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
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Tip: Looking for inspiration? At the click of a button, the Band-in-a-Box Melodist will write
completely new songs from scratch, complete with Chords, Intro, Melody, Solo, Ending,
and even an original Title. Or you can enter your own chord changes and let the Melodist
create a new melody over them. There are more than 100 Jazz, Pop, Rock, Latin, Country,
and Classical melody styles.
Adding Lyrics to your song
Click on the [Lyrics] button in the toolbar to open the lyrics window.
Use the cursor arrows to move down and enter your lyrics a line at a time. Two
lines of lyrics are displayed while the song is playing, and the lyrics are
highlighted as the highlight cell moves across the chordsheet.
Congratulations!
Now you know how to produce a complete song arrangement in Band-in-a-Box
with a Melody, Solo, Harmonies, and Lyrics; either from scratch or from an
imported MIDI file. You can print out clean lead sheet notation, complete with
chord symbols. And you can save your song in MIDI form for playback from
your computer or over the Internet, or to send as an e-mail attachment. You’re
on your way to making lots of great music with Band-in-a-Box.
Have Fun!