PG Music Band in a Box - 2010 (Macintosh) Upgrade Manual
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1. EP ANE INA pOX Version 2010 for Macintosh in a Box File Edit Song Styles User Melody Soloist Harmony MIDI GS Windows Help mO 4 1L0946 Q eoo in a Box esSticks amp 1 7055 U 2 49 40 Herbie Quartet Combo 9 Bass OPiano Drums Guitar OStrings Melody Q Soloist Thru Ess X2 aesusticBsss Je Rev CHR Pan Banc EE one Tone Mwz RealTracks 443 Bass Acoustic Jazz Sw 140 C i i 0 He 9 3 0 3599 He fe A Emb ML ARL ALL DL ARL LARL ALL A LARL L L JE Z Ed EET T F bidh std bed hdd dE ddd db o JE L2 JE 2E So JE 2 JE 22 JE S JE S2 JEJE o2 LM M Enable Preset Name Band in a Box Default Reverb VA aad 4 i 3 e kee 7 p G O ua iu e e 2 M S 2 cA e Up Intro ES Default Pst Swap Default New Open Save SaveAs Save DAWMode MID Audio Play Loop Replay Stop Pause From Record RealDrms RealTrks Melodist Soloist Not n Print Guitar Drum Into ACW f Ar 5a Wa Wa 3 CF Song All RealTracks Jazz Quartet with Alto Sax Soloist M 2 Y P e E nn I c X Sm Room Med Room Large Room Hall Arena C Style 7140 J4 STY Herbie Jazz Quartet 140 RS C te140 1 32 3 CS 13114 ravolder Prev Next Freeze ARvb Th tomy ay G2. Then check the date of the ST2 file If it is Nov 2009 or newer then it should have a 4 bar ending Check our pgmusic com web site as we are releasing free upgrade patches to add 4 bar endings to most of the RealTracks styles Audio Reverb Control Reverb control are added for individual tracks with RealTracks or RealDrums so you can easily add reverb 0 to 127 for any RealTrack The reverb n is also settable and saved with the song 24 Chapter 5 RealTracks and RealDrums At the top of the screen there is an A REV Audio Reverb control Click on an instrument radio button and then set the Reverb for it Note that this only applies to RealTracks since MIDI tracks have MIDI Reverb which is set via a REV control The Audio Reverb varies from 0 to 127 Adjust the value by clicking a key on the on screen piano keyboard Or right click or control click the control to enter a value There is also a feature that automatically adds reverb to RealTracks according to instrument type No Reverb is added to Bass for example but most instruments get reverb W Auto add Reverb to RealTracks Strength 100 This feature defaults to on but you can turn it off in RealTracks Settings or Reverb Settings dialog If you just want more or less added you can adjust the Strength For example the default adds a reverb of 40 to most tracks but if you set the strength to 75 then 30 will get added You can also
3. Yes to save the new preset to the chosen location Auto Reverb M Auto Add Reverb to RealTracks Strength 100 Enable Auto Add Reverb to RealTracks to automatically apply preset amounts of reverb to RealTracks according to the instrument type No reverb is added to the Bass part for example but most instruments get reverb If you just want more or less reverb added overall you can adjust the Strength For example the default Band in a Box reverb setting is 40 for most tracks If you set the strength to 75 the Band in a Box becomes 30 _ save as Default Reverb Default Reverb You can save the current settings as the Restore Defaults Click on Restore Defaults to go back to the original factory reverb settings for Band in a Box Default Reverb Chapter 6 Reverb 31 PG Music Inc Band in a Box is protected by copyright and is the property of PG Music Inc and its licensors Copyright O 1989 2010 PG Music Inc All rights reserved PG MUSIC INC 29 Cadillac Avenue Victoria BC V8Z 1T3 Canada Contacts E mail info pgmusic com Phone toll free in the United States and Canada 1 800 268 6272 1 888 PG MUSIC 746 8742 Or 1 250 475 2874 tolls apply Universal International Freephone Service Outside of the United States and Canada where available 800 4PGMUSIC 800 4746 8742 Fax toll free in the United States and Canada 1 877 475 1444 or 1 250 475 2937 tolls appl
4. for example in a ballad at a tempo of 70 to add a RealTracks Sax solo with a tempo of 140 and play it as a double time which will match the ballad tempo of 70 So now all of your existing RealTracks can be used at 3 different tempos normal half time double time Timebase v Normal Time Half Time Double Time Tempo swapping of similar RealTracks You can use this feature either automatically or manually If you set Auto RealTracks substitution based on tempo to true in RealTracks Settings dialog or Additional Song Settings dialog Band in a Box will automatically choose the best one to use W Auto RealTracks substitution based on tempo For example if you have a ballad loaded with an Acoustic Bass RealTracks at a tempo of 60 and you speed up the tempo to 140 and press Play button Band in a Box will automatically choose an Acoustic Bass RealTracks closer to the tempo of 140 if it is the same genre and feel This means you can use a simple Jazz style and play it at various tempos without having to set the best RealTracks based on tempos The RealTracks that support the Tempo Swapping are listed in the next to last column of the RealTracks Assign dialog For example if we load in a Ballad Jazz style like BALFRED STY O Combo 9 Bass O Piano O Drums O Guitar RealTrackz dra Bass Acoustic Jazz Ballad Sw O85 we can see that the name of the Bass RealTracks style has a tilde symbol at t
5. seconds to generate will now generate in about 5 seconds And if you freeze some or all tracks in the song playback of RealTracks is almost instantaneous This speedup feature works automatically you should just notice that generation of RealTracks 1s much faster This feature uses CPU resources during playback If you have a multi core machine you may not notice this at all since it will use different cores than the main Band in a Box thread If you have an old machine low on memory slow hard drive etc you can disable this speedup feature This will insure that your machine is doing less CPU work during playback This is done in RealTracks Settings dialog RealTracks Shots Holds and Pushes RealTracks now support new features including Shots Holds and Pushes simply type in the chords as you normally would adding periods for shots and holds and the RealTracks will play them Note You need the installer that creates a LibraryM Holds folder in your RealTracks folder Chapter 5 RealTracks and RealDrums 23 The H column of the RealTracks Assign dialog tells whether the RealTrack style supports Shots Holds and Pushes If the column is blank the selected RealTracks style has Holds Shots and Pushes available If there is a n holds are available from PG Music but not installed If den is a no holds are available for this style The Holds files are a free upgrade so you can downlo
6. RealTracks RealDrums Any track MIDI or RealTrack can now be frozen When frozen it won t get changed or re generated This saves time when replaying previous songs and allows you to freeze an arrangement that you like If you freeze the whole song you don t have to wait at all for the song to regenerate Next time you play it is ready to go Freeze all tracks not frozen Un Freeze all tracks not frozen Bass Piano Drums Guitar Strings Melody Soloist You can make tracks Frozen by pressing the Freeze button snowflake on the toolbar and then choosing which tracks that you want to freeze or unfreeze There are a number of reasons that you would freeze a track Reasons to Freeze a RealTracks track audio Frozen tracks will play back instantly not requiring time to generate They play back the same way each time so if you like a solo you can freeze it Ifyou send a song to a friend as frozen they will hear the same performance Forthe Soloist track if you generate a solo it can now be saved by freezing the track Reasons to Freeze a MIDI track You can edit the MIDI data to customize the performance to match a certain song and this will be saved Use the Notation window or Piano Roll to edit the track 10 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial More reasons to freeze any track Frozen tracks play back instantly without requiring time to regenerate They play back the same way each
7. certain patch for a track set it after you have loaded in the style that you want Songs that are Saved As a different name now have the new name added to the Recently Played Song dialog Rendering Tracks Rendering now has a Normalize option to normalize individual tracks or the complete arrangement Normalizing boosts the volume to a maximum level without distortion Most professional music tracks are normalized Audio To enable this in the Render to Audio dialog set the Normalize Rendered Files option to true Rendering songs to audio is now much faster for songs with no MIDI such as RealStyles StylePicker Enhancements Favorites and Recent styles now appear in this dialog as separate lists It now has the ability to add remove styles as favorites A Favorite Style indication F shows up for each style You can filter any list by only showing favorite styles You can build up a list of favorite styles and only show them when needed Select Style Prototype Style _BALADE STY Category Preview Stop t 65 Update All Styles MIDI EV 8 185 Bossa Brazilian Quartet 140 RS SD 94 RealStyles A11 B EV 16 65 Ctry Ballad w el guit 85 RS SD 94 Classic RealStyles sw 8 85 Jazz Bal w Pno FredGuit 85 RS SD 94 Styles with RealTracks A11 EV 8 140 Bossa with Guitar 140 RS SD 94 Styles w RealTracks Jazz EV 8 85 Slow Blues Rock w ElGuit 85 RS SD 94 The favorite styles are the ones that yo
8. gets dropped as m4a Show DragDrog Folder This will show Finder where the dropped files reside When you drag a file to your DAW the file 1s created on disk and stored in the DragDrop folder inside the Band in a Box folder Erase DragDrop Folder This will erase trash all of the dragged audio MIDI files in the DragDrop folder Note that some DAW sequencers require these files to reside permanently or until you use a consolidate command in the DAW so don t erase these files unless you are sure that they are not needed 22 Chapter 4 Band in a Box Plug in Mode Chapter 5 RealTracks and RealDrums 101 New RealTracks in 3 new RealPAKs Another 101 RealTracks have been released with Band in a Box 2010 bringing the total number of RealTracks available to over 375 You can get them all pre installed when you order the hard drive version of Band in a Box 2010 They are also offered with matching sets of RealDrums in three new RealPAKs RealPAK Jazz 3 6 RealTracks Sets 34 styles RealDrums Set 3 style groups RealPAK Rock Pop 3 5 RealTracks Sets 33 styles RealDrums Set 4 style groups RealPAK Country 3 5 RealTracks Sets 34 styles RealDrums Set 2 style groups All RealTracks users will enjoy these new features and enhancements Fast RealTracks Generation No more long waits for RealTracks to generate RealTracks generate much faster 4X faster on average A typical song with RealTracks that took 20
9. pressing the Freeze button and choosing Freeze for that track or right clicking on the instrument at the top of the screen and choosing Freeze Now your edited tracks will save with the song RealTracks Enhancements No more long waits for RealTracks to generate RealTracks generate much faster 4X faster on average A typical song with RealTracks that took 20 seconds to generate will now generate in about 5 seconds And if you freeze some or all tracks in the song see below playback of RealTracks is almost instantaneous M Speed up Generation of RealTracks This speedup feature works automatically you should just notice that generation of RealTracks is much faster This feature uses CPU resources during playback If you have a multi core machine you may not notice this at all since it will use different cores than the main Band in a Box thread If you have an old machine low on memory slow hard drive etc you can disable this speedup feature This will insure that your machine is doing less CPU work during playback This is done in RealTracks Settings dialog Soloist generated RealTracks are now saved with the song so you will hear the RealTracks play the same solo when you reload the song When you generate a solo using RealTracks Band in a Box will remember this and when you go to save the song Band in a Box will ask you if you want to save that solo and thereby freeze the Soloist track If you say yes
10. set the type of reverb The default is a room type of reverb To do this press the Audio Reverb button on the toolbar and adjust the various parameters Preset Name Band in a Box Default Reverb You can then save your reverb types as presets and the current settings will also be saved with the song The presets all gets saved to a PGReverbSettings bin file in the Band in a Box Preferences folder You can enable disable the audio reverb If you disable it this will save some CPU cycles so this might be advisable on an older slower machine if you hear that the audio 1s clicking or not keeping up Tone Control Bass Treble Tone Control has been added for individual tracks with RealTracks or RealDrums so you can easily adjust the bass treble EQ for any RealTrack The settings are saved with the song Choose an instrument bass drums piano guitar strings melody and then use the TONE control to adjust the tone from 18 maximum bass to 18 maximum treble Default is 0 Tempo Matching Play any RealTracks at normal half time or double time Chapter 5 RealTracks and RealDrums 25 With the Timebase option in the Assign RealTracks dialog you can play any RealTracks at normal half time or double time Half time is used for fast tempo songs when a much slower tempo RealTrack has been chosen Double time is used for slow tempo songs e g ballads when a much faster tempo RealTrack is chosen This allows you
11. then the solo will play instantly the same way when the song is reloaded Of course you can freeze the soloist track yourself at any time Note that only one solo can be saved You can t generate a bunch of different segments of solos only the last one will be saved 12 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial Shots Holds and Pushes RealTracks now support new features including Shots Holds and Pushes Simply type in the chords as you normally would adding periods for shots and holds and the RealTracks will play them Note You need the installer that creates a LibraryM Holds folder in your RealTracks folder The H column of the RealTracks Assign dialog tells whether the RealTrack styles supports Shots Holds and Pushes If the column is blank the selected RealTracks style has Holds Shots and Pushes available If there is a n holds are available from PG Music but not installed If dere is a no holds are available for this style The Holds files are a free upende so you can download them from our web site pgmusic com Assuming that you have the Holds files for the RealTracks that you are generating then you just use Band in a Box as you would normally and type chords with shots e g C holds C or pushes C or C for 8 or 16 note push or combinations of push and hold C 4 bar Endings RealTracks endings have been enhanced and are now 4 bar endings instead of 2 bar allowing time for a na
12. time Youcan change the chord progression of the song and have one part playing a different chord progression than the rest of the band For example type a blowing chord progression generate a solo freeze the solo track then type a normal chord progression and generate the rest of the instruments bass guitar etc that will play the normal changes Have different instruments play different styles For example the Bass could be generated using Reggae then Frozen and then the rest of the instruments generated using a Techno style Un Freezing a Track s Be Freeze all tracks all frozen freeze Un Freeze all tracks all frozen v Bass frozen X Piano frozen v Drums frozen v Guitar frozen v Strings frozen v Melody frozen wv Soloist frozen This is also done by the Freeze button Choose a frozen track to un freeze it or choose Un Freeze all tracks Forcing Generation of a Song that is Frozen Band in a Box won t touch tracks that are frozen But if you want to change that without having to Un Freeze the tracks you can do this easily Hold down the SHIFT key as you press the Play button the fly by hint will remind you of that his creates a new arrangement and plays the song If you don t want your tracks re gene use Replay If dick shift click this or go to the Sone menu and ieee Garak even if tracks are frozen uei Generate even if tracks are frozen When you
13. 6 075 Rhythm Vernon Barbary 16 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial RealTracks Picker dialog enhanced Opens up faster New columns are added tempo swappable holds type RealDrums Picker dialog has been enhanced with information about Artist name Artist bio and RealDrums Set number Craig Scoth LIB F L Ea New Favorite Songs Styles Dialog There s a new dialog for these favorites with separate lists of Recently Played and Favorite songs or styles The previous Favorite Songs Styles dialog was a list of recently used songs styles Now there are 2 tabs in this dialog showing you both recently used songs styles and a new list of favorites that you select as favorite songs or styles You can add an unlimited number of favorites The F button launches the Favorites Recently Played dialog Recently Played Songs Favorites 9 Recently Played Applications Band ti a Box Songs ZZJAZZSW MGU ANDY_F Fiddle Background George Ev 085 MGU _J140_JA Demo ALL REALTRACKS JazzBass Piano AltoSax SGU Applications Band in a Box Style Demos 38 Style Demos 2416Vish MGU Applications Band in a Box Songs ZZREGGAE MGO Applications Band in a Box Songs violet MGU Applications Band in a Box Songs JOPLIN MGU Applications Band in a Box Songs ALWAYS MGU Applications Band in a Box Songs BOGEY MGU Applications Band in a Box Songs 11 8 Pop MGU Play When Chosen M OK To add to recent f
14. 7 for any RealTrack Reverb a is also settable and saved with the song i L46 ho At the top of the screen there is an A REV Audio Reverb control Click on an instrument radio button and then set the Audio Reverb for it Note that this only applies to RealTracks since MIDI tracks have MIDI Reverb which is set via a REV control The Audio Reverb varies from 0 to 127 Adjust the value by clicking a key on the on screen piano keyboard Or right click or control click the control to enter a value See the RealTracks and RealDrums chapter for more about this feature There is also a feature that automatically adds reverb to RealTracks according to instrument type No Reverb is added to Bass for example but most instruments get reverb This feature defaults to on but you can turn it off in RealTracks Settings or Reverb Settings dialog W Auto add Reverb to RealTracks Strength 100 If you just want more or less added you can adjust the Strength For example the default adds a reverb of 40 to most tracks but if you set the strength to 75 then 30 will get added You can also set the type of reverb The default is a room type of reverb To do this press the Audio Reverb button and adjust the various parameters Preset Name Band in a Box Default Reverb You can then save your reverb types as presets and the current settings will also be saved with the song The presets all get
15. Artist Bass Acoustic Jazz Waltz Sw 140 Rhythm Neil Swainson Bass Acoustic Jazz Waltz Sw 140 A only Rhythm Neil Swainson Bass Acoustic Jazz Waltz Sw 140 B only Rhythm Neil Swainson Bass Acoustic Pop Sw 065 Rhythm Byron House Bass Acoustic Pop Sw 085 Rhythm Byron House Bass Acoustic Pop Sw 120 Rhythm Byron House Bass Acoustic Pop Sw 165 Rhythm Byron House Bass Acoustic Pop Sw 190 Rhythm Byron House Bass Acoustic Jazz Ballad Sw 085 Soloist Neil Swainson Bass Acoustic Jazz Ballad Sw 085 2 only Soloist Neil Swainson Bass Acoustic Jazz Ballad Sw 085 4 only Soloist Neil Swainson Bass Electric SmoothCool Sw16 075 Rhythm Vernon Barbary RealDrums Artists and Set Number In the RealDrums Picker dialog notice the new columns for Artist Name and RealDrums Set number as well as a Memo for Artist Bio To read an artist bio RealDrums then click Chapter 5 RealTracks and RealDrums 27 Chapter 6 Reverb Audio Reverb Control The Reverb control for individual tracks with RealTracks or RealDrums is added so you can easily add audio reverb The reverb type is also settable and saved with the song At the top of the screen there is an A REV Audio Reverb control Click on an instrument radio button and then set the Audio Reverb for it Note that this only applies to RealTracks since MIDI tracks have MIDI Reverb which is set via a REV control The Audio Reverb varies from 0 t
16. PATENTS Band in a Box is protected under US Patent 5990407 The TC Helicon Harmony feature in Band in a Box and PowerTracks Pro Audio is protected under US Patents 5567901 5641926 5986198 34583 296 80 173 9 PI9603819 5 0368046 0750776 6 046 395 and patents pending Printed in Canada 2 PG Music Inc License Agreement Table of Contents PG MUSIC INC LICENSE AGREEMENT CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 50 New Features 101 New RealTracks CHAPTER 2 SUMMARY OF NEW FEATURES Overview The Details CHAPTER 3 QUICKSTART TUTORIAL DAW Plug in Mode Freeze Tracks RealTracks Enhancements New Favorite Songs Styles Dialog Rendering Tracks StylePicker Enhancements CHAPTER 4 BAND IN A BOX PLUG IN MODE CHAPTER 5 REALTRACKS AND REALDRUMS 101 New RealTracks in 3 new RealPAKs CHAPTER 6 REVERB Audio Reverb Control Reverb Settings PG MUSIC INC Table of Contents 10 12 17 18 18 20 23 23 28 28 28 32 Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of Band in a Box 2010 for Macintosh This documentation covers the new features in Band in a Box Version 2010 for Macintosh Chapter 2 is a summary of the new features Chapter 3 is a QuickStart Tutorial Chapters 4 5 and 6 describe major new features 50 New Features Band in a Box 2010 has over 50 cool new features We ve added a new Plug in mode allowing you to simply Drag and drop tracks between Band in a Box and your favorite
17. ack Pressing Loop button again will turn off looping Mouse scroll wheel support added to the main window notation window and many dialogs Ability to have endings use a held chord like C RealTracks and MIDI For songs with no ending the last chord of the song can be a held chord like C RealTracks and MIDI Chapter 2 Summary of New Features 7 New RealTracks PAKs There are 101 new RealTracks sets available with special packages for Jazz Rock Pop and Country These new RealTracks add to a large existing library of Jazz Country Rock Pop Metal Blues and Bluegrass styles and more all recorded by top studio musicians and recording artists The total number of RealTracks available is now over 375 with more to come in a wide variety of popular styles and genres RealTracks sets are available separately for 29 each and they also come in specially priced PAKs for bundling with your favorite Band in a Box package They come included in the premium value versions of the Band in a Box program RealPAK Jazz 3 6 RealTracks Sets 34 styles RealDrums Set 3 style groups RealPAK Rock Pop 3 5 RealTracks Sets 33 styles RealDrums Set 4 style groups RealPAK Country 3 5 RealTracks Sets 34 styles RealDrums Set 2 style groups 8 Chapter 2 Summary of New Features Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial How to Use the New Features in Band in a Box 2010 Band in a Box 2010 is here w
18. ad them from our web site pgmusic com Assuming that you have the Holds files for the RealTracks that you are generating then you just use Band in a Box as you would normally and type chords with shots e g C holds C or pushes C or C for 8 or 16 note push or combinations of push and hold C 4 bar Endings RealTracks endings have been enhanced and are now 4 bar endings instead of 2 bar allowing time for a natural decay of the instruments By 4 bar endings we are referring to a 2 bar ending that has additional two bars to allow for the natural decay of the audio instrument instead of being quickly faded out To add the 4 bar ending support you need to have updated ST2 and XT2 files for the RealTracks We are releasing many of these updated files with the 2010 release and will have free patches for the older RealTracks as they become available 4 bar Endings are on by default So if any of the RealTracks have 4 bar endings then the arrangement will play as a 4 bar ending You can disable 4 bar endings either globally EE RealTracks Settings dialog or on a song by song bass using Additional Song dialog Song Additional Sas Settings Currently the only way to tell if a RealTracks has a 4 bar ending is to either try it and see or to look in the Select Soloist dialog Soloist Generate and Play a Solo and see the name of the ST2 file under the term database at the top right
19. ations Band in a Box Songs ALWAYS MGU CF CStyle J 022v STY Jazz Dizzy Style C t e180 1 32 3 fsal pE Applications Band in a Box Songs BOGEY MGU Show DragDrop Folder Erase DragDrop Folder 2 E7b9 s Am7 4 D9s11 Applications Band in a Box Songs 11 8 Pop MGU soe A s Dm7 amp GI3b9 7 CMaj7 s FMaj7 Tip Hold Shift during drag to force MIDI Bm7b5 io E7b9 x Asp i2 D9 11 Tip Hold control key during drag to force audio 13 Dm7 14 G13b9 15 C69 16 Fm7 Bb7 EbMaj7 18 Fm7 Bb7 19 Gm7 20 67 z1 FMaj7 D7 22 Gm7 C7 23 Am7 D7 24 Dm7 G7 Defaults eo Cancel Bm7b5 26 E7b9 27 Am7 zs D9 11 29 Dm7 30 G13b9 z C69 32 C69 34 35 36 7 38 39 40 BS 41 42 48 44 45 46 47 48 Add Favorite C Play when chosen V OK To add to recent files 59 49 d 51 E P 5s 54 ss 56 p 1 Delete Search OK Cancel 57 58 59 60 63 61 62 63 64 Copyright PG Music Inc 1989 2010 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 transf
20. can control over when how RealTracks would play To do this open Assign RealTracks to Track dialog and use Timebase combo box Timebase v Normal Time Half Time Double Time Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial 15 Tempo swapping of similar RealTracks You can use this feature either automatically or manually If you set Auto RealTracks substitution based on tempo to true in RealTracks Settings dialog or Additional Song Settings dialog Band in a Box will automatically choose the best one to use W Auto RealTracks substitution based on tempo For example if you have a ballad loaded with an Acoustic Bass RealTracks at a tempo of 60 and you speed up the tempo to 140 and press Play button Band in a Box will automatically choose an Acoustic Bass RealTracks closer to the tempo of 140 if it is the same genre and feel This means you can use a simple Jazz style and play it at various tempos without having to set the best RealTracks based on tempos The RealTracks that support the Tempo Swapping are listed in the next to last column of the RealTracks Assign dialog For example if we load in a Ballad Jazz style like BALFRED STY FA Bass O Piano O Drums O Guitar RealTrackss wet Bass Acoustic Jazz Ballad Sw O85 we can see that the name of the Bass RealTracks style has a tilde symbol at the beginning That indicates that it could be changed to a different RealTracks at a higher tempo Now let s increase t
21. ct a Preset button to open the list of presets This list will show only the Band in a Box Default Reverb until you save some presets of your own 1 Band in a Box Default Reverb 2 Default 3 Default As you adjust the settings they will be applied to the current song The Swap Default button toggles between your current settings and the default settings This allows you to hear the effect of the changes you make to the settings Swap Default Use the row of room buttons to load typical settings for different types of spaces These buttons are a convenient way to either apply a particular effect or to load settings that you can then tweak to make your own preset SmRoom Med Room Large Room Hall Arena Chapter 6 Reverb 29 Reverb Parameters Pre Delay is the time delay of first reflections Decay is the time it takes for reverb to decay Reverb time is measured as RT60 the time it takes for reverb to decay to a level 60 dB below the dry signal level LF Rolloff gradually reduces the bass frequencies If you can t add enough reverb because the sound gets too muddy try increasing the LF Rolloff slider It is adjustable between 50 Hz and 500 Hz HF Rolloff is the rate at which the high frequencies die away as the reverb decays Rooms with hard surfaces are typically bright but rooms with soft surfaces are usually darker It is adjustable between 1 KHz dark to 11 KHz bright Density i
22. dental or consequential damages arising out of the use or the inability to use such program even if PG Music Inc or an authorized PG 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 Band in a Box for Bozos CloudTracks CopyMe GuitarStar JazzU PG Music PowerTracks Pro RealBand RealDrums RealSolos and RealTracks are either the trademarks or registered trademarks 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 Leopard Macintosh Mac Panther Power Mac QuickTime Snow Leopard Tiger and TrueType are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries IBM is the registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Roland and Roland Logo EDIROL and EDIROL Logo GS and GS Logo are registered trademarks and MIDI2 Logo EDIROL Virtual Sound Canvas Multi Pack VSC MP1 are trademarks of Roland Corporation ASIO is a trademark and software of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Other brands and their products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be noted as such
23. do this the song will regenerate the tracks will get rewritten and the song will stay frozen So if you re freezing songs to get the instant playback with RealTracks but get tired of the same old frozen arrangement just press Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial 11 SHIFT PLAY generate a new arrangement and press SAVE Then the new fresh frozen arrangement will play instantly even with many RealTracks Tip Obviously you wouldn t use this feature to force regeneration of a frozen song if you have made custom edits to the song that you don t want to lose unless you ve saved the song and have a backup copy All Tracks can be Edited and Saved MIDI tracks for bass drums piano guitar and strings can now be edited and saved with the file If you freeze a track edits can still be made to it because it is only frozen from Band in a Box making changes to it you can still edit it so that the MIDI track will be saved to the file So you can customize the bass part to match a certain song and save it with a frozen bass part so that Band in a Box won t overwrite your edits This includes RealCharts if you wanted to edit the notation of a RealTracks solo for example To edit a MIDI track bass drums piano guitar strings or the MIDI part of a RealTracks that has a RealChart MIDI transcribed solo simply open up the Notation window or Piano Roll window and click on the track and edit it Make sure to Freeze the track by
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25. faster now typically 4X faster RealTracks now support Shots Holds and Pushes Time for generating MIDI arrangement is much faster now instantaneous less than 1 second Endings are improved and RealTracks endings are now 4 bars long giving time for the natural decay of the instruments Individual tracks MIDI or Real can be frozen now so the arrangements can be saved and fixed and will replay quickly without need for regeneration Soloist RealTracks are now saved with the song We ve added Multiple Undo support up to 999 levels of Undo There are new Reverb and Bass Treble controls for each track allowing you to add these to individual RealTracks All settings are now saved with each song And many more The Details The New Features in Band in a Box 2010 for Macintosh are There is now a Plug in mode for your favorite sequencer GarageBand ProTools Logic Nuendo Reaper and more With the new plug in mode Band in a Box is open as a small window and acts as a plug in for your favorite DAW sequencer so that you can Drag n Drop MIDI and audio AIFF tracks from Band in a Box to your favorite sequencer Work in your favorite sequencer type a progression in Band in a Box and then simply drag the track from Band in a Box to your sequencer s track at the desired track and bar location No more long waits for RealTracks to generate RealTracks generate much faster 4X faster on average A typical song with RealTracks that
26. he beginning That indicates that it could be changed to a different RealTracks at a higher tempo Now let s increase the tempo of the song to a higher tempo like 115 We will see iar the name of m RealTracks s uides toa different RealTracks suitable for tempo 110 So when you press Play button you ll hear the RealTracks closest to your tempo without having to do anything to make this happen If you don t want this feature to happen automatically then set Auto RealTracks substitution based on tempo to false When this option is unchecked the Show message when better RT are available at this tempo setting will be turned on 26 Chapter 5 RealTracks and RealDrums Auto RealTracks substitution based on tempo Show message when better RT are available at this tempo A yellow message appears if RealTracks are selected but better RealTracks are available for the current tempo You can then substitute the RealTracks by pressing the RealTracks toolbar button and then clicking on Se ect better RealTracks for this tempo RealTrk Realtracks Picker Dialog Shift Click Realtracks Preferences Ctrl Click Select better RealTracks for this tempo Bass 85 gt 110 Piano 85 110 The T column of the RealTracks Assign dialog shows which RealTracks are eligible for Tempo Swapping The tempo swapping only occurs if you have the RealTracks in your installation Feel Tempo Genre NASet St Nt
27. he tempo of the song to a higher tempo like 115 MLE AD Bass Acone aem Sw 110 We will see that the name of the Real Tacks switches toa different RealTracks suitable for tempo 1 10 So when you press Play button you ll hear the RealTracks closest to your tempo without having to do anything to make this happen Auto RealTracks substitution based on tempo If you don t want this feature to happen automatically then set Auto RealTracks substitution based on tempo to false Then if you have similar RealTracks available at different tempos Band in a Box will simply tell you there is a better one to choose The T column of the RealTracks Assign dialog shows which RealTracks are eligible for Tempo Swapping The tempo swapping only occurs if you have the RealTracks in your installation Feel Tempo Genre NASet St Nt Artist Acoustic Jazz Waltz Sw 140 Rhythm Neil Swainson Acoustic Jazz Waltz Sw 140 A only Rhythm Neil Swainson Acoustic Jazz Waltz Sw 140 B only Rhythm Neil Swainson Acoustic Pop Sw 065 Rhythm Byron House Acoustic Pop Sw 085 Rhythm Byron House Acoustic Pop Sw 120 Rhythm Byron House Acoustic Pop Sw 165 Rhythm Byron House Acoustic Pop Sw 190 Rhythm Byron House Acoustic Jazz Ballad Sw 085 Soloist Neil Swainson Acoustic Jazz Ballad Sw 085 2 only Soloist Neil Swainson Acoustic Jazz Ballad Sw 085 4 only Soloist Neil Swainson Electric SmoothCool Sw1
28. iles Search C ok Cancel Favorites Recently Played The Favorites and Recently Played Radio buttons toggle between a list of your recently played songs or styles and your Favorite songs or styles Add Favorite The favorites list will start off as an empty one but you can add songs styles as your favorites by clicking the Add Favorite button This button is also found in the StylePicker Technical Note The list of songs style favorites is stored in a text file called SongFavorites txt or StyleFavorites txt in the Band in a Box folder Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial 17 Always save all song settings Now all settings are saved with songs including patches reverbs volume etc so the song will play the same way each time without having to set this in the Save Patches and Harmonies with Song dialog Iv Save all settings with Songs If you keep the default setting of Save all settings with Songs you will find that all settings are saved and loaded with each song You shouldn t have to visit this dialog unless you have some custom items that you want to not save with the song Note that if you set a MIDI patch for one of the bass drums piano guitar strings parts that 1f you load in another style Band in a Box will overwrite your patches with the style patches If it didn t do that you would be stuck with the same patches regardless of the style So if you want a
29. ith over 50 cool new features There are some exciting new features in Band in a Box We ve added a new Plug in mode allowing you to simply Drag n Drop tracks between Band in a Box and your favorite sequencer GarageBand ProTools Logic Nuendo Reaper and more RealTracks generate much faster now typically 4X faster RealTracks now support Shots Holds and Pushes Time for generating MIDI arrangement is much faster now instantaneous less than 1 second Endings are improved and RealTracks endings are now 4 bars long giving time for the natural decay of the instruments Individual tracks MIDI or Real can be frozen now so the arrangements can be saved and fixed and will replay quickly without need for regeneration Soloist RealTracks are now saved with the song We added Multiple Undo support up to 999 levels of Undo There are new Reverb and Bass Treble controls for each track allowing you to add these to individual RealTracks All settings are now saved with each song And many more The New Features in Band in a Box 2010 for Macintosh are DAW Plug in Mode There now is a Plug in mode for your favorite sequencer GarageBand ProTools Logic Nuendo Reaper and more With the new plug in mode Band in a Box is open as a small window and acts as a plug in for your favorite DAW sequencer so you can Drag n Drop MIDI and audio AIFF M4A tracks from Band in a Box to your favorite sequencer Work in your favorite seque
30. mode or go to Windows menu and choose Plug in Mode for Sequencer DAW When you do this 1 Window size of Band in a Box changes to a small size you can resize it to the size position that you want and it will remember that Combo Bass Piano 9 Drums Guitar Strings Q Melody Soloist 2 as RealDrums MashvilleEvene 6 HiHat HHat You can now easily drag tracks from Band in a Box to your DAW in 2 steps First drag the track button to the drop station blue rectangle and then when it turns green drag that to your DAW s track You can also drag files to other programs besides DAW s if they accept a drop of audio files AIFF M4A or MIDI files For example Finder allows this For this documentation we will use Finder as an example Dragging Tracks from Band in a Box to Finder or a DAW 1 Run Band in a Box Enable Plug in mode as explained above 2 Open or make a song in Band in a Box 3 COMBO MASTER TRACK If you want the entire performance dragged to Finder drag the Combo button to the drop station Then when it turns green drag to Finder 20 Chapter 4 Band in a Box Plug in Mode vi Drag Combo Master track as audio It will be dragged as audio unless you have set it to be dragged as MIDI in Plugin Settings dialog Iv Drag Combo as separate tracks Normally a single file is dropped with the entire arrangement but if you want all tracks transferred as separate files you can enable this op
31. ncer type a chord progression in Band in a Box drag the track button to the drop station blue rectangle at top left of the screen and then drag that to your sequencer s track at the desired track and the bar location The DAW Plug in mode is a mode within the regular Band in a Box program This mode allows you to transfer tracks or parts of tracks to other DAW sequencers or Finder You can enter and exit the DAW plug in mode easily DAW Mode MEN EVE TET TU Des E Options for DAW Plug in Press the DAW Mode button on the Toolbar then choose the menu item Start DAW Plug in mode or go to Windows menu and choose Plug in Mode for Sequencer DAW Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial 9 When you do this 1 Window size of Band in a Box changes to a small size you can resize it to the size position that you want and it will remember that Combo Q Bass Piano Drums Guitar O Strings C Melody Soloist PA EXE Eealbrums Maszh villeEvens 5 HiHat HHat You can now easily drag tracks from Band in a Box to your DAW in 2 steps First drag the track button to the drop station blue rectangle and then when it turns green drag that to your DAW s track You can also drag files to other programs besides DAW s if they accept a drop of audio files AIFF M4A or MIDI files For example Finder allows this Please see the DAW Plug In Mode chapter for a full tutorial Freeze Tracks Freezing locking MIDI or
32. nd Pushes Simply type in the chords as you normally would adding periods for shots and holds and the RealTracks will play them Note for this you need the installer that creates a LibraryM Holds folder in your RealTracks folder RealTracks endings have been enhanced and are now 4 bar endings instead of 2 bar allowing time for a natural decay of the instruments Multiple Undo support Up to 999 levels of undo configurable Always save all song settings Now all settings are saved with songs including patches reverbs volume etc so that the song will play the same way each time without having to set this in the Save With Patches dialog Reverb control added for individual tracks with RealTracks or RealDrums so you can easily add reverb 0 to 127 for any RealTrack Reverb type is also settable and saved with the song Bass Treble Tone Control added for individual tracks with RealTracks or RealDrums so you can easily adjust the bass treble EQ for any RealTrack Settings save with the song Band in a Box window is now sizable when size changes chord sheet notation and other windows redraw in proportion to the new size This allows you to have Band in a Box open as a small window on screen with other programs and you still see a full chord sheet The screen size is remembered between sessions New favorite songs styles dialog with separate lists of recently played and favorite songs or styles The previous favori
33. o 127 Clicking on the left hand side of the control allows you to enter a setting or click on the up down arrows There 1s also a feature that automatically adds reverb to RealTracks according to instrument type No Reverb is added to Bass for example but most instruments get reverb This feature defaults to on but you can turn it off in RealTracks Settings or Reverb Settings dialog W Auto add Reverb to RealTracks Strength 100 If you just want more or less added you can adjust the Strength 9o For example the default adds a reverb of 40 to most tracks but if you set the strength to 7596 then 30 will get added Reverb Settings The default is a room type of reverb but you can also set the type of reverb To do this press the Audio Reverb toolbar button and adjust the various parameters in the Reverb Settings dialog 28 Chapter 6 Reverb cee estads v Enable Preset Name Band in a Box Default Reverb Default Pst Pst J Swap Default 45m Room Med Room Large Room JA Hal J Arena 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 500 50 1K Pre Delay Decay LF Rolloff HF Rolloff Density W Auto Add Reverb to RealTracks Strength 100 BERE You can enable disable the audio reverb If you disable it this will save some CPU cycles so this might be advisable on an older slower machine if you hear that the audio is clicking or not keeping up V Click on the green Sele
34. posed key and they will show up as you have entered them instead of requiring you to enter the chords in the concert key More Soloists are now available up to 2000 1997 Soloist 1997 1998 Soloist 1998 1999 Soloist 1999 Many messages changed to yellow alerts at top right of screen so you don t have to respond to the message interrupting work flow Have fun Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial 19 Chapter 4 Band in a Box Plug in Mode DAW Plug In Mode There now is a Plug in mode for your favorite sequencer GarageBand ProTools Logic Nuendo Reaper and more With the new plug in mode Band in a Box is open as a small window and acts as a plug in for your favorite DAW sequencer so you can Drag n Drop MIDI and audio AIFF M4A tracks from Band in a Box to your favorite sequencer Work in your favorite sequencer type a chord progression in Band in a Box drag the track button to the drop station blue rectangle at top left of the screen and then drag that to your sequencer s track at the desired track and the bar location The DAW Plug in mode is a mode within the regular Band in a Box program This mode allows you to transfer tracks or parts of tracks to other DAW sequencers or Finder You can enter and exit the DAW plug in mode easily DAW Mode EN LC EV TET TUN Te Te 3 Options for DAW Plug in Press the DAW Mode button on the Toolbar then choose the menu item Start DAW Plug in
35. ren eee QN CR 5000 500 IK 100 Dm7 G13 CMaj7 A7b9 Dm G1 4000 Bm7b5 E7 9 Amll1 Ab7b5 lt o soc Ea ea 2000 E Dm7 G13 w CMaj7 A7b9 TEED M G1 i i 1000 Bm7b5 E7329 4 Am11 s Ab7b5 G1 aD NE Pre Delay Decay LF Rolloff HF Rolloff Density Level 19 Gm 7 M Auto Add Reverb to RealTracks Strength 100 Favorites O Recently Played Save as Default Reverb Restore Defaults Close SN Cm7 E 11 8 POP STY i i Dr m m s ES E Plugin Settings Drag n Drop to Sequencer DAM amp OO Band MGU 2 11 z Di rue O Combo Bass OPiano Drums Guitar O Strings Q Melody Soloist Q Thru 3 33 Ac Mallow D d Di MIDI Instrument Acoustic Bass Uc O Favorites 9 Recently Played OW ag andi TOP _J140_JA Demo ALL REALTRACKS JazzBass Piano AltoSax SGU Drag individual MIDI tracks as audio _BALFRED Demo ALL REALTRACKS AcBass Piano ElGuitBallFred85 SGU M Drag Combo Master track as audio Applications Band in a Box Songs ZZJAZZ MGC1 2 me zi ANDY F Fiddle Background George Ev 085 MGU C Drag Combo as separate tracks LJ LJ 3 ta ke i gt p G O a ju e IApplications Band in a Box Songs ZZJAZZSW MGU C Drag Audio as m4a files New Open Save SaveAs Save DAW Mode MID Audio Play Loop Replay Stop Pause From Record Applications Band in a Box Songs ZZREGGAE MGO P g Positive Overt J_Dizzy sty demo T Applications Band in a Box Songs violet MGU Cr i me ds Hui Il id 180 1 32 Mma Q Applic
36. s saved to a PGReverbSettings bin file in Band in a Box Preferences folder 14 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial Ivi Enable Preset Name Band in a Box Default Reverb Default Pst Swap Band in a Box Default Reverb SmRoom MedRoom J LargeRoom Hall E 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 500 50 1K Pre Delay Decay LF Rolloff HF Rolloff Density Level M Auto Add Reverb to RealTracks Strength 100 Save as Default Reverb Restore Defaults You can enable disable Reverb If you disable it this will save some CPU cycles so this might be advisable on an older slower machine if you hear that the audio 1s clicking or not keeping up Bass Treble Tone Control has been added for individual tracks with RealTracks or RealDrums so you can easily adjust the bass treble EQ for any RealTrack The settings are saved with the song Choose an instrument bass drums piano guitar strings melody and then use the TONE control to adjust the tone from 18 maximum bass to 18 maximum treble Default is 0 Double time and half time support for RealTracks Now you can play any RealTracks at half time or double time This allows you for example in a ballad at a tempo of 70 to add a RealTracks Sax solo with a tempo of 140 and play it as a double time which will match the ballad tempo of 70 So now all of your existing RealTracks can be used at 3 different tempos normal half time double time You
37. s the density of low level echoes near the end of the reverb tail High Density settings add a sheen to the sound Level adjusts the final level of the plug in Typical Reverb Settings A large hall might have long Pre Delay long Decay and moderate Density A hard large space such as a gymnasium might have long Pre Delay high Density and high HF Rolloff A soft large space such as a concert hall with carpet padded seats hangings might have medium Density and low HF Rolloff A small hard space such as a tile washroom might have short Pre Delay medium to long Decay high Density and high HF Rolloff A small soft space such as a large living room might have short Pre Delay short Decay medium to low Density and low HF Rolloff Saving Settings to Presets You can save your reverb types as presets and the current settings will also be saved with the song in a Preferences PGReverbSettings bin file To save the current settings to a preset type in a name for your preset in the Preset Name field A Then click on the red Save a Preset arrow and choose a location in the Preset list You can write over an existing name 1 Band in a Box Default Reverb 2 Default A prompt will ask you to confirm that you want to save the preset 30 Chapter 6 Reverb Do you want to save the current settings named Bright Room Into the preset currently named 2 Default Yes jJ No Cancel J Select
38. sequencer GarageBand ProTools Logic Nuendo Reaper and more RealTracks are better than ever RealTracks generate much faster now typically 4X faster RealTracks now support Shots Holds and Pushes Endings are improved and RealTracks endings are now 4 bars long giving time for the natural decay of the instruments Individual MIDI or RealTracks can be frozen now so the arrangements can be saved and fixed and will replay quickly without need for regeneration Soloist RealTracks are now saved with the song And much more We ve added Multiple Undo support up to 999 levels of Undo There are new Reverb and Bass Treble controls for each track allowing you to add these to individual RealTracks All settings are now saved with each song 101 New RealTracks RealPAK Jazz 3 6 RealTracks Sets 34 styles RealDrums Set 3 style groups RealPAK Rock Pop 3 5 RealTracks Sets 33 styles RealDrums Set 4 style groups RealPAK Country 3 5 RealTracks Sets 34 styles RealDrums Set 2 style groups 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Summary of New Features Overview Band in a Box 2010 for Macintosh is here with over 50 cool new features There are some exciting new features in Band in a Box We ve added a new Plug in mode allowing you to simply Drag n Drop tracks between Band in a Box and your favorite sequencer GarageBand ProTools Logic Nuendo Reaper and more RealTracks generate much
39. te songs styles dialog was a list of recently used songs styles Now there are 2 tabs in this dialog showing you both recently used songs styles and a new list of favorites that you select as a favorite songs or styles You can add an unlimited number of favorites Double time and half time support for RealTracks added Now you can play any RealTracks at half time or double time This allows you for example in a ballad at a tempo of 70 to add a RealTracks Sax solo with tempo of 140 and play it as a double time which will match the ballad tempo of 70 So now all of your existing RealTracks can be used at 3 different tempos normal half time double time Tempo swapping of similar RealTracks You can use this feature either automatically or manually If you set Auto RealTracks substitution based on 6 Chapter 2 Summary of New Features tempo to true in RealTracks Settings dialog or Additional Song Settings dialog Band in a Box will automatically choose the best one to use For example if you have a ballad loaded with an Acoustic Bass RealTracks at a tempo of 60 and you speed up the tempo to 140 and press Play button Band in a Box will automatically choose an Acoustic Bass RealTracks closer to the tempo of 140 if it is the same genre and feel This means you can use a simple Jazz style and play it at various tempos without having to set the best RealTracks based on tempos If you don t want this feature to work automa
40. tically then set Auto RealTracks substitution based on tempo to false The RealTracks that support the Tempo Swapping are listed in the next to last column of the Assign RealTracks to Track dialog RealTracks Picker dialog enhanced Opens up faster New columns are added tempo swappable holds type RealDrums Picker dialog has been enhanced with information about Artist name Artist bio and RealDrums Set number Rendering now has a Normalize option to normalize individual tracks or the complete arrangement Normalizing boosts the volume to a maximum level without distortion Most professional music tracks are normalized Songs that are Saved As a different name now have the new name added to the Recently Played Song dialog Support enhanced for non concert instruments Bb Eb sax trumpet etc Now when the chord sheet is transposed you can type in chords in the transposed key and they will show up as you have entered them instead of requiring you to enter the chords in the concert key More Soloists are now available up to 2000 Many messages changed to yellow alerts at top right of screen so you don t have to respond to the message interrupting work flow Looped playback of any selected region On the chord sheet window not the notation window select a region of bars and press the Loop playback button on the toolbar The selected region will loop You can change the looped section during playb
41. tion in Plugin Settings dialog Note that your DAW will need to support dropping of multiple files and will typically put them on consecutive tracks 4 SINGLE TRACKS If you want a single track transferred drag that track button to the drop station For example drag the Bass button to transfer the bass track Then when the drop station turns green drag that to Finder If the track is a RealTrack green then it will be transferred as Audio If it is a MIDI track black then it will be transferred as MIDI Note vi Drag individual MIDI tracks as audio If you want MIDI tracks transferred as audio you can set this in Plugin Settings dialog 5 SELECTED REGIONS BbMaj Gm7 f If you would like to transfer only a portion of the performance you can do this by selecting the region in Band in a Box and then dragging the track button to the drop station don t drag the selected region You will then get just the selected region dragged to Finder Tip If you hold the SHIFT key during the drag then the file will be dropped as MIDI if it is a MIDI track regardless of the setting in Plug in options Tip If you hold the CONTROL key during the drag then the file will be dropped as AUDIO if it is a MIDI track it will be rendered to audio using Apple Synth regardless of the setting in Plug in options Plug In Options m Lib DAW Mode MID Aud ia Plaw Loon Reo Start DAW Plug in mode Options for DAW Pl
42. took 20 seconds to generate will now generate in about 5 seconds And if you freeze some or all tracks in the song see below playback of RealTracks is almost instantaneous Time for generating MIDI arrangement is much faster now instantaneous less than 1 second Freezing locking MIDI tracks or RealTracks RealDrums Any track MIDI or Real can now be frozen When frozen it won t get changed or re generated This saves time when replaying previous songs and allows you to freeze an arrangement that you like If you freeze the whole song you don t have to wait at all for the song to regenerate Next time you play it is ready to go Chapter 2 Summary of New Features 5 All Tracks can be Edited and Saved MIDI tracks for bass drums piano guitar and strings can now be edited and saved with the file If you freeze a track edits can be still made to it because it is only frozen from Band in a Box making changes to it you can still edit it so that the MIDI track will be saved to the file So you can customize the bass part to match a certain song and save it with a frozen bass part so Band in a Box won t overwrite your edits This includes RealCharts if you wanted to edit the notation of a RealTracks solo for example Soloist generated RealTracks are now saved with the song so you will hear the RealTracks play the same solo when you reload the song RealTracks now support new features including Shots Holds a
43. tural decay of the instruments By 4 bar endings we are referring to a 2 bar ending that has additional two bars to allow for the natural decay of the audio instrument instead of being quickly faded out To add the 4 bar ending support you need to have updated ST2 and XT2 files for the RealTracks We are releasing many of these updated files with 2010 release and will have free patches for the older RealTracks as they become available 4 bar endings are on by default So if any of the RealTracks have 4 bar endings then the arrangement will play as a 4 bar ending You can disable 4 bar endings either globally using RealTracks Settings dialog Iv Use 4 bar endings for Songs with RealTracks or on a song by song basis using Additional Song Settings dialog Song Additional Song Settings Currently the only way to tell if a RealTracks has a 4 bar ending is to either try it and see or to look in the Select Soloist dialog Soloist Generate and Play a Solo and see the name of the ST2 file under the term database at the top right Then check the date of the ST2 file If it is Nov 2009 or newer then it should have a 4 bar ending Check our pgmusic com web site as we are releasing free upgrade patches to add 4 bar endings to most of the RealTracks styles Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial 13 Audio Reverb Reverb control are added for individual tracks with RealTracks or RealDrums so you can easily add reverb 0 to 12
44. u ve identified as favorites either by pressing the Add Favorite button in the Favorite Styles dialog or the similar button in this StylePicker dialog Note that an F appears beside the name of any style that is a favorite 18 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial Add Favorite Only show favorites You can make any style a favorite by clicking the Add Favorite button If you want to remove it click the button again Only Show favorites will only show the favorite styles in any list that you have opened And much more Multiple Undo Support Up to 999 levels of undo is supported configurable Number of Levels of Undo 99 P The default number of undos is 99 If you need to change this use Number of Levels of Undo in Preferences dialog Range is 5 to 99 You can also choose Edit Redo to redo an undo Band in a Box window is now sizable When size changes chord sheet notation and other windows redraw in proportion to the new size This allows you to have Band in a Box open as a small window on screen with other programs and you still see a full chord sheet The screen size is remembered between sessions To resize the window just use the sizing control at the bottom right corner of the window Hold down the mouse button while you drag the sizing control Support enhanced for non concert instruments Bb Eb sax trumpet etc Now when the chord sheet is transposed you can type in chords in the trans
45. ug in To get to the DAW Plug in options press the DAW Mode button and choose the menu item Options for DAW Plug in Pref DAW Plugin Prefs DAW Plugin button or go to the Preferences dialog and click the Chapter 4 Band in a Box Plug in Mode 21 You will now see the plug in options Many of them have been explained above Plugin Settings Drag n Drop to Sequencer DAW W Allow Drag and Drop Drag individual MIDI tracks as audio Ivi Drag Combo Master track as audio H Drag Combo as separate tracks Drag Audio as m4a files Show DragDrop Folder Erase DragDrop Folder Tip Hold Shift during drag to force MIDI Tip Hold control key during drag to force audio Defaults OK Cancel Allow Drag and Drop default true If disabled the Drag and Drop feature will not work There shouldn t be a reason to disable this Drag individual MIDI tracks as audio default false When enabled the chosen MIDI tracks get converted to audio using Apple Synth Drag Combo Master track as audio default true When enabled the entire arrangement gets converted to audio using Apple Synth If not selected the MIDI tracks in the arrangement get transferred as MIDI in a single file Drag Combo as separate tracks default false If set to true when dragging the Combo button the drop will result in multiple files one for each track Drag Audio as m4a files If set to true the audio
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