User Guide

Chapter 1: Welcome to Band-in-a-Box!
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Installing Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Minimum System Requirements
- Windows
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9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.
- At least 16MB of available RAM for MIDI features.
- MIDI features require a 486DX processor or faster.
- Digital Audio features require additional RAM (at least 32MB recommended) and a Pentium-class (or faster)
system.
- 35MB to135MB available hard drive space. Add-on products and Digital Audio features require additional
space and memory.
- PC sound card or external MIDI device (synthesizer, sound module, etc.).
Installing the Program
- Use any of the following three methods to install the program files into the Band-in-a-Box directory. By default
this directory is C:\bb; you may choose another location.
Method 1 – Auto Run.
1. Insert the program CD-ROM into the CD drive.
2. In a few seconds, a browser window will open with a list of the CD contents.
3. Double click on SETUP.EXE to run the installation program.
Method 2 – My Computer.
1. Insert the program CD-ROM into the CD drive.
2.
Access your CD-ROM drive from the Windows desktop by double clicking on the My Computer icon.
3.
Then, double-click on the CD-ROM drive icon and double-click again on the SETUP.EXE program found in
the root or main folder of the CD-ROM.
Method 3 – Start Menu.
1. Insert the program CD-ROM into the CD drive.
2. From the Windows [Start] button select Run.
3. Type D:\SETUP in the “Open:” command line box. If your CD-ROM drive uses another drive letter type
the appropriate letter, for example E:\SETUP.
4. If you don’t know the drive letter for your CD-ROM you can use the [Browse…] button to find it.
SETUP.EXE will copy all of the program files to your Band-in-a-Box subdirectory (usually C:\bb) and install
icons to a Band-in-a-Box program group. Click on the Band-in-a-Box icon or launch bbw.exe to open the
program and configure the setup.
Setup Instructions
Band-in-a-Box uses the multimedia drivers for your MIDI interface and/or sound card that are supported by the
Windows operating system. To get sound playback you need to have a MIDI (and audio - for songs with digital
audio) driver installed.
To start using the program you will need to make sure that your MIDI interface, audio driver, and Windows sound
source is installed and configured.
Run the program by double-clicking the program icon. The first dialog you should encounter is a MIDI Output
Driver message similar to this one:
The program sets your initial
MIDI output driver automatically.
Note which driver has been
selected and press [OK] to
continue.