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1. S 68 Table of Contents 3 Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your upgrade to Band in a Box 2006 for Windows This documentation covers the new features in Band in a Box 2006 v Chapter 2 is a summary of the new features v Chapter 3 is a QuickStart Tutorial Y Chapters 4 to 16 describe the new features in detail Band in a Box 2006 for Windows is here with over 50 new features There is anew Conductor window with intelligent looping playback controls allowing you to move around to sections of the song with a single keystroke on QWERTY or MIDI keyboards This is great when jamming or performing live as you can seamlessly and easily extend the song by pressing a single key with one hand without interrupting the flow of the music ASIO Support is added this allows you to use a software synthesizer with almost no latency approx 5 10ms You can play along live with MIDI Thru using the Roland VSC for example with this ultra low latency We ve added VST support so you can use VST instruments or Plug Ins Styles can have separate instruments for each substyle The TC Helicon audio harmonies have been enhanced with a Choir Feature Transform your singing performance into a full choir instantly The notation now supports many new symbols including section letters A B etc slurs legato accents staccato crescendo and more Half speed audio playback is available allowing you to slow down an audio record
2. Piano Patch 0 No Patch Change gt Drum Patch Ho Drum Patch Change Guitar Patch 0 Mo Patch Change gt Strings Patch 50 Slow Strings Melody Patch 0 lt No Patch Change gt Soloist Patch b U x No Patch Change gt Thru Patch b 0 lt No Patch Change gt Use separate patches for a and b substyle e alae pies WwW Use separate patches for a and b zubstyle e a substyle patches C D substyle patches Preview Stop 115 345WSU5ST W zw 3 4 Swing 344 Sustained Chords DOCWAT 2 ay DocWat 5w 8 Folk Country DONWILL EV DonWill 4 4 Funky Country Rock Pantene xHELDBOS EV Held Bossa Bossa style w Sust y LAZY RIV au Lazy_Fiv 2 beat sw 8 Rhythm Gu Latin HISSION1 EV Missionl 574 meter Pop Rock Waltzes SW44HELD W Sw44Held Sw 8 sustained inst Classical TJOAD RS TJoad Ew lb Folk guitar strum SL 55 Ethnic Nice VANGEL1 YanGell MOR Pop with ev 1l6th f SD 56 Utility Latin 2 53 Mainstream Jazz 54 Modern Jazz 55 Pop 55 Latin 3 57 Requested 5 58 Styles with Instrument Changes 66 Chapter 16 StyleMaker Enhancements PG Music Inc Band in a Box is protected by copyright and is the property of PG Music Inc and its licensors Copyright 1989 2006 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 S
3. nn nrr nn nrr 7 SBEALE TUNE EV amp F J 10 71 12 13 14 15 16 MASTER MODULE y FILTER j DILIT PLIT CUTOFF REY SND PRE DLY RATE DEPTH PHASE FEEDBACK Bae TU EFEN LM a ME A noo nane vse asne atc au 7 TUN A ELM ri ucl ENTE T E E E le o r E CHORUS Select Preset Menu Select a preset You can also use the small Right Left arrow buttons to step forward backwards through the presets one at a time to audition each preset Note Some very nice plug ins including some advanced synthesizer plug ins may only have one preset but that single preset can be a doozy containing many settings Even with single preset plug ins you can Save Load Presets or Banks Rename Pst Rename the currently selected Preset in the plug in s memory Save Preset Save the currently selected Preset VST VSTi preset files use the fxp extension Load Preset A Select Preset To Replace dialog appears where you should pick which preset in memory to replace Then select the desired Preset file in the following File dialog Save Bank Save a Bank file of all the current presets in the plug in VST VSTi bank files use the fxb extension Load Bank Load an entire bank of presets Different plug ins have different bank sizes One plug in might contain 10 presets in a bank but another plug in might have 128 presets in a bank VST Generic User Interface Rednel Twin Parameter 0
4. For example to change the octave of a note Shift click or right click on the spin arrows Note C5 60 Middle C 120 PPQ Ch I zi Channel Time 2 3 Hm Force Accidental Note It 5 m Auto T Velocity 70 Hormal Duration 0 e7 E C Invisible Guitar Bend Delete Help Cancel There s a new option for a custom height for an individual chord symbol Chord height adjustment Notation Event Decrescendo Staccato Staccatissma Puemi Regular Accent Legato Accent Marcatta Accent Chord Height Adjust Length of Event 0 Beats E Ticks Offset 0 al Start Time il maa LN OF Insert Event Cancel Help OF Remove Event 14 Chapter 2 Summary of New Features Printout improved There are print templates in the print dialog to achieve various printout styles normal lyrics only chords and lyrics chords only blank paper Lyrics Only Chords and Lyrics Chords Only Blank Staff Paper Print Range Print Range A specific range of bars can now be printed either by highlighting a region or entering a range of bars First Chorus t Last Chorus C Whole Song fe Custom There s a better routine and more options when saving as a JPG file There are also new print options for of copies to print and print specific page Save Options 5 ave to File Type JPG Save Resolution Automatic Estimated size of saved file 2
5. 21 2 would be bar 21 chorus 2 24 Chapter 4 Conductor Window If you prefer to enter custom values for the section numbers you can do this if you check the custom checkbox and then type in up to 10 bar numbers for each section Go to Section Iw Custom 1 Start 7 B 2 Im 8 3 B 3 fea 4 ps 10 INE poc Update Fill 5 a5 Blank The section numbers are saved with the song Once you have defined the sections you can jump to a certain section of the song as the song is playing simply by Pressing the 1 9 or 0 key on the QWERTY keyboard or 2 Opening the Conductor window hot key and clicking on the section button or 3 Pressing MIDI keys 77 86 F6 to D7 corresponding to sections 1 10 Mode when to do the action By pressing a QWERTY hot key prior to an action you can control when the action will take place If no mode hot key is pressed prior to an action the default mode will occur Default Mode for section change NOW and stay in time Default Mode for going back or ahead NOW and stay in time The default is set in the Default Mode for section change or Default Mode for going back or ahead combo box For example by default the section change will occur as soon as you press the key and it will go to the equivalent place in the bar immediately before the beginning of the target section so that the music stays in time and the next section begins at the end of the
6. 4 Bars x Part c Prev v OFF b NOW and stay in time Default Made far going back or ahead Go Back Ctrl key NOM and stay in time Chorus a Section x Screen d barz f Bar T 4Bers x Part c Pause Backspace Stop Esc Gn Ahead use SHIFT key Chorus A Section 3 Screen D bars F Bar Zj 4 Bars X Part 2 Defauts Close 7 Help TC Helicon Audio Harmonies are enhanced with Unison Harmonies and a Choir Feature io ta Section Now when you ve recorded your singing voice in addition to harmony voices you can add unison voices that fatten your sound Each unison can have different vibrato and pitch characteristics And each harmony voice can have up to 4 choir voices duplicated and shifted slightly in time pitch and more to create an authentic full choir sound Create a 16 voice choir from your single vocal performance Also the GUI of the harmony feature has been enhanced Chapter 2 Summary of New Features 5 TC Helicon Harmony Unison nizon Down 1 Preview Generate z x wl Ld A a 4 T qx E ma New symbols in notation The notation now supports many new expression and articulation marks including section letters A B etc slurs legato accent staccato crescendo decrescendo staccatissmo and more Right click on the notation or on a note to insert these symbols Symbols are availabl
7. 67 technical support 67 web site 67 PG Music Inc 67 PG Real Time Analyzer mixing mastering 40 PG Vinyl Tool recording tips 42 PG Vocal Remover operating principle 47 reverb reduction 48 Piano roll enhancements 38 eraser tool 38 graphic editing modes 38 Pitch Invasion 63 QuickStart 16 right mouse menus 17 Sequencer 27 button 27 custom channels 28 multi channel 27 recording 29 StyleMaker enhancements 65 Styles auto substitute 57 long names 57 TC Helicon harmonies choir mode 50 enhancements 50 loosen start times 54 unison 50 Technical Support 67 Trademarks 2 Tutorials QuickStart 16 understanding latency 32 Unison harmony 20 VST add plug ins 35 Index control panel 35 select 35 69
8. Chapter 12 Other New Features 51 The Melody Embellisher has been enhanced Export You can now save load your own presets for the Embellisher When you have made a custom setting in the Embellisher dialog press the Export button to save the data as an EMB file When you want to recall the saved preset press the Import button and load in a previously made EMB file You can share your favorite presets with other installations of Band in a Box using the EMB files Import MIDI Normalize option If performing live or at a jam session it helps to have the volume of all of the songs be similar Now with a MIDI Normalize feature you can level the volumes to a setting in the program options For example you can set all volumes to be 70 and the program will make each song play within those levels This is done in the Preferences Arrange tab Iv Normalize MIDI velocities to 70 iv Including Melody Soloist When you have set the normalize to on the title window at the top of the screen reports that Normalization is set to 70 and that the velocity of the currently playing song has been increased from 49 to 70 Mormalised Velocity 0 was 49 The normalization will affect bass drums piano guitar and strings If you select the Including Melody Soloist option the normalization will also affect the melody and soloist parts Clearer piano display The instruments displayed on the on screen
9. Don expect miracles You can reduce the reverb level but will rarely completely eliminate vocal reverb Judiciously use just enough compression to avoid ruining the overall fidelity 48 Chapter 10 New Audio Plug Ins Added Compare the dry sound against the processed sound The maximum vocal reduction setting could be extreme enough to ruin the instrumental quality Sometimes it is better to allow some vocal leakage to achieve the best sounding instrumental quality Is it better to allow some low voice leakage to improve the bass response Is it better to allow some high voice leakage to improve the cymbals and acoustic guitar After the PG Vocal Remover is adjusted as good as it gets try inserting an Equalizer plug in downstream Notch some frequencies to improve the effect If the output amplitude is inconsistent try inserting a compressor or peak limiter plug in downstream Chapter 10 New Audio Plug Ins Added 49 Chapter 11 Harmony Enhancements TC Helicon Audio Harmonies are enhanced with Unison harmonies and a Choir feature Now when you ve recorded your singing voice in addition to harmony voices you can add unison voices that fatten your sound Each unison can have different vibrato and pitch characteristics And each harmony voice can have up to 4 choir voices duplicated and shifted slightly in time pitch and more to create an authentic full choir sound Create a 16 voice choir from your single vocal performa
10. Section 3 screen D bars F Bar 2 4 Bars XJ Part C Detaults Close 7 Help Iw Enable Control by GWVERT keys You must enable the QWERTY keys to be active for the Conductor during playback This is done by selecting the Enable Control by QWERTY keys checkbox on the Conductor Window w Enable control by MIDI keyboard If you want to control the Conductor using the MIDI keyboard you need to enable this by selecting the checkbox Enable control by MIDI keyboard When this setting is enabled any MIDI input will be interpreted as a hot key for the Conductor and you won t hear MIDI thru mao ta Section We OF to change setting above by AVBBVB in octave 1 id If you d like the ability to switch your MIDI keyboard between Conductor mode and regular playing mode you can do this using the lowest A natural MIDI note on your keyboard This is Al on an 88 note keyboard Note Al will turn the Conductor off Bb1 turns it on and B1 will toggle the Conductor on only when the Bb1 note is held down If you don t have an 88 note keyboard you can set the octave setting to a number higher than 1 for example if you set it to 3 then notes A3 Bb3 B3 will turn the Conductor Off On Toggled 22 Chapter 4 Conductor Window QWERTY and MIDI Hot Keys Using the Conductor QWERTY or MIDI keys you can Define and jump to up to 10 user defined sections in the song Jump back 1 bar 4 bars of bars screen part
11. Amount against the quietest parts of the recording because the quiet locations are most likely to be affected if the DeNoise Amount has been set too high Conclusion PG Vinyl Tool offers many tools which can clean vinyl records But there is a limit what can be done for severely damaged discs without investing in very expensive tools On very damaged records you may be forced to decide between a natural sound which contains a few residual defects versus a more heavily processed sound which has collected new annoying artifacts to replace the old annoying defects 46 Chapter 10 New Audio Plug Ins Added PG Vocal Remover PG Vocal Remover can reduce the level of vocals on many commercial recordings Lowest Vocal Frequency to Cancel Highest Vocal Frequency to Cancel Left Right Channel Balance Enable Effect w Help iw Enable Flugi T 100 Hz Hz 500 Hz Lo Limit 2 KHz 4b Ez 10 KHz Hi Limit Lr I I l I l l l l l l l Balance 1 I I I l l l l l l l W Reduce Reverb Min Max Amount 10 m 50 ms 100 mS Attack oe 2U m EL 100 ms 200 ms Release 1 IN Reduce Reverb Amount of Reduction Envelope Attack Envelope Release Operating Principle PG Vocal Remover exploits a common mixing technique the lead vocal is often center panned 1 e the left and right stereo channels have identical vocal loudness Typically the bass and kick drum is centered an
12. Converting Samples to MS For example suppose the driver s sample rate is 48K A 48K sampling rate means that it is playing at 48 000 samples per second If the buffer size were 48000 samples then the latency would be 1 second or 1000ms which is very large and slow and usually not allowed in ASIO If the buffer size were 4800 samples which is 1 10 second then the latency would be 100ms If the buffer size were 2400 samples which is 1 20 second the latency would be 50 ms If the buffer size were 240 samples which is 1 200 second the latency would be a mere 5ms which is incredibly low and very fast Normally you can change your driver s latency by pressing the Launch ASIO Driver s Control Panel button Normally the driver specifies the buffer sizes in milliseconds which is equal to the latency Low latency is faster and more responsive but uses more CPU power Depending on the speed of your computer you may find that the playback has dropouts clicks pops or other artifacts 1f you set the buffer sizes too small This is because smaller buffers use more CPU power and if your computer can t handle the low latency you will hear artifacts If this happens you would need to use larger buffer sizes You may need to experiment to find what works well You may be able to use smaller buffers with songs that don t have a lot of tracks and effects but may find that you need to use larger buffers with songs that have more tracks and use more effects
13. In this case you ll need to get an ASIO driver from the Internet This ASIO Driver Dialog lets you choose an ASIO driver You can arrive at this dialog in 3 different ways 1 If you haven t used ASIO drivers but Band in a Box detected them and you answered Yes when Band in a Box asked if you want to use an ASIO driver 2 If within the Audio Preferences you change the Audio Driver Type from MME to ASIO 3 Ifthe Audio Driver Type is already set to ASIO but you later press the Audio Drivers button in the Audio Preferences The Select one ASIO Driver list box lets you select an ASIO driver to use You can only select one ASIO driver at a time Once you have selected an ASIO driver you will see the Input Port and Output Port list boxes filled with your driver s input and output ports By default the first of each will be selected You are allowed to select different ports but only one input and one output port at a time can be selected The ports you selected will be available for output within Band in a Box If you do not hear input or output then you may need to try different ports than the defaults You may need to read your sound card s instructions to determine the correct ports to use The ASIO Driver s Control Panel button launches the Control Panel for your driver This usually lets you adjust the latency by letting you choose different buffer sizes in milliseconds Some drivers might let you choose
14. Sw Ballad JzGuit 201 Ballad Sw Ballad JzGutt 282 Balladi Sw Ballad Piano 283 Balladi Sw Ballad Trumpet 284 Satch Pops and the Quintet 285 Satch 40s Sw Tpt Hed 286 Satch 40s Sw Tpt Fast 287 Satch 40s Sw Tpt Slow 288 Satch 40s Sw_Tpt Ballad Current bar inserted bar When inserting bars the program now moves the current bar highlight to the inserted bar Musical key sort for SongPicker Kew In the SongPicker dialog the Key column is now sorted musically Ab A Am Bb B instead of Gh alphabetically A Ab Abm Am ab Gb G G Event Editor improved There is now hot key support for Delete Insert and Enter and the editor keeps its place in the list after these commands For multi channel tracks the event list is color coded by channel Chapter 2 Summary of New Features 13 More Notation improvements zl There s a 3 state button to easily change between Standard Editable and Note Roll notation modes without toggling There s a selectable width for bar lines and ties User can put a setting in the notation options to affect the bar width Line Thickness Settings Bar Line 150 Tie 100 Stave Line x 100 Slur x 100 For dotted notes the dots are now drawn a little farther from the note There are spin buttons in the note attributes window Holding the spin arrow increments continuously while shift clicking or right clicking increments by a higher amount
15. This is because more tracks and more effects use more CPU power which leaves less CPU power available for the audio routines to keep up with lower latencies 32 Chapter 6 ASIO Chapter 7 Notation Symbols The Notation Symbols are entered from the Notation Event dialog which is accessed from the right click menu in the Editable Notation window Notation Event Crescendo ecrescendo Staccato SLaccalissmo Regular Accent Legato Accent Event Type Length of Evert 0 Beats o Ticks Offset Clef Treble Clef i Iw Snap to nates toward beginning end of range Start Time E 3 n OF Insert Event Cancel Help OF Remove Evert This dialog lets you insert or remove notation symbols such as Slurs Accents i Decrescendo Marcato A Staccato Staccatissimo Ge Crescendo m Legato a This Notation Event dialog also lets you make an adjustment to the chord symbol height for a beat by choosing the Chord Height Adjustment event type Edit Mote Delete Mote Insert Section Text Section Letters Notation Symbols Cleanup Orphaned Notation Controller Events Chord height adjustment Notation Mode w Editable Mode Staff Roll Mode Chapter 7 Notation Symbols 33 The Event Type list box lets you choose the event type slur decrescendo etc The Length of Event field determines the length of a slur crescendo or decrescendo The length is specified
16. Use the Eraser tool for quickly deleting individual notes or controllers Shift Ctrl click on a note or graphic event If multiple events have been selected all selected events will be deleted Two Graphic Event mouse editing modes for editing graphic events 1 Add Mode Add subtract the same amount to all selected events this was the only mode available in Band in a Box 2005 2 Scale Mode Scale the selected events Select one or more Graphic Events and move the mouse over one of the events Shift drag vertically and the events are scaled in a proportional fashion Large value events are scaled 38 Chapter 9 Piano Roll Enhancements more than small value events This keeps the same shape of a gesture but makes the gesture bigger or smaller Note Velocity Line Tool With Add Mode note velocities will exactly match the slope of your drawn line With Scale Mode the Line Tool will shape the dynamics but note velocities are scaled to follow the approximate shape of your drawn line With Scale Mode you can insert a Velocity fade or change the velocity of a region while preserving the Velocity dynamics of the music Un Zoom Return to the previous view range after zooming in on a region Zoom All Zoom the window so that all track notes are visible at a glance Ghost Notes When viewing a single channel notes on other channels can be ghost displayed in light gray This is useful when viewing multi channel tracks Chap
17. back or move ahead Use the Ctrl key to move back the Shift key to move ahead and just the letter key s d etc to loop Loop Chorus a Section s Screen d Bar z 4 Bars XJ Part c isa Back Ctrl key Chorus a Section s Screen d Bar z 4 Bars evo Part c i50 Ahead use SHIFT key Chorus 4 Section 5 Screen D bars P Bar LZ 4 Bars X Part C You can look in the Conductor window or the Conductor window documentation for a complete list of the hot keys bars f D DH Prev iv OFF ibi amp bars f di i 18 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial Now let s make some Custom sections Normally you d use custom sections for a song that doesn t conform to the format of 32 bars with 3 choruses and would thus require custom points for the sections Let s load in the Conductor Demo 2 Custom Sections MGU This song has one long chorus and we ll make sections for it Open up the Conductor window and notice that we ve already input the section numbers for you bar 1 bar 5 etc Blank Press the Blank button to erase the section numbers that we put in so that you can input them yourself Just type a bar number that you want to mark the beginning of a section The Fill button will guess and automatically fill in section bars for you based on a new section Fil for each part marker found So if you wa
18. chorus section Jump ahead 1 bar 4 bars of bars screen part chorus section Loop 1 bar 4 bars of bars screen part chorus section Pause stop the song In addition using the MIDI keyboard you can also use the Conductor to Al Bbl Bl note 21 Turn MIDI Conductor OFF Turn MIDI Conductor ON Turn MIDI Conductor ON only as note is held down Here are the various functions available using the Conductor The MIDI key and QWERTY hot key are shown C3 C D3 Eb3 E3 F3 F 3 G3 G 3 A3 Bb3 B3 C4 48 Db4 D4 Eb4 E4 F4 F 4 G4 G 4 A4 Bb4 B4 C5 60 Db5 D5 Normal Tempo Half Speed Tempo Quarter Speed Tempo Eighth Speed Tempo Loop Section Enabled Play with last chorus looped Play with middle choruses looped Play with middle amp last choruses looped Jump to last chorus no loop Jump to ending no loop Loop notation screen Decrease Tempo by 1 Increase Tempo by 1 Decrease Tempo by 5 Increase Tempo by 5 Tap tempo Tap Tempo and play Play Stop Pause Replay MIDI Panic Previous Song Next Song Ctrl Ctrl NUMPAD 1 Ctrl NUMPAD 1 Ctrl NUMPAD 2 Ctrl NUMPAD 3 Ctrl NUMPAD 4 Ctrl NUMPAD 5 Shift Shift press 4 times press 4 times F4 Escape Backspace or Ctrl H Ctrl A F12 Ctrl Shift F8 Shift F8 This is a control character for THRU patches When C5 is held down pressing MIDI notes 61 62 decrease increase the THRU patch by one and 63 72 change THRU patc
19. done by pressing the Sequencer button Now when you are in this multi channel mode output from the Melody part will be on whatever MIDI channel the information is stored on and will not be using the Melody MIDI Channel You can examine the track to see the channels by looking at the event list by pressing the button on the Notation window You ll notice the new feature that the information in the event list is color coded by Channels for multi channel tracks For example channel 7 is pink and channel 10 is gold Track Displayed is Melody Event Type Chapter 5 Melody Soloist Sequencer 24 If you click on the Lead Sheet window you ll see the entire MIDI file displayed on separate tracks of notation Since this represents 6 separate tracks in the case of violet MID this is likely too much information for you to read unless you are a symphony conductor To customize the notation display for sequencer mode press the lead sheet options button and see the settings for Multi Channel Tracks Multi Channel Track display MIDI Files etc_ W Split Channels to Notation Tracks f ALL channels play display t CUSTOM channels play display Set Press the CUSTOM channels play display buttons to launch the Sequencer window Then you can customize which channels will play and display sequencer Window Multi channel track on Melody Soloist An An Channel tt Patch H Events Play Show Edit Acoustic S
20. in beats and ticks If an event is a single peg event such as a staccato or accent then this field will cause multiple events to be inserted if the range 1s greater than zero and the range spans multiple pegs If you had highlighted an area of the Notation window prior to right clicking on it to launch the pop up menu and choose the notation symbols menu item then this field is set based on the length of the highlighted area Note The highlighted area does not actually include the very last peg at the very edge of the highlighted area The Start Time field is the start time of the event in Measures Bytes Ticks The Clef field if present indicates the clef in which the event will be inserted or removed from Most events affect only one clef at a time and therefore you must choose the clef and this field will be preset based on where you had initially right clicked with the mouse on the Notation window you did this to get the pop up menu that launches this dialog For example if you had right clicked on the treble clef then this will be set to treble The Offset field if present lets you adjust make adjustments to the vertical position of an event OK Insert Event exits this dialog and then inserts the event into the notation track OK Remove Event exits this dialog and then REMOVES the event if it exists in the specified time range from the notation track 34 Chapter 7 Notation Symbols Chapter 8 VST VST su
21. is a series of functions looping sections moving around the song tempo changes etc that can be performed as the program is playing a song to achieve greater live control of the song The conductor functions can be done from the Conductor window by using QWERTY keys or even from your MIDI keyboard if you have chosen these options in the Conductor window nn The Ear Training module has been enhanced with two new games Pitch Invasion and NNI Music Replay For songs with vocal recordings the TC Helicon Harmony dialog GUI has been enhanced with new wee options for Unison voicings and Choir effects AH Em TC Helicon Harmony Unison Unizon Unizon Unizon none small medium large 16 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial New Main Menu Items Open Audio WAV WMA MIPS WIN There is a File Open Audio command to open WAV WMA MP3 WMV or CD Audio files Melody Sequencer Window For multi channel Melody The Melody and Soloist menu has a menu item to launch the Sequencer window Loosen up Start times Melody Edit Melody Utilities menu has an item to loosen up vary the start times of notes on the Melody track New Right Mouse Menus There are new right mouse menu options on the Chordsheet such as Play from Bar Chorus Play From Bar 14 d Play From Chorus a The Notation menu has an enhanced right mouse menu with new functions m I LI L I L Li Li I I I
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23. song he holds down the low B3 note as he presses the MIDI key for pause which is G4 The song will pause and the conductor mode turns off as he lets go of the B3 key and he can resume his piano playing If Charlie didn t plan on using the MIDI keyboard for piano playing he could leave it in conductor mode by turning it on with the A3 key 26 Chapter 4 Conductor Window Chapter 5 Melody Soloist Sequencer There are 2 tracks in Band in a Box to add your own recordings These are the Melody and Soloist tracks Normally you would want a single part on each of them But since MIDI information can have separate channels it is possible to store 16 separate parts on each of the Melody and Soloist parts For the following discussion we ll assume that you re using the Melody track but the same functions are available for the Soloist When the Melody track has been set to Multi 16 Channel we refer to this as Sequencer Mode Also for this discussion we ll assume that you have a multi channel track loaded in Let s load a MIDI file using File Open MIDI file and choosing a MIDI file like c bb Violet MID If you want to use the 16 separate parts for the Melody track you need to set the Melody Track type to Multi Channel Track Type Multit16 Channel Single Channel w Multi 16 Channel Guitar Standard tuning Piano Bass Ukulele Mandolin Banjo 5 string violin This is done from the Melody menu or can be
24. to prevent a harmony on a harmony Set Range and Press OK Proceed Range Eliminate Note Overlap Whole Song if OK to Loosen start times of notes range eg 5 to 5 5 to 5 Ticks The Chord Builder dialog has been redesigned so that it fits entirely above the Chordsheet so that you don t have to move it out of the way while you use it on the Chordsheet Chord Builder ea T FE i NC 1 Em udbosdba bas dis ITITTELTLLTII LI mows i gt eo o 4 Enbes ehud when checked hd Aor Raal AHam euis SLOR fe m rar 6 t 67 a CT Em CT 1 F6 i2 11a Maj 14 s 67 16 u CT a Gm7 CT i F6 T ZMBb6 Bdim F6 2 BbMaj7 24 Dm 67 a Dm7 67 Gm7 D7 x Em7 CT 29n Maj7 0 au G7 1 n C7 4 Gm C7 F6 3 ia h 38 G7 4i CT 42 Gm7 C7 a F6 44 IF Maj7 z 1 67 The Jukebox has been enhanced with a selectable time delay in seconds between songs Also the pause til MIDI keyboard feature has been enhanced spacebar can be used and the setting is saved as a preference Delay between songs number of seconds 4 Also in the Jukebox you can type a folder name directly instead of waiting for the folder dialog IC AMy First Set n Change Directory 10 Chapter 2 Summary of New Features 99 There s an easier way to Play From Bar Chorus simply right click on the bar and choose this menu item Play Fram Bar 10 Play from Chorus Auto set of rows of Ch
25. without selecting a range on the chordsheet you can make a MIDI file for a partial range by pressing the MIDI file button and then the Set Range button Ww Display Usus as CTT Support for 11 chords A new option in Prefs Display for 11 chords allows display of 9sus chords as 11 e g Bb11 instead of Bb9sus Note that all of your old or new songs are completely compatible this only affects how the chord is displayed not how it is stored And you can type either C11 or C9sus to enter the same chord Direct open or import of WMA MP3 and CD Audio files You can open or import a Windows Media Audio file WMA to add to the Band in a Box song or an MP3 file including variable bit rate files This allows you to open or import the most commonly used audio formats into Band in a Box Once opened you can play the audio track along with a Band in a Box song or slow down the playback without affecting pitch Important Opening or importing WMA and MP3 files uses the Microsoft routines included with Windows XP and Windows Media Player So if you are using Windows 98 or ME you should download the latest version of Windows Media Player so that the MP3 or WMA feature will work To open a WMA file choose File Open Audio File and then select a WMA file The file will open in Band in a Box by appearing on the Audio track Prior to opening the file you choose where to put the audio data Normally you d want the track to star
26. 1K JPG Save Smooth 0 JPG Save Quality 50 Low Quality Medium Quality High Quality Cancel Help Font and dialog size have been increased in many dialogs making them easier to read and many more Chapter 2 Summary of New Features Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial QuickStart Tutorial for the Version 2006 Upgrade The full descriptions of the new features in Version 2006 of Band in a Box are provided elsewhere This tutorial is a QuickStart tour of the new features in Band in a Box 2006 Note It is assumed that you are somewhat familiar with the previous release of Band in a Box Explore Band in a Box Version 2006 First we ll take a quick tour of the new features in BB 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 Look at the toolbar at the right of the screen There is a SEQ Sequencer button This allows the melody or soloist track to be used to store 16 separate tracks when the track type is set to Multi channel When you press the SEQ button you will see the current channels present on the Melody track and can edit them change patches etc This function is most useful when you ve loaded an entire MIDI file to the Melody track and want to look at the channels individually The Conductor button launches the Conductor Window The Conductor
27. Bright Parameter 1 Volume p Male on lt Bright Value 8816697 Volumes Parameter Low Parameter 3 Mid Value 5039370 clouc Value 5039370 Hid Parameter 4 High Parameter 5 Tr Speed uc 9 s LL o R X Value 5038370 lt High gt Value 5 039370 Tr Speed Parameter 6 Tr Intens Value D ODOOOD Tr Inter VST VSTi plug ins are not required to have a fancy graphic control panel There are many faceless VST plug ins which have many adjustable parameters but no fancy control panel When you open such a plug in the control 36 Chapter 8 VST panel will look like the above example Band in a Box presents one generic slider for each adjustable parameter in the plug in Parameter Name Simply the name of each adjustable parameter Value Slider Move the slider to adjust the parameter value Value Indication Text Displays the value of the slider as interpreted by the plug in In the above example Parameter 0 Bright is interpreted as an ON OFF switch but Parameter 1 Volume is interpreted as a value from 0 to 10 Options Remove VST Plug In from list Select Plugin To Remove From List X Black Water Reverb L amelFPhatFree P5 1 Rednef Twin Univwibe Hyper Canvas Orchestral Super Quartet WSC Remove Cancel This new feature allows the removal of unwanted plug ins from the Band in a Box VST VSTi plug in lists Chapter 8 VST 37 Chapte
28. DAND IN ArBOxXx Version 2006 for Windows Band in a Box for Windows C Mr1 foldert 2006 Demo MEU 5 16 Remember Slow Pop sew 16ths Bar 1 Bear 1 DIN N U EM M NE B0 GD Mele M E M BM Pan Hewett Dhesg Hark LSH CC CNET Ze Se aee TIE YET VEIT REVCCRCRIC TIU PIC he peiHluiub P oie MAAA eo0o0 Hew Open Pee Hed Save Sae MID wA Phy Loop pi Sue Pese Fn B Aad Ae E T2006 Demo E ERT EaGw BERRA ef a EN root Ta eT ree Tre ER cee MIDI ETE tracke eeparated Cheese channels te diaplay and play for a multi channel track Lhannal Bi 2 Aeousbe String Bars d Voice Doha em om 7 Myton String Guitar Copyright PG Music Inc 1989 2006 All rights reserved PG Music Inc License Agreement CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE COMPLETING THE INSTALLATION OF THIS SOFTWARE USAGE OF THE SOFTWARE INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS LICENSE A The program may only be used on a single machine B You may transfer the program and license to another party if the other party agrees to accept the terms of this Agreement If you transfer the program you must either transfer all copies whether in printed or machine readable form to the same party or destroy all copies not transferred This includes all modifications and or portions of the program merged into other programs C You may receive the program in more than one media Regardless
29. Drums GUI enhancements include a red record button spin buttons to change values double click to play pattern and Ctrl click to play pattern with previous settings for chord A right mouse menu has been added with options to P ay Pattern Play Pattern on Chord or Mute Pattern Options F10 Play pattern sh click or dbl click F4 Play Pattern an Chord F Fa Play pattern an Current chord tecbrl Click Record Pattern F3 Edit Pattern notation Cri Mute Pattern Guitar Macros Voiceleading smooth The StyleMaker now shows summary information about any non default settings in a pattern at the top title bar so that they are easy to spot Chapter 16 StyleMaker Enhancements 65 The Quantize feature now has a Strength of quantization option Previously it was all or nothing now you can apply a percentage setting lt Quantize a Pattern Quantize of divisions per bar 1 iz Strength 100 ps Cancel Help Styles can now have different instruments patches for the a and b substyle For example you can have drum brushes on the a substyle and sticks on the b substyle or acoustic piano for the a and electric piano for the bridge Many of the new styles included with the upgrade use multiple patches in this manner These patches are set in the StyleMaker in the Assign Instruments to Style dialog Assign Instruments to Style Bass Patch 0 No Patch Change gt
30. In the Preview window select the Print Page button on the toolbar then enter the page number in the Page to Print dialog Page to Print Cancel Chapter 13 More Notation improvements 61 Chapter 14 Global Song Overrides Global overrides have been added New options are added in Preferences Overides which allow you to set the overall song looping always OFF always ON or as set in the song pref uvas Global Song override ignore settings saved in songs Overall Looping of song As set in the song Always set Loop to OFF Allow Songs to load settin Always set Loop to ON 3 W Allow loading of any these settings Patch changes Harmonies Volume Reverb Panning Chorus Bank Bank LSB Ctl 32 Defaults Cancel Help Similar overrides are available to see which other information gets loaded from a file such as patches harmonies volume reverb chorus panning banks For example you can set every song to load with looping ON and don t load any reverb settings from songs Overall Looping of song Always set Loop to ON For example if you want every song loaded to have looping set to on then set Always set loop to ON Overall Looping of song Always set Loop to OFF But if you are going out on a playing job and don t want any songs to loop then set it to Always set loop to OFF Overall Looping of song As set in the song If you want the s
31. Volume Reverb Panning Chorus Bank Bank LSB Ctl 32 The Full Long Style Name is displayed in a hint beside the style name and also at the top of the screen WALZFAST Fast Waltz Pap Country WALzFAST STY For example for ZZJAZZ STY you will see Jazz Swing Style written at the top of the screen and available as a hint when mousing over the style box Chapter 2 Summary of New Features 11 No more Style not found messages Now when a requested style is not found BB will intelligently substitute the next best style This feature is available for every style that PG Music has made and also can be customized by third party or any users by making a text file NA with suggested alternative styles Batch convert a folder of songs to MIDI files Do you _ need to convert an entire folder of BB songs to MIDI files This can now be done with a single command You can choose the resultant file names to be based either on the original file name or song title name Press the Batch mode button in the MIDI file dialog to access this feature Batch create MIDI files in a given folder This will create MIDI files from multiple BE songs 7G in Name MIDI file based on song TITLE max characters HIDI File options C My Favorite Tunes Change Directory Go Create MIDI files Close Help Many StyleMaker enhancements When importing a Piano Guitar or Strings instrument from another styl
32. a folder of songs to MIDI files Do you need to convert an entire folder of BB songs to MIDI files This can now be done easily by a single command You can choose the resultant file names to be based either on the original file name or song title name Press the Batch mode button in the MIDI file dialog to access this feature You can select the folder to use a source of BB songs for the MIDI files and also the naming convention for the MIDI files based on the song title or the file name of the song Batch create MIDI files in a given folder This will create MIDI files from multiple BE songs 7G in a folder Name MIDI file based on song TITLE max characters MIDI File options C A My Favorite Tunes Change Directory Go Create MIDI files Close Help Chapter 12 Other New Features 57 1 Bar Lead In Option There s now an option for a 1 bar lead in instead of 2 bars Pref Count in Met This option is set in the Preferences Count in and Metronome Options Song List Cancel button The Song List generation now has a Cancel button so that it can be interrupted Building File List Generating songs list Adding Song 847 72 589 sCopyMesLevel 2 Harmony 2yCM2067 Auto Close Memo The Song Memo now has an option to close automatically during playback When this option is set the Memo button will close when play is pressed and not re open when stop is pressed This setting in c
33. al number of mono input channels that your sound card has Note Band in a Box groups each into a stereo pair Output Channels is the total number of mono output channels that your sound card has Note Band in a Box groups each port into a stereo pair The Allowed Sample Rates field shows the sample rates are allowed by your sound card s ASIO driver Band in a Box has a built in resampler which lets you play and record files that aren t directly supported by your ASIO driver The Buffer Sizes In Samples shows the range of allowed buffer sizes The Pref is the preferred size and this is the size that Band in a Box uses Your driver may alter the preferred size if you ve launched the ASIO Driver Control Panel and have selected a new buffer size from within the driver s Control Panel If your driver changes the preferred size then Band in a Box will be aware of the new preferred size Understanding Latency Latency is based on the buffer sizes The smaller the buffer sizes the lower the latency Lower latency allows you to hear mixer volume changes very quickly as well as hear MIDI thru echoed out via a DXi soft synth practically in real time The latency in MS is determined by the buffer size in samples as well as the driver s sampling rate Note If your ASIO driver s control panel lets you select the buffer size in MS then you don t have to pay much attention to the part of discussion below about converting samples to MS
34. andard tuning Piano Bass Ukulele Mandolin Banjo 5 string Violin Chapter 5 Melody Soloist Sequencer 20 30 Fi Acoustic Piano 2 Record a Melody part At the end of the recording pick a channel for the part that is not already used by Band in a Box BB uses channels 2 106 so channels 11 to 16 are available for your counter melody parts 3 Repeat step 2 by recording additional melody parts Assign patches to the Melody parts using the Sequencer Window Chapter 5 Melody Soloist Sequencer Chapter 6 ASIO ASIO Audio Software synth driver support has been added Now there s almost no latency delay for audio or software synths like the Roland VSC By using an ASIO audio driver software synths like the Roland VSC DXi or VSC will play with almost no latency delay is only 5 10ms So you ll hear the sounds instantly and be able to play along using MIDI Thru with the same ultra low latency On the Preferences Audio tab you ll see the following options for Audio Driver Type MME or ASIO Audio Driver Type MME is the default audio driver type that is used in Windows MME is good but there is latency delay associated with MME drivers Audio Drivers For this reason Steinberg developed a faster type of audio driver system called ASIO It allows for much lower latency than ordinary MME drivers do Note Most low end sound cards do not include an ASIO driver so you may not have an ASIO driver yet
35. bar But you can change the default for the action to take place at the end of the current bar or current part marker etc Made when ta do the action Defaut MOY rand go to starti MOW rao to same rel pos Mext BAR Mext PART MARKER Mest CHORUS Mest SECTION Example uses of the Conductor In this example we don t have custom sections set so the default sections apply middle chorus section 4 etc Jump to the start of middle choruses during playback press 4 Loop the middle chorus press S which is Loop Section Jump to the end of the song press 6 Chapter 4 Conductor Window 23 Pause the song Backspace Go back 1 chorus Ctrl a Go ahead 1 chorus Shift A At the end of the current chorus go back 1 section press Y then Ctrl S Note Pressing the Y sets the mode to do the action at the end of the current chorus These actions can also be done with the MIDI keyboard See the MIDI keyboard mapping diagram for details Example using the MIDI keyboard Assume Charlie is a piano player who uses his MIDI keyboard with Band in a Box and would like to play his keyboard but also use it to control Band in a Box iw OF to change setting above by A amp JBb B in octave 1 T He sets the conductor to allow his MIDI keyboard lowest notes A Bb B to turn the Conductor mode OFF ON Toggled when held When he turns it off low A note he can play his keyboard normally If he wants to pause the
36. can have tracking force heavy enough to damage records Sometimes modern high quality home audio receivers do not have phono turntable inputs However if you have a quality home audio integrated receiver with phono inputs or a quality turntable preamp these are the best choice for turntable recording If you have a cheap home audio tuner or phono preamp the choice is less clear cut Older cheap tuners and phono preamps had undesirable preamp noise There are small inexpensive phono preamp boxes but the cheapies often have excessive hum and hiss Most DJ mixers have turntable phono preamp inputs but the inexpensive DJ mixers are rather noisy If you do not have any gear with good phono inputs you can connect the turntable to the inputs of an ordinary music recording mixer The mixer will not have phono RIAA EQ but at least most modern inexpensive mixers have low noise preamps If you must use a mixer check if your mixer has a couple of channels with high impedance guitar inputs Guitar preamps often have a high input impedance a characteristic which is also desirable in a turntable preamp Connect the output of your Tuner or Mixer to your computer s soundcard input In Band in a Box set the input levels on the Mixer and computer to record a good loud level but not loud enough to cause clipping Try to avoid any clipping even on the loud clicks that might be in a damaged vinyl record PG Vinyl Tool will work best if the clicks are recor
37. cording to the plug in output This helps avoid excessive settings PG Vinyl Tool uses look ahead buffering so if you bypass the plug in the output will jump in time This is expected because there is some added delay when PG Vinyl Tool is enabled RIAA EQ Checkbox If you recorded from a stereo tuner or other gadget with a phono input jack DO NOT enable the RIAA EQ section The RIAA EQ option is for folks who do not have a turntable preamp having recorded with an ordinary mixer RIAA EQ was designed to overcome the shortcomings of vinyl RIAA pre emphasis is applied when vinyl discs are mastered High frequencies get boosted and low frequencies get cut This makes high frequencies compete better against the inevitable vinyl pops clicks and surface noise Pre emphasis also prevents low frequency signals from bouncing the stylus out of the groove When you play a record the preamp s RIAA de emphasis will reverse the EQ High frequencies are cut and low frequencies are boosted If you do not apply RIAA de emphasis either with a phono preamp or in the software vinyl will sound too bright and shallow HF Boost If you recorded the disc with a mixer which has high impedance inputs preferably 1 MegOhm or better set HF Boost to zero for pure RIAA de emphasis Most audio mixer instrument line inputs have impedance in the 10 KOhm to 100 KOhm range A turntable s magnetic cartridge will be loaded by the lower than expected mixer
38. d often snare drum is centered However most accompaniment instrumental tracks and backup harmony vocals are side panned louder on one side than the other On typical recordings we can subtract one stereo channel from the other which removes common mode lead vocal but leaves side panned accompaniment tracks relatively unaffected Simple subtraction will also cancel center panned bass kick drum and snare or other center panned instruments Therefore we only subtract the midband where the vocal resides Even when lead vocal is center panned vocal reverb is typically in stereo If a song has loud stereo reverb the stereo vocal reverb is unaffected by the Vocal Remover The Reduce Reverb feature can reduce the level of the side panned tracks when the center vocal is loud Some vocal reverb leakage may not be a bad thing on a sing along track When you sing along the original reverb ambience could make you sound better Chapter 10 New Audio Plug Ins Added 47 Source Recordings PG Vocal Remover works best on wave files extracted from well made commercial audio CD s which usually have good fidelity and low distortion But it works fine on many MP3 or WMA files as long as the file 1s encoded in stereo It works best with high quality recordings Of course an MP3 or WMA file must be converted when loading into Band in a Box Operation Enable Plug in Checkbox Toggle the checkbox to compare the sound with without the Vocal Remo
39. d to spread shift the start times of the notes for the harmony notes to achieve a more natural richer harmony sound The melody is not affected only the harmony notes and there are options for the range of spread for the harmony notes Convert Track to Harmony This permanently writes the generated harmony part to the Melody track Once converted you should set the harmony ta none to prevent a harmony on a harmony Set Range and Press OK Proceed Range WwW Eliminate Note Overlap C Whole Song Ww OF to Loosen start times of notes range eg 5 to 5 5 to 5 Ticks 54 Chapter 12 Other New Features If you have a Melody track and want to convert this to a harmony with the new features of varied start times for the notes and no note overlap M Select a Melody Harmony Select Melody Harmony no harmony gt 1 Country Guitar 3 part E 2 Nashville Saxes 3 Jazz Organ 4 part Jazz 3 Rhodes in 3rde Guitar Uctaves Jimmy Smith 4 Nashville Piano 3Pt and Wes Montgomery 5 Piano double octaves b Ves hlontgomer Jimmy Smith organ o Paul Shaffer 9 Nashville 3 voices 10 singers Unlimited 11 trumpet trombone ibthz 12 Clarinet Sax ards 14 tumist vamion Wite Harmony to Melody Track Press the new button Write Harmony to Melody Track Eliminate Hote Overlap if DK to Loosen start times of notes range eg 5 to 5 0 to 5 Ticks You ll then see a dialog allowing you to ch
40. ded clean Whatever preamp you use leave the tone controls flat Simply record the disc as accurately as possible You can tweak the tone in the computer after the disc has been dubbed to a wave file Clean the disc thoroughly Some suggest water and a soft cloth or whatever esoteric vinyl disc cleaning tools you may have available Some audiophiles claim good results recording a disc wet You might add a couple of drops of dish detergent to a bottle of water and wet the record before recording This will lubricate the record and minimize some noise and distortion Keep the stylus clean It may help to play the record all the way thru before recording it After the first play re clean re wet the disc and then record A first play might dislodge dust specks so that the second play thru might sound better After the disc is recorded to a wave file you can insert the PG Vinyl Tool plug in on the track and twiddle the plug in settings while the wave file plays Polish the plug in settings as you listen to the results You may find it beneficial to insert additional plug ins after PG Vinyl Tool Some obvious possibilities could be a Peak Limit or EQ plug in gt After PG Vinyl Tool has been adjusted to your satisfaction make the final cleaned output with the Band nf in a Box Render to Audio dialog which is launched with the WAV button PG Vinyl Tool Features Enable Plug in Checkbox Toggle the checkbox to compare the original re
41. e plug in name Note Some VST host programs scan for all available plug ins every time they start up We decided not to use that method because the scanning can take a long time if there are many plug ins on your system Additionally a badly written or corrupt plug in could cause program malfunctions Therefore we feel the method of selecting only the plug ins you wish to use is both safer and faster VST VSTi Additional Panel Controls VST is necessarily different from DirectX DX1 and some extra controls are available for VST plug ins DirectX DXi plug ins save their presets to the Windows Registry and only one setting is alive at a time VST VSTi plug ins save their presets to disk files VST VSTi plug ins contain a bank of presets in memory You can switch between presets while editing and each edited preset is remembered in the current bank If you save the Chapter 8 VST 35 bank it will save all the presets you have edited You can save individual presets or you can build a custom bank by loading individual preset files into different preset slots and then save the new bank file gt DirectX Plugins ial x Synth Track Audio Track Edit Bypass Plugin __Options cor erm 0 00080 7o r we p Load Preset save Freset a a Rename Pst Super Quartet i Save Bank EDIROL sw a m REVERE CHORUS R l ao SED 5 KEY SHIFT E d C POLYPHONY r EFFECT
42. e you can now choose the destination part for the imported instrument to be any one of Piano Guitar or Strings GUI enhancements include a red record button spin buttons to change values double click to play pattern and Ctrl click to play pattern with previous settings for chord A right mouse menu has been added with options to play play chord record mute The StyleMaker now shows summary information about any non default settings in a pattern at the top title bar so that they are easy to spot The Quantize feature now has a Strength of quantization option Previously it was all or nothing now you can apply a percentage setting Quantize a Pattern Juantize H of divisions per bar b Strength i un Ea Cancel Help 12 Chapter 2 Summary of New Features 1 Bar Lead In Option There s now an option for a l bar lead in instead of 2 bars Song List Cancel button The Song List generation now has a CANCEL button so that it can be interrupted Building File List Generating songs list Adding Song 847 2 589 CopyMe Level 2 Harmony 2 CM2067 Auto Close Memo The Song memo now has an option to close automatically during playback Song Memo Update i Auto open v Close w play Melodist Editor has all soloist access There s now access to all Soloists from the Melodist Editor previously only the first 256 were accessible Always Use This Soloist 201 Balladi
43. e in normal and Jazz looks ASIO Audio Software synth driver support has been added Now there s almost no latency delay for audio or software synths like the Roland VSC By using an ASIO audio driver software synths like the Roland VSC DXi or VSC will play with almost no latency delay is only 5 10ms So you ll hear the sounds instantly and be able to play along using MIDI Thru with the same ultra low latency VST support added Now you can use VST software synths and plug ins just as you use DirectX Many software synths are available in VST format so this expands the number of available synths and plug ins for Band in a Box Half speed and slower Audio playback without affecting pitch Open a MP3 WAV WMA or audio CD track and play back at 1 2 1 4 or 1 8 speed This is great for transcribing or analyzing audio To open an audio file choose the new menu option File Open Audio WAV WMA MP3 WMV 6 Chapter 2 Summary of New Features Open BB song Open MIDI file Open Audio WAV wA MPS WEN This will open an audio file in WAV MP3 Windows Media Player WMA WMV or CD Audio CDA format To play it at a slower speed choose the desired speed on the P ay Tempo menu mpa Set Tempo Ctrl Alt T w Normal Speed 1 Ctrl Half Speed 1 2 trl Quarter Speed 1 4 Eighth Speed 1 8 New Audio Plug Ins added Three new DirectX plug ins have been added to Band in a Box 2006 The PG Vinyl T
44. egion is replaced by nothing It behaves like a very brief mid frequency dropout On a clean record occasional muted clicks are never noticed But on a dirty scratched disc if many snips are made it can sound like a reduction in high and mid frequencies As you increase the Fill Gaps knob PG Vinyl Tool extrapolates the midrange signal in the vicinity of the click synthesizing a guess of what the signal might have been in the tiny muted region If you set Fill Gaps to 100 it will insert this extrapolated guess at the same level as the original signal This allows many clicks to be snipped from a dirty record without reducing the mid frequency content On many recordings the extrapolated guesses are quite good Frequent clicks can often be removed without audible side effects One might encounter a badly damaged record where the audio is so damaged that the guesses are not good enough to be completely transparent In these problem cases you could try setting Fill Gaps to 70 or 50 filling the gaps with lower amplitude guesses which may sound less obnoxious Set Fill Gaps to 100 unless it sounds bad Smoothing Some badly damaged records particularly worn out 45 s and 78 s have high frequency noise approaching crackle on steroids The surface noise sounds like bacon frying Crackle atop crackle atop even more crackle The Smoothing section could be useful with severe surface noise The Smoothing section is a very gentle Gaussian
45. either by l highlighting a region or entering a range of bars C First Chorus To print out for example bars 11 to 16 of a song in the Notation Print Last Chorus Options dialog press the CUSTOM button and enter the range bar 11 for C Whole Song 5 bars The song will then print only that range of 5 bars fe Custom Set a range of bars Start at Bar n1 Chorus 1 For how many bars 5 Tip Bar 1 negative 1 ts the very beginning of the song Cancel Help There s a better routine and more options when saving as JPG file OK Print Preview To save a JPG file using the new routines press the OK Print Preview and Save buttons and then select Save to File Type JPG You can then see the Save estimated size of the file and can change settings by pressing the Low Medium High si resolution buttons Save Options Save to File Type JPG Save Resolution Automatic Estimated size of saved file 21K JPG Save Smooth n JPG Save Quality 50 Low Quality Medium Quality High Quality Cancel Help 60 Chapter 13 More Notation improvements There are also new print options for number of copies to print and print specific page number Humber of Copies 1 The Number of Copies to print is found in the Print Options dialog K Print Preview To print a specific page number press the OK Print Preview button in the Print Options dialog
46. equency dropout On a clean record occasional muted ticks are never noticed But on a dirty scratched disc if many snips are made it will sound like a reduction in high frequencies As you increase the Fill Gaps knob PG Vinyl Tool will extrapolate the signal in the vicinity of the click synthesizing a guess at what the signal might have been in the tiny muted region If you set Fill Gaps to 100 it will insert this extrapolated guess at the same level as the original signal This allows many ticks to be snipped from a dirty record without reducing the high frequency content 44 Chapter 10 New Audio Plug Ins Added One might encounter a badly damaged record where the audio is so damaged that the guesses are not good enough In these problem cases try setting Fill Gaps to 70 or 50 filling the gaps with lower amplitude guesses which may sound less obnoxious Set Fill Gaps to 100 unless it sounds bad DeClick Checkbox Enable the DeClick section PG Vinyl Tool defines clicks as midrange frequency defects in the range of 500 Hz to 2000 Hz DeClick Amount Adjust the sensitivity of what PG Vinyl Tool considers to be a click At zero nothing is removed As the DeClick Amount is increased PG Vinyl Tool will mute more click suspects If the control is set too high it can partially mute musical features like snare drum hits Adjust this control only high enough to remove clicks Note A long duration defect longer than a couple o
47. ettings to work the same way they did in previous versions use the As set in the song setting or press the DEFAULTS button 62 Chapter 14 Global Song Overrides Chapter 15 Ear Training Improvements Great new games for ear training fun Learning is best when it s fun and two new games have been added to the Band in a Box 2006 Ear Training module for great times in the woodshed Chord Tutor Interval Tutor amp Fitch Invasion The programs are available via buttons in the ear training dialog or by dedicated buttons on the toolbar a Music Replay Pitch Invasion Q Pitch Invasion helps to develop perfect pitch as you shoot down alien notes invading from above You hear the note sound and click on the on screen piano MIDI or QWERTY keyboard to shoot it down Pitch Invasion Game EDE G A epea Mi Uum EErEE a ArT ArT eee T e ee ears a E Pitch Invasion BER ames TTR one Ga ery PG fb C nm soe mes TN S OTS SD GP 80 oo Luupmd an senres T Lm less Males More Moles Te A notes v For Pitch Invasion choose a level that will specify the of note types that will be invading The LEVEL determines the speed of the notes To shoot the aliens click on the on screen keyboard MIDI keyboard or QWERTY keys Settings S i The program settings allow you to customize the game Press the HELP button for more informa
48. f milliseconds might sound like a click or pop until the high and mid frequency defects have been fixed On long duration defects the left over defect might sound like a thump DeClick Activity This displays the percentage of audio which is being muted Except for very worn records it is advisable to adjust the DeClick Amount so that the DeClick Activity reads no higher than a few percent On very good discs one might get perfect results with much less than one percent of DeClick Activity Strive to mute only the minimum necessary to clean your record NOTE If DeClick is set outrageously high the DeClick Activity reading can exceed 100 percent This is not a bug The DeClick section makes two processing passes in different frequency bands It can happen that the first pass will heal a bad click but the next pass will heal the left over residue of the click Sometimes a bad click will be repaired in multiple processing stages until the defect can no longer be detected as a tick or click With absurdly high DeClick settings the DeClick Activity can exceed 100 percent because both stages incrementally repair the same bad clicks DeClick Fill Gaps When a click is detected it is smoothly snipped out of the midrange spectrum without affecting the lower frequencies at that point A typical click might last 0 5 to 2 milliseconds Each muted section is very short If Fill Gaps is set to zero this small muted r
49. g Microsoft s newest Windows Media compression codecs which are rendered directly rather than with a command line utility The MIDI Monitor has been enhanced with options for 1 based patch numbering and patch name display Quick View Filter presets such as Notes Only Controllers Only Program Changes Only and Programs including Bank Changes Improved stability when using softsynths The Piano Roll has been improved with Overlapping note indicator Overlapping notes are displayed in bold making them easier to identify Trim overlapping notes command Adjustable Max control density to control the time granularity when graphically inserting Controller and Pitch Bend events Eraser tool for quickly deleting individual notes or controllers Two graphic event mouse editing modes for scaling gestures Add mode will add subtract the mouse drag amount to all selected events Multiply mode will scale selected events by a mouse drag percentage Un Zoom to return to previous view range after zooming in on a region Zoom All to zoom the window so all events are visible at a glance Ghost display When viewing a single channel notes on other channels can be ghost displayed in light gray You can now direct render to audio as separate tracks If this option is chosen separate WAV files get written mono or stereo for each track names MySong Bass WAV MySong Drums WAV etc so you can import tracks to your favori
50. h enough to remove ticks and crackles If longer clicks remain enable the DeClick section for additional cleaning DeCrackle Activity This displays the percentage of audio which is muted Except for very worn records adjust the DeCrackle Amount so that the DeCrackle Activity reads no higher than a few percent On very good discs one might get perfect results with less than one percent of DeCrackle Activity Strive to mute only the minimum necessary to clean your record NOTE If DeCrackle is set outrageously high the DeCrackle Activity reading can exceed 100 percent This is not a bug The DeCrackle section does three processing passes in progressively lower frequency bands It might happen that the first pass will heal a click but subsequent bands will heal the left over residue of that click Sometimes a bad click might be repaired in multiple processing stages until the defect can no longer be detected With absurdly high DeCrackle settings the DeCrackle Activity can exceed 100 percent because several stages incrementally repair the same bad clicks DeCrackle Fill Gaps When a tick is detected it is smoothly snipped out of the high frequencies without affecting the lower frequencies High frequency ticks last less than one millisecond Each muted section is very short only a few samples If Fill Gaps is set to zero this tiny high frequency muted region is replaced by nothing It behaves like a very brief high fr
51. hes to Favorite patches Open Notation Window Lead sheet Window Chapter 4 Conductor Window Ctrl W Alt W 23 Eb5 Reduce AII Volumes by 5 Ctrl Alt Shift Q E5 Increase all Volumes by 5 Ctrl Alt Shift W F5 ALL Mute Unmute Alt 2 F 5 Bass Mute Unmute Alt 3 G5 Piano Mute Unmute Alt 4 G 5 Drums Unmute Alt 5 A5 Guitar Mute Unmute Alt 6 Bb5 Strings Mute Unmute Alt 7 B5 Melody Unmute A t 9 C6 Soloist Mute Unmute Alt 8 Db6 THRU Mute Unmute Alt 0 D6 Audio Mute F6toD7 Jump to Sections 1 10 of the song 1 9 and 0 Eb7 Loop Current Chorus a E7 Loop Current Section S F7 Loop Current Bar Z F 7 Loop Current 4 Bars X G7 Loop current Part C Ab7 Looping ON previous setting V A7 Looping OFF b Bb7 Go Back 1 Chorus Ctrl a B7 Go Back 1 Section Ctrl s C8 Go Back 1 Screen Ctrl d Db8 Go Back 1 Bar Ctrl z D8 Go Back 4 Bars Ctrl x Eb8 Go Back 1 Part marker Ctrl c E8 Go Ahead 1 Chorus Shift A F8 Go Ahead 1 Section Shift S FHS Go Ahead 1 Screen Shift D G8 Go Ahead 1 Bar Shift Z Abs Go Ahead 4 Bars Shift X AS Go Ahead 1 Part marker Shift C Customizing the Sections This allows you to define up to 10 points in the song as sections The following sections are defined by default Section 1 Start of song Section 2 Intro Section 3 First Chorus Section 4 Middle Chorus i e start of chorus 2 Section 5 Last Chorus Section 6 Ending Sections 7 10 are user definable To do this type in any bar using the bar chorus format e g
52. hether you want the output file to be mono or stereo You ll need a DirectX or VST soft synth for this feature to work For example the Roland VSC DXi should be installed on your system for the feature to work with the VSC sounds Loosen note start times There is a dedicated function to vary the start times of notes on the Melody or Soloist tracks with options for what notes to affect harmony chords and amount of variance Choose menu item Melody Edit Utilities Loosen Start Times You can select the range of adjustments For example if you want the notes to be played earlier use a negative number A setting of minus 5 to positive 6 would cause the start times to be varied up to 5 ticks early and 6 ticks late There 1s also a setting to choose whether you want only the harmony notes present on the track to be affected leaving the original melody unaffected Loosen start times of notes for melodies or harmonies This will vary the start times of notes on the Melody ar Soloist track Randomizing the start times give the sound a looser less mechanical sound This is also useful for harmonies that are on the Malady Salaist track Range to adjust start times eg 5 to 5 5 to 5 ticks DK to change timing of notes that are not part of chord or harmony Defaults l Cancel Help Convert to Harmony feature enhanced Now when adding a harmony to the Melody or Soloist there are options to remove duplicate notes an
53. his is the end of the tutorial Thanks for taking the time to read this section The next sections examine the new features in detail Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial 21 Chapter 4 Conductor Window Conductor Live Looping Playback control As the song is playing there are now options to allow control the flow of playback by one of three methods Conductor window 2 QWERTY hot keys 3 MIDI keyboard The Conductor is launched with the Conductor button on the toolbar or the tilde hot key or menu option Window Conductor Window Conductor Window MIDI keyboard control Custom Enable control by MIDI keyboard jm 7 OK to change setting above by amp Bb B in octave Comb Y Start PESO MEM Comb Show MIDI notes Adjust Octave S d Enable Control by CERT keys 3 1st Chorus a Made when ta do the action Default E East Chorus Jodas NOW gato same rel pas Next BAR amp End eus Next PART MARKER Mext CHORUS Loop Mext SECTION Chorus a section 3 screen d bars Default Mods far eeetion chande 4 Bars 6j Part c Prev v OFF b MOM and stay in time Default Mode for going back or ahead Go Back He key NOW and stay in time Chorus a Section screen d bars t Bar z 4 Bars eo Part c Pause Backspace Stop Esc Go Ahead use SHIFT key Chorus Ay
54. ilter Enable RIAA EQ DeClick Activity smoothing Amt uri Enable DeClick Enable DeCrackle Pg Vinyl T6 DeCrackle Activity p iw Epfable Plugin Smooth EM 1 v RAA EQ W Rumble Filter W DeClick 0 118 M DeCrackle 0 235 W DeNoise HF Boost Frequency Amount Fill Gaps Amount Fill Gaps Amount D WY O CrO G 3 mm um Um Um m Um DeClick Amt Pct DeCrackle Amt Pct Fill DeClick Gaps Pct DeNoise Amt dB Rumble Filter Hi Pass Freq Hz Fill DeCrackle Gaps Pct RIAA High Freq Boost Pct Digitally Recording a Vinyl Disc Here are some basic recording tips If the reader is interested copious audiophile advice can be found on the internet Some audiophile wisdom may be superstitious hokum and other audiophile advice may be vastly better than the brief suggestions in this help file Obviously to use PG Vinyl Tool the disc must first be recorded to a computer audio file To record a wave file obviously you need a turntable preferably a turntable in pretty good shape with a reasonably new stylus For high quality recording a vinyl disc a home audio turntable may be a better buy than a DJ turntable which has special features unnecessary for a good vinyl to digital dub At the same price levels you may get better fidelity from a home audio turntable rather than a DJ turntable A turntable with a magnetic cartridge is almost mandatory Old turntables with ceramic cartridges just do not sound very good and
55. impedance This won t damage the turntable but will affect the frequency balance A 10 KOhm mixer input could cut the highs quite a bit and even a 100 KOhm mixer input could cut the highs a perceptible amount There is no way to predict the characteristics of your turntable cartridge and the input impedance of your mixer Adjust HF Boost by ear until the frequency balance sounds right You may not get the frequency response as precisely as the mastering engineer intended but if you are happy with the result who cares Some PG Vinyl Tool options can cut highs If a record is damaged so much that subsequent PG Vinyl Tools cut high frequencies along with the noise you could increase the HF Boost by ear to make up the loss Chapter 10 New Audio Plug Ins Added 43 Rumble Filter Checkbox Cheap or worn out turntable platters can make subsonic vibrations Slightly warped records can also make undesirable low frequency noise Use the Rumble filter to block unwanted low frequencies The Rumble Filter is a 24 dB per Octave Butterworth High Pass filter which attenuates undesirable low frequencies In most situations it will do no harm to always enable the Rumble Filter Rumble Filter Frequency At the default of 40 Hz signals below 40 Hz are attenuated and signals above 40 Hz are unaffected Vinyl mastering engineers typically avoided frequencies lower than 40 Hz It is difficult to make vinyl cleanly reproduce very low frequencies Also most co
56. ing so if you use a 4 voice harmony you will hear the effect as if 16 people are singing 50 Chapter 11 Harmony Enhancements Chapter 12 Other New Features Half speed and slower Audio playback without affecting pitch Open a MP3 WAV WMA or audio CD track and play back at 1 2 1 4 or 1 8 speed This is great for transcribing or analyzing audio Mew Open BB song Open MIDI file Open Audio WAV WMA MPS WI To open an audio file choose the new menu option File Open Audio WAV WMA MP3 WMV This will open an audio file in WAV MP3 Windows Media Player or CD Audio format Tempa Set Tempo CEri AlE T w Normal Speed 1 Ctrl Half Speed 1 2 Ctrl Quarter Speed 1 4 Eighth Speed 1 8 To play it at a slower speed choose the desired speed on the P ay Tempo menu Using the Half Speed Audio feature to help you transcribe a piece of music m Once you open the Audio file open the Audio window and you can see the audio data on the track TY 100 sample Snap Flay Selected Area select Whole LeadIn la a 4 Choose Half speed tempo Ctrl minus hot key Ctrl equals returns to normal tempo Use the Play Tempo menu for slower speeds like 1 4 1 8 Highlight the range that you want to hear and then press Play Selected Area Play Selected Area You can then move around the window to play different sections as you transcribe the recording
57. ing without affecting the pitch There s a MIDI Normalize option to play all songs at a similar volume range The Ear Training feature has been enhanced with Pitch Invasion and Music Replay games to help develop perfect pitch rhythm and musical memory When MIDI files are loaded you can now see each channel displayed separately in notation New Audio Plug Ins are included PG Vinyl Audio Restoration PG Vocal Remover and PG RTA Frequency Analyzer Previously you could record 2 MIDI tracks a single Melody track and a single Soloist track now the Melody and Soloist parts are 16 channel multitracks so you can record up to 32 MIDI tracks to create fuller arrangements and much more Important Note People with previous versions of Band in a Box will be pleased to know that we have kept the same functionality of our previous releases The new features are optional and don t interfere with familiar methods of using the program All songs styles etc are completely compatible with previous versions so that you can upgrade without losing any of your existing work 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Summary of New Features The New Features in Band in a Box 2006 for Windows are Conductor Live Looping Playback control As the song is playing many single key hot keys are now available to control the playback and looping of the song For example pressing the 4 key will insure that the midd
58. instrument parts Simply set the track to Multi Channel then record the part and specify the channel number Each channel displays o Acoustic String Bass separately on the notation window You can Acoustic Piano T easily choose which channels will sound or display so if you ve loaded a MIDI file you can Moice ohs for example easily mute channels to leave only the melody allowing Band in a Box to be the Wibes e rhythm section A Melody Sequencer dialog allows for easy Nylon String Guitar editing of the channels and patches with new commands for deleting and rechanneling Acoustic Piano Chapter 2 Summary of New Features 7 The Melody Embellisher has been enhanced You can now save load your own presets for the Embellisher MIDI Normalize option If performing live or at a jam session it helps to have the volume of all of the songs be similar Now with a MIDI Normalize feature you can level the volumes to a range set in the program options For example you can set all volumes to be between 65 and 75 and the program will make each song play within those levels This is done in the Preferences Arrangement tab Iw Normalize MIDI velocities to ro M Including Melody Soloist Great new games for ear training fun Learning is best when it s fun and two new games have been added to the Band in a Box 2006 Ear Training module for great times in the woodshed Pi
59. int when mousing over the style box The long style name is also displayed in the StylePicker WALZF AST Fast Waltz Pap Country WALzFAST STY 56 Chapter 12 Other New Features No more Style not found messages Now when a requested style is not found BB will intelligently substitute the next best style This feature is available for every style that PG Music has made and also can be customized by third party or any users by making a text file NA with suggested alternative styles You can create additional NA files for non PG Music styles Here is the format for the file This is a sample line from the file BLUGRASS STY BGROCK BANJ amp MAN ALTFOLK ZZCONTRY If you load in a file that requires the style BLUGRASS and you don t have it BB will substitute the first style that it finds in the list BGROCK BANJ amp MAN ALTFOLK ZZCONTRY If none of these are found Band in a Box will substitute the default style listed in the Preferences Arrangement Options You can select any style for that default style There are additional settings in that dialog controlling the type of messages that appear when a style is not found When a song is loaded but the required style is not found iw OK to substitute with a similar style iw IF nothing similar Found use this style ZZIAZZ STY Message if no style or substitution Found unti DE pressed Message if substitution style found for F seconds Batch convert
60. l down menu to delete all tracks except the melody Once you have done this you don t need the Melody Track Type to be multi channel anymore so you should set it to be Track Type Single Channel so that it will be like any other Band in a Box song and use the Melody channel for playback Melody Track Type Single Channel k Recording Your Own Parts To The Melody Sequencer Normally you would record your parts to the Melody and not be concerned about what MIDI channel they are using because Band in a Box uses the Melody channel usually channel 4 for this But if you have set the Track type to be multi channel the output on the Melody part will be whatever channel is stored in the tracks When you record a Melody part and the track type is set to multi channel the keep take dialog that appears at the end of recording the melody will have a selection for the channel that should be used for the recording Hecord to this channel Also make sure that you have Overdub underlying melody checkbox set M Overdub underlying melody or you won t hear the other melody parts during the recording Example Recording 4 Separate Counter Melodies On The Melody Track So if you want to record for example 4 separate parts to go along with a Band in a Box song you should do the following 1 Set the Melody track to Multi 16 Channel Sequencer Track Type Multi 16 Channel Single Channel w Multi 16 Channel Guitar St
61. l sets the DeNoise threshold in dB For instance if you set it to 40 dB high frequencies louder than 40 dB are passed unaltered High frequencies quieter than 46 dB are completely silenced Levels between 40 and 46 dB are gradually faded down to complete silence If the audio level at 8000 Hz happens to be below threshold but the audio level at 4000 Hz happens to be above threshold the 8000 Hz signal would be muted but the 4000 Hz signal would pass un altered This is Multi Band Single Ended Noise Reduction The DeNoise section can slide the filter all the way down to 500 Hz so on silent sections of a record the DeNoise silence can be pretty silent Carefully adjust the Denoise Amount so that desirable high frequencies in the music are minimally affected but hiss in the quiet sections of the music is removed Even a 1 dB difference can be easy to hear when tweaking the Denoise Amount Many high fidelity vinyl records didn t have much information higher than 10 KHz another common mastering decision in the good old days On many records frequencies above 10 KHz can be squelched most of the time without noticeably affecting the sound A suggestion for tweaking the DeNoise Amount first increase the setting until the music is obviously losing high frequencies Then gradually reduce the level until the music is unaffected This can ensure that any noise below the minimum music level is exterminated Be sure to check the DeNoise
62. le chorus is the next one played and pressing the S key will insure that the middle section is looped This would be useful to extend a song that has the last chorus playing Custom loop points can also be set for each song These settings are ideal for live performance or jam sessions where you aren t entering new Band in a Box songs but want full control of the playback These loops happen seamlessly at the end of the chorus so are suitable for the dance floor In addition you can control Band in a Box from a standard MIDI keyboard pressing MIDI keys corresponds to program functions For example load the next song play pause tempo adjust change thru patch jump to middle choruses open the notation or lead sheet window all from your MIDI keyboard Over 80 functions in all Press the Conductor button to launch the Conductor window with settings and further descriptions m Conductor Window a Bix MID keyboard control Custom Enable control by MIDI keyboard OK to change setting above by amp JBb B in octave comb i start emis Adjust Octave Comb Show MIDI notes 2 Intro jn Enable Control by QWERTY keys 2 fst Chorus g Made when ta do the action Default po emt EIE TOUT NOW go to same rel pos Mest BAR 6 End Blank Next PART MARKER Mext CHORUS Loop Next SECTION Chorus a section Screen d bars eraut Hades ar secon chande Bar z
63. like to be able to also use our MIDI keyboard for regular piano playing without triggering Conductor keys This can be done by the setting OK to change MIDI Control setting by A Bb B in octave gt M OK to change setting above by ABb B in octave 1 A When you have set this you can use the lowest A Bb and B notes on your MIDI keyboard to enable or disable the MIDI Control of the Conductor If you have an 88 note controller the lowest note is Al If you have something less than an 88 note controller change the octave setting to a higher number For 88 note controllers Press Al to turn MIDI Conductor OFF and then your MIDI keyboard will function normally and you can play piano as normal Press Bb1 to turn the MIDI Conductor ON so you can use the keys like F4 to trigger play etc PRESS AND HOLD the B1 key to temporarily turn on the MIDI Conductor and then while still holding the B1 key down press a MIDI Conductor key e g F4 to play the song and then RELEASE the B1 key and resume normal piano playing That concludes our tour of the Conductor window For further details and a full list of the hot keys and MIDI notes controlling the Conductor please see the Conductor window chapter Let s turn a single voice into a Choir Load in the song c bb Tutorial Audio Harmonies listen mgu This is a single vocal performance Press the TC Helicon Audio Harmonies button and then select Harmoni
64. low pass filter with 6 selectable intensities Gaussian low pass filters are about as good as it gets for attenuating random noise while having minimal effect on music transients Chapter 10 New Audio Plug Ins Added 45 However a Gaussian filter is still a low pass filter All low pass filters reduce high frequencies along with surface noise You should only enable the Smoothing section if it is necessary for a badly damaged record Experiment with the Smoothing Level to find an acceptable tradeoff between reduction in surface noise versus reduction of musical high frequencies DeNoise Checkbox PG Vinyl Tool DeNoise is a hiss gate It gradually attenuates quiet High Frequencies below the Denoise Threshold Think of it as a sliding high frequency dynamics expander Many vinyl discs were made from reel to reel tape masters The best quality reel to reel tape recorders of yesteryear had more hiss than modern digital recorders A vinyl disc in excellent condition could contain an accurate copy of the original tape hiss In some cases carefully adjusted DeNoise may give a perceived improvement over the original noise level DeNoising may also be beneficial on low level disc surface noise slightly worn discs If you have low level frying bacon surface noise DeNoise might work better than Smoothing With loud frying bacon surface noise you could try a judicious combination of Smoothing and DeNoise DeNoise Amount This contro
65. nce Also the GUI of the harmony feature has been enhanced There are 2 new features for the Audio Harmonies More Chordal presets including unison harmonies Unison harmonies are available for the Chordal harmony Chordal harmony is the harmony that doesn t require a MIDI melody and just harmonizes according to the chords of the song There are now 25 presets compared to 9 in the previous version For example if you recording a vocal track and then choose Chordal Harmony i e Harmonize to the Chords of the Song you can then choose a new preset called 1 Unison 2 Down 1 Up f Harmonize to the chords of the song ignoring the MIDI melody Harmony type Four Above Three Above 1 Down 2 Up 2 Down 1 Up Three Down Four Down 1 Down 1 Up 1 dawn 3 up 2 down 2 up 3 dawn 1 up 1 Unison 2 Unison 3 Unison 4 Unison 1 Union 3 Up 1 Unison 1 dawn 2 up 1 Unison 2 Down 1 Up 1 Unison 3 down 2 Unong 1 Down 1 Up 2 Unisons 2 Down 2 Unisons 2 Up 3 Unisons 1 Up 3 Unisone 1 Down This will give you 4 harmonies and one of them will be a unison harmony doubling your voice You can assign specific vibrato and other settings to the unison voice so that it sounds slightly different than your own creating a fattening effect to your voice Choir Effect In the TC Helicon Harmony dialog you can select a choir effect from none small medium large A large choir effect makes each voice sound like 4 people sing
66. ne Thickness Settings Bar Line 150 Tie x 100 Stave Line 100 Slur x 100 Access these settings from the Other Notation Options dialog For example if you set the Bar Line width to 200 the bar lines will be twice as wide and easier to see This affects display and printout B There are spin buttons in note attributes window Holding the spin increments continuously and Shift clicking or right clicking increments by a higher amount Shift clicking on the spin buttons changes the pitch of a note by an octave instead of a semitone The velocity duration or time stamp by 5 instead of 1 For example to change the octave of a note Shift click or right click on the spin arrows Chard height adjustment There s a new option for a custom height for an individual chord symbol To adjust the height of a certain chord right click on the Notation window Editable mode and select Chord height adjustment Then enter an offset for chord height Chapter 13 More Notation improvements 59 Printout improved There are print templates in the print dialog to achieve various printout styles Normal Lyrics Only Chords and Lyrics Chords Only Blank Paper In the print dialog select the desired print template To return to normal Lyrics Only settings choose the Normal template Chords and Lyrics Chords Only Blank Staff Paper Print Range Print Range A specific range of bars can now be printed
67. ness of the center versus side channels Vocal is not the only sound which can trigger the compressor Any loud midrange center instrument could trigger the compressor so if you crank the Amount too high snare drum or other loud center instruments may unpleasantly pump the side channels Reduce Reverb Attack Slider Works like a compressor Attack control Move the slider to the left for faster response to sudden increase in loudness when the vocalist starts a phrase Move to the right for a slower response to sudden increase in loudness Reduce Reverb Release Slider Works like a compressor Release control Move to the left for faster recovery after the loudness diminishes when the vocalist ends a phrase Move right for slower recovery Adjusting Reverb Reduction Experiment to get a feel for what works There may be some songs where the reverb can t be improved and in those cases just disable the Reduce Reverb Checkbox Some vocals have short pre delay and reverb tails Short attack and release would make sense Some songs especially ballads have loud balloon reverb tails with long pre delay Since the reverb comes in after the vocal phrase begins and lasts a long time after the vocal phrase ends longer attack and release would make sense Adjust the Attack so that the compression kicks in about the same time as the pre delay reverb and adjust the release long enough to hold back the reverb after a vocal line is finished
68. nsert Section Text DO C rO O o o o o o ooo M um ect Motation Symbols Slur l Crescendo Motation Mode w Editable Mode Staff Roll Mode Decrescenda Stacatta Regular Accent Stacatissma Legato Accent Marcatto Accent Cleanup Orphaned Notation Controller Events Chord height adjustment The StyleMaker has a right mouse menu now Options Play pattern sh click or dbl click Play Pattern on Chord F Play pattern on Current chord fckrl Click Record Pattern F3 Edit Pattern notation Ctrl Mute Pattern Let s explore the Conductor window The Conductor allows you to move around the sections of a song You can define up to 10 sections in any song For songs that don t yet have sections defined the sections default to Section 1 Start of song Section 2 Intro Section 3 First Chorus Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial Section 4 Middle Chorus 1 e start of chorus 2 Section 5 Last Chorus Section 6 Ending Let s load in c bb Tutorial BB 2006 Conductor Demo 1 no sections MGU This is a typical Band in a Box song that has an intro 3 choruses and an ending There are no sections defined so we ll rely on those defaults above Section 2 Intro etc First off we need to enable the Conductor QWERTY keys To launch the Conductor press the tilde key or the Conductor button W Enable Control by GVvERTY keys Then set the option Enable Cont
69. nsumers even audiophiles with expensive stereos did not have speakers capable of reproducing lower than 40 Hz Unless you are dubbing classical organ records it is doubtful that there is anything of interest below 30 or 40 Hz While adjusting PG Vinyl Tool you can experimentally toggle the Rumble Filter on off to make sure the filter is not removing important audio features DeCrackle Checkbox Enable the DeCrackle section PG Vinyl Tool defines crackle as high frequency defects in the range of 2000 Hz to 20 000 Hz A single microscopic speck of dust or a tiny static discharge can cause an isolated tick which is too short to be considered a click The DeCrackle section removes these isolated ticks Crackle is a cluster of high frequency ticks If there are multiple close spaced ticks the ticks are perceived as a crackling sound First disable the DeClick Checkbox and adjust DeCrackle On a clean record in good condition DeCrackle may be the only necessary section Normally you would only enable the DeClick section if DeCrackle can t adequately clean up the mess DeCrackle Amount This adjusts the sensitivity of what PG Vinyl Tool considers to be a tick crackle At zero nothing is removed As the DeCrackle Amount is increased PG Vinyl Tool will mute additional tick suspects If the control is set too extreme PG Vinyl Tool will partially mute musical features such as hand percussion or high hat notes Only set the control hig
70. nt to use this button you might mark up your song with part markers only at the places you want the sections and then launch the conductor button and use the Fill button Let s assume that you ve entered the same section bar numbers that we have in the picture displayed here Now as the song is playing you can use the 1 8 keys to jump around to various sections of the song and also use all of the other Conductor hot keys Go to Section Iw Custom 1 Start 2 Ho 3 b 4 21 5 7o 6 53 Now let s keep playing the same song but we re going to control it by a MIDI keyboard The first thing to do is enable our MIDI keyboard to control the Conductor by setting the option Enable Control by MIDI keyboard MIDI keyboard control w Enable control by MIDI keyboard iw OF to change setting above by A Bb B in octave I Adjust Octave a Show MIDI nates Once you have set this MIDI Thru will stop working and the MIDI keyboard notes will trigger various Conductor window functions Press the F4 note below middle C to Play the song Press the F 4 note to STOP the song Press G4 to Pause Press Db5 above middle C to open or close the Notation window Use the Bb4 and B4 keys just below middle C to load in the previous song and next song Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial 19 So now we know how to control the Conductor using a MIDI keyboard But what if we play piano and would
71. of the possibility of such damages or for any claim by any other party TRADEMARKS Band in a Box PG Music and PowerTracks Pro are the 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 Macintosh Mac Power Mac QuickTime and True Type are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries IBMQ is the registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation VST isa 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 PATENTS Band in a Box is protected under US Patent 5990407 The TC Helicon Harmony feature in Band in a Box 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 AGREEMIEN T sscccssccescssssccsssoseseccsesssecssovesesocesssesssesosesesostsoossssosseees 2 TABLEOF CONTENTS em 3 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION oivssssissssecevssecnatcssssscstssessnsdeessocsstsscsessecsssesesesossdensssdseesaseesssnvessss 4 CHAPTER 2 SUMMARY OF NEW FEATURES sssooocseessesooccsccsoessssssessc
72. ombination with the Auto open setting insures that the memo opens when the song opens but closes during playback Song Memo Close Update N A uto open 4 Close w play Melodist Editor has all soloist access There s now access to all soloists from the Melodist Editor previously only the first 256 were accessible Melodist To access this setting enter the Melodist Editor and select the Soloist number Melodist Maker Always Use This Soloist 201 Balladi Sw Ballad JzGuit 281 Balladi Sw Ballad JzGuit 7827 Balladi Sw Ballad Piano 283 Ballad Sw Ballad Trumpet 284 Satch Pops and the Quintet 285 Satch Als Sw_Tpt Hed 286 Satch 40s Sw_Tpt Fast P87 Satch 40s Sw_Tpt Slow 288 Satch Als Sw_Tpt Ballad 58 Chapter 12 Other New Features Chapter 13 More Notation improvements The notation symbols enhancements are described elsewhere H There s a 3 state button to easily change from Standard Editable Note Roll notation modes without toggling The currently selected mode is highlighted with a red box around it Standard Notation Mode Editable Notation Mode and T Staff Roll Mode w Mobatian Mode Editable Mode Staff Roll Mode These can also be accessed from the right mouse menu on the Notation window There s a selectable width for bar lines and ties User can put a setting in the notation options to affect the bar width Li
73. ool can remove clicks and pops from your old vinyl record collection the PG RTA Real Time Analyzer plug in assists audio equalization and can measure the frequency response of audio equipment and the new PG Vocal Remover plug in can reduce the level of lead vocals on many recordings Styles can now have different instruments patches for the a and b substyle For example you can have drum brushes on the a substyle and sticks on the b substyle or acoustic piano for the a and electric piano for the bridge Many of the new styles included with the upgrade use multiple patches in this manner Iw Use separate patches for a and b substyle a substyle patches b substyle patches These patches are set in the StyleMaker in the Patches dialog Styles with Instrument Changes In addition we have many new styles with these multi patches and you can see a list of them in the StylePicker by looking at the Styles with Instrument Changes category You can see a list of styles that have instrument changes SEQ Multi channel lead sheet display and record to specific channel You can now record up to 16 separate tracks on Sequencer Window Multi channel track on Melody Soloist the Melody part Or simply load any MIDI file All Al to the melody part and edit the channels This y part ap None None allows for counter melodies or additional Channel Events Play Show Edit
74. oose the range of the song to add the harmony and the new options to eliminate note overlap and loosen up the start times of the notes The Chord Builder dialog has been redesigned so that it fits entirely above the Chordsheet so that you don t have to move it out of the way while you use it Press the Chord Builder button or Ctrl Shift B to launch the builder on the Chordsheet Chand Harder i Band Mole 5Iash Foot none Chapter 12 Other New Features 55 The Jukebox has been enhanced with a selectable time delay in seconds between songs Also the pause till MIDI keyboard feature has been enhanced spacebar can be used and the setting is saved as a preference Delay between songs number of seconds 4 8 This setting is made in the Jukebox options press the Juke button or F8 key to launch the Jukebox TES Also in the Jukebox you can type a folder name directly instead of waiting for the folder dialog C My First Set b Change Directory 99 There s an easier way to Play From Bar __ Chorus __ Simply right click on the bar and choose this menu item Play From Bar 10 Play From Chorus x l Auto set of rows of Chordsheet In order to try to display most songs on a single page of the Chordsheet there is an auto option in Preferences Display that lets you set a range for the number of rows to display on one screen The program will use more rows for songs with bigger choru
75. ordsheet In order to try to display most songs on a single page of the Chordsheet there is an auto option in Preferences Display that lets you set a range for the number of rows to display on one screen The program will use more rows for songs with bigger choruses so that most songs will display on one Chordsheet in the largest font possible Auto adiust rows Range 0 T iE onus Fakesheet mode display has been improved You can now set a custom number of bars to display on each row of the Fakesheet instead of rigidly using 4 bars per line For example enter 4 6 4 in the Lead sheet Window options and the program will use 4 bars for the first row 6 for the second and 4 for the rest This makes the Fakesheets more readable Fakesheet bars line 4 6 4 Global overrides have been added New options are added in Preferences Overides which allow you to set the overall song looping always OFF always ON or as set in the song verdes i Similar overrides are available to see which other information gets loaded from a file such as patches harmonies volume reverb chorus panning banks For example you can set every song to load with looping ON and not to load any reverb settings from songs Global Song override ignore settings saved in songs Overall Looping of song Always set Loop to OFF Allow Songs to load settini y ays set Loop to ON k i Allow loading of any these settings Patch changes Harmonies
76. piano now make use of higher resolutions so that each instrument display is clearer On the top row guitar green melody red and soloist pink are displayed On the bottom row bass brown piano blue and strings grey are displayed guitar melody soloist Lidbdddbodb codbcdbodbodboedh d oadLodbusdbodbisdbodkoadLodbusdbodbosdbs bass piano strings Range of bars for MIDI files Get Ranae When making a MIDI file you can now select a range of bars to be included Highlight any eee range of bars and the MIDI file will be made for just that range For example to make a MIDI file for a selected range first you can select the range that you d like e g bars 5 10 and then press the MIDI file button You ll then see a range dialog box that allows you to confirm or adjust the range chosen 52 Chapter 12 Other New Features Choose Range This will create a MIDI file for PART of a song over the specified range Range t Whole Song Part of Song Set Range for part of song Bar 5 ticks early to include 120 beat Chorus it bars 6 ticks to exclude at end 120 beat Tip Bar 1 negative 1 is the very beginning of the song Defaults Cancel Help For example you could select Chorus 2 if that is the chorus that you want foukSlow sty demo 5K Standard MIDI File successfully prepared The resultant MIDI file will be made from the selected range SetRange Alternatively
77. pport added Now you can use VST software synths and plug ins just as you use DirectX Many software synths are available in VST format so this expands the number of available synths and plug ins for Band in a Box gt DirectX Plugins ini xi Synth Track Audio Track Edit Bypass Plugin Options or eTA m I Save Group C P r Load Preset Save Preset E D Delete Preset Pla Reverb Iw Enable Reverb 100 r S000 pF Wet r 18 Fr 4000 J a E B E B E E Em 3000 Hu E Bo lae T Io 2000 pu B 100 f eI NE o i0 5op aE Ee wi i EEH Pre Delay Decay LF Fiollott HF Rallaff Density Mis Output To select a VST plug in for the first time select the Add VST plug in item at the bottom of the plug in Menu Select a VST plug in dll file in the following Select a VST plug in dialog and it is added to the plug in list After you add each VST the plug in is permanently added to the list You only have to add each plug in one time To add VSTi synthesizer plug ins please make sure the Synth Track tab is selected and use the plug in menu on the top synthesizer slot VST plug ins always appear at the bottom of the plug in list below the DirectX plug ins VST plug ins have the text lt VST gt prepended to the plug in name and VSTi synthesizer plug ins have the text lt VSTi gt prepended to th
78. r 9 Piano Roll Enhancements Ghost Notes Overlapped Note Ghost Notes Button Motes on other channels Piano Roll Bl x s o Pc sim s sra eN ou J tolli Ios veny NUN en 45 CMa AER 2 17 1 Graphic Edit Min Spacing SSS SSS HU rcc e Zoom All Graphic Edit Add Mode Spacing y7 lE 1 1 1 4 d y p Graphic Edit i Zoom To Selection Scale Mode Add a Scale ie Un Zoom 3 Return to Previous Ld Zoom Settings Overlapping note indicator Overlapping notes are displayed in bold Aqua color making them easy to identify Right Click Menu Item Eliminate overlapped notes Adjustable Graphic Edit Spacing Adjust the event density when graphically inserting Controller and Pitch Bend events This is adjustable from one event per Itick up to one event per 30 ticks If you add many different controller types dense controller streams up to one controller per tick per controller type can clog the MIDI Output channels competing with notes for the available bandwidth In that case you might want to use the default of 1 event per 10 ticks or even sparser However if you need a very detailed Pitch Bend or Controller curve you can decrease the Spacing control and draw more detailed curves Note This control does not change the density of Controllers or Pitch Bends already in the track It only affects the density of newly added events Eraser tool
79. r to the norm but listeners are less likely to seriously audition a tune if it sounds out of whack from the target genre Metal and Big Hair 80 s Rock are among the brightest commercial mixes often approaching a straight horizontal line on an RTA If your mix has an overall positive slope the high frequencies measure higher than low frequencies you should rest your ears and then re evaluate the mix If the mix has a positive slope it is almost certainly brighter than any musical genre 40 Chapter 10 New Audio Plug Ins Added Rhythm n Blues tends to be bass heavy Most R amp B tunes have an overall negative slope with the high frequency bands quieter than the low frequency bands If you mix an R amp B tune with a straight horizontal line frequency distribution it is probably too bright for the R amp B genre Classical music tends to be even darker than R amp B except for low bass frequencies Techno and Dance music is often very bass heavy Jazz is typically pretty mellow with low frequencies louder than high frequencies but not necessarily a lot of very low bass Country music often has rolled off low bass Many country tunes use bright bass and bright kick drum so that the bass is not as deep sounding as R amp B or Dance styles Some people have to work very hard to get a good mix while others almost effortlessly find the proper combination An RTA doesn t turn mixing into a paint by number game For instance if you onl
80. reo The Channel View setting has no effect on a mono track If metering a stereo insert select the Left Right button to view the summed frequency response of both the Left and Right channels Select the Left or Right buttons to view only one of the channels Zoom In Out Adjust the vertical amplitude resolution in dB If a track has wide dynamics zoom out to see all the bands without scrolling If zoomed out too far it can be difficult to visually judge frequency levels All the bands may appear about the same level Zoom In to see the best amplitude resolution For instance in the screenshot above the display was zoomed to 3 dB per ruler line which emphasizes the differences between loud and quiet frequency bands View Range Scroll Adjust the Scrollbar to center the display to taste When zoomed in on a quiet track as in the screenshot above you would scroll down to get a good view of the frequency distribution Chapter 10 New Audio Plug Ins Added 4 PG Vinyl Tool PG Vinyl Tool can improve vinyl recordings Vinyl discs can have many troubles depending on their condition Some records may be severely damaged whereas others may only have a few occasional crackles Though PG Vinyl Tool has many processing sections it will not be necessary to use every section on every record We can t really offer meaningful presets because each record you process will be a little different Enable PG Vinyl Enable DeNoise Enable Rumble F
81. rol by QWERTY keys to true Now that this option is enabled during playback the QWERTY keyboard will control jumping to new sections looping navigation etc see the Conductor Window chapter for a full list of the hot keys Start the song playing Use some Conductor hot keys Press any of the 1 6 hot keys to jump to a certain section of the song For example press 4 to jump to the beginning of the middle choruses 1 e start of chorus 2 Note that when you press the 4 button the program instantly jumps to the new section but stays in time with the current bar For example if you press it when you are on beat 3 the program will jump to beat 3 of the bar immediately preceding the new section Default Mode for section change In the Conductor window you can change the default behavior of how NO and stay in time the program jumps to the new section For example you can set it to NOW and go to start of bar jump at the end of the current bar or jump immediately etc NOM and stay in tine Next Bar Nest Part Marker Next Chorus Next Section Now as the song is playing let s see what other QWERTY hot keys are available to us Open the Conductor window and notice these three sections 1 Loop The a hot key causes the current chorus to be looped 2 Go Back Ctrl a jumps back one chorus 3 Go Ahead Shift A moves ahead one chorus The hot keys a s d f z x c can be used to loop move
82. ses so that most songs will display on one Chordsheet in the largest font possible W Auto adiust Hrows Range 10 fa iE LOWS Fakesheet mode display has been improved You can now set a custom number of bars to display on each row of the Fakesheet instead of rigidly using 4 bars per line For example enter 4 6 4 in the Lead Sheet Window options and the program will use 4 bars for the first row 6 for the second and 4 for the rest This makes the Fakesheets more readable Fakesheet bars line 4 6 4 Fake Sheet Mode Note that this setting only affects the Fakesheet mode set on the Lead Sheet window not the regular notation that is not in the Fakesheet mode Setting A Custom Bars Per Line For Non Fakesheet Mode If you want to control how many bars per line get displayed for a regular non fakesheet mode display use the Bar Display F5 options and select Notation Start a New Line on bars that you d like a new line of notation Bars Screen 4 New Line each chorus hi That setting in combination with the Notation none Window Options setting for bars per screen and new line each allow you chorus to save custom settings for bars per line in non fakesheet mode park marker The Full Long Style Name is displayed in a hint beside the style name and also at the top of the screen For example for ZZJAZZ STY you will see Jazz Swing Style written at the top of the screen and available as a h
83. soossssscesessessssssesee 5 CHAPTER 3 QUICKSTART TUTORI D unono oiron aa onora ene saa oe 16 CHAPTER 4 CONDUCTOR WINDOW sscssssssecsissstestvsaseassnssncdesssesssesanacaeetesedsbsossasccesosesvaseesass 22 CHAPTER 5 MELODY SOLOIST SEQUENCER ee ee ccccccccssereccccrcccccceeccecceesees 27 CHAPTER O ASIO 4 iiie HE ORDER E VIN UII e ERES 3l CHAPTER 7 NOTATION SYMBOLS sscctsncscnsseccssesedscavedcssoaasstucecesevsassastecceacepessnassaessecssesenenes 33 CHAPTERS VS Tocarse Mapa eve aav o opa ERE DRIVE Mua NEED VN 35 CHAPTER 9 PIANO ROLL ENHANCEMENTS ecce eee e eee eee ette eens sos o esee esses ee eoo 38 CHAPTER 10 NEW AUDIO PLUG INS ADDED cc eee eere eren enne nee e eese eee eene 40 CHAPTER 11 HARMONY ENHANCEMENT SS eee e eee eee eee eee ette naso sess sees eee eee eoo 50 CHAPTER 12 OTHER NEW FRA TU RES csscscicssccsseossovssaasecacesessavsdseatcncseessasssousacecesvsesvasossess 51 CHAPTER 13 MORE NOTATION IMPROVEMENT SS ccsssccccccsssccccccccceesssssccees 59 CHAPTER 14 GLOBAL SONG OVERRIDES eeeee eee eee eee etes nnno sesso eese eese eoo 62 CHAPTER 15 EAR TRAINING IMPROVEMENTS eeee eerte eene eese en essa sees ee ete toon 63 CHAPTER 16 STYLEMAKER ENHANCEMENTS eeeeee eee eee ee eee e esses eese eese sees eoo 65 FG MUSIC D T nep 67 INDEX que
84. t at the beginning of the count in but you can offset it by a certain number of bars if you want to You can also choose if you d prefer the file to be read in as mono or stereo m You can view the data on the Audio Edit Window to view or loop sections of the file You can manually set the tempo by clicking the minus key 4 times as the song is playing at the tempo of the audio file Export of audio as WMA file has been enhanced using Microsoft s newest Windows Media compression codecs which are rendered directly rather than with a command line utility This feature requires Windows XP or Windows 98 with the latest version of Windows Media Player If you don t have either of those the function should still Work but use a command line utility instead Chapter 12 Other New Features 53 The MIDI Monitor has been enhanced with options for 1 based patch numbering and patch name display Quick View Filter presets such as Notes Only Controllers Only Program Changes Only Programs including Bank Changes Stability is improved when using soft synths Dx Direct Render save WAY file Iw Stereo File s You can now direct render to audio as separate tracks If this option is chosen separate WAV files get written mono or stereo for each track names MySong Bass WAV MySong Drums WAV etc so you can import tracks to your favorite sequencer as audio files For direct rendering you can also choose w
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86. tch Invasion helps to develop perfect pitch as you shoot down Pitch Invasion alien notes invading from bee above you hear the note sound and click on the on screen piano MIDI or QWERTY keyboard to shoot them down Music Replay develops your OMA pitch rhythm and melody MUSIC AERIS d akon firm recognition by replaying what the UL program plays in note rhythm or melodic modes E3 da n 8 Chapter 2 Summary of New Features Clearer piano display The instruments displayed on the on screen piano now make use of higher resolutions so that each instrument display is clearer GUT RE Range of bars for MIDI files When making a MIDI file you can now select a range of bars Mee to be included Highlight any range of bars and the MIDI file will be made for just that range Ww Display Usus as CTT Support for 11 chords A new option in Prefs Display for 11 chords allows display of 9sus chords as 11 e g Bb11 instead of Bb9sus Direct open or import of WMA MP3 and CD Audio files You can open or import a Windows Media Audio file WMA to add to the BB song or an MP3 file including variable bit rate files This allows you to open or import the most commonly used audio formats into Band in a Box Once opened you can play the audio track along with a Band in a Box song or slow down the playback without affecting the pitch Export of audio as WMA file has been enhanced usin
87. te sequencer as audio files For direct rendering you can also choose whether you want the output file to be mono or stereo Dx Direct Render save WAY file i Stereo File s Loosen note start times There is a dedicated function to vary the start times of notes on the Melody or Soloist tracks with options for what notes to affect harmony chords and amount of variance Choose menu item Melody Edit Utilities Loosen Start Times Loosen start times of notes for melodies or harmonies This will vary the start times of notes on the Melody or Soloist track Randomizing the start times give the sound a looser less mechanical sound This is also useful for harmonies that are on the Melody Soloist track Range to adjust start times eg 5 to 5 5 to 5 ticks OK to change timing of notes that are not part of chord or harmony r Defaults i Cancel Help Chapter 2 Summary of New Features 9 Convert to Harmony feature enhanced Now when adding a harmony to the Melody or Soloist there are options to remove duplicate notes and to spread shift the start times of the notes for the harmony notes to achieve a more natural richer harmony sound The melody is not affected only the harmony notes and there are options for the range of spread for the harmony notes Convert Track to Harmony This permanently writes the generated harmony part ta the Melody track Once converted you should set the harmony to none
88. ter 9 Piano Roll Enhancements 39 Chapter 10 New Audio Plug Ins Added PG RTA The PG Real Time Analyzer frequency analyzer is ONLY a frequency measurement tool PG RTA never modifies the audio Enable PG Realtime Analyzer select Channels Frequency Resolution j Help PG RTA 4 Frequency Hez an Channel View Y iw Enable Plugin Octave f Third Octave Left Fight Left C Right ae d i i a a EF a 7 t ae at ia Lor M ri F A a r E A d d ae Fi a Amplitude dB Frequency Hz View Range Scroll Zoomin Zoom Out Sonic Repair An RTA can help identify frequencies which should be boosted or cut with an Equalizer plug in For instance if an instrument track is too noisy examine the frequency response with an RTA To reduce noise unused frequency bands would be the first likely places to equalize If a track sounds bad the objectionable frequencies are likely to be among the loudest in the RTA display It can be easier quicker to improve the tone if you first try equalizing the loud frequencies Mixing Mastering An RTA is a good reality check on full mixes To get a feel for the frequency distribution of a music style use the RTA to study your favorite CDs Music styles often have typical frequency distributions While polishing your mix the RTA can help you make a tune s frequency balance in the ballpark of the tune s genre It may seem uncreative to purposely make original tunes simila
89. the buffer size in samples which is less convenient than milliseconds The smaller the buffer size the lower the latency and the faster the response Smaller buffers require more CPU power and if you hear dropouts or artifacts you may need to increase the buffer size See the Understanding Latency section that follows Since many ASIO drivers do not support multiple sample rates Band in a Box has a built in resampler which lets you play and record songs that have a different sampling rate than the rate s directly supported by your ASIO driver For example if the driver does not support 44 1K sampling rate but supports 48K then Band in a Box will use the resampler to convert to 48K when playing back and to convert FROM 48K when recording The Resampler Quality combo lets you choose Fast Good Better or Best Fast is the quickest but is the lowest of the four levels of quality Best is the slowest uses more CPU time but the most transparent and accurate quality The ASIO Driver s Control Panel button launches a settings dialog specifically provided by your driver manufacturer This usually lets you adjust the latency and usually you will have a choice between buffer sizes in milliseconds See the Understanding Latency section later below The Driver Info field shows various characteristics of your driver The Name is the driver s name The Version is the version number of your driver Chapter 6 ASIO 3l Input Channels is the tot
90. ting Bass si 312 Acoustic Piano g Trumpet 333 Vibes v a E Nylon String Guitar 1530 10 Acoustic Plano obo lw FE ml In the example picture we have set Channel 2 Bass and Channel 4 Trumpet to show on the notation and have set all of the channels to play to hear them 3 Acoustic Piano ada W BE For a specific channel e g channel 3 piano we see the following information Channel 3 Acoustic Piano this 1s the patch name found on the track 842 There are 842 events in the track usually every note is an event We have customized the piano track so that it can be heard play true but not seen in notation Show false 28 Chapter 5 Melody Soloist Sequencer E dit There is a small button at the right of the track line that allows you to delete rechannel or Delete merge the channel with another channel Rechannel You can also change the patch instrument for that track by using the instrument patch Merge combo box Acoustic Piano So now that we ve customized the display we are seeing the bass and trumpet on the notation and hearing the entire track Removing All Tracks Except Melody From A Midi File One use for the Sequencer mode is to load in a MIDI file and then delete all of the channels except the melody so that you can allow BB s rhythm section to provide the accompaniment Delete Rechannel Merge To do this open the Sequencer window and use the Edit pul
91. tion Chapter 15 Ear Training Improvements 63 Music Replay Music Replay develops your pitch rhythm and melody recognition by replaying what the program plays in note rhythm or melodic modes i ie Music Ripley Heplan Mele Wht Bantry L a 4 Replay Mole T Best ScorES Player PG UPS Tempe d l SCORE limga Aboul HELP ios CHAMP T prm WP lo gg a E Chee For Music Replay choose the MODE of the game There are three modes 1 Note Replay 2 Rhythm Replay 3 Melody Replay Lewel 2 v Set the Level to make the game harder Press the HELP button for more information 64 Chapter 15 Ear Training Improvements Chapter 16 StyleMaker Enhancements Many StyleMaker enhancements When importing an instrument from another style to Piano Guitar or Strings you can now choose an instrument from Piano Guitar or Strings In the StyleMaker choose Style Import Instrument from Style Patch Assignments Alt F10 Misc Settings Ctrl F10 Mexk Instrument F Previous Instrument SHF F Import Instrument From Style Then notice the selector box to choose an instrument to import and the destination instrument in Import to this instrument Import Instrument from Style Instrument to Import Drums Bass Piano Guitar t Strings Import to this Instrument Guitar Note that Piano Guitar Strings can be interchanged here but Bass can only be imported from Bass and Drums from
92. ver activated Balance Slider Fine tune with the Balance slider The center position is typically as good as it gets but some recordings have accidentally mismatched Left Right balance This is common with vinyl or cassette recordings or CD reissues of Oldies You may get improved vocal cancellation by twiddling the Pan slider to find a sweet spot Lo Limit and Hi Limit Sliders Adjust these sliders to fit the nature of the vocal The default settings are fine for many tunes Frequencies below the Lo Limit and above the Hi Limit are not processed preserving fidelity except in the vocal midrange Set the Lo Limit slider just low enough to attenuate low vocal notes Set the Hi Limit slider just high enough to attenuate high vocal harmonics Obviously the best settings are different for a Baritone Tenor Alto or Soprano voice They are best set by ear Some sopranos have warm low tone but some Baritones have very bright tone so the mid frequency vocal range may be wider than expected Reduce Reverb Checkbox Toggle the checkbox to compare with without Reverb Reduction Reduce Reverb Amount Slider Reverb Reduction behaves like a dynamics compressor but the loudness of the center channel affects the loudness of the side channels Move the slider to the right to increase the effect The effect compares the relative level between center and side channels so no processing takes place unless there is a significant difference between the loud
93. y change the level of drum hi hat it can radically change the RTA display One can make a bad sounding mix which has the same frequency distribution as your favorite famous recording But an RTA is an excellent reality check If your mix sounds good to the ear AND THE RTA IS ALSO IN THE BALLPARK the odds are good that you are getting close to a finished mix Control Descriptions Enable Plug in Checkbox Toggle the checkbox to turn the RTA ON or OFF PG RTA only does processing when 1 The plug in is enabled 2 The plug in is visible If PG RTA is not enabled or it is not visible it does not add to the computer load during playback It does no harm to leave several instances of the plug in assigned to various Tracks Aux Returns or Masters When you don t have the plug in visible onscreen it will not load down the computer Frequency Resolution The Octave button displays ten bands representing the level of each octave in the audio The Third Octave button displays 28 bands representing the level of each third of an octave in the audio There may be situations where it is more useful to have a general overview at octave resolution but the main reason you might prefer Octave resolution is to reduce the CPU load Compared to third octave resolution Octave resolution only presents one third of the computer load Channel View Channel View is only meaningful when metering a stereo track or Aux Master inserts which are almost always ste
94. ze to the chords of the song and Harmony type 4 Unison from the drop down list and press OK Harm f Harmonize to the chords of the sang ignoring the MIDI melody Harmony type 4 Unison E You ll now see the TC Helicon Harmony window It Helicon Harmeny n I i Le iom i j Notice that the harmony voices are all set to Unison because we chose that preset Also notice the new drop down at the bottom for Choir Mode Set it to large which is 4 choir members per voice a total of 16 for our 4 voices 20 Chapter 3 QuickStart Tutorial Press the PREVIEW button to hear the effect of 16 voices singing the same part BMaturalvib 2 Ballad Pack vil f Broadway vik 4 Classic Rk vib W Experiment by changing the vibrato types for each voice Experiment by making the harmonies looser Higher TIMING settings result in looser timing for the various voices A high setting of 100 results in an unpracticed choir sound Exit the harmonies window and choose a different preset harmony Choose 2 Unisons 1 Down 1 Up and then make the same settings as above with large choir vibrato for each voice and a higher timing setting looser timing This results in a great choir effect with 8 unison voices 4 up and 4 down plus the original voice Harmonize to the chords of the song ignoring the MIDI melody Harmony type 2 Unison Down 1 Up T

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