PG Music Band in a Box - 2012 (Macintosh) User's Guide download pdf (Page 6)

Chapter 1: Introduction 6

Chapter 1: Introduction

The latest version of Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh is

built for OS X, and adds many new features! This

exciting new version of Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh

runs “Native” in OS X Jaguar or Panther (version

10.2 or higher recommended) and includes many new

and enhanced features.

Band-in-a-Box version 12 is fully Mac OS X carbonized. We have a huge

number of new and improved Styles, Soloist, Harmonies, and Song Demos,

making your Band-in-a-Box program sound better than ever! Program

operations are much faster, including up to 3 times faster notation redraws, song,

and soloing generation. Playback timing is improved and rock-solid with Mac

OS X. You can export your Band-in-a-Box files and import them into Apple’s

GarageBand program for further processing. And we include a great

QuickTime video tutorial, showing you all the newest features in version 12!

The styles have been greatly enhanced – we’ve edited the existing styles, and

made many more styles using the newest features. This automatically makes

your existing songs sound better! New Soloists, Melodists and Harmonies are

now included, making this the best-sounding Band-in-a-Box ever!

The user interface has been enhanced with improved menus, and other

enhancements, giving Band-in-a-Box a much better look in the OS X

environment. Improved OS X 128X128 “high resolution” program and file

icons are also included with this upgrade to enhance the user experience.

Timing has been improved to microsecond accuracy for tighter playback.

MIDI support for Band-in-a-Box 12 for Macintosh now includes CoreMIDI

(for support of external MIDI devices) as well as improved support for

QuickTime Music synthesizers, making it work and sound much better in OS

X. Additional MIDI driver enhancements allow users with controller keyboards

such as the M-Audio Oxygen 8, or the Edirol PCR-1 to play thru the QuickTime

Music synthesizer from their MIDI keyboard.

Other enhanced features include: odd-time signature support (7/8, 11/8 etc.),

maximum number of Soloists increased from 256 to 1024, count-in types now

include choice of drum pattern or regular count-in, addition of “low root

harmony” setting to Harmony Edit dialog, “Strauss-in-a-Box” to automatically

transform any 4/4 song to a Waltz 3/4 feel, “De-Strauss” to transform any song

with a 3/4 time signature to a 4/4 feel, StylePicker Dialog enhancements, bass

player plays better “5ths” over some Jazz chords, support for audio and video

memos for songs , options to set the note density in the Soloist and much

more.

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