User Guide

Chapter 14: Reference
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Slide Tracks
- This allows you to move any of the Bass, Drums, Piano, Guitar, Strings or Melody
track ahead or behind by a certain amount. You could, for example, slide the Bass
track so it plays a little ahead of the rest of the band. This has the effect of making
the bass player “drive the band,” and is useful in Jazz styles to make the music
sound more exciting.
Looping
- You can loop any section of the song. The program will then start playback at the
first loop point and play the looped section until stop is pressed or looping is turned
off.
- Looping of a section of the song is enabled by the “LoopSec” checkbox, with the
Loop section Enabled command, or with the keystroke NUMPAD 1.
- Open up the Loop Section Settings dialog with the menu command, by clicking the
Loop button in the toolbar, or pressing NUMPAD 2. The Loop settings dialog will
then display; see its online Help for detailed instructions.
The remaining commands in this submenu are also found in the Loop Section Settings
dialog.
Tempo
- You can quickly enter a specific tempo for a song with the Set Tempo… command
(hot key is Ctrl+Alt+T), or by clicking on the tempo. A dialog opens up where you
can type in a tempo.
- You can quickly change to different speeds with the menu commands or hot keys.
For example, choosing Half Speed (or the hot keys Ctrl -) will change the playback
speed to half, and Normal Speed (Ctrl =) will revert to normal speed.
Juke Box Play
- Opens the Options for Juke Box dialog to select and play a jukebox list.
Previous Juke Box
Song / Next JukeBox
song
- Navigate back and forth in a juke box set list.
Wizard Playalong
feature
- The Wizard is a play along feature that allows you to use the QWERTY Keyboard
to play along with Band-in-a-Box. The Wizard is only active during playback.
Wizard uses “Smart”
notes
- Toggle this on so the Wizard will only play notes based on the chord/key of the
song. Toggle “Smart” notes OFF (unchecked) to have the Wizard provide you
access to the chromatic scale.
Panic!
- Select this if your MIDI notes are stuck ON and it’s driving you crazy!