2012 (Macintosh)

Chapter 3: Summary of New Features 20
StylePicker Dialog “show all” button
StylePicker Dialog “show all” button added which removes any
filter set.
Mono/Stereo menu options
Mono/Stereo menu options are available to easily switch all parts to mono or
stereo. Also, if your current settings are mono, the program will offer to convert
to stereo when you exit the MIDI Driver selection dialog. On the GS Menu, see
the dedicated menu items to set to Mono or Stereo.
Video and Audio Memo support
You can add an audio (MP3) or video (QuickTime) memo to your Band-in-a-
Box song. These are prepared outside of the program, but can be associated with
the song by using a similar filename to the song (see technical note). Several of
PG Music’s new “101 Series” programs include these audio and video memos.
For example, there are video guitar memos that demonstrate “advanced Jazz
guitar comping” showing video examples corresponding to the MIDI guitar
examples in the Band-in-a-Box song.
When a song has an Audio memo, an “Audio Memo”
button appears on-screen below the “Memo” button.
When a song has a Video memo, a “Video Memo”
button appears on-screen below the “Memo” button.
Technical notes: To add an audio memo to a song called “My Song.MGU,” put
the memo as a MP3 in the same folder as the song, naming it My
Song_AudioMemo.MP3. To add a video memo to a song called “My Song.MGU,”
put the memo as a .MOV in the same folder as the song, naming it My
Song_VideoMemo_3.MP3.
Soloist “Note-Density” option.
Now you can control the maximum number of notes per quarter note that the
soloist will use. For example, you can set a “Rock Guitar” Soloist to use nothing
shorter than 16th notes. This will produce fewer “guitar hero” solos with bursts
of 32nd notes, etc. Or you could create a jazz solo that uses only quarter notes or
longer to help with your sight-reading or student study. We’ve already modified
many of the soloists using this new setting, so your solos will already sound
better without you having to change this setting.