User Guide

Chapter 5: Guided Tour of Band-in-a-Box

Pencil Tool:

Move the cursor over white space and hold the Shift+Ctrl keys. A Pencil Tool appears. Shift+Ctrl-drag to

freehand-draw a curve. If you don't get the curve quite right on the first pass, just keep holding the mouse button

and move the mouse back-and-forth to draw your desired freehand curve. When the mouse button is released, a

series of events are inserted to follow the freehand curve.

To avoid choking the MIDI stream, the maximum event density is one event per 10 ticks. Repeated events of the

same value are not inserted. Therefore, many freehand curves have a fairly low density.

Delete Events

Make a selection of events with the Ruler or by clicking on events. Then tap the Delete key. You can also right-

click and choose the “Delete Selected Events” item in the pop-up menu.

Right-Click Contextual Menu

The pop-up menu can be accessed by right-clicking on the notes, graphic events, or any of the rulers.

Undo:

Duplicates the Band-in-a-Box Edit | Undo (or Ctrl+Z) action.

Delete Selected Events:

Deletes any selected events (highlighted in red). This can also be accomplished by tapping the Delete key.

Select All Notes and Graphic Events:

If the “Chan” combo box is set to All, this item will select ALL EVENTS on ALL CHANNELS (all events in the

track). Otherwise, ALL EVENTS are selected which match the CURRENT MIDI CHANNEL.

Select All Note Events (Of Current Channel): (right-click the Note Panel or Note Ruler)

If the Chan combo box is set to All, this item will select ALL NOTES on ALL CHANNELS, but it will not select

any non-note events. Otherwise, ALL NOTES are selected which match the CURRENT MIDI CHANNEL.

Select All Note Events (Of Current Channel): (right-click the Graphic Event Panel or Graphic Event Ruler)

If the “Chan” combo box is set to All, this item will select ALL GRAPHIC EVENTS of the CURRENT

VIEW/EDIT TYPE on ALL CHANNELS. Otherwise, ALL GRAPHIC EVENTS of the CURRENT VIEW/EDIT

TYPE are selected which match the CURRENT MIDI CHANNEL. For instance, you could select all channel 4

modulation events, then Delete, to easily remove all of those events from the track.

Cut:

Copy selected events to the clipboard and then remove them from the track. Can also be accomplished with the

menu Edit | Cut (or Ctrl+X) action. If you wish, it is possible to cut from the Piano Roll, and then paste into the

Notation window, or vice-versa.