PG Music Band in a Box - 2008 (Windows) User Manual

Version 2008 for Windows® © Copyright PG Music Inc.1989-2008. All rights reserved.

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features 10 a 7-bar section, followed by 8-bar sections, the previous version of Band-in-a-Box wouldn’t start the other sect

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features 11 You can now quickly choose a fadeout ending, just press the [Fade] button in Song Settings, and Band-in-a-Box

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 12 Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial QuickStart Tutorial for the Version 2008 Upgrade The full descriptions of the new fea

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 13 You will notice that the word “Strings” at the top of the screen is lit up in green. This indicates that a RealTr

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 14 Look at the toolbar at the right of the screen. There is a RealTracks button. These are audio styles like RealPed

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 15 Now, let’s make a Medley! Choose File | Medley Maker (or press the [A+B] Medley Maker button on the toolbar). Using

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 16 Press [Make Medley NOW]. You’ll now be hearing the medley. Note that: - Style changes and tempo changes occur f

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 17Press the Song Settings button or select Edit | Settings (for This Song). Choose a number of bars to fade out (pr

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 18 We’ve explored the main screen, RealTracks, MultiStyles, Medley Maker, improved StylePicker, and AudioChordWizard.

Chapter 4: RealTracks™ 19Chapter 4: RealTracks™ What are RealTracks? With the previous release of Band-in-a-Box, we added RealDrums. Now we’ve added

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Chapter 4: RealTracks™ 20 Note: We use this naming convention for Real Styles. This is optional. The first letter of “=” indicates that at least one

Chapter 4: RealTracks™ 21 The RealTracks settings dialog also allows you to Enable/Disable the RealTracks feature, and apply an overall Global Volu

Chapter 5: MultiStyles 22 Chapter 5: MultiStyles We’ve added MultiStyles to Band-in-a-Box. These are styles that can have up to 24 substyles! Previo

Chapter 5: MultiStyles 23The following styles sets are the first ones with MultiStyles. They have 4 MultiStyles per style, except Techno, which uses

Chapter 6: Medley Maker 24 Chapter 6: Medley Maker Would you like to make a medley of various Band-in-a-Box songs (MGU) using Band-in-a-Box? This is

Chapter 6: Medley Maker 25 The maximum size of the medley is 255 bars (about 7 minutes). The current size and time of your medley is displayed in t

Chapter 7: AudioChordWizard 26 Chapter 7: AudioChordWizard Audio Chord Wizard Enhancements The Audio Chord Wizard is the amazing feature that automati

Chapter 7: AudioChordWizard 27Now the song is divided into sections, with space between each section, and each section starting on a new line. If we

Chapter 8: RealDrums Enhancements 28 Chapter 8: RealDrums Enhancements The RealDrums feature replaces MIDI drums with audio drums. Style Changes You

Chapter 8: RealDrums Enhancements 29 The RealDrums for this style shows you the current style that would be substituted (assuming you have RealDrums

Table of Contents 3 Table of Contents PG MUSIC INC. LICENSE AGREEMENT 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 5 CHAPTER 2: SUMMARY OF NEW FE

Chapter 9: StylePicker Enhancements 30 Chapter 9: StylePicker Enhancements The Band-in-a-Box StylePicker can now support up to 20,000 entries, with mo

Chapter 9: StylePicker Enhancements 31 - You can also specify a long style name (up to 32 characters) when saving a style from the StyleMaker or as a

Chapter 10: StyleMaker Enhancements 32 Chapter 10: StyleMaker Enhancements Style Instrument Assignments Styles can now contain RealTracks or MIDI solo

Chapter 10: StyleMaker Enhancements 33- Feature added to turn embellishment on/off for entire style. This is done via the Styles menu in StyleMaker.

Chapter 11: Notation Window Enhancements 34 Chapter 11: Notation Window Enhancements Confirmation Dialog The confirmation dialog is a feature to preve

Chapter 11: Notation Window Enhancements 35In the Print Options dialog there is a setting for “Show Bar #s” to include the bar # on the lead sheet an

Chapter 12: Other New Features 36 Chapter 12: Other New Features Change of Key Signature at any Bar. Previous versions of Band-in-a-Box displayed one

Chapter 12: Other New Features 37by 8-bar sections, the previous version of Band-in-a-Box wouldn’t start the other sections on a new line. The resul

Chapter 12: Other New Features 38 In the Import Band-in-a-Box Song dialog, choose the range that you want to import (Import from Bar and # of bars),

Chapter 12: Other New Features 39files with chords in them, by making a MySong.MGU and MySong.MP3 pair of files, which will load into Band-in-a-Box,

Chapter 1: Introduction 4 Style Log Options 32 CHAPTER 11: NOTATION WINDOW ENHANCEMENTS 34 Confirmation Dialog 34 Bar Number Options 34 CHAPTER 12

Chapter 12: Other New Features 40 Changes at any Bar (F5) Improvements Specify a chorus # (or all). Previously, any changes at a bar would apply fo

Chapter 12: Other New Features 41Other Features. Find File. So many files, so little time? This feature is a “Swiss Army Knife” that allows you to f

Chapter 12: Other New Features 42 Tempo is set based on Style when choosing File | New. Instead of always resetting to tempo=140, the tempo is now t

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Index 44 Index Audio Batch Render, 42 Audio Chord Wizard, 26 chord sheet, 26 settings, 27 Audio Playback, 42 Band-in-a-Box 2008, 5 Bar Settings, 40 Ba

Chapter 1: Introduction 5Chapter 1: Introduction This documentation covers the new features in Band-in-a-Box Version 2008. - Chapter 2 is a summary

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features 6 Chapter 2: Summary of New Features Band-in-a-Box 2008 The new features in Band-in-a-Box 2008 for Windows are...

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features 7- You can now have style changes - multiple RealDrums styles within a song - either using the RealDrums from a

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features 8 - Styles can now contain RealTracks. - Styles can now use MIDI soloists. For example, make a style with a b

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features 9- Long style names appear on the main chord sheet screen beside the short style name - You can also specif