2012 (Macintosh)
Table Of Contents
- PG Music Inc. License Agreement
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: QuickStart Tutorial
- Chapter 3: Summary of New Features
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- All New 32-bit PPC Carbonized Engine.
- Odd-Time Signature Support.
- Maximum Number of Soloists increased
- New Count-In Options
- Harmony – Low Root Feature.
- Strauss-in-a-Box
- Transform 4/4 Melody to a Waltz 3 /4 \(“Strauss-
- Transform “Waltz” Melody to 4/4 \(“De-Strauss” t
- Bass player plays better “5ths
- Load Previous Style, Load Next Style.
- “Chase Volumes” added for playback.
- Drum count-in options
- StylePicker Enhancements.
- StylePicker Dialog “show all” button
- Mono/Stereo menu options
- Video and Audio Memo support
- Soloist “Note-Density” option.
- Dedicated menu items added on GM Menu
- New Hot Keys
- Configuration Files
- About Hot Key Names on the Menus
- New Program Hints Added
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- Chapter 4: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box
- Chapter 5: The Main Screen
- Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide
- Chapter 7: Notation and Printing
- Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features
- Chapter 9: Recording Tracks
- Chapter 10: Built-in Drums
- Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions
- Chapter 12: Tutors and Wizards
- Chapter 13: CoreMIDI and QuickTime OS X
- Chapter 14: Reference
- PG Music Inc.
- Index
- Registration Form
Chapter 8: Automatic Music Features 110
- The Form selection box allows you to choose between a song generated
with a specific form (AABA 32 bars) or no form. The AABA defaults to
32-bar form, which is the most popular song form.
Note: Melodists may alternatively be set to 64 bars (e.g. Melodist # 18 ColeP 64 bar form).
The song “form” refers to the pattern that the verse and chorus repeat. An “AABA 32” form
has 4 sections of 8 bars each - the “a” section is the verse and the “b” is the chorus (or
bridge) of the song. If you'd prefer for the song to have no form, you could set the song to
“no form” This wouldn't be a very musical setting, but might be useful for practicing or ear
training.
- The # choruses setting determines how many choruses of the song form
(Melodies) are to be generated. For example, if set to 5, the Melodist will
generate 5 choruses, enough for an intro chorus, ending chorus, and 3
Middle Choruses. The # choruses setting defaults to the # choruses present
in the current song.
Preset Buttons
There are convenient buttons that will set these settings to popular presets. For
example, pressing the “Chords & Mel” button will set the checkboxes to
Generate Chords & Melody (but not Solos). The “All” button will generate
Chords, Melody and Solos. The Chords button sets the options to generate
Chords only (no Melody), and the Melody button will set the options to generate
only a Melody (no chords) over an existing chord progression.
The [Defaults] button sets the Melodist settings back to
Defaults.
The Tempo setting determines the Tempo of the song, and defaults to the current
tempo of the previous song. If “Auto-Tempo” is checked, the tempo will be set
by the tempo range stored with the Melodist. For example, if a Melodist is
called “Fast Waltz,” it would have a fast tempo range stored inside the Melodist
and the song would be generated at a fast tempo if the “auto-tempo” option is
set.
In songs with an AABA form, it is common for the second “a” section to be
transposed. For example, the first “a” section might be in the key of Eb, and the