PG Music Band in a Box - 2008 (Windows) Upgrade Manual
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1. Medley Maker Make Medley NOW d4 Would you like to make a medley of various Band in a Box songs MGU using Band in a Box This is easily done with the new Medley Maker Inside the Medley Maker simply select the songs that you want and Band in a Box will make the medley for you A medley is not simply joining songs together A good medley uses a transition area between songs to introduce the new style key and tempo The Medley Maker automatically creates a nice transition area for you writing in chords that would smoothly modulate to the next song style key and tempo Audio Chord Wizard Enhancements ie The Audio Chord Wizard is the amazing feature that automatically figures out the chords from MP3 files or other audio files like WAV WMA and audio CD etc Using the Audio Chord Wizard is a great way to learn and practice popular songs as you play along and see the chords We ve added a Chord Sheet window in the Audio Chord Wizard that shows the chords for the whole song on a single screen This allows you to click on a bar on the chord sheet to jump to that area of the song You can mark sections of the song using part markers and the sections will begin on a new line with a line space between so they are clearly seen So you can then also learn the form of the song as you can see the various sections intro verse chorus break at a glance or quickly jump to the any section simply by double clicking on that part of2. Z4BO55A Z4COUH12 Z4POPBAL Z5R0S5A ZSETHNIC ZAWINUL ZOPAS ZOURSLOW 2YDECOL ZYDECOS 2HELUSHF ZLELUSTR ZABOSSA AZADOUH ZA CHACHA ZZCONTRY ZA COUH1 2 ZZETHHIC ZZFUNK ZZHEVROK ZHLRISH 22 AZOLD Deport Slow Fusion et Waltz Fusion Beat 1 Ska Reggae world Beat 2 South African dan Wry Coder Unplugged Yearn Mellow Smooth Jazz Yellow Jak Fusion Yesterday Style Youd Euro Tek Glues Shuffle Style dossa Howa 3 instrument o Ethnic Style Heavy Rock Style Bossa Howa CA inetrument Country 1278 feel Pop Ballad Style 4 insts Bosse Nove 5 instrument i Ethnic Style zawinul Fusion zopas Smooth Jazz Zouk Slow Slow e Ip Latin Zou 2ydecol Bright ev othe Cajun 2ydeco3 Funky med even th Blues Shuffle Style Blues Straight Style Bossa Howa style S Style tle el Heavy Rack Style Irish Style Load Song Demo A L Prompt w prewiew Mema This Jazz Swing style is useful in Some county swing tunes t 140 110 190 Styles Disk 0 Examples Hey Good Lookin Sweet Georgia Brown Real Drums for this style JazzGrushes C Override song Force MIDI drums for this song H air o Original Jazz Swing Style ZITHA W a H Jazz Waltz Style ck aw 6 140 Jazz Swing Style Show all style rhythme k leede Only show styles disk Selected Stile Defaults to current style C Preview on Double click Show All Styles Disks w o Auto Change Melodw S
3. drag the bar and drop it at bar 23 In the dialog that appears just press OK F Copy Chords and Jor melody Copy From Bar Ea Chorus H Copy Chords Num Bars to Copy Copy Bar Settings Copy To Bar Chorus Copy Melody Insert Bars at destination Copy Soloist H ol times to repeat copy E Copy Lyrics With each copy transpose oo semitones Random of semitones Copy 1st Chorus to whole song Section Paragraphs When you re reading a book a new section begins on a new line with space between Now we ve done that for chords too Whenever a new section occurs a part marker we start the new section on a new line and draw a grey line above to clearly mark the new section For example if you have a song with a 7 bar section followed 36 Chapter 12 Other New Features by 8 bar sections the previous version of Band in a Box wouldn t start the other sections on a new line The result there was that it was hard to delineate the sections as if an entire story was told within one paragraph With the Section Paragraphs feature you ll see all of them on a new line so that the form of the chord sheet is easier to see The feature is configurable and optional Here is a chord sheet without the section paragraphs feature Note that the length of the sections is not apparent and the overall structure is also not apparent F m7 F m7 E Bm7 F m7 Esus E A2 C m7 E2 mA2 C m7 D F E GH Bb2 FMaj1
4. 1 Introduction This documentation covers the new features in Band in a Box Version 2008 Chapter 2 is a summary of the new features Chapter 3 is a QuickStart Tutorial Chapters 4 12 describe the new features in detail Band in a Box 2008 is here with over 50 cool new features There are some exciting new features in Band in a Box We ve added RealTracks these are audio instruments that replace the MIDI track with actual recordings of top studio Jazz Rock Country musicians These are not samples of single instrument hits they are full recordings lasting from 1 to 8 bars at a time playing along in perfect sync with the other Band in a Box tracks We ve made the following RealTracks RealPedalSteel RealSax and RealAcousticGuitar with more on the way For example choose a Country MIDI style that includes RealPedalSteel and you will now hear a studio pedal steel player exactly as you d hear if he was in the room with you The results are dramatically better than MIDI They sound like real musicians because they are recordings of real musicians And we ve added MultiStyles to Band in a Box No longer are you limited to 2 substyles styles can now have up to 24 substyles in a song easily selectable using letters A to x Our newest styles sets are now MultiStyles typically with 4 substyles per song First Verse Verse Chorus and Break or easily make your own And we ve made big improvements to the ama
5. Cajun Zydeco3 Funky med even Othe Blues Shuffle Style Blues Straight Style Bossa Nova style F Style tle el Heavy Rock Style Irish Style Original Jazz Swing Style Jazz Waltz Style H 140 Jazz Swing Style Preview on Double click Auto Change MelodyS oloist Patch Show Styles by Feel and Tempo Show all style rhythms k Only show styles disk H Show All Styles Disks ao A L Prompt wpreview Memo This Jazz Swing style is useful in sOme COURIY swing tunes t 140 110 190 Styles Disk HU Examples Hey Good Lookin Sweet Georgia Brown Real Drums for this style JazzBrushes L Override song E C Force MIDI drums for this song RealDrums Preja Show all est CH a S a G a G a SA a A a A an A a Melody Patch Flute w Soloist Patch lt No Patch Change gt k StylePicker categories subcategories redesigned with new categories for Blues Country 6 types Jazz 9 types and many more Do you have styles that don t appear in the StylePicker because you ve just made them or got them from a 3rd party Now the StylePicker will automatically find those styles and add them to your list in an Other Styles category The information regarding style name Even Swing 8ths 16ths and time signature are filled in for you 8 Chapter 2 Summary of New Features Ss Long style names appear on the main chord sheet screen beside the short style name Misc Style Set
6. Disk 0 azz All 416 ZOPAS Zopas Smooth Jazz Eom Jazz Ballads 70 xZOUKSLOW Zouk Slow Slow ev 16 Latin Zou S Jazz Bebop 42 SE Se ease ae othe Cajun Hey Good Lookin Sweet Jazz Big Band 10 yoaecos Punky med even othe Georgia Brown E A ZZELUSHF Bluse hurilis Sirle azz d IT Z2BLUSTR Blues Straight Style Jazz Fusion 77 ZZBOSSA Possa Nova style Sy Jazz Latin 79 ZEZBOUNCY F Style Jazz Modern 95 ZA HAL HA Jazz Smooth Jazz 44 EE E gew ZZCOUH1 2 L Jazz Swing 166 ZZETHNIC Latin 197 ZZFUNE E v i New Age Soundtrack 68 See EY E E SEN style Praise amp Worship Gospel 9 o Tiel Lyle l 22 AZ0LD ay 130 Original Jazz Swing Style F MIDI d for thi J R amp B Soul 76 ZZJAZVAL W gf 8 160 Jazz Waltz Style eres ht fonten Reggae 26 a ae om D 140 Jazz Swing Style FealDrums Preset Rock Pop AI 671 Creme aa yles by Feel and Tempo Rock Ballads 153 Re Build ET a LO Rock Blues 71 Rock British 68 Find new styles Change Prototype Style SEET Rock Country 102 Selected ste Defaults to current style Preview on Double click Show All Styles Disks jo i Rock Dance 59 Real Drums for this style JazzBrushes L Override song ao ooo oOomoc Rock Fusion 54 Prototype Style Defaults to current style Auto Change Melody Soloist Patch Melody Patch Flute we Rock Hard 75 Rock Pop 154 soloist Patch lt No Patch C
7. NR CURR Style Demo Style NR_CURR 57TY Key A Tempo 84 Form 1 48 3 C b2 Tutorial BB 2008 RealTracks and Multistyles NWR_CURR 56U Import from Bar of imported song of bars Import to Bar Indude with Imported Sang Style Changes Key Signature Changes Tempo Changes Patch Changes Chords Melody Soloist Tracks Chords Insert Mode After import copy first chorus of melody soloist to whole song In the Import Band in a Box Song dialog choose the range that you want to import Import from Bar and of bars and the destination bar Import to Bar You can also choose which information to import and the insert mode insert overwrite Karaoke MP3 CDG Files Audio Karaoke files are popular using several formats The most common is CDG format which includes the lyrics in graphical format on audio CDs Since the computer user doesn t typically use audio CDs there is now a format that combines MP3 containing the music and CDG the graphical lyrics Now you can open up MP3 CDG files inside Band in a Box and see the scrolling lyrics from your Karaoke files Best of all you can use the Audio Chord Wizard to figure out the chords as well making Band in a Box a great choice to play your Karaoke files ZZ To Open a Karaoke File use File Open and find a WAV MP3 or WMA file that has a same named CDG file in the same folder Then the Karaoke window will open and display the lyrics The BigLyrics window has s
8. such 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 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2 SUMMARY OF NEW FEATURES Band in a Box 2008 CHAPTER 3 QUICKSTART TUTORIAL QuickStart Tutorial for the Version 2008 Upgrade CHAPTER 4 REALTRACKS What are RealTracks Using RealTracks in Styles Using RealTracks in Solos CHAPTER 5 MULTISTYLES MultiStyles in Styles Styles MultiStyles in Songs CHAPTER 6 MEDLEY MAKER CHAPTER 7 AUDIOCHORDWIZARD CHAPTER 8 REALDRUMS ENHANCEMENTS Style Changes Artist Support StylePicker RealDrums Settings CHAPTER 9 STYLEPICKER ENHANCEMENTS Expanded Category Listings Auto Find Styles Long Style Names CHAPTER 10 STYLEMAKER ENHANCEMENTS Style Instrument Assignments Table of Contents A Oo UO N 12 12 19 19 19 20 22 22 23 24 26 28 28 28 28 30 30 30 30 32 32 Style Log Options CHAPTER 11 NOTATION WINDOW ENHANCEMENTS Confirmation Dialog Bar Number Options CHAPTER 12 OTHER NEW FEATURES PG MUSIC INC INDEX 4 Chapter 1 Introduction 32 34 34 34 36 43 44 Chapter
9. 3 F tm7 D2 D2 d FMaj13 A2 E GH F m7 E2 FMaj13 D2 TDZ G C m7 D ES C m7 6 D F E G D Here is the same chord sheet with the Section Paragraphs feature We can quickly see that there is a 1 bar section followed by 12 bar 4 bar and 6 bar sections It would be a lot easier to learn the tune from this chord sheet than the one above The reason for this is that songs normally have sections that are in groups of 4 bars so that any section that isn t a multiple of 4 bars should be identified as an exception as in the l bar intro below As it turned out the apparent chaos in the lead sheet above all resulted from a 1 bar intro and the rest of the song has a normal structure Esus 13 F2 DE E G F tm7 This feature can be turned on off globally in Opt Preferences Display Options dialog by checking the New line for every section part marker box It can be turned off for a specific song using Edit Settings for This Song and unchecking Sections on a new line for this song Import Song Easily import part or all of an existing Band in a Box song to your current song with options to specify source and destination range type of information to import chords melody lyrics etc and more Choose File Import Song Chapter 12 Other New Features 37 Import Band in a Box Song C b2 Tutonal BB 7006 Reall racks and M Sie song to import
10. 4 b part markers There is also an option to Offset Bar Numbers by _ Bars for the printout and lead sheet Offset Bar Numbers by o Bars Chapter 11 Notation Window Enhancements 35 Chapter 12 Other New Features Change of Key Signature at any Bar Previous versions of Band in a Box displayed one key signature for a song Now you can have multiple keys in the same song with the new key signature shown on notation kep Signature Change to To change key signatures press FS and then select the key signature change that you want When you do that you will see the new key signature drawn on the notation at that bar The GUI has been enhanced There is support for Windows Themes Band in a Box will use the current theme that you have selected in the Windows Control Panel to use for Windows and dialogs Technical note The file c ob bbw exe manifest controls the support of themes If you want to remove theme support you would rename this file Copying of sections or selections can be done using drag and drop simply drag regions around the chord sheet to quickly rearrange your song Hold down the control key for finer control about insert overwrite etc For example if you have an 8 bar section at bar 9 ob To copy it to bar 23 and insert the 8 bars at that location drag the bar and drop it at bar 23 lt Ctrl gt sh To copy it to bar 23 and OVERWRITE the 8 bars at that location hold down the Ctrl key and
11. 5bossa c_george 66 99 Then you d have 8 substyles from a to h Note that each of these styles can have a specific RealDrums style either stored in the style itself Misc Style Settings RealDrums Settings or substituted via MIDI substitutions in RealDrums settings MultiStyles in Songs If you have a song you can also use more than 2 substyles for that song For example let s say we have a song that is a Bossa Nova and you want to have a Jazz Swing section Rather than finding a MultiStyle that has this exact combination we can make one in the song for this song only as follows Load a song like c bb stylesO zzbossa mg4 Substyle Change lt No change of substyle gt a f7B05SA4 Bossa Nova style wb 7BOSSA Bossa Nova style Define cfd Right click on a bar number and choose Define c d Then choose ZZJAZZ STY from the StylePicker 5Substyle Change cho change of substyle gt a ZZB0S5A Bossa Nova style b 7BOSSA Bossa Nova style c ZJA77 azz Swing Style set in the song wd f7JA 7 Jazz Swing Style set in the song Define substyle Remove c d You will then see that there are 4 substyles now a b c d You can use the d substyle for Jazz Swing walking bass since it is the same as the b substyle from ZZJAZZ Load the song c bb Tutorial BB 2008 Demo of MultiStyle in song only Bossa 2 Jazz MG4 and you can see the f
12. 8 Upgrade The full descriptions of the new features in Version 2008 of Band in a Box are provided elsewhere This tutorial is a QuickStart tour of the new features in Band in a Box 2008 Note It is assumed that you are somewhat familiar with the previous release of Band in a Box Explore Band in a Box Version 2008 First well take a quick tour of the new features in Band in a Box Then we ll do an in depth tutorial for the main new features The other chapters in the manual are also tutorial style presentations of the new features Let s explore the main screen and menus On the chord sheet you ll notice the Section Paragraphs feature When a part marker is entered the chord sheet will start a new line with a line between the rows and a double bar line on the prior bar fe iC iC 6 AF C EF D C d D e2 D7 23 G 4 oF AIF in A The look of the windows and dialogs have been enhanced with support of themes so that you can change the look of the program in the Windows Control Panel Display Themes New Main Menu Items The File Medley Maker command will open the Medley Maker allowing you automatically make a medley of songs The File Import MGU Song will import a MGU song into an existing song The File Open command opens all types of files not just MGU Le MGU MID KAR WAV WMA MP3 CDG CDA Let s explore the RealTracks The RealTracks are covered in detail in Chapt
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14. Edit Settings for This Song and choose a number of bars to fade out Chapter 12 Other New Features Fadeout ending D bars e Tempo is set based on Style when choosing File New Instead of always resetting to tempo 140 the tempo is now the best tempo for the current style This function happens automatically Improved Enharmonics on slash chords For example a chord like Gm7b5 Db will display correctly using a Db instead of a Gm7b5 C since Band in a Box now bases it on a Gm scale MIDI files now read in Section Markers and show up as part markers Audition Styles In the style change dialog F5 and others you can now audition the style that you are considering SongPicker dialog new options added for Find File File Open all types Favorite song dialog gt BB button that changes the current folder to the BB folder Audio Batch Render Reset synth after each file Option added to reset the DXi synth after each render This insures that no audio stuck notes etc from the previous file is retained Cancel button added for the audio Batch Rendering Batch Rendering Batch creating Audio files 1 25 CARIBEAN Aender Wie On screen display of file name includes 277 when file has been changed Double Lines drawn on chord sheet at the bar before a part marker Audio Playback enhancements If you load in an audio song WAV file MP3 when the song plays you can change th
15. Features Fadeout ending D bars You can now quickly choose a fadeout ending just press the Fade button in Song Settings and Band in a Box will fadeout the last x bars of the song you can specify how many bars Or customize the fadeout with precise values for each bar Tempo is set based on Style when choosing File New Instead of always resetting to tempo 140 the tempo is now the best tempo for the current style Improved Enharmonics on slash chords For example a chord like Gm7b5 Db will display correctly using a Db instead of a Gm7b5 C since Band in a Box now bases it on a Gm scale MIDI files now read in Section Markers and show them as part markers Audition Styles In the style change dialog F5 and others you can now audition the style that you are considering SongPicker dialog new options added for Find File File Open all types And Favorite song dialog BB button that changes the current folder to the BB folder Audio Batch render Option added to reset the DXi synth after each render This insures that no audio stuck notes etc from previous file is retained Cancel button for the Audio Batch added On screen display of file name includes 277 when file has been changed Double Lines drawn on chord sheet at bar before a part marker and many more Chapter 2 Summary of New Features 11 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial QuickStart Tutorial for the Version 200
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17. Let s explore the MultiStyles MultiStyles are styles that have more than 2 substyles Instead of just a and b they can have a b c d etc all the way to x Most MultiStyles that we ve made have 4 substyles conforming to the following pop song format a verse b chorus c intro pre verse d break interlude Open up the song NR_CURR MGU This loads NR_CURR STY Note MultiStyle naming convention The indicates that it is a MultiStyle with more than 2 substyles You can see the MultiStyle markers on the chord sheet Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial 13 4 Esus E 12 E2 D F E G 18 naj 20 F m7 2 E2 FMaj13 a D2 d E 28 30 F m7 2 Esus E a C m7 E2 C m7 w D FA E G e FMaj13 u F m7 s E2 FMaj13 48 D d 50 Look at the toolbar at the right of the screen There is a RealTracks button These are audio styles like RealPedalSteel RealAcousticGuitar and RealSax that replace the MIDI instrument track with actual recordings of top studio musicians The RealTracks Settings dialog lets you control the RealTracks There is a Medley Maker that launches the Medley Maker this allows you to make a medley of songs automatically Play the file and you can hear the various substyles Style Explore additional MultiStyles by visiting the StylePicker looking in the category called MultiStyles Question E For first time use the stylepicker list o
18. RITTY STY Style BARBEAT STY SHUFTOS STY GRITTY STY add songs by pressing the Append or Insert button remove songs using Delete change the order of the songs using Move Up Move Down To open the Medley Maker click on the A B button on the toolbar or choose File Medley Maker This launches the Medley Maker dialog L mof of bars Transition fs Tempo Key start at Bar fico em lh Length 172 bars bm be Key StartatBar of bars Transition 4 4 C 1 108 4 4 4 32 seen i for any song customize using the Settings for this song group box including changing the style tempo key start bar of bars and of transition bars Press Update after customizing to see your changes in the medley list choose the type of information to include with your medley styles key signature changes lyrics etc in the Include with Songs group box choose a number of transition bars the default is 4 Transition bars are automatic bars of chords inserted by Band in a Box to transition from one song to the other generating an outro and an intro between songs Press the Make Medley NOW button to generate a medley 24 Chapter 6 Medley Maker Make Medley Mi i The maximum size of the medley is 255 bars about 7 minutes The current size and time of your medley is displayed in the Length label Length 104 bars 3m 3s You can ha
19. Sheet Bars Per Row Chord Sheet Row Height The buttons at the bottom right also change the row height The Audio Chord Wizard is a great way to learn the chords of songs And now that you can add section markers and divide the song logically into sections it is also a great way to learn the form of the song an essential part of learning popular songs Chapter 7 AudioChordWizard 27 Chapter 8 RealDrums Enhancements The RealDrums feature replaces MIDI drums with audio drums Style Changes You can now have style changes multiple RealDrums styles within a song either using the RealDrums from a Band in a Box style or specifying a particular RealDrums style to use at a bar Stile Changes at curent bar RealDrume Bossabrushes To get a change at a bar press F5 to open the bar settings dialog In this dialog you can enter a change of RealDrums Or you can enter a change of style which will also result in a change of RealDrums D MultiStyles are another way to get changes of RealDrums since each pair of substyles a b c d e f etc can have a different RealDrums style stored in the style Artist Support We have artist support this allows you to choose among different drummers playing the same style For example we have multiple artists playing the JazzBrushes style You can set Band in a Box to choose a different artist with each play or always choose a specific artist Favor Artists Sometim
20. alTracks Using RealTracks in Solos soloist Press the Soloist button Shift F4 and launch the Select Soloist dialog Get to Soloists in the range 361 363 You can do that either by l Typing 361 and pressing Go To 2 Gallo Choosing Favorites will allow eon to return to a recently chosen Soloist ay al ddio solo t C Double Time C Show N A Solo in a style similar to 361 RealSax 3 Choose the Genre RealSax from the list of Genres to see all available Soloists that use RealSax As with other Soloists press the All Solo button to make sure that the Soloist will be generated for all choruses or Melody and Solo if you just want the Soloist for a certain chorus Configuring Real Tracks RealTracks Settings Dialog The RealTracks styles are stored in c bb RealTracks assuming that c bb is your Band in a Box folder You can choose an alternate location in the Preferences RealTracks dialog You don t need to visit this folder when using RealTracks it is used internally by Band in a Box So you shouldn t add or remove files from this RealTracks folder unless you know what you re doing 20 Chapter 4 RealTracks ReallTracks Settings Enable RealTracks Custom RealTracks folder instead of C b2 RealTracks Use a custom folder location for the RealTracks C lb3 RealTracks The RealTracks settings dialog also allows you to Enable Disable the RealTracks feature and apply
21. an overall Global Volume Adjust to the RealTracks If they are too loud generally set a Global Volume Adjust of about 10 dB The installation routine for Band in a Box usually installs decompresses the audio files to WAV files But if you decided not to decompress them at install time you can press the Install button to complete that process Saving Your RealTracks The RealTracks performance is not saved with the Band in a Box MGU file This is because the Band in a Box MGU file only contains chords melody lyrics and an optional audio track WAV file As with other MIDI Band in a Box parts and RealDrums the RealTracks can be saved by 1 Dsi Direct Render save WON file Rendering the performance to a WAV file or Technical Tip If you want to permanently attach a RealTracks WAV file to a MySong MGU song you could render to separate WAV files and then rename the RealTracks WAV file to MySong WAV Then the RealTracks will be on the Audio track Are other RealTracks available Currently there are 3 RealTracks available We are making more Check www pgmusic com for details of availability Chapter 4 RealTracks 21 Chapter 5 MultiStyles We ve added MultiStyles to Band in a Box These are styles that can have up to 24 substyles Previous Band in a Box styles had 2 substyles Ca and b Now for example a MultiStyle with 4 substyles First Verse Verse Chorus and Break can be used and you select the vario
22. bm Bm Em F m7 mm F 7 G 3 ek ea Be DER 3 N QO m 4 N GAAS AHONENA Q StyleMaker Enhancements Misc Style Settings LongName 32 chars Jazz Swing Style Long Style Name can be stored in the style up to 32 characters and this will appear on screen and in StylePicker Style Log options For people making styles this text files shows exactly which pattern was used in the song generation for every instrument and bar beat Useful in fixing errant patterns Chapter 2 Summary of New Features 7 Assign Soloist MIDI or Reall racks audio to style Instrument Guitar Solost Heall racks to use 2362 FealGuitar dE or Volume offset Styles can now contain RealTracks l Assign Soloist MIDI or RealT racks audio to style Instrument Soloist AealT racks to use d or Volume offset Styles can now use MIDI soloists For example make a style with a banjo part that has the same quality as the Band in a Box Banjo soloist Feature added to turn embellishment on off for entire style 66 99 Style Flipping convert a section to b and vice versa StylePicker enhancements select Style Prototype Style NR_CURR STY Category Styles DI Stvles 1 KATI Le Other Styles Found 98 All 355 Country Ballads 70 Country Bluegrass 25 Country Classic 144 Country Folk 42 Country Rock Pop 136 Country Southern Gospel 28 Fo
23. ds between them generated automatically Key signature changes are written to the notation EbMaj7 Cm7 BMaj7 En BbMaj7 F7sus Patch changes for the melody occur for each song because we have checked Patch Changes in the Include with Songs group box The medley doesn t loop at the end because we left the Loop box unchecked Let s put in a fadeout for the Medley 16 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial Press the Song Settings button or select Edit Settings for This Song Fadeout ending D bars Choose a number of bars to fade out press the Fade button to insert 6 bars of fade or choose your own Now the song will fade out at the end Let s visit the improved Audio Chord Wizard The Audio Chord Wizard now has a full chord sheet allowing you to see the whole song at once and you can insert part markers to delineate the sections This means that you can learn the chords of the song while also seeing the form of the song with the sections divided up This may become your preferred method of learning Pop tunes Load the tune MP3 into AudioChord Wizard put in the part markers look at the sections to learn the form of the tune and of course learn the chords And navigate musically by clicking on bars of a chord sheet with chords instead of a timeline on a waveform lie Press the Audio Chord Wizard button to launch the Audio Chord Wizard Choose an audio fi
24. e d Remove c d Right click on a part marker and yov ll see that there are 4 substyles available In the style NR_CURR there are 4 substyles a b c and d Standard Pop Song form with 4 substyle MultiStyle In NR_CURR and as a general rule for styles with 4 substyles a substyle is for the verse b substyle is for the chorus c substyle is for the intro or first verse d substyle is for the break or interlude A Choose your substyle by clicking on the part marker or right clicking to select and define substyles Here we have chosen c substyle appropriate for the intro or first verse of the song because the playing 1s sparse and sustained 22 Chapter 5 MultiStyles The following styles sets are the first ones with MultiStyles They have 4 MultiStyles per style except Techno which uses up to 20 substyles per style Styles Set 69 Techno MultiStyles Styles Set 71 Urban Pop MultiStyles Styles Set 74 Nashville Rock MultiStyles Styles Set 75 Country MultiStyles Making your own MultiStyles in Styles You can make a style that is a MultiStyle For example Open the StyleMaker press Misc Multistules In the MultiStyles group box type the name of a style that you would like to use for the c d section Multistules Multistyle s zzlazz zbossar george olr If you d like more substyles add more styles separated by semicolons e g zzjazz z
25. e tempo of the audio to slow speed up the song press Ctrl for half speed Ctrl for full speed highlight an area of the Audio Edit window and press Play Selected Area This will loop the audio use the Audio Set Audio Master Base Tempo menu item to insure that tempo stretches are based on correct master tempo These features are useful as an aid for transcription 42 Chapter 12 Other New Features PG Music Inc Band in a Box is protected by copyright and is the property of PG Music Inc and its licensors Copyright 1989 2008 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 apply Technical Support Phone toll free in the United States and Canada 1 866 9TECHPG 866 983 2474 Or 1 250 475 2708 tolls apply E mail support pgmusic com Live Internet Chat www pgmusic com PG Music Inc 43 Audio Batch Render 42 Audio Chord Wizard 26 chord sheet 26 settings 27 Audio Playback 42 Band in a Box 2008 5 Bar Settings 40 Batch Render Audio 42 Change Key Signatu
26. eLog txt file menu option Display BB StyleLog txt in Notepad with each play Then a file called BBStyleLog txt will be displayed Here is a sample Bass Bar 1 Beat 1 Row 1 Col 12 Location 13 Chord C Piano Bar 1 Beat 1 Row 1 Col 17 Location 140 Chord C Guitar Bar 1 Beat 1 Row 5 Col 8 Location 287 Chord C Strings Bar 1 Beat 1 Row 5 Col 23 Location 274 Chord C This tells you that when the song was generated for the bass track at bar 1 the pattern found in row 1 column 12 of the StyleMaker was chosen More new StyleMaker features 32 Chapter 10 StyleMaker Enhancements Feature added to turn embellishment on off for entire style Set Embellish for all patterns of current instrument Set Embellish for all Piano Suitar Strings patterns This is done via the Styles menu in StyleMaker It sets the options on off for every pattern and also sets the Jazz checkbox in the miscellaneous dialog 66 99 Style Flipping convert a section to b and vice versa Flip current instrument swap a and b substyle Flip entire style swap a and bh substyle Using the Style menu choose the option to flip patterns for an instrument or the whole style Long Style Name can be stored in the style up to 32 characters and this will appear on screen and in the StylePicker Chapter 10 StyleMaker Enhancements 33 Chapter 11 Notation Window Enhancements Confirmatio
27. eggae Chapter 9 StylePicker Enhancements 31 Chapter 10 StyleMaker Enhancements Style Instrument Assignments Styles can now contain RealTracks or MIDI soloists In the StyleMaker go to Misc Style Settings and select the More button To assign RealTracks to a style set the Instrument to use and the RealTracks In the example we are using RealGuitar for the Guitar track Assign Soloist MIDI or RealT racks audio to style Instrument Guitar SolostAealT racks to use 762 RealGuitar dE or Volume offset Styles can have multiple RealTracks For example you could have RealPedalSteel and RealAcousticGuitar And also RealDrums Styles can also use MIDI soloists For example make a style with a banjo part that has the same quality as the Band in a Box Banjo Soloist Here we are assigning an Earl Scruggs Bluegrass solo to the Strings part Assign Soloist MIDI or RealT racks audio to style Instrument soloist Real racks to use 197 BlueGrass Earl Scruggs Band w dE or Volume offset jo Style Log Options For people making styles the Style Log text file shows exactly which pattern was used in the song generation for every instrument and bar beat This is useful in fixing errant patterns Write BBStyleLog txt file a vw No log file Write BBStyleLog txt to disk only Display BBStyleLog 3 txt in Notepad with each play To set a style log choose the StyleMaker Style Write BBStyl
28. er 4 but let s get started here in the tutorial All the demo songs are found in the following Tutorial folder c bb Tutorial BB 2008 RealTracks and MultiStyles Open up the song named GeorgeP MGU This loads the style GeorgeP STY Note RealTracks style naming convention The indicates that it has a RealTracks George is the name of the style and P indicates RealPedalSteel 12 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial Stings You will notice that the word Strings at the top of the screen is lit up in green This indicates that a RealTrack will play on the strings track because it is stored in the GeorgeP STY Press Play You will then hear the song play On the Strings part you will hear a RealPedalSteel part This is made from actual recordings of a top Nashville session pedal steel player As the file plays you can change the volume of the RealPedalSteel just as you would for the Strings part or mute it by right clicking on the Strings part Open Now let s load in a Real Acoustic Guitar song Load in GeorgeG MGU and play it You re now hearing the RealAcousticGuitar part on the Guitar part and choose Soloist 361 Alsoo Set the Soloist to solo in all choruses ec Now generate the solo You ll then hear a RealSax solo Of course with any of these RealTracks you can type in whatever chords that you want and hear them playing over your songs
29. es Hever Sometimes Alas In Options Preferences RealDrums Settings you will see the Favor Artists selection box If this is set to Always and a MIDI style is chosen that calls for a RealDrums style called Jazz then Band in a Box will look for styles called Jazz followed by an artist name This way you can get add on artist RealDrums and they can use the same name styles For example all your Jazz Styles can play using Jazz TerryClarke if you get the add on TerryClarke RealDrums set Setting this to sometimes will result in the artist being chosen 50 of the time For RealDrum substitutions choose different variations with each PLAY If the sometimes is set and choose different variations with each play is selected Band in a Box will switch artists randomly each play StylePicker RealDrums Settings You can now select RealDrums styles within the StylePicker Highlight a MIDI style that you like and press the RealDrums Best button to see a list of the most compatible RealDrums styles for that style or the RD button to select from all available RealDrums Real Drums for this style JazzGrushes Override sang as _ Force MIDI drums for this song RealDrums Frets 28 Chapter 8 RealDrums Enhancements The RealDrums for this style shows you the current style that would be substituted assuming you have RealDrums enabled and MIDI substitutions enabled in RealDrums Pre
30. f styles needs to be rebuilt When tis being rebuilt would you like it to find all styles including ones that you have made this takes about SU secondsi Note The first time that you visit the StylePicker it will rebuild the list of styles this will take about 30 seconds It will scan your BB folder to look for other styles that you have so they can be included in the list automatically Once that s finished you ll see the StylePicker window 14 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial Select Style Prototype Style NR_CURR Category tz Doai Sete e DI Stvlec 1 SATI La Peport Slow Fusion A L Prompt wpreview thear CH Sege i et Waltz Fusion Other Styles Found 98 Boat f Sue EE ae world Beat 2 South African dan This Jazz Swing style is useful in WRYCODER Wry Coder Unplugged some country swing tunes Memo Sb YEARN Yearn Mellow Smooth Jazz All 355 FELOWI AK Yellow Jak Fusion Pe cane a Gs Yesterday Style Country Ballads 70 Toad EE oL Country Bluegrass 25 Glues Shuffle Style Country Classic 144 ossa Nova 3 instrument Country Folk 42 GE Cou ock Py 7 J eavy Roc yle Country Rock Pop pa l Z4B0554 Bosse Nove 4 instrument i Country Southern Gospel 28 ZACOUN12 Country 12 8 feel Folk 108 Z4POPBAL Pop Ballad Style 4 inste Funk 125 2550554 Bossa Nove 5 instrument t 140 110 190 Hip Hop 39 SSETHHIC Ethnic Style J TE All 4416 ZAWINUL zawinul Fusion Styles
31. fs You can override the RealDrums for a certain song by selecting any RealDrums set with the RD button _ Override song Force MIDI drums for this song Or use the Best button which will show you RealDrums that match the feel of the currently selected style Or force MIDI drums for this song There is a new hot key combination to turn RealDrums on off Ctrl Shift F6 This also works while the song is playing Chapter 8 RealDrums Enhancements 29 Chapter 9 StylePicker Enhancements The Band in a Box StylePicker can now support up to 20 000 entries with more subcategories an auto find feature long style names and RealDrums support Expanded Category Listings StylePicker categories subcategories have been redesigned with new categories for Blues Country 6 types Jazz 9 types and many more select Style Prototype Style NR_CURR 5TY All Stwles 7 45471 Le T ther Styles Found 98 ya ed Del All 355 Country Ballads 70 Country Bluegrass 25 Country Classic 144 Country Folk 42 Country Rock Pop 136 Country Southern Gospel 28 Folk 108 Funk 125 Hip Hop 39 Jazz All 416 Jazz Ballads 70 Jazz Bebop 42 Jazz Big Band 10 Jazz Dixieland 10 Jazz Fusion 77 Jazz Latin 79 Jazz Modern 95 Jazz Smooth Jazz 44 Jazz Swing 166 Latin 197 New Age Soundtrack 66 Praise amp Worship Gospel PO WRYCODER EARN TELOWIAL
32. gio name Do 7 for C7 regardless of the key signature Band in a Box now supports chord entry and display using Fixed Do in addition to the Normal Solfeggio Nashville and Roman numeral types Changes at any Bar F5 can now specify a chorus Previously any changes at a bar would apply for every chorus Now you can specify the change to happen for every chorus and or a specific chorus This applies to bar settings like tempo changes style changes RealDrums changes patch changes volume changes and harmony changes Other Features Find File So many files so little time This feature is a Swiss Army Knife that allows you to find a Band in a Box song or any file that Band in a Box can open including filtering by words found in file name or any text in the file Example Find File uses You can get a listing of all Band in a Box songs on your PC with the word Blues in the title get a listing of all Band in a Box songs in the BB folder with the word Reggae in them This produces a list of over 50 songs in the MegaPAK so you can quickly choose from them and know that if you re a reggae lover you haven t missed out on any Band in a Box songs styles with Reggae A similar listing for Blues reports 454 files The listing stays between sessions so you can then take your time to explore all the files that Band in a Box offers matching your find term Fadeout Song 10 Chapter 2 Summary of New
33. hange gt Now let s make a Medley Choose File Medley Maker or press the A B Medley Maker button on the toolbar Using the Append button choose the following files C bb stylesOO ZZCHACHA MGU C bb stylesOO ZZBOSSA MG4 C bb stylesOO ZZJAZZ MGI1 Your screen will look like this Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial 15 Medley Maker BE Cea Al Es Settings for this song Title File MGU Style Tempo StartatBar ofbars Transition Key SE eat TT mam E Enchanted Again ZzChaCha sty demo C p2 Styles0 ZZCHACHA MGL ZZCHACHA STY us b ei a a2 a Length 104 bars 3m 3s File MGL Key Transition eere mr m m e sen z e ezee E List of songs in the Medley ZZCHACHA MGU The Lady Returns 47Bossa s Z4B0SSA MG4 2ABOSSA STY 125 Afternoon Tea 4zJ0azz sty 44JA44 MG1 2AJAZA STY 140 Indude with Songs Chord transitions between songs in medley a D Style Changes of bars for transitions 2 B Key Signature Changes Genre Jazz Mi Tempo Changes of Choruses i wi C Loop Patch Ch a anges C Indude lead in when playing 7 Chords Melody Soloist Tracks J D Lyrics Make Medley NOW Press Make Medley NOW You ll now be hearing the medley Note that Style changes and tempo changes occur for each song There are automatic transitions between the songs with outro and intro chor
34. has sax soloing it wouldn t be that useful musically Using RealTracks in Styles For this discussion we will assume that we are using RealPedalSteel in the style GeorgeP sty Chapter 4 RealTracks 19 Note We use this naming convention for Real Styles This is optional The first letter of indicates that at least one instrument is a RealTrack The last letter s indicate s which instrument it is P Pedal Steel G Guitar PG Pedal Steel and Guitar So the name GeorgeP sty tells you that it is a style called George that has RealPedalSteel The MIDI tracks will be the same as another country style that we have called C_George STY Load in the song c bb Tutorial BB2008 GeorgeP mgu Stings You will see that the Strings part at the top of the screen is highlighted in green That indicates that this is a RealTrack To play the song just press Play You ll then hear pedal steel guitar on the String part Volume You can adjust the volume of the pedal steel part with the Volume control for the String part just as with any Band in a Box part or mute it by right clicking on the String part Note The RealTrack can optionally be generated on the Piano Guitar or Strings parts in a Band in a Box style Finding all styles that have RealTracks Open the StylePicker and locate the category called RealTracks styles It will list any styles that are present that include Re
35. inished result This song switches styles using part markers Note The RealDrums will play for all of the styles if you have enabled RealDrums and Substitute RealDrums for MIDI drums in the RealDrums Settings dialog Chapter 5 MultiStyles 23 key and tempo Medley Maker Settings for this song Title Gritty sty demo List of songs in the Medley Title BakBeat sty demo Shuf70s sty demo Gritty sty demo Indude with Songs Style Changes Key Signature Changes Tempo Changes Patch Changes Chords Melody Soloist Tracks Lyrics To make a medley Chapter 6 Medley Maker Would you like to make a medley of various Band in a Box songs MGU using Band in a Box This is easily done with the new Medley Maker Inside the Medley Maker simply select the songs that you want and Band in a Box will make the medley for you A medley is not simply joining songs together A good medley uses a transition area between songs to introduce the new style key and tempo The Medley Maker automatically creates a nice transition area for you writing in chords that would smoothly modulate to the next song style File MGU C b2 Styles6 5 Gritty MGU File MGU BakBeat MGU Shuf7 0s MGU Gritty MGU Chord transitions between songs in medley Im of bars for transitions F geg 1 Genre Jazz k 1 ei Clem C Indude lead in when playing Defaults of Choruses Style G
36. le WAV WMA MP3 CDA from audio CD For this discussion open up c bb Tutorial BB2007 Frontier MP3 You will now see the song and the new Lead Sheet window in the Audio Chord Wizard is visible Press lt Spacebar gt to play the song As the song plays when the downbeat of a new bar starts hit the Enter key or F8 This is called tapping in a bar line The first time you do that the program will consider that point to be bar 1 Tap in a few more bar lines Click on the chord sheet and the music will jump to that location Now let s define some sections in the song If a bar begins a new section click on the bar on the chord sheet or press the P key to put in a part marker Pressing P again will change the part marker and then turn it off Now the song is divided into sections with space between each section and each section starting on a new line Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial 17 am Audio Chord Wizard Frontier C bb2007 Tutorial BB2007 TEMPMAIN WAV File Analysis Help Play Stop Tap Barine F8 OK Send to BIAB Cancel Help Avg Tempo 20 031 Time Sig 4 D Il D Key Sig Ic D FineTune 100 C Note Bars M EN 120 031 11 GG ap d GRAAS HSESH Sa sl bel kl a r FH Ee E Je Bn Pi gt fse 4 Am G C C G A A C C Cc A A C G G We ve explored the main screen RealTracks MultiStyles Medley Maker improved StylePicker and AudioChord Wizard There are more details on all
37. lect Fixed Do for the Chord display Chord display Fixed Do Normal Roman Numeral Nashville Notation Solfeggia Notation Fa7sus Solm7 MibMaj7 Mibm7Lab9 Rem7 This is the Normal representation key of Bb Chapter 12 Other New Features 39 F7sus Gm7 E7b5 EbMaj7 Ebm Ab9 Dm7 67 Changes at any Bar F5 Improvements Edit Settings for Bar 6 E ye Settings apply to Chorus AllChoruses w H beats this bar 1 hi Jempo change to change in tempo kep Signature Change to Patch changes at this bar 0 lt No Patch Change gt wi Back to Normal Change by 0 lt No Patch Change gt wi Fade per bar No Drum Patch Change wi Guitar d 0 lt No Patch Change gt K Strings 0 lt No Patch Change gt we Melody Uc Wo Patch Change gt k Sakei fi Noah changes EI Thy Harmony Changes at This bar Melody Harmony Ho Change in Harmony ha at Beat Thru Harmony Ho Change in Hamon w at Beat Specify a chorus or all Previously any changes at a bar would apply for every chorus Now you can specify the change to happen for every chorus and or a specific chorus This applies to bar settings like tempo changes style changes RealDrums changes patch changes volume changes and harmony changes Volume Changes Mute Normal Change By Fade By Louder by First choose an instrument or All Instr Mute will mute the instrument at
38. lk 108 Funk 125 Hip Hop 39 Jazz All 416 Jazz Ballads 70 Jazz Bebop 42 Jazz Big Band 10 Jazz Fusion 77 Jazz Latin 79 Jazz Modern 95 Jazz Smooth Jazz 44 Jazz Swing 166 Latin 197 New Age Soundtrack 68 Praise amp Worship Gospel E R amp B Soul 76 Reggae 26 Rock Pop All 671 Rock Ballads 153 Rock Blues 71 Rock British 68 Rock Country 102 Rock Dance 59 Rock Fusion 54 Rock Hard 75 Rock Pop 154 Jazz Dixieland 10 WRYCODER YEARN VELOWIAE 2450554 Z4 COUH1 2 Z4POPBAL ZO BOSSA ZSETHHIC ZAWINUL ZOPAS ZOURSLOW ZY DECO1 ZY DECOS ZZBLUSHF ZZBLUSTR ZZPOSSA ZABOUNCY Zo CHACHA ZZCONTRY ZZ OUH 2 ZZETHHIC ZZFUNE ZZHEVROK ZZIRISH 2 AZOLD D Z Find new styles au Change Prototype Style Selected Style Defaults to current style Prototype Style Defaults to current style Peport Slow Fusion ct Waltz Fusion Heat 1 Ska Feggae world Beat 2 South African dan Wry Coder Unplugged Yearn Mellow Smooth Jazz Yellow Jak Fusion Yesterday Style Youd Euro Tek Glues Shuffle Style dossa Nova 3 instrument 2 Ethnic Style Heavy Rock Style Bossa Nova 4 instrument i Country 1278 feel Pop Ballad Style 4 inste Bosse Nova 5 instrument Ethnic Style zawinul Fusion Zopas Smooth Jazz zouk Slow Slow ev Ip Latin Zou Zydecol Bright ev ths
39. media files Containing Tert Search BE folder Also seach these locations Include subfolders Name DUFET MGU FREEDOM MGU ComA epi MGU Eyventlaz2 100 Demo MGU JazzBruszhes_0r70_Demo DUKE1 MGU Reggae O80 Demo MaU Dop 300 MGU Jas DU Mal JBal45 MGU Jwz S00 MGU Bop_300 MGU Jas DU Mall JBal_45 MGU Jwz S00 MGU lnconsequential Bay Dixieland Melodist 153 Dem Might Train to Cayenne Dixieland Melodist 155 D Tainted Encounters Dinieland Melodist 154 Dem GOU Map S816 MGU TODJANG MGU 2 MOOWL2 MGU Satchl Soloist 40s Tot Demo 1 Med MGU Play wdouble click including Leadin Fade Out Song Location AEN C bA C b24101 Riffs Jazz Plano CAbe 4udio Drums Demos CABA Audio Drums Demos CABA Audio Drums Demos Ciba extreme CAB extreme Cb extreme C be extreme Cb extremnes TamposD ris Cb extremes emposD rms Cpe extremes T enposD rns Cb sextremne lt s TamposD ris CA b2A4Melodist 4 Demos Bossa mg Cb Melodist 4 Demos Bossa Sm CAba Sol8D emo C b25 ol emo CHAAGOL ODEM C b2sSOLODEMO CANbeSoloist 11 Demos Trumpe Fa Threaded Search You can now quickly choose a Fadeout ending just press the Fade button in Song Settings and Band in a Box will fadeout the last x bars of the song you can specify how many bars Or customize the fadeout with precise values for each bar To use this press
40. n Dialog The confirmation dialog is a feature to prevent accidental entry of a duplicate note same pitch near same time You will see a confirmation dialog when notes are clicked that are within 1 semitone or 15 ticks 120PPQ Question This action will insert a note that overlaps an existing note of same value Proceed The confirmation dialog will also prevent accidental entry of a very high or very low note De with a large of ledger lines This action will insert a note with more than 4 ledger lines Proceed Confirmation Required to enter a note more than a Ledger Lines You can set the of ledger lines in the Other Notation Options dialog which is accessed with the More button in the Notation Window Options dialog Bar Number Options Bar D Font The Notation Window Options has a setting for Bar Font and size on the notation lead sheet and printout Show Bar He Ever Part Marker Ever Part Marker Every Bar Every Aow Ever Page 34 Chapter 11 Notation Window Enhancements In the Print Options dialog there is a setting for Show Bar s to include the bar on the lead sheet and printout at Every Part Marker Every Bar Every Row or Every Page Other Print Options In the Margins amp Misc Settings dialog which opens with the More button in the Print Options dialog there is an option to include the substyle name when printing a b etc Include a
41. nd in a Box 1 RealStyles These are Band in a Box styles STY that have at least one RealTrack For example the style called GeorgeP sty is a RealStyle because it uses RealPedalSteel for the Strings part as well as other instruments MIDI bass MIDI piano MIDI guitar RealDrums Technical note You can add a RealTrack to an existing style in the StyleMaker using Misc More Assign RealTracks to style The RealTracks gets generated on one of the Band in a Box style tracks Piano Guitar or Strings 2 RealSoloists These are Soloists that are generated on the Soloist track by pressing the Soloist button on the main screen Soloists 361 363 are using the RealTracks Tip You can quickly go to Soloist 362 by typing 362 and pressing Go To or using the Favorites if you ve previously chosen this soloist We include 3 RealTracks with Band in a Box 2008 1 RealPedalSteel This is suitable for Country SoftPop ballads with an even SI feel at a tempo of about 85 It can be used in styles on the Strings part or as a Soloist It can be used in a style or as a stand alone soloist 2 RealAcousticGuitar This is also suitable for slow ballads tempo about 85 It features a strumming Acoustic Guitar and can be used as a Soloist 362 or in a style on the Guitar part 3 RealSax This is laid back tenor sax Jazz soloing medium tempo It is used as a Soloist Technical note It would be possible to make a style that
42. nel to use for windows and dialogs Copying of sections or selections can be done using drag and drop simply drag regions around the chord sheet to quickly rearrange your song Hold down the Ctrl key for finer control about insert overwrite options etc Section Paragraphs When you re reading a book a new section begins on a new line with space between Now we ve done that for chords too Whenever a new section occurs a part marker we start the new section on a new line and draw a grey line above to clearly mark the new section For example if you have a song with Chapter 2 Summary of New Features 9 a 7 bar section followed by 8 bar sections the previous version of Band in a Box wouldn t start the other sections on a new line The result was that it was hard to delineate the sections as if an entire story was told within one paragraph With the Section Paragraphs feature you ll see each section on a new line so that the form of the lead sheet is easier to see The feature is configurable and optional Import Song Easily import part or all of an existing Band in a Box song to your current song with options to specify source and destination range type of information to import chords melody lyrics etc and more Karaoke MP3 CDG Files Audio Karaoke files are popular using several formats The most common is CDG format which includes the lyrics in graphical format on audio CDs Since the computer user doesn t typically use a
43. of these and other features in the following chapters This is the end of the tutorial Thanks for taking the time to read this chapter The next chapters examine the new features in detail 18 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial Chapter 4 RealTracks What are RealTracks With the previous release of Band in a Box we added RealDrums Now we ve added three additional Real instruments including RealPedalSteel RealAcousticGuitar and RealSax soloing tenor sax These tracks replace the MIDI track for that instrument and can be controlled just like the MIDI instrument volume changes muting etc Best of all they follow the chord progression that you have entered so that you hear an authentic audio accompaniment to your song These are not samples but are full recordings lasting from to 8 bars at a time playing along in perfect sync with the other Band in a Box tracks RealTracks can be built in to the style and would replace the Bass Guitar Piano or Strings part or they can be generated to the Soloist or Melody track using the Soloist feature There is a RealTracks button on the toolbar The RealTracks Settings dialog lets you control the RealTracks Reallracks Settings Enable RealTracks Global Yolume Adjust mn dB Custom RealTracks Folder finstead of C bb RealTracks Use a custom Folder location for the RealTracks Defaults Update Install There are 2 ways that you can use RealTracks with Ba
44. oloist Patch Melody Patch Flute we Soloist Patch No Patch Change gt k R amp B Soul 76 Reggae 26 Rock Pop All 671 Rock Ballads 153 Rock Blues 71 Rock British 68 Rock Country 102 Rock Dance 59 I Ooo Ooo FealDrums Preset Show all Show Styles by Feel and Tempo Rock Fusion 54 Prototipe Style Defaults to current style Rock Hard 75 Rock Pop 154 Auto Find Styles Do you have styles that don t appear in the StylePicker because you ve just made them or got them from a 3rd party Now the StylePicker will automatically find those styles and add them to your list in an Other Styles category The information regarding style name Even Swing 8ths 16ths and time signature are filled in for you Long Style Names Long style names appear on the main chord sheet screen beside the short style name Click on the style name to see the style memo and example names 30 Chapter 9 StylePicker Enhancements You can also specify a long style name up to 32 characters when saving a style from the StyleMaker or as a hybrid style and the 32 character name will appear in the StylePicker and on screen In the StyleMaker Misc Style Settings type the long name that you want 32 chars and this will appear on screen after Re Build is pressed in the StylePicker Misc Style Settings Long ame 32 chars Wonderld Acoustic Pop R
45. ome options for the Karaoke window Load COG file when opening Audio file Scrolling BG BMP wi You can choose to have a background to the window either a moving one or fixed picture These pictures are in the c bb KaraokeBMP folder and you can add your own BMP or JPG image to that folder i File Open now shows and opens all available file types MGU WAV WMA MP3 MID KAR CDG and CDA And it remembers your preference so you can restrict it to a certain file type If MySong MGU is loaded and a same named audio file MySong WMA MySong MP3 MySong WAV V etc is present Band in a Box will open the audio file to the audio track This allows third parties to make audio 38 Chapter 12 Other New Features files with chords in them by making a MySong MGU and MySong MP3 pair of files which will load into Band in a Box yet will have the audio compressed to take up little disk space For example make a teaching set of trombone files for Band in a Box with audio trombone track and Band in a Box file with chords all fitting in a small file size Style Wizard enhanced The Style Wizard converts a MIDI file to a style Now you can also use Chord masks so that specific patterns over chords will get added to your style and they will play exactly as in your MIDI file Gust transposed Go to Styles Style Wizard to open the Style Creation Wizard Then click on the More button to open the Style Wizard Advanced Settings and Prefe
46. r this discussion open up c bb Tutorial BB2007 Frontier MP3 You will now see the song and the new Lead Sheet window in the Audio Chord Wizard is visible Play the song When a new bar starts hit the Enter key or F8 This is called tapping in a bar line The first time you do that the program will consider that point to be bar 1 Tap in a few more bar lines Click on the chord sheet and the music will jump to that location Now let s define some sections in the song If a bar begins a new section click on the bar on the chord sheet or press the P key to put in a part marker Pressing P again will change the part marker and then turn it off am Audio Chord Wizard Frontier C bb2007 Tutorial BB2007 TEMPMAIN WAV File Analysis Help Stop Tap Barine F8 OK Send to BIAB Cancel Help Se slll3 sl keyso fc v FineTune 100 C Note Bars Kini 119 986 IK iHerb Erei rion mope i Fo FH ES E P Bm Em Em G D D Bm Bm Glee ee gt SHOO N O miT 33 N lt I DO OFHOA1IN SYS OCH Q 26 Chapter 7 AudioChordWizard Now the song is divided into sections with space between each section and each section starting on a new line If we want to renumber the bars right click on the waveform timeline at the place that you would like to be bar 1 and choose Set Bar One To change the of bars per row or rows per screen right click on the chord sheet Chord
47. re 36 Chord Editing 39 Copyright 43 Enharmonics 42 Fadeout 41 Find File 41 Fixed Do 39 GUI 36 Import song 37 Introduction 5 Karaoke MP3 CDG 38 License 2 Medley Maker 24 how to 24 open 24 MultiStyles 22 styles 22 in songs 23 making 23 New Features 6 Notation bar number options 34 confirmation 34 Patents 2 PG Music Inc 43 44 Index QuickStart 12 RealDrums 28 artist support 28 style changes 28 StylePicker settings 28 RealTracks 19 2 ways to use 19 in Band in a Box 2008 19 more 21 saving 21 settings dialog 20 using in solos 20 using in styles 19 Section Paragraphs 36 Settings for Bar 40 Style Audition 42 Style Tempo 42 Style Wizard 39 StyleMaker assignments 32 StylePicker 30 auto find 30 categories 30 long file names 30 style log 32 Technical Support 43 Trademarks 2 Tutorials main screen 14 menus 14 QuickStart 12 RealDrums 12 User Interface 36
48. rences Set the Voicings to use Chord Mask Full Octave or Chord Mask Half Octave Chord Mask Full Octave Auto Vorcrgs Include full vorcings 1 3 5 7 Tritones only 3rd ths Power Chords Rioot 5th Chord Mask Half Octave Chord Mask Full Octave Saaai You wouldn t make a Style Wizard style from scratch using chord masks because there need to be generic patterns in the style So you do it as a 2 stage process First time make the style using generic patterns e g Voicing type Auto and then change voicings to Chord Mask and add those to the style As with other Style Wizard features it is important that the chords and part markers on the chord sheet be very accurate So if they aren t you should fix them before generating a style Chord Editing in place entry editing Press Ctrl F2 or right click on a chord and an Edit control allows you to see and edit the current chords This works on the chord sheet notation and lead sheet Fixed Do Chord Entry and Display In Italy and parts of Europe chords like C7 are always referred to by the Solfeggio name Do 7 for C7 regardless of the key signature Band in a Box now supports entry and display using Fixed Do in addition to the Normal Solfeggio Nashville and Roman numeral types Use the II button on the main screen to toggle between the various chord display modes Or go to Display Options in Preferences and se
49. the bar This will last until another bar settings turns it back to normal Normal restores a normal volume Change By will increase decrease volume by the specified amount Fade By will decrease by a certain volume each bar from that point on Note that there is also an automated fade out function in Edit Settings for This Song Louder By will increase by a certain volume each bar from that point on 40 Chapter 12 Other New Features Other Features Find File So many files so little ttme This feature is a Swiss Army Knife that allows you to find a Band in a Box song or any file that Band in a Box can open including filtering by words found in the file name or any text in the file Example uses You can Get a listing of all BB songs on your PC with the word Blues in the title Get a listing of all BB songs in the BB folder with the word Reggae in them This produces a list of over 50 songs in the MegaPak So you can quickly choose from them and know that if you re a reggae lover you haven t missed out on any BB songs styles with Reggae A similar listing for Blues reports 454 files The listing stays between sessions so you can then take your time to explore all the songs that Band in a Box offers that match your find term a Find song files MGU and others WAV MP3 KAR MID Name amp Location Date amp Size Search these file tyoes File name contains BE songs All
50. the chord sheet RealDrums Enhancements The RealDrums feature replaces MIDI drums with audio drums 6 Chapter 2 Summary of New Features BossaBrushes You can now have style changes multiple RealDrums styles within a song either using the RealDrums from a Band in a Box style or specifying a specific RealDrums style to use at a bar Favor Artists We have artist support This allows you to choose among different drummers playing the same style For example we have multiple artists playing the JazzBrushes style You can set Band in a Box to choose a different artist with each play or always choose a specific artist Real Drums for this style JazzEvenl6 _ Override song pF Force MIDI drums for this song RealDrums Pref You can now select RealDrums styles within the StylePicker Highlight a MIDI style that you like and press the RealDrums Best button to see a list of the most compatible RealDrums styles for that style or the RealDrums button to select from all available RealDrums Enable RealD There is also a hot key combination to turn RealDrums on off Ctrl Shift F6 This also works while the song is playing am Audio Chord Wizard Frontier C bb2007 Tutorial BB2007 TEMPMAIN WAV File Analysis Help Play Stop Tap Barine F8 OK Send to BIAB Cancel Help Avg Tempo EE Time Sig 4 DA zl Key Sig Ic v FineTune 100 119 986 120 054 Tom orn ibia Em D D Bm Bm Em7 D D
51. tings You can also specify a long style name up to 32 characters when saving a style from the StyleMaker or Hybrid style and the 32 character name will appear in the StylePicker and on screen RealDrums selection can now be made from the StylePicker Support for up to 20 000 entries in the StylePicker Notation Window Enhancements New feature confirmation dialog to prevent accidental entry of a duplicate note same pitch near same time New feature confirmation dialog to prevent accidental entry of a very high or very low note large of ledger lines Bar Number options Setting for bar size on notation lead sheet and printout Bar options to include bar on lead sheet and printout e g every bar every part marker every row every page Option to include substyle name when printing out a b c d etc Bar offset for printout and lead sheet Other improvements Other improvements include chord editing and much more Chord Editing in place entry editing Press Ctrl F2 or right click on a chord and an Edit control allows you to see and edit the current chords Change of Key Signature at any Bar Previous versions of Band in a Box were limited to one key now you can have multiple keys in a song The new key signature is shown on notation The GUI has been enhanced There is support for Windows Themes Band in a Box will use the current them that you have selected in Windows Control Pa
52. udio CDs there is now a format that combines MP3 containing the music and CDG the graphical lyrics Now you can open up MP3 CDG files inside Band in a Box and see the scrolling lyrics from your Karaoke files Best of all you can use the Audio Chord Wizard to figure out the chords as well making Band in a Box a great choice to play your Karaoke files File Open now shows and opens all available file types MGU WAV WMA MP3 MID KAR CDG and CDA And it remembers your preference so you can restrict it to a certain file type If MySong MGU is loaded and a same named audio file MySong WMA MySong MP3 MySong WAV V etc is present Band in a Box will open the audio file to the audio track This allows third parties to make audio files with chords in them by making a MySong MGU and MySong MP3 pair of files which will load into Band in a Box yet will have the audio compressed to take up little disk space For example make a teaching set of trombone files for Band in a Box with audio trombone track and Band in a Box file with chords all fitting in a small file size Style Wizard enhanced The Style Wizard converts a MIDI file to a style Now you can also use Chord masks so that specific patterns over chords will get added to your style and they will play exactly as in your MIDI file Gust transposed Sim7 Fixed Do Chord Entry and Display In Italy and other parts of Europe chords like C7 are always referred to by the Solfeg
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54. us sections using a b c and d part markers Our newest styles sets are MultiStyles typically with 4 substyles but some Techno styles have 24 substyles You can easily make your own MultiStyles either from scratch or combining parts from existing styles to make a MultiStyle For example if you have 10 favorite Country styles you can quickly make a single MultiStyle that has 20 substyles available within the same song There are 2 types of MultiStyles 1 MultiStyles in styles working for every song e g NR_CURR STY Nashville Rock Current Multistyle 2 MultiStyles for specific song only MiultiStyles in Styles Styles Styles can be made that have multiple substyles and you can choose the various substyles using the letters a b c d etc up to x for 24 substyles Our naming convention for MultiStyles is to use a sign at the end of the style name For example MyStyle STY would be a MultiStyle You can use these substyles easily just enter the StylePicker and find the category Styles With MultiStyles or search for the character For example load the song NR_CURR MGU from the c bb Tutorial BB 2008 folder This loads the NR_CURR sty When you see the in the style name you ll know that this is a MultiStyle Substyle Change lt No change of substyle gt a NR_CURR4 wb NR CURR GC NR_CURR2 setin the style d NR_CURR2 setin the style Define substyl
55. ve multiple choruses so if you had 3 choruses of a 250 bar medley it would last 750 bars of Choruses Tip Your medley will use RealDrums if you have RealDrums enabled If so you should keep the various tempos of the songs within a close range Because the quality of the RealDrums stretching would go down if a song in the medley had a much lower tempo than the previous one it is tempos that slow down to avoid Chapter 6 Medley Maker 25 Chapter 7 AudioChord Wizard Audio Chord Wizard Enhancements The Audio Chord Wizard is the amazing feature that automatically figures out the chords from MP3 files or other audio files ike WAV WMA and audio CD etc Using the Audio Chord Wizard is a great way to learn and practice popular songs as you play along and see the chords We ve added a Lead Sheet window that shows the chords for the whole song on a single screen This allows you to click on a bar on the chord sheet to jump to that area of the song You can mark sections of the song using part markers and the sections will begin on a new line with a line space between so they are clearly seen You can then also learn the form of the song as you can see the various intro verse chorus break sections at a glance or quickly jump to any section just by double clicking on that part of the chord sheet Press the Audio Chord Wizard button to launch the Audio Chord Wizard Choose an audio file WAV WMA MP3 CDA from audio CD Fo
56. x we added RealDrums Now we ve added three additional Real instruments including Real Pedal Steel Real Acoustic Guitar and Tenor Sax soloing RealSax These tracks replace the MIDI track for that instrument and can be controlled just like the MIDI instrument volume changes muting etc Best of all they follow the chord progression that you have entered so that you hear an authentic audio accompaniment to your song These are not samples but are full recordings lasting from to 8 bars at a time playing along in perfect sync with the other Band in a Box tracks RealTracks can be built in to the style replacing the Bass Guitar Piano or Strings part or they can be generated to the Soloist or Melody track using the Soloist feature MultiStyles D We ve added MultiStyles to Band in a Box These are styles that can have up to 24 substyles Previous Band in a Box styles had 2 substyles A and B Now for example a MultiStyle with 4 substyles First Verse Verse Chorus Break can be used and you select the various sections using a b c d part markers Our newest styles sets are MultiStyles typically with 4 substyles but some Techno styles have 24 substyles You can easily make your own MultiStyles either from scratch or combining parts from existing styles to make a MultiStyle For example if you have 10 favorite Country styles you can quickly make a single MultiStyle that has 20 substyles available within the same song
57. zing Chords from MP3 feature Audio Chord Wizard This feature automatically figures out the chords from any MP3 WAV or WMA audio file and displays them in Band in a Box We ve added a Chord Sheet window to the Audio Chord Wizard so you can see the whole song at a glance and jump around to where you want by clicking on the chord sheet Other Audio Chord Wizard improvements include part markers section paragraphs to align new sections to a new line chord editing and more Change key signatures at any bar GUI has been enhanced support for Windows themes section paragraphs drag and drop copying of sections or selected regions Load Karaoke MP3 CDG files to see scrolling Karaoke lyrics in the CDG Window Use the Medley Maker to quickly make a medley of your favorite songs including automatically generated transition chords bars between the medleys to smooth out transition between styles tempos and keys RealDrums have been enhanced with RealDrums style changes at any bar RealDrums intelligent menu in StylePicker support for multiple Artists playing same named style Cycling through new drum grooves every part marker StylePicker is enhanced and auto scans your BB folder to find any styles that you have made or added And many more Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Summary of New Features Band in a Box 2008 The new features in Band in a Box 2008 for Windows are RealTracks With the previous release of Band in a Bo
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