2012 (Macintosh)

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing 99
This mode is similar to the Editable Notation mode, except the beats begin right
on the bar line. You can also see the durations of the notes visually, represented
by horizontal blue lines. Similarly, you can see the velocities of the notes
displayed as vertical blue lines.
Note: If you can't see these lines press the [Opt.] button to ensure that you have
set the “Show Bar/Beat Lines,” “Show Note Durations,” and “Show Velocity Lines”
to “Yes.”
This mode works like the Editable Notation - you mouse click to insert a note,
and can drag notes horizontally or vertically, and edit notes by pressing the
Mouse while holding the option key.
Option key mouse drag of velocity or duration.
There is an additional function available in this mode: Option+Mouse Drag.
Hold down the option key, then place the mouse cursor on the note head and
drag it horizontally to the right to set the note's duration. Use the same
procedure to set velocity, but drag the mouse vertically from the note head.
Notation Window Settings Dialog Box
Resolution Setting
Band-in-a-Box automatically sets the resolution whenever a Style is loaded. If a
style has a triplet feel (such as Jazz Swing or a Shuffle style), then Band-in-a-
Box will set the resolution to “3 (swing).” This will ensure that Jazz eighth
notes (swing triplets) are handled correctly. When a “straight” style like Bossa
Nova is loaded in, Band-in-a-Box will change the resolution to sixteenths notes.