Upgrade Manual

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features

New Features in Band-in-a-Box Version 2005...

New Fully-Featured “Piano Roll” Window!

Now you can edit your tracks using the new “Piano Roll” window, similar to the type found in many sequencer

programs. Edit the Melody or Soloist tracks with greater ease and precision. There are 2 panes in the window – one

for notes and the other for controllers, velocity, and other data. All notes and controllers are displayed as black bars

on a grid. You can change note duration and pitch by selecting and dragging with your mouse.

Alternate Guitar Tunings added!

The Guitar window now supports alternate tunings, including DADGAD, Drop D, Double Drop D, Open G and 11

others! You can also select “Nashville High Strung” tunings, which tune certain strings up an octave. The new

tunings are supported in Styles, Chord Diagrams, Guitar Tutor, Notation, Tab, and Printout. Learn how to play

these tunings by watching the on-screen Guitar Fretboard or Notation/Tab Window. Easily change any style to use

the alternate tuning that you want.

New Harmonies added with voicing in 4ths!

Modern Jazz harmonies often voice chords in

4ths. For example, a C chord with C melody

might be voiced C, G, D, A, E. Now you can

select 4ths voicings easily in Band-in-a-Box to

harmonize the Melody, Soloist, or THRU

parts using 3, 4, or 5 part voicings in 4ths.

We’ve added presets for these harmonies, so

you can easily select them. Use these

sophisticated 4ths harmonies on your existing

melodies to create a new sound.

“Auto Endings” added for Styles without Endings!

If you‘ve made a style, and haven’t included an ending, a 2-bar ending can now be generated automatically, based

on the style. This makes it easier to make complete styles using the Style Wizard, which makes a style by analyzing

a MIDI file.