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Even if you aren't recording an audio track, you can use the new "
Rendering
Features
" to convert an all MIDI "Band-in-a-Box Song" to a .WAV file. You
can do the following:
1. Convert a Band-in-a-Box song file to a stereo 44K (CD Quality) .WAV file
(with the audio track included as an option)
2. Use the Rendered .WAV file in your other sequencers (PowerTracks etc.)
3. Convert your compositions to "compressed .WAV" files that don't take up
much space, and are more suitable for Internet use.
4. Use third party CD-R burning software like Adaptec EZ-Creator to write
the Rendered wave file to an audio CD. This means you can go from a new
song in Band-in-a-Box to a completed song on an audio CD – all on your
PC!
5. Use third party conversion programs (such as Real Player Plus or
Microsoft

Windows

Media Tools –available from www.microsoft.com)
to convert your Band-in-a-Box compositions (.WAV files) to the newest
Internet streaming formats.
There are two types of Audio Features in Band-in-a-Box.
1. The first refers to the "
Audio Track
". This is a single audio track, 44K
Mono track that you can use to add vocals etc.
2. The second refers to "
Rendering
" which is the process of converting a
MIDI performance in BB to a stereo .WAV file.
The "
Audio Track
" just includes your added vocals, whereas
the "Rendered
WAV
" file includes the entire performance (MIDI and Audio Track).
First we'll describe the features of the Audio Track.
Audio Items on Main Screen
If you look at the BB screen, you can see the new additions for the audio track.
There is a microphone button on the main
toolbar. This is used for audio recording. The 'Record' button to the left of it is
used for MIDI recording.