Band-in-a-Box

Windows Version 10

Kimberly C. Walls

January 13, 2003

Graphics version and Macintosh version published at
www.auburn.edu/~wallski/TechnologyPages

Playing/Changing Playback

Primary Controls

Open a file: (“Open” button or "Song" button)
Play a song ("Play" button, tap "=" button four times in desired tempo, spacebar twice)
Hold (pause) a song ("H" button, or CTRL-H)
Stop a song ("Stop" button, esc key, spacebar)
Play along on computer keyboard (check "Wizard")
Play along on drum set ("Drum" button)
Play all songs in a folder ("Juke" button)
Play from a certain measure ("From" button or CTRL-F)
Play from current measure selected in chord sheet (CTRL-G)

Instrument Line

Change combo (Click "Combo", when dot is blue, select an instrument from Instrument drop down menu or "F" button)
Change an instrument (Click on desired instrument part, when dot is blue, select an instrument from Instrument drop down menu or "F" button)
Mute an instrument (Right-click instrument part)
Unmute an instrument (Right-click on the instrument part again)
 

Create Your Own Song

Make a new file (Click the "New" button)


Set title (Click on "Untitled Song" title area and type title)
Set key (Click on key signature drop down menu)
Set tempo (Click on up/down arrows by tempo, type "-" four times, or type "=" four times and music will start"

Portion of chord sheet area

Type in chords (Click on measure in chord sheet, type in chord symbol, click on a bar line number to have a drum fill lead into it or change to style a or b, type a comma to have two chords in one block, press ENTER to next half measure or use arrow keys to move)
Cut and paste chords (Drag across region to highlight, cut and paste where desired)


Frame the song (Click on Chorus start [right of tempo] and desired measure, click on Chorus end and desired measure, click on # of choruses)
Song Settings (Click on "S" button. Tag is "last ending" for song before the 2 measure "end")
Record a melody (Click Rec button  and play either Wizard keys  , Drum window , or MIDI keyboard, overdub or replace previous melody)


Harmonize the melody (Click on "M" button and select a harmonization scheme; play again to hear the new part)
Harmonize the thru and you'll play more than one note with your fingers! (Click on "T" button)
Change the style (Click the STY button )
 

Have Band-in-a-Box Generate a Song


Use the Melodist to create title, chords, and melody.


Juke it now to have lots of songs created. (Use the < and > buttons to move ahead/back.)

Use Soloist to create a solo part.
 

Record an Audio Track

Click the Microphone button. 


Click SET RECORDING PROPERTIES to select the input. Then Click "Record".


Click OK - Keep Take if you liked it! (Copy 1st chorus will play the track each chorus. Overdub allows you to have two tracks playing at once.)
 

Save Your Project


Click "Save" button to save BIAB file.


Click ".MID" button to save a MIDI File.


Click ".WAV" button to save a WAV file.

Click (Re)-Render to WAV file.

Test the settings by clicking STOP RENDERING FILE

Then click TEST WAV

If it sounds OK, then click (Re)-Render to WAV file.
(I had to click SET RECORDING PROPERTIES and check "Mixer." Your sound card may have a "MIDI" to check.)
 

Making an MP3 file

I used dBpowerAMP Music Converter 9.0