2012 (Macintosh)

Chapter 6: Band-in-a-Box PowerGuide 83
Most GM modules have brushes available on patch 41 on the drums. On some,
you need to load a GS sound font for this to occur. On the Yamaha XG, you
likely need to send a “GS mode on” message from the GM menu in Band-in-a-
Box. But if your module just doesn't have brushes available, then you can set
this option, and the style will remap the notes to different drum instruments that
don't have brushes.
For Roman Numerals in minor keys, use relative major
Option for minor keys base roman numerals on the relative major.
For example in key of Am, Am is either the Im chord or the VIm chord.
Save Button on main screen works as Save As
The [Save] button will launch the file dialog where the location and name of the
file being saved can be changed.
Name MIDI files with .MID extension
This will append the file extension .MID to MIDI files saved in Band-in-a-Box,
rather than prefacing them with SMF (Standard MIDI File).
Allow larger fonts on Chord Sheet
Display larger fonts, particularly with higher screen resolution.
Color for Chordsheet Area
Make your choice from a list of colors for the chordsheet area. The keystrokes
Ctrl+Shift+C will toggle through the colors from the main screen without
opening the Preferences 2 dialog.
Soloist Prefs…
Set the “Use MIDI Volume for Soloist Wizard” to “true” if you want MIDI
velocity information sent to the Soloing Wizard. If you have a velocity sensitive
MIDI device attached to your computer and you want to control the dynamics of
the Soloist, you should enable this feature.
Set the “Trigger Playback Early” to “true” to enable song playback to start
before the Soloist has actually completed composing a solo. Setting this setting
to “false” (disabled) will instruct Band-in-a-Box to completely compose a solo
before song playback begins.
Set the “Soloist –Prefer Long phrases” checkbox to “true” (enabled) if you
would like the Soloist to use the longest musical phrases it knows. (Note: this
option may also increase Soloist creation times. Disable this feature if you are
using a slower or low-memory equipped computer.)
The “Soloist/Melodist Velocity Adjust” box allows you to quickly boost or
reduce the volume of the Soloist or Melodist part relative to the other instrument
parts. For a realistic mix, they are set slightly louder than the other instrument
parts in a song. The default is 5.