PG Music Band in a Box - 2012 (Windows) Manual de usuario

Band-in-a-Box® Version 12 for Windows®  Copyright PG Music Inc. 1989-2003. All rights reserved.

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features 10 Boot to Last Directory. On program boot up, the current directory will get set to the last directory used in the

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features 11 available to enter a value for Volume, Panning, Reverb, Chorus, and Bank settings. Master Volume Hot Keys. Maste

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features 12 produced a (loud) velocity boost of 15-30. Now you can set the amount of velocity boost, for the effect you wan

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 13 Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial QuickStart Tutorial for the Version 12 Upgrade. The full descriptions of the new fea

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 14 Right click on the Chordsheet screen (or Notation window) and a context menu will appear. This is another way to l

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 15 Find the new Loop Section Settings dialog and checkbox. To the right of the song title, you'll see the “Loop S

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 16 Four part Harmony display in Leadsheet Notation window. For example, you can see the first Bb note has the other ha

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 17 Select Show Harmony Voice Æ“Voice 2,” and press OK. You'll now see just voice 2 of the harmony. Play the song

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 18 You can view the bass fretboard for other tracks (except Guitar) in the Guitar Settings dialog by choosing Bass in

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 19 Note: Violet.MID is a Jazz Swing MIDI file that is included in your c:\bb folder. You can use your own MIDI file

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Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 20 1. The chords for the MIDI file are figured out and displayed on the Chordsheet. They aren't perfect, but us

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 21 1. The “BB Parts” have to be correct. We can audition the MIDI file by playing a loop and listening to the MIDI f

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 22 In the Snapshots area of the Style Wizard: - Enter “1-20” for the bars for the “A” Substyle. - Enter “21-28, 37-

Chapter 3: QuickStart Tutorial 23 So we've made our first style! In summary, making styles with the Style Wizard is a process involving: 1. Loa

Chapter 4: MIDI File to Style Wizard 24 Chapter 4: MIDI File to Style Wizard Overview MIDI file to Style Wizard This automatically converts a MIDI fil

Chapter 4: MIDI File to Style Wizard 25 Style Wizard Dialog Open the Style Creation Wizard dialog from the Styles menu by choosing the Style Wizard me

Chapter 4: MIDI File to Style Wizard 26 The [All] button selects (plays) all of the channels. The “Solo” button will “solo” the last channel that wa

Chapter 4: MIDI File to Style Wizard 27 of the chords isn't accurate, you can use this button to use different settings. The [=] button will re-

Chapter 4: MIDI File to Style Wizard 28 Chordsheet, so you should first exit the Style Wizard to insure that the part markers are correct before press

Chapter 4: MIDI File to Style Wizard 29 “Generate NEW style…” makes a new style. The Style Creation Wizard dialog is exited, and a file dialog allow

Table of Contents 3 Table of Contents PG MUSIC INC. LICENSE AGREEMENT 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 4 CHAPTER 2: SUMMARY OF NEW FEA

Chapter 4: MIDI File to Style Wizard 30 Drums (“voicings”): Whether the patterns will use live or grid style patterns. Default mode is “auto,” which

Chapter 4: MIDI File to Style Wizard 31 Delete existing patterns (when adding to the style). (DEFAULT = NO) If this option is set when you create st

Chapter 5: General MIDI 2 (GM2) Support 32 Chapter 5: General MIDI 2 (GM2) Support “Twice as many instruments” with General MIDI 2 support! We've

Chapter 5: General MIDI 2 (GM2) Support 33 Technical note: For a GM patch like Nylon Guitar the patch is 25. For a GM2 patch like Ukulele, the patc

Chapter 6: Looping / Song Navigation Enhancements 34 Chapter 6: Looping / Song Navigation Enhancements Loop any Section of the song. You can now loo

Chapter 6: Looping / Song Navigation Enhancements 35 Presets are available to set the loop points to Intro, First / Middle /Last Choruses, Ending, or

Chapter 7: Bass / Guitar / Fretboards 36 Chapter 7: Bass / Guitar / Fretboards Guitar Window Enhancements We've enhanced the Guitar Window by add

Chapter 7: Bass / Guitar / Fretboards 37 To get the Chord Diagrams displaying, go to the Notation Window Options dialog and choose the type of Guita

Chapter 8: Harmony Notation Display Enhancements 38 Chapter 8: Harmony Notation Display Enhancements Harmony Notation Display Enhancements Harmonies c

Chapter 8: Harmony Notation Display Enhancements 39 Four part harmony on four separate staves. For example, you can see the first Bb note has the ot

Chapter 1: Introduction 4 Chapter 1: Introduction This documentation covers the new features in Band-in-a-Box Version 12. 9 Chapter 2 is a summary of

Chapter 8: Harmony Notation Display Enhancements 40 - Split Harmonies to different tracks enables the splitting of the harmonies to different tracks

Chapter 9: GUI Enhancements 41 Chapter 9: GUI Enhancements Interface Enhancements The program’s Graphical User Interface has been enhanced. There i

Chapter 9: GUI Enhancements 42 The User menu (abbreviation for User-Style) has been moved to the Styles menu. The Styles menu now contains the StyleM

Chapter 10: Notation Enhancements 43 Chapter 10: Notation Enhancements Guitar Chord Diagrams are available on the notation, leadsheet, or printout

Chapter 10: Notation Enhancements 44 Channel numbers are now displayable on the notation. When editing notes, it is often helpful to see the channel

Chapter 11: Style Enhancements 45 Chapter 11: Style Enhancements Styles Improved All of the styles are enhanced! We've improved/updated EVERY B

Chapter 11: Style Enhancements 46 Load Previous Style, Load Next Style. This function, analogous to the Load Next Song function, loads in the previo

Chapter 11: Style Enhancements 47 Box. The window size has been increased, providing more space for the category descriptions. Technical note: The

Chapter 12: Other New Features 48 Chapter 12: Other New Features Handy Song Transpose Options. Quick (1 hot key) Song Transpose. Now you can transpo

Chapter 12: Other New Features 49 Option to hear the drum count-in even if the drums are muted or disabled. Previously, when the drum track was mu

Chapter 1: Introduction 5 patterns and more. Many of these styles and new demo songs are included with your Band-in-a-Box version 12 upgrade. There

Chapter 12: Other New Features 50 Master Volume settings can now be made more quickly with hot keys. If you want to “turn it all up or down,” this ca

Chapter 12: Other New Features 51 Shot/Held Chords option enhanced. Normally, when a “shot” or a “held” chord is assigned, the instruments that are e

Chapter 12: Other New Features 52 Dedicated menu items added on GM Menu for “Turn Local ON,” “Turn Local OFF,” and “When program quits, turn Local ON.

Keystroke Commands - Hot Keys 53 Songs will always be saved with last letter of extension “U,” regardless if they are chosen with a Built-in style or

Keystroke Commands - Hot Keys 54 Use Ctrl+Shift together with the 1-9 and 0 keys on the keyboard to select Favorite Instruments. For example, let’s c

Keystroke Commands - Hot Keys 55 Windows Ctrl+W Toggle Notation and Chordsheet windows. Ctrl+O Movable Notation window. Alt+W Leadsheet window. Ctrl+T

Keystroke Commands - Hot Keys 56 Record from any bar. R Jukebox start/stop. F8 Save song. F2 Save song with patches. Alt+F2 Load song. F3 Loa

Appendix A: New Styles and Add-Ons. 57 Appendix A: New Styles and Add-Ons. Please see the on-line documentation for detailed descriptions of the Style

Appendix A: New Styles and Add-Ons. 58 LOTUS.STY Slow, tranquil, 3/4 time, even 8ths, New Age style. MANDOLIN.STY Mandolin & ac. bass in a swing 1

Appendix A: New Styles and Add-Ons. 59 TripHop, AltRock, HipHop, RockTronica, PopBallad, Modern Rock, Soul Groove, and Dance. ALTROCK1.STY Alternativ

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features 6 Chapter 2: Summary of New Features The New Features in Band-in-a-Box Version 12... MIDI File to Style Wizard This

Appendix A: New Styles and Add-Ons. 60 BLZTRIO5.STY Modern Urban Blues shuffle Chicago style. BLZTRIO6.STY Jazzy Blues Piano Swing 8ths feel à la Na

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Index 62 Index add-ons, 53, 57 audible drum count-in, 49 audio mute, 50 Band-in-a-Box main screen, 13 banjo fretboard, 18, 36 Bass altered 5ths, 49 ba

Index 63 Menus right mouse click, 41 Styles, 42 Window, 41 MGU files, 53 MGX files, 52 MIDI File to Style Wizard, 24 MIDI files, 48 mute audio, 50 New

Index 64 Song settings, 41 song titles rebuild, 50 song transpose, 48 stereo settings, 52 Style Wizard advanced settings, 29 Auto-intepret, 30 Auto-Se

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features 7 Harmonies can now be displayed on the leadsheet window (or printed) with separate notation tracks for each harmon

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features 8 (press the right mouse button) and you'll see a menu of items available giving faster access to common editi

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features 9 Other Handy New Features include: Visual Metronome during the whole song. Change styles at any bar using the con