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Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide

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of –90 to +100. A setting of –50 halves the tempo, a setting of 100 doubles it.

Tempo can also be set by clicking on the metronome button. Clicking on this button

4 times will set the tempo to your tapped-in value. The tempo change takes effect at

the beginning of the bar and remains until a new tempo change at another bar is

inserted.

Volume Changes

Volume levels can be changed at any bar, either for All parts or for each part individually.

Changes can be entered manually, or selected from presets.

The presets include settings to Mute a part, to reset the volume Back to Normal,

and to automatically fade levels.

Patch Changes at any Bar.

This setting allows you to insert a patch change at the beginning of any bar. Type the General MIDI number of the

patch change in the appropriate box (i.e. Bass, Soloist, etc.) that you want to affect.

Note: To save a song with patch changes at the beginning of the song you should use the Edit | Save Song with Patches… dialog

instead of this one.

Harmony Changes at this Bar

You can insert harmony changes into the song at any bar and beat. For example, start the song with “no harmony”

then have “SuperSax” come in on the bridge, then “Shearing” on the next chorus, etc. This is also effective when

used with the Soloist on the Thru part. With this setting, you can have multiple types of horn section solos (i.e.

Brass, Sax, etc.) or harmonized distortion guitar effects for guitar solos.

Clear Changes

The [Clear Bar] button clears all changes from the current bar, as determined by the

location of the highlight cell on the Chordsheet.

Press the [Clear all Bars] button to remove all changes in all bars in the song.

Chord Preview/Builder

You can instantly hear how any chord sounds by selecting it in the Chordsheet and pressing Shift+Return, or use

the “Chord Builder” feature to audition different chords until you find the one that sounds best to you. In other

words, you can enter chords “by ear” without having to know the actual chord names or any music theory. This

feature also illustrates the differences between various chord types.

Previewing Chords

This feature allows you to hear chords as you to type them in. When you are entering chords onto the Chordsheet

(or notation window), after you type a chord name, press Shift+Return. This enters the chord onto the Chordsheet

and then plays the chord for you, using the patches on the Piano part and Bass part. You can also listen to a chord

that has already been entered, by just pressing Shift+Return after moving to that bar with the chord. If there is no

chord entered at that bar, you will hear the last chord that was entered.

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