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The [Play] button starts generation and playback of a
song.
The [Stop] button is to stop a song that is currently
playing.
The [Replay] button allows you to replay a song without
reconstructing it.
The [Hold] button pauses the currently playing song.
Press the [Hold] button again to resume playing the song.
The [From] button allows you to play a song from a
particular bar.
The [Rec] button launches the Record Track dialog box
allowing you to record a melody for your song.
The [Lyrics] button brings up a two line lyric display
allowing you to type lyrics to a song.
The [Notation] button launches the Standard Notation
Window.
Use the [Open] button to select a song to load into the
program.
The [Save] button is to save a song to disk.
The [.MID] button is for making Standard MIDI Files.
You can save a Standard MIDI File to disk as a file with a
prefix “SMF” or to the Macintosh clipboard.
The [.STY] button allows you to choose from styles in
any folder that contains Band-in-a-Box style files.
Press the [Melodist] button (or use the keystrokes
Shift+F5) to launch the Melodist.
The [Solo] button launches the Select Soloist dialog box,
allowing you to choose a Soloist for your song.
The [Copy] button allows you to copy particular bars
and/or melody to another area in the song.
The [Print] button launches the Print Options dialog box
on the Notation window to print Lead Sheets.
Title Window