there are keystroke hot keys to mute instruments or to adjust volume panning reverb chorus or bank of instruments Muting Parts Alt 3 Mutes the Bass Alt 4 Mutes the Piano Alt 5 Mutes the Drums Alt 6 Mutes the Guitar Alt 7 Mutes the Soloist Alt 8 Mutes the Strings Alt 9 Mutes the Melody Selecting Parts Ctrl 3 Selects the Bass Ctrl 4 Select
45. l the Maximum notes in 1 beat default 0 maximum number of notes per quarter note that the soloist will use For example you can set a Rock Guitar Soloist to use nothing shorter than 16 notes This would produce less guitar hero solos with bursts of 32 notes etc Or you could create a Jazz solo that uses only quarter notes or longer to help with sight reading or student study We ve already modified many of the soloists using this new setting so your solos will already sound better without you having to change this setting Chapter 12 Other New Features 51 Dedicated menu items added on GM Menu for Turn Local ON Turn Local OFF and When program quits turn Local ON Local refers to sounds generated by playing on an external MIDI keyboard if set to off Band in a Box will play Send General MIDI mode ON amp BB Patches Ctrl 4lt Q Send General MID mode ON no patches Send GS Mode ON Message Roland Send amp G Mode On Message yamaha Auto Send GM Mode On at startup the keyboard via the Auto Send GS Mode On at startup THRU part if set to ON Auto Send 8G Mode On at startup both Band in a Box and the keyboard might be Turn Local OFF external MIDI keyboard playing the same THRU Turn Local ON external MIDI keyboard part 7 When program quits turn Local ON For the loop screen feature if looping on the first line Band in a Box now loops from bar 1 and does not incl
46. le clicking in the favorite directories window now exits the dialog Quick Song Transpose 1 hot key Now you can transpose the entire song during playback or while stopped using a single key Transpose down 1 semitone Ctrl Alt 5 up one semitone Ctrl Alt 6 or a specified of semitones Ctrl Alt 7 Quick Transpose is useful when accompanying a vocalist who requests a higher key since you ll instantly hear the song in the new key even if the song is playing it will continue in the new key Use it during playback to modulate the song Audio Mute Now you can mute un mute the audio track in Band in a Box Choose Audio Mute Audio to mute un mute the audio track New Hot Keys Added Examples include hot keys for Chord Builder Ctrl Shift B Song Settings Ctri N Preferences CtrI E song transpose by 1 1 Ctrl Alt 5 6 and many more The TAB key now advances around the Chordsheet like the right cursor key and Shift TAB functions like the left cursor key For entering chords like Cm you no longer have to type an uppercase for the you can type the lowercase and the program will enter a Cm Shot Held Chords Option Enhanced Normally when a shot or a held chord is assigned instruments that are excluded from the shot held chord play normally Now there is an additional option for those excluded instruments to stay silent Velocity boosts for shots and held chords are now settable In
47. lele and banjo You ll see authentic chord voicings and melody display on the fretboard for all of these new instruments The StyleMaker has been enhanced with support for GM2 instruments so you can make styles that use the new instruments and have correct instrument voicings displayed on the fretboard We ve also added an option for standard guitar chord diagrams to be included in the notation display leadsheet and printout Choose from Folk Pop or Jazz Guitar Chord Diagrams Bass players will now see bass tablature and correctly displayed bass parts on the new bass fretboard The program s user interface has been enhanced with a single dialog for all program options and song settings right mouse support simplified menu additional hot keys and more All of the styles are enhanced We ve improved and updated EVERY Band in a Box style that we ve made with the newest StyleMaker features including guitar and other fretted instrument voicings consistent volume levels edited 4 Chapter 1 Introduction patterns and more Many of these styles and new demo songs are included with your Band in a Box version 12 upgrade There are many new options for song navigation during playback including a new One More Time feature that allows fine control over the song looping during live performance For example as the song is playing you can get it to endlessly loop the last or middle choruses with a simple hot key Now you can control w
48. mple Jazz Chords H the new options for ukulele Pop Guitar Really Advanced d li b Folk Guitar Simple mandolin Or banjo Folk Guitar Advance Folk Guitar Really 5 U kulele klandolin 5 string Banjo Enable Chord Tutor Display on Fretboard Guitar Chord Diagrams on the Notation We ve added an option for standard Guitar Chord diagrams to be included in the notation display Choose from Folk Pop or Jazz Guitar Chord Diagrams or ukulele mandolin or banjo on the notation leadsheet or printout 36 Chapter 7 Bass Guitar Fretboards Guitar Chord Diagrams Pop H To get the Chord Diagrams displaying go to the Notation Window Options dialog and choose the type of Guitar Chord Diagrams from the list You ll then see typical chord diagrams on the notation The fret s are written at the top of the diagram The chord symbol is written above that in a size 50 of normal The fret of the root of the chord is written at the left of the diagram 1 7 10 12 BE 6c sos J Tutor Pos ch sot ES CS CNED He Bass players will now see bass tablature and correctly displayed Bass parts on the new Bass fretboard This happens automatically To see the Bass part open the Guitar Window Ctrl Shift G and click on the B Bass part button The fretboard will then display the Bass part correctly using intelligent fingering typical of a real bass player The notation will similarly show ba
49. oop any Section of the song You can now 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 There s a useful Play from loop command that allows you to quickly play a looped section Simply highlight the range of bars to loop on the Chordsheet press NUMPAD 2 to open the Loop Section Settings dialog and choose the Play from loop button E x C Loop a Single Screen of Notation Loop Range of Bars Loop Presets Set to Choruses _ From Bar fi Chorus fi Intro bars 22 Update First First amp Middle Defaults Middle Middle amp Last Play from loop Play Stop Last Ending All Jump no loop Close Help To enter settings manually in this dialog you start by choosing either Loop a Single Screen of Notation or Loop Range of Bars If you want the custom range of bars then enter the starting From Bar number the Chorus and the bars for the length of the looped section You can then play the song with
50. orite styles Edit user style Edit current style Turn song Embellisher on off Import chords from MIDI file Send GM mode on message Set tempo Open the Preferences dialog Open the Song Settings dialog Launch Chord Builder Edit current bar options Save MIDI file Quit the program R F8 F2 Alt F2 F3 Shift F3 Ctri F3 Alt F3 Alt Shift F3 Shift F8 Ctrl Shift F8 Alt Shift F8 Ctrl Alt Shift F8 Alt S then E Alt S then W F7 F9 Ctri F9 Shift F9 Alt F9 Ctrl Shift F9 Ctrl Alt E Ctri AIt I Ctri AIt Q Ctri Alt T Ctri E Ctrl N Ctrl Shift B F5 F6 Alt F4 56 Keystroke Commands Hot Keys Appendix A New Styles and Add Ons Please see the on line documentation for detailed descriptions of the Styles Sets For example for Styles Set 30 see the file c bb styles30 StyDsk30 DOC Styles Sets 0 29 are documented in the main full Band in Box manual Styles Set 30 is included with an upgrade package to Version 12 of the Band in a Box program It is not included with a first time purchase of the program Styles Sets 0 3 are included with the Pro version of Band in a Box Other Styles Sets are sold separately as add ons to Band in a Box The StylePicker has full documentation of all Band in a Box Styles Sets and you can select a filter for the Styles Set at the bottom of the StylePicker dialog New Styles Set 30 28 World Fretboards Styles PG Music answers your wishes with Styles Set 30
51. ost 50 Trademarks 2 Tutorial 13 ukulele fretboard 18 36 unmute drum count in 49 visual metronome 48 Window menu 13
52. otes Bottom row ZXCVBNM Drum note entry F6 Time base F10 or Alt F4 Exit Additional Keystrokes There are additional keystrokes available These keys are also listed on the pull down menus beside the function Remember also that hot keys may access any function on the pull down menu by pressing the Alt key and the first letter of the Menu followed by the underlined letter of the command For example Alt F O would access File Open Note It is necessary to tap the spacebar twice on the main screen to start playback because entering chords can include a single spacebar In the StyleMaker you start songs by hitting the spacebar once In the Opt Preferences menus there are other ways that the SPACEBAR can be set to work Playing songs Spacebar twice or F4 Stopping songs Spacebar or Esc Help F1 Shift F1 Ctrl F1 Record melody or pattern R Keystroke Commands Hot Keys 55 Record from any bar Jukebox start stop Save song Save song with patches Load song Load song using favorite song list Load song using titles window Load songs with melodies Load song with standard long file dialog Load next file alphabetical by file name Load previous alphabetical by file name Load next style in alphabetical order Load previous style in alphabetical order Enable disable style Launch MIDI File to Style Wizard Load songs in current style Choose a user style Open StylePicker Select fav
53. ous session in a folder called c My Songs My Ballads when you boot up the program it will be set to load in songs from that folder when you press OPEN This feature is optional and set in the item Opt Preferences Prefs2 Boot up in directory of the last session StylePicker Enhancements There is a new filter to display only the styles of a certain Styles Set number as well as displaying the full descriptive name of the Styles Set The limit of number of styles has been increased to 4 800 to accommodate the large number of third party styles developed for Band in a Box The window size has been increased providing more space for the category descriptions Notation Enhancements Guitar Chord Diagrams are available on the notation leadsheet or printout for Folk Pop and Jazz voicings Boxes for Section text are now thicker A Notation option has been added to disable the highlighting of notes in red as the song is playing so it won t be distracting to good sight readers who like to read ahead Brackets are now drawn around accidentals after a bar line as a courtesy where no accidental is required Printing as Graphics has been enhanced with a Copy to Clipboard option so that you can quickly paste into other applications For the leadsheet and printout if the last line of the range printed out contains only bar it is drawn with a narrow width previously it was stretch
54. p playing with last chorus looped playing with middle choruses looped playing with middle and last choruses looped jumping to last chorus with no loop and jumping to song ending with no loop Example uses include a student song practice with the loop middle choruses option so that there will be endless choruses Live performers can loop middle and last choruses so that the music will continue while the dance floor is full or jump to the last chorus or ending if it s time for the tune to end Band in a Box can load and play an entire MIDI file Now you can open an entire MIDI file into Band in a Box The chords will get auto interpreted by the Chord Wizard and the MIDI file will play and display on the Melody track A Silent style will be loaded so you ll only hear the MIDI file 8 Chapter 2 Summary of New Features Other Handy New Features include Visual Metronome during the whole song Change styles at any bar using the convenient StylePicker window Bass player plays better Sths over some Jazz chords Band in a Box s bass player was playing some natural 5ths over some chords like C7 altered or others Now after a discussion with some bass players we ve improved Band in a Box so that the bass part plays the 5 or b5 correctly on these Jazz chords Part Markers are now written to the MIDI files These Band in a Box part markers can be read by PowerTracks and Band in a Box if re importing the MIDI file wi
55. previous versions a shot or held chord Chapter 2 Summary of New Features 11 produced a loud velocity boost of 15 30 Now you can set the amount of velocity boost for the effect you want Duration of shots is reduced to 60 ticks per beat Previously the shots lasted as long as the typical 1 beat pattern which was often longer than 60 ticks Soloist Note Density Option Now you can control the maximum number of notes per quarter note that the soloist will use For example you can set a Rock Guitar Soloist to use nothing shorter than 16 notes This would produce less guitar hero solos with bursts of 32 notes etc Or you could create a Jazz solo that uses only quarter notes or longer to help with sight reading or student study We ve already modified many of the soloists using this new setting so your solos will already sound better without you having to change this setting Local On Off Menu Commands Dedicated menu items added on GM Menu for Turn Local OFF Turn Local ON and When program quits turn Local ON Enhanced Screen Looping For the loop screen feature if looping on the first line Band in a Box now loops from bar 1 and does not include the lead in MIDI Driver Dialog Improvements When visiting the MIDI Driver dialog if the setup is panned to MONO the program offers to change it to stereo Selecting a new drum kit from the MIDI Driver dialog no longer changes your panning se
56. r chord diagrams 43 note highlight option 43 right mouse click 42 Style button 43 text boxes 43 number of styles 46 Part markers MIDI files 49 PG Music Inc contacts 61 mailing address 61 technical support 61 Play from loop 34 play MIDI files 48 Preferences 41 boot up 42 Preferences 13 Previous versions 5 print Harmony voice 17 Print voice 40 Quick Transpose 48 QuickStart 13 resume play 52 right mouse click 41 42 Roland VSC3 6 Shots duration 51 options 51 velocity boost 51 Show Harmony voice 17 Soloist note density 51 song navigation 18 song settings 13 63 Song settings 41 song titles rebuild 50 song transpose 48 stereo settings 52 Style Wizard advanced settings 29 Auto intepret 30 Auto Set 26 BB parts 20 26 channels 20 copy Melody 28 dialog 25 hot keys 25 More button 29 part markers 20 patch 26 play controls 21 play loop 27 snapshot regions 27 snapshots 20 21 Tracks area 25 tutorial 18 voicings 29 Style Wizard 24 StyleMaker hot keys 55 StylePicker 45 64 Index StylePicker limit 46 Styles change with StylePicker 45 disable 45 enable 45 filter 46 limit 46 load next 46 load previous 46 new features 45 Styles menu 13 Styles Set 30 World Fretboards 23 Styles Sets 57 30 World Fretboards 57 31 Country Rock 58 32 Alternative Contemporary Rock 58 tempo entry 49 third party styles 47 Thru velocity bo
57. re than one media Regardless of the type or size of media you receive you may install or use the media on a single machine D The program including any images applets photographs animations video audio music and text incorporated into the program is owned by PG Music Inc or its suppliers and is protected by international copyright laws and international treaty provisions You may not use copy or transfer the program or any copy modification or merged portion of the program in whole or in part except as expressly provided for in this license If you transfer possession of any copy modification or merged portion of the program to another party your license is automatically terminated LIMITATION OF REMEDIES PG Music Inc s entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be A The replacement of any media not meeting PG Music Inc s Limited Warranty which are returned to PG Music Inc or an authorized PG Music Inc dealer with a copy of your receipt B IfPG Music Inc or the authorized dealer is unable to deliver replacement media which is free of defects in materials or workmanship you may terminate this agreement and your money will be refunded In no event will PG Music Inc be liable to you for any damages including but not limited to lost profits lost savings or other incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or the inability to use such program even if PG Music Inc or an authorized PG
58. s menu so that you only hear the MIDI file on the Melody track Auto generate snapshot bars Clear Pressing the Auto Generate Snapshot bars button will generate a list of bar numbers for the snapshots This list is based on the part markers in the BB Chapter 4 MIDI File to Style Wizard 2 Chordsheet so you should first exit the Style Wizard to insure that the part markers are correct before pressing this button This is similar to the Auto generate snapshot bars except when you select this button a menu of choices will appear to allow selection of all bars or only bars that include all of the instruments Clear The Clear button removes the current snapshots from the snapshot areas D_Fill A Add looped bars as snapshot to A Sub B Sub D Fill E The Add looped bars as a snapshot adds the current looped area as a snapshot You can of course type the information directly into the snapshot areas The Defaults button sets the Style Wizard settings to their default state including the settings in the More Dialog Resolution Tyinlets T Jazz i El The Resolution setting is set automatically and should be confirmed It is set to Triplets for style with a shuffle feel such as Jazz Swing or any style with a triplet feel to the 8 notes or a swing feel to the 16 notes The other setting is Straight for styles with straight 8 notes or straight 16 notes The Jaz
59. s feel w Rap TR 808 TRIPHOP2 STY Contemporary Dance feel la DestinysC amp JanetJ Blues Piano Solos Volume 1 30 songs with great Blues piano solos notation and on screen piano display Includes 30 full tunes with Pop Rock Jazz Blues piano solos in the style of the great Blues pianists Jelly Roll DrJ MontyA and more What a great and fun way to learn Blues piano soloing Blues piano is at the heart of most popular and Jazz styles so mastering Blues piano soloing gives you a great foundation for many styles of music Includes comping examples along with easy medium and difficult soloing styles Let a master show you solos in the styles of the greats All tunes are done in standard MIDI and Band in a Box MGU formats with either solo piano or a complete band arrangement drums bass guitar and piano soloing Slow the pieces down for in depth study Guitarists can also display the solos on the guitar fretboard Note this comes as a separate standalone full featured program and includes the same files in Band in a Box format Blues Piano Utility Styles 33 Chicago Piano Blues Styles These are Chicago Blues Piano styles that are included in the Blues Piano Solos Volume 1 These styles are not available separately as a stand alone Styles Set BLZTRIOI STY An Organ type Blues la JimmyS BookerT etc BLZTRIO2 STY This is a Swing 8ths minor key blues style BLZTRIO3 STY Strut style la RayCh amp WyntonK BLZTRIO4 STY
60. s the Piano Ctrl 5 Selects the Drums Ctrl 6 Selects the Guitar Ctrl 7 Selects the Soloist Ctrl 8 Selects the Strings Ctrl 9 Selects the Melody Instrument Part Settings Hold down Ctrl Shift and the letter to change these instrument settings Q W Decrease Increase Volume E R Decrease Increase Panning T Y Decrease Increase Reverb U I Decrease Increase Chorus O P Decrease Increase Bank Keystroke Commands Hot Keys 53 Use Ctrl Shift together with the 1 9 and 0 keys on the keyboard to select Favorite Instruments For example let s change the Piano part to Rhodes Piano 1 Press Ctrl 4 to select the Piano part 2 Press Ctrl Shift 2 to select the Favorite 2 That is Rhodes Piano Use Ctrl Shift and the and keys to decrease increase the patch by 1 Volume Settings Ctri Alt Shift R Set current part s volume Ctri AIt A Decrease master volume by 5 Ctri AIt S Increase master volume by 5 Ctri AIt D Set master volume Ctri Alt Shift Q Reduce all part volumes by 5 Ctrl Alt Shift W Increase all part volumes by 5 Ctrl Alt Shift E Set all part volumes Looping Song Navigation Keystrokes NUMPAD 1 Toggle looping on off NUMPAD 2 Open Loop Section Settings dialog Ctri NUMPAD 1 Play with last chorus looped Ctri NUMPAD 2 Play with middle choruses looped Ctrlt NUMPAD 3 Play with middle and last choruses looped Ctrlt NUMPAD 4 Jump to last chorus Ctrlt NUMPAD 5 Jump to ending CtrI NUMPAD 7 Loop Notation screen
61. se 2 live looping 35 load next style 46 load previous style 46 Local OFF 52 Local ON 52 long file names 42 Loop button 34 loop screen 52 loop section 15 Loop Section 34 button 34 checkbox 34 enable 34 jump to 35 live performance 35 looping status 35 Presets 35 settings 34 loop section menu 18 looping status 35 mandolin fretboard 18 36 Master Volume 50 Menus right mouse click 41 Styles 42 Window 41 MGU files 53 MGX files 52 MIDI File to Style Wizard 24 MIDI files 48 mute audio 50 New features Audio Mute 11 Auto resume play 12 Bass 5ths 8 Bass fretboard 7 Big lyrics scroll 11 Boot to 10 Change styles 8 Chase volumes 9 Chord Wizard 12 Custom file dialog 11 Descriptive hints 10 Direct entry dialogs 10 Enhanced styles 8 Fretboards 7 GM2 support 6 GUI 7 Guitar chord diagrams 7 Harmony notation 7 Hot Keys 11 Live navigation 8 Load styles 8 Local On Off 12 Loop section 8 Master volume keys 11 MIDI drivers 12 MIDI File Style Wizard 6 MIDI part markers 8 Multitrack MIDI drums 9 Notation enhancements 10 Note channels 8 Play MIDI files 8 Quick Transpose 11 Screen looping 12 Shot Hold options 12 Index Solo density 12 StylePicker enhancements 10 Thru boost 11 Titles dialog edits 11 Unmute drum count in 9 User interface 7 Visual metronome 8 Notation channel numbers 44 copy graphics to clipboard 43 courtesy brackets 43 guita
62. ss tab when the Notation window bass track is selected The Melody or Soloist track can also be set to Bass Guitar display by selecting menu Melody Track Type Bass Chapter 7 Bass Guitar Fretboards 37 Chapter 8 Harmony Notation Display Enhancements Harmony Notation Display Enhancements Harmonies can now be displayed on the Leadsheet window or printed with separate notation tracks for each harmony voice View each harmony on a separate track or view print a single harmony voice Print harmony charts for your band or use for sight reading practice to read and play any harmony voice along with the melody that you re hearing Now let s examine the new harmony display features Load in the song Night T MGU This is a Jazz song The melody of this song was previously converted to a harmony using the Melody Edit Convert Melody to Harmony option so this song now contains a harmony on the Melody part Open the Notation window Ctrl W and you ll see all four voices of the harmony on the same treble clef BbMaj TT Fm7 ABb7 P o T ied a P o l f a g fa U ee eee arte aoe Ta le ETF Nol Fae Ju A E ANR RS meee Four part harmony on single staff Now open the Leadsheet window Band in a Box now recognizes that this is a harmony generated by Band in a Box and displays each voice on a separate track of the leadsheet 38 Chapter 8 Harmony Notation Display Enhancements wo Notation Op
63. st style including brushes amp slow strings Variation of J GITWLZ STY this version uses BRUSHES Variation of JazzFours sty with trading order changes Another variation of the trading fours order At a AND b 4 bars DRUM SOLO 4 bars BAND Slow even 8ths Pop Rock with acoustic piano amp strings 60s Pop Country style la JohnnyH Almost swing 8ths Simple Bossa style with smooth syncopation 3 insts Appendix A New Styles and Add Ons 57 LOTUS STY MANDOLIN STY MILITARY STY P NEILD1 STY POP SADE STY SOLO_UKE STY ROKTRIO1 STY SWING EZ STY UKE amp BASS STY UKE FAST STY Slow tranquil 3 4 time even 8ths New Age style Mandolin amp ac bass in a swing 1 6ths feel Good for 60s Country historic battle type tunes 70s Pop Rock swing with 4 to the bar guitar comping 90s cool Pop Jazz even 8ths Vocal background at b Solo ukulele good for lots of tunes 80s 90s Rock trio with even 8ths feel Strat 4 to the bar Swing style with 4 instruments and no piano Simple swing ukulele style with bass at b Simple Swing 8ths campfire Ukulele New Styles Set 31 20 Country Rock Styles The gap between Country and Rock music styles has been narrowed by the success of artists such as AaronT B Dunn KennyC MindyM DixieC ClayD SammyK ClintB and many more Add this popular genre of Med Straight 8ths grooves Ballad tempos Bluesy Soulful and Barroom feels and kickin up tempo rhythms to
64. st thing we need to do is Mute the Melody Alt 9 or right click on the Melody part at the top of the screen The next thing is the Enable the Style by choosing Style Style is Enabled so that this 1tem has a checkbox 22 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial So we ve made our first style In summary making styles with the Style Wizard is a process involving te oe RE Loading a MIDI file into the Style Wizard Listening to the MIDI file by muting channels to identify parts Picking the channels to use for the BB Parts Picking the snapshot bars for the a and b substyle Pressing the Generate NEW style button This is the end of the tutorial Thanks for taking the time to read this section The next sections examine the new features in detail New Styles Set 30 World Fretboards The new Styles Set 30 comes with your upgrade to Band in a Box Version 12 These World Fretboards styles use the new intelligent chord fretboard display in Band in a Box 12 BEEBROK4 STY BEEBROKS STY BIGBANDI STY BLUGRASS STY BO D STY CAMPFIRE STY COZY SW STY CREEDNCE STY DIXIDUKE STY DREAM STY DRUMSOLJ STY GOSSAMER STY HAWAISLO STY J BREEZY STY J GITWLZ STY JAZFOURA STY JAZFOURB STY JAZFOURC STY JOHNBAL STY JOHNNYH STY L BOSA4U STY LOTUS STY MILITARY STY P NEILDI STY POP_SADE STY ROKTRIOI STY SWING EZ STY UKE FAST STY Sparse guitar comping variation of BeeBRock Sty Rock Blues var of BeeBRock less varied g
65. strument from the existing 128 General MIDI sounds will be substituted General MIDI 2 GM2 support No GH support 128 G patches only General MIDI 2 GH rat p ort E Holand GS folder module 5C55 5C661 7 The type of GM2 support is set in the MIDI Driver Setup dialog Opt MIDI driver setup The choices are General MIDI 2 support If you re using the Roland VSC3 or a newer Sound Canvas 1 e newer than 1999 or newer than the Roland SC88 then choose this GM2 support Roland GS older Modules Older Sound Canvases SC55 SC88 support GS but not GM2 The good news is that they have the same patches available just at different locations So if you choose this option BB will find the patches at the GS locations instead of the GM2 locations If you have a newer GS module like the SC8820 it supports both GM2 and GS you should likely choose GM2 No GM2 support Most sound cards Sound Blasters etc don t have GM2 support yet so just support the 128 sounds BB will use the closest instrument in these cases 3 You can select the GM2 patch using the GM2 button at the top left of the screen This shows a menu organized by instrument types pianos guitars etc 32 Chapter 5 General MIDI 2 GM2 Support 0 lt No Patch Change gt g 3 171 gt Pianos i Chromatic Percussion Sn See en See on Organ w Guitar 25 Nylon String Guitar 26 Acoustic Guitar 2f Jazz Electric Guitar 2
66. t SL Print BbMaj7 Four part harmony on four separate staves For example you can see the first Bb note has the other harmony voices playing G drop 2 F and D Now open up the Leadsheet Options Harmony display Melody or Soloist only Convert Harmony to track Remove VF Split harmonies to different tracks Show Harmony Yoice Play Volume of harmony voice Convert Harmony to track will add a harmony to an existing Melody Remove will remove the harmony from the track Chapter 8 Harmony Notation Display Enhancements 39 Split Harmonies to different tracks enables the splitting of the harmonies to different tracks on the leadsheet Show Harmony Voice allows you to select ALL tracks which will cause each track to display on a different track on the Leadsheet Or select a specific Voice to display only that voice For example if you choose Voice 2 and press OK you ll now see just voice 2 of the harmony Play the song so that you can hear the harmony You can control the volume of the selected harmony voice relative to the other voices in the harmony The Play Volume of harmony voice setting can be set to Normal Harmony plays as normal Solo Only the selected voice will play 50 Solo Selected voice is much louder than other voices Quiet Selected Voice is much quieter than other voices Muted Selected Voice is muted These settings are useful to sight read along on h
67. tern after duplicates E The Style Wizard won t insert patterns unless they are unique compared to the ones already entered But with this setting at the default of 8 after 8 duplicates of the same pattern a 2 pattern will get entered that is a duplicate of another pattern Setting this to zero would mean that every pattern would get entered regardless of whether it was unique setting it to a high number like 200 would mean that only truly unique patterns are entered To maintain the correct balance in the style since the maximum weight of a pattern in the StyleMaker is 8 this setting should be left at 8 in most situations If your style is filling up all of the available columns then set this to a higher number Chapter 4 MIDI File to Style Wizard 31 Chapter 5 General MIDI 2 GM2 Support Twice as many instruments with General MIDI 2 support We ve added support for General MIDI 2 standard GM2 This GM2 support adds 128 new instruments to Band in a Box styles and songs including ukulele mandolin 12 string guitar plus many new and improved piano organ guitar brass and string sounds We ve made many new styles using the new instruments and also include updated versions of previous styles you ll be hearing the new instruments with many of your new and existing styles Note The included Roland VSC3 synth supports the new GM2 instruments as do most newer modules sound cards If yours doesn t a similar in
68. th BB by muting the drum track should find this feature useful To set this option choose Opt Preferences and set Lead in drum count if drums muted or disabled to true default is true Bass player plays better 5ths over some Jazz chords Band in a Box s bass player was playing some natural 5ths over some chords like C7 altered or others Now after a discussion with some bass players we ve improved Band in a Box so that the bass part plays the 5 or b5 correctly on these Jazz chords Part Markers are now written to the MIDI files These part markers can be read by PowerTracks and Band in a Box if re importing the MIDI file with the Chord Wizard Save a MIDI file in Band in a Box and move it over to PowerTracks version 8 or higher you ll now see the Part Markers and chords written on the Chords Window in PowerTracks Re import the MIDI file into Band in a Box with the Chord Wizard and you ll also see the part markers in Band in a Box Option to write MIDI file with separate tracks for each drum instrument To select this generate the MIDI file press the MID button and then select the combo box Type 1 separate drum tracks Chase Volumes added for playback For a file with Volume change events Controller 7 written into the Melody or other tracks 1f the song is played back from somewhere in the middle the most recent volume control information prior to the start of playback will get sent Dir
69. th the Chord Wizard Save a MIDI file in Band in a Box and move it over to PowerTracks version 8 or higher you ll now see the Part Markers and chords written on the Chords Window in PowerTracks Re import the MIDI file into Band in a Box with the Chord Wizard and you ll also see the part markers in Band in a Box Channel numbers are now displayable on the notation When editing notes it is often helpful to see the channel number of each note Load Previous Style Load Next Style This function analogous to the Load Next Song function loads in the previous or next style Styles are ordered alphabetically Chase Volumes Chase Volumes has been added for playback For a file with Volume change events Controller 7 written into the Melody or other tracks if the song is played back from somewhere in the middle the most recent volume control information prior to the start of playback will get sent Multi Track MIDI Drums Use this option to write MIDI files with a separate track for each drum instrument Unmute Drums for Count In There is now an option to hear the drum count in even if the drums are muted or disabled Drummers who play along with Band in a Box by muting the drum track should find this feature useful Chapter 2 Summary of New Features 9 Boot to Last Directory On program boot up the current directory will get set to the last directory used in the previous session So if you were working in a previ
70. the Play from loop and then Close the dialog 34 Chapter 6 Looping Song Navigation Enhancements Loop Presets Set to Choruses Presets are available to set the loop Intro points to Intro First Middle Last Choruses Ending or All As the First First amp Middle different buttons are selected you will see the Loop Range of Bars settings Middle Middle amp Last update Hot keys are also available for these look in the P ay menu under the Last Ending All Looping submenu One More Time Song navigation during playback The loop feature is useful for live performance to shorten or lengthen the tune or to provide endless choruses of one tune when practicing Either during playback or when stopped you can open the Loop dialog to quickly navigate around the tune For example if the song is playing and the dance floor is humming and you d like the last chorus of the song to loop endlessly open the Loop Section Settings dialog NUMPAD 2 and click on the Last button The song will now continue playing and will loop the last chorus until you turn off looping with NUMPAD 1 Similarly to enable the endless Choruses for soloing practice open the dialog NUMPAD 2 and click on Middle There s a similar new feature called Jump to that allows you to jump to any section of the song intro first chorus middle choruses last chorus ending without looping This is useful if the dance
71. to use live or grid style patterns Live patterns have higher resolution and can use more instruments so in general are the better choice Auto select bass notes AI Bass voicings determine if the bass part will use All notes Scale tones only Root All notes OK 3rd 5 7 Root 3 5 Root and 5 or just Scale the Root The default is Auto select which Root 3rd ath th usually allows all 12 semitones Piano Guitar and Strings Voicings determine how the Piano patterns will be Auto Yoicings voiced The choices are Auto Include Full pg na 1 4 5 7 Voicings and Tritones only 3 7 The auto setting usually uses the Include full voicings If the part uses 2 note chords you should over ride this setting to use tritones so that the most important notes of the chord the tritone will get included Auto Grd vs live Drums Auto Grid vs live Drums F Emb The Embellish checkbox determines if the patterns for E piano guitar and strings will be embellished If embellished on a chord like D7 in the key of C 13ths 9ths and 11 notes might be added to embellish the chord A jazz piano style would likely use this Include The Include Empty patterns Threshold setting defaults to Empty patterns None Possible settings are None 2 beat 1 bar 2 bars Threshold If set to none the instrument will always play in the style None Md if set to 1 bar th
72. ttings Since most people use stereo settings this makes it easier to ensure that you are using stereo settings A new Drum kit is only installed if you specifically select a new Drum kit in the MIDI Driver dialog Auto Resume Play If playback is occurring when OPEN song is chosen playback of the new song will resume when the new song is loaded so you don t have to press PLAY This works for other methods of song loading such as load next previous Song Chord Wizard Enhancements Chord Wizard enhancements include recognizing more chord types and additional options and more 12 Chapter 2 Summary of New Features Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial QuickStart Tutorial for the Version 12 Upgrade The full descriptions of the new features in Version 12 of Band in a Box are provided elsewhere This tutorial is a QuickStart tour of the new features in Version 12 Band in a Box 12 Overview Note It is assumed that you are somewhat familiar with the previous release of Band in a Box Explore Band in a Box Version 12 OK let s begin to explore BB version 12 First we ll take a quick tour around the main screen of Version 12 Then we ll use the new Style Wizard to convert a MIDI file to a Band in a Box Style STY Run the main program and look at the main screen The main menu of the program has been simplified Band in a Box for Windows C B1 Night Top MGU 3 36 Bar 21 Beat 1 File Edit Stiles Opt Play L
73. ude the lead in MIDI Driver dialog improvements MIDI Driver Setup x When visiting the MIDI Driver Midi Input Driver Midi Output Driver Synthesizer Sound Card nero dialog 1f the setup 1s panned to SB Livel MIDI In 1 Question Ei MONO the program offers to Neer ee De CO change it to stereo Selecting a new drum kit from the MIDI Driver dialog no longer changes Get Input driver i b me aa Ces uo conce your panning settings Since most Tor software synths SC55 set latency In addition to the 128 Foe MIDI p people use stereo settings this o ms patches newer Nolan amana soun The Band in a Box program uses the MIDI Support 128 add l General MIDI 2 2 makes it Casier to ensure that you ae fd el i alias AP EM are using stereo settings Control Panel MultiMedia MIDI panel 8 8 and System panel OK Cancel A new Drum kit is only installed if you specifically select a new Drum kit in the MIDI Driver dialog If playback is occurring when OPEN song is chosen playback of the new song will resume when the new song is loaded so you don t have to press PLAY This works for other methods of song loading such as load next previous Song Chord Wizard Enhancements including recognizing more chord types and additional options MGX file type added When a MIDI file is loaded onto the Melody or Soloist track the Track Type for the Melody or Soloist gets set to Multi Track When the file
74. uitar rhythm Medium Swing big band sound with Brass fills amp bg Bluegrass style with a swing 16ths feel Swing 16ths rhythm groove la Bo Easy round the campfire sing along with strumming Simple Jazz trio Swing style Loose 16ths Rock feel in between straight and swing Dixieland in the style of the Dukes and similar groups Slow 50s Swing Ballad with rhythm section amp strings Jazz Swing DRUMS ONLY Use for inserting drum solos Slow quiet amp peaceful style with even 8ths arpeggio feel Slow easy semi even 8ths Pop Hawaiian strumming style Jazz swing 5 inst style including brushes amp slow strings Variation of J GITWLZ STY this version uses BRUSHES Variation of JazzFours sty with trading order changes Another variation of the trading fours order At a AND b 4 bars DRUM SOLO 4 bars BAND Slow even 8ths Pop Rock with acoustic piano amp strings 60s Pop Country style la JohnnyH Almost swung 8ths Simple Bossa style with smooth syncopation 3 insts Slow tranquil 3 4 time even 8ths New Age style Good for 60s Country historic battle type tunes 70s Pop Rock swing with 4 to the bar guitar comping 90s cool Pop Jazz even 8ths Vocal background at b 80s 90s Rock trio with even 8ths feel Strat 4 to the bar Swing style with 4 instruments and no piano Simple Swing 8ths campfire Ukulele and more See Appendix A for full list Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutori
75. ve made with the newest StyleMaker features including guitar and other fretted instrument voicings consistent volume levels edited patterns and more Many of these styles and new demo songs are included with your Band in a Box version 12 upgrade Edit Settings for Current Bar beats this bar Tempo change to change antonio 10 v Rs nd Patch changes with style change Notation Start a New ine Change styles at any bar using the convenient StylePicker Window When changing styles at any bar using the Edit Settings for Current Bar dialog previously the new style chosen would be chosen using the File Open dialog box Now you can choose the style change using the StylePicker which is much easier To do this open the Edit Settings for Current Bar dialog F5 key press the STY button and choose your new style Note You can still use the previous method with the old file open style dialog Press the Open button in the bar settings dialog to do this Stiles Opt Play Lyrics Melody Soloist Audo GM Harmo Stylet aker d Stile Wizard Auto Create Style from WICI file Style 1 Enabled WOE to load tyle with songs Enable Disable Style menu item Alt S E The Styles menu has an item to Enable Disable the style When disabled the name of the style will have an X at the beginning which indicates a disabled style The disabled style won t sound or write any data to the MIDI file The most common use for
76. y Ctri Shift F3 or by F3 if you choose Long Filenames custom in the Options Preferences Prefs2 Display Filenames selection box Now there are hot keys for the Search Dialog Alt S Favorite Folders Alt F and Font selection AIt N Double clicking in the favorite directories window now exits the dialog Many new hot Keys added Examples include hot keys for Chord Builder Ctrl Shift B Song Settings CtrI N Preferences CtrI E song transpose by 1 1 Ctrl Alt 5 or Ctrl Alt 6 and many more The TAB key now advances around the Chordsheet like the right cursor key and Shift TAB functions like the left cursor key For entering chords like Cm you no longer have to type an uppercase for the you can type the lowercase and the program will enter a Cm 42 Chapter 9 GUI Enhancements Chapter 10 Notation Enhancements A7 sX565X Guitar Chord Diagrams are available on the notation i EEE leadsheet or printout for Folk Pop and Jazz voicings p Boxes for Section text are now thicker G utar 20 lo They are double thickness st A Notation option has been added to Highlight playback not Red disable the highlighting of notes in red as the song is playing so it won t be distracting to good sight readers who like to read ahead The Highlight Playback notes in red setting in the Notation Window Options dialog sets this Brackets are now drawn around accidentals after a bar
77. yncs Melody Soloist Audio GM Harmony Mot There is a Window menu that launches the various windows in the program The User menu abbreviation for User Style has been moved to the Styles menu The Styles menu now contains the StyleMaker menu items including the new Style Wizard see below The Opt Preferences dialog now contains all of the user preferences in a tab style dialog When the tabs are selected if the options control a certain window Band in a Box will launch the window if necessary and then close the window after the settings dialog has been exited Preferences Prefs MIDI Driver Channels Rec Filter Colors Patch Map DrumKit Fay Patch Notation Print Leadsheet Guitar Big Piano Audio BigLyrics Soloist Transpose Press CtrI E to launch the Preferences Dialog and try out the various tabs These preferences apply to the whole program not a single song The Song Settings dialog Edit Settings for This Song or Ctri N has similar tabs for the various settings that apply to the current song Title Chorus Bar Settings Chord Settings Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial 13 Right click on the Chordsheet screen Cut Ctrl x or Notation window and a context Ctl C a Copy From To AltC menu will appear This is another way Ends ane to launch the Preferences dialog or Chord Builder Ctrl Shift B other items Play Current Chord lt Shift Enter Chord Settings Alt FS
78. your collection of Band in a Box Styles with Styles Set 31 Country Rock Styles C_AARON STY C_ANDY STY C_BILLY STY C CLAY STY C_COLIN STY C DARRYL STY C_ERIC STY C_HONKIN STY C_ISLAND STY C_KEITH STY C_KENNY STY C_KENNY2 STY C_LONE STY C MINDY STY C PATTY STY C_PHIL STY C SAMMY STY C_TOBY STY C_TRICK STY C_WARREN STY Med straight 8ths Country Rock a la AaronT B Dunn Even 8ths med Ballad Country Rock a la Alabama TimM Med straight 8ths Country Rock a la Eagles Brooks D Bluesy Country Rock la ClayD SammyK Med straight 8ths Country Rock a la ColinR Lonestar Up tempo Country Rock a la Eagles ClintB Bluesy Country Rock a la EricH Tractors Barroom Country Rock a la TimM NealM Med tempo Ballad C Rock la JimmyB Georges Up tempo Country Rock a la KeithU NewGRI Soulful Country Rock a la Eagles Brooks D Med straight 8ths Country Rock a la KennyC Brooks D Med straight 8ths Country Rock a la LittleT PattyL Med tempo Ballad Country la MindyM DixieC Med straight 8ths Country Rock a la PattyL ClintB Ballad Country Rock a la PhilV ColinR Bluesy Country Rock la SammyK HankW Med tempo Country Rock a la TobyK GarthB Up tempo Country Rock a la TrickP DixieC Med straight 8ths Country Rock WarrenBros DiamondR New Styles Set 32 20 Alternative Contemporary Rock Styles This Styles Set includes a broad spectrum of hip contemporary Pop Rock grooves ranging from the
79. z checkbox setting is to indicate whether the style is a Jazz type style with Jazz chords or a Pop type style with Pop chords Copy Melody to Melody Track The Copy Melody to Melody Track is a utility function that should only be used when the style is finished Prior to executing this command the Melody track contains the entire MIDI file with all of the parts This MIDI file on the Melody track is used to create the style Once the style is created you might want to extract the actual Melody track from the MIDI file to put on the Melody track The channels used are the channels that have the BB Part set to Melody When you do this command you get a chance to first save the MGX file i e the file with the MIDI file on the Melody track so that you can revisit the file This Copy Melody to Melody Track is useful to audition your new style because you can then hear just the Melody along with your style Copy Melody to Soloist Track Copy Melody to Soloist track works in a similar way except that it doesn t erase the MIDI file part on the Melody track 28 Chapter 4 MIDI File to Style Wizard Generate NEW style Generate NEW style makes a new style The Style Creation Wizard dialog is exited and a file dialog allows you to pick a name for the style Add to existing style allows you to add the patterns to an existing style The More button launches the Style Wiz

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