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Band-in-a-Box™ for Macintosh® Copyright PG Music Inc. 1999. All rights reserved. PG MUSIC INC. PG Music Inc. License Agreement Program License Agreement CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE COMPLETING THE INSTALLATION OF THIS SOFTWARE. USAGE OF THE SOFTWARE INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS. LICENSE A. The program may only be used on a single machine. B. You may transfer the program and license to another party if the other party agrees to accept the terms of this Agreement. If you transfer the program, you must either transfer all copies, whether in printed or machine readable form, to the same party, or, destroy all copies not transferred. This includes all modifications and/or portions of the program merged into other programs. C. You may receive the program in more than one media. Regardless of the type or size of media you receive, you may install or use the media on a single machine. D. The program (including any images, "applets", photographs, animations, video, audio, music and text incorporated into the program) is owned by PG Music Inc. or its suppliers, and is protected by international copyright laws and international treaty provisions. YOU MAY NOT USE, COPY OR TRANSFER THE PROGRAM, OR ANY COPY, MODIFICATION OR MERGED PORTION OF THE PROGRAM, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN THIS LICENSE. IF YOU TRANSFER POSSESSION OF ANY COPY, MODIFICATION OR MERGED PORTION OF THE PROGRAM TO ANOTHER PARTY, YOUR LICENSE IS AUTOMATICALLY TERMINATED. LIMITATION OF REMEDIES PG Music Inc.'s entire liability, and your exclusive remedy shall be: A. The replacement of any media not meeting PG Music Inc.'s "Limited Warranty", which are returned to PG Music Inc., or an authorized PG Music Inc. Dealer, with a copy of your receipt. B. If PG Music Inc. or the authorized dealer is unable to deliver replacement media which is free of defects in materials or workmanship, you may terminate this agreement, and your money will be refunded. IN NO EVENT WILL PG MUSIC INC. BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS, OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE SUCH PROGRAM, EVEN IF PG MUSIC INC. OR AN AUTHORIZED PG MUSIC INC. DEALER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY. TRADEMARKS Microsoft® and Windows® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Macintosh, Power Mac , the MacOS logo, QuickTime, and True Type are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. IBM and Power PC are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Other brands and their products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be noted as such. Printed in Canada 2 PG Music Inc. License Agreement Table of Contents PG MUSIC INC. LICENSE AGREEMENT 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 INTRODUCTION 15 CHAPTER 1: INSTALLATION AND QUICKSTART 17 Section 1: Instructions for New Users 17 Installing the Program 17 Installing Add-on Styles and/or Song Disks 18 Installing the PG Music Fonts 18 Installation Considerations 18 Running the Program 19 Tips for choosing which MIDI driver to use: 19 Section 2: Quickstart 22 Upgrading from a Previous Version 22 Version 8: New Stuff 23 Using The Melodist 23 Generating Complete Songs 23 Generate Less than a Complete Song 24 CHAPTER 2: TUTORIALS 25 Tutorial #1: Loading/Playing Songs 25 Loading a Song 25 Opening songs with Melodies Only 27 Opening Songs Only In Current Style 27 Playing a Song 27 Changing Settings as the Song is Playing 27 Tutorial #2: Creating a Song 31 Entering the Title of the Song: 31 Choosing a Tempo 31 Typing in the Chords to the Song 32 Copying and Pasting Sections of Chords 32 "Framing" the Song 33 Adding the Ending 33 Additional Song Settings 33 Adding Lyrics to the Song 34 Tutorial #3:Harmonies, Melodies, Wizards & Printing 35 Loading Old Folks at Home Using the "JK" Menu 35 Selecting a Harmony to Play for "Old Folks at Home". 36 Turning the Melody Harmony Off 37 Playing along on the Wizard Using the Harmonies 37 Exploring the Notation Window 38 Fonts for the Notation Window 38 Let's look around the Notation Window 39 Printing the Song "Old Folks at Home" 40 Print Features 41 Putting Rests into the Song 41 Adding Pushes 43 Tutorial #4: Notation Features 45 Opening and Closing the Notation Window 45 Notation Window ToolBar 46 Moving Around The Notation Window 49 Entering and Editing the Melody Using The Notation Window 49 Editable Notation Mode 49 Piano Roll Mode 52 Looping a Section of a Song 53 Notes Highlight As They Are Playing 53 Notation Forced Rests ("Hard Rests") 54 Notation Options 54 Tick Offset Adjusted Automatically 55 Resolution Setting 55 Transpose 56 Piano Roll Display Options 56 Show Key Signature 56 Snap To Grid Lines 57 Chord Vertical Position 57 Engraver Spacing 57 Inserted Note defaults 58 Minimize Rests 58 Clefs Split at Option 58 Intelligent accidentals (chord context) 58 4 Table of Contents Scroll Notation Ahead Option 59 Typing in Chords On the Notation Window 59 Tutorial #5: Creating a Harmony 61 Tutorial #6: Creating a Style 68 Tutorial #7 : Using the Soloist and More 79 Selecting a Soloist 79 Soloist Dialog 80 Examining the Notation 82 Looping a Section of a Song 82 Printing a Solo on Your Printer 82 Harmonizing a Solo 83 Changing Soloist Parameters 84 Trading 4's 85 Other Useful Features: Changing patches at any bar 87 "Style Aliases" option 88 Humanizing a Solo 89 Tutorial #8 : Newest Features 92 Extensive QuickTime Support 92 Melodist Overview 93 Using The Melodist 93 Generating Complete Songs 93 Generate Less than a Complete Song 94 Using Melodist JukeBox 94 Exploring BB Version 8.0 95 New Buttons 95 Let's explore the program with a song playing 96 Let's create a song! 96 Let's examine the Settings in the Melodist Dialog… 98 Let's regenerate part of the song… 101 Guitar Window 102 Changing Guitar Position 102 Enlarging The Guitar Window 103 Learning the Guitar Part 103 Closing the Guitar Window 103 Table of Contents 5 Drum Kit Display Window 103 Launching Drum Kit Window 103 Drum Kit Window Screen 104 Closing Drums 104 Let's "Juke the Melodist" 104 CHAPTER 3: THE MAIN SCREEN 106 Overview of the Main Screen 106 Status Bar 107 Plugins 107 Keyboard/Part Settings Area 108 Harmony Area 110 Tool Bar Buttons 111 Song/Style/Key/Tempo/Chorus Area 113 Favorite Songs Button - Favorite Styles Button 113 Chord Sheet Area 114 Interface Enhancements 114 Automatically convert your existing song files to long file names 119 CHAPTER 4: PLUGIN ENHANCEMENTS 121 Guitar Fretboard Window 121 Overview 121 Launching the Guitar Window 121 QuickTour of the Guitar Window 121 Automatic Settings for Guitar Display 122 Guitar Window Toolbar 123 The Guitar Settings Dialog 123 Guitar Tuner 126 Connecting an Instrument 126 Main Window 129 Generate Tones 131 Sound Canvas Editor 132 6 Table of Contents Event List Editor 133 "Drums" (Drum Kit Window) 134 Drum Display 134 Drums Transport Controls 135 Drums: Multi - Note Instruments 136 Drums: Computer 'QWERTY' Keys 136 Drums - Settings Window 137 CHAPTER 5: USING BAND-IN-A-BOX 139 Chord Entry 139 To start typing in chords: 140 MIDI Chord Recognition 141 Erase Chords 141 Support for Non-Standard Chord display types 142 Copying and Pasting a Section of Chords 142 Copying Chords to the Clipboard 143 Additional Copy function for Chords/Melody 143 Commands To Insert/Delete/Erase bars from the Chord Sheet 144 Edit Bar Settings 145 Change the Number of beats/bar : 145 Tempo Change At This Bar 146 Patch Changes at any Bar 146 Harmony Change At Any Bar/Beat 146 Chord Options Dialog Box 147 Applying Styles 148 "Style Aliases" option 150 Favorite Styles Button 151 "Breaks" (Rests, Shots and Held Chords) 151 Pushes 154 Part Markers 155 Placing Part Markers 155 Changing Substyles 156 Placing Drum Fills 156 Song Intros, Choruses and Endings 156 Putting In An Intro 157 Selecting Bars To Begin And End The Chorus 157 Table of Contents 7 Edit | Unfold (convert to 1 big chorus) 158 Song Endings (Turning On /Off ) 158 Tags 158 Key Changes (Transposition) 159 Setting Tempo 159 Additional Song Settings 160 Sliding Tracks 162 Preferences 162 More Preferences - (2) 165 Lead-in Count 166 MIDI Settings 168 MIDI Settings Dialog Box 168 Setting the Harmony Channels 170 Digitech Vocalist and RealTime Arranger Support 172 Recording Melodies 174 Overview 174 Recording Melody in Real-Time 174 Step Edit Melody Dialog Box 176 Additional Options For Melody/Soloist Track 177 Intelligent Humanize of Melody and Soloist track 177 Additional Copy function for Chords/Melody 178 Changing Volume, Panning, Reverb, Chorus, Bank 179 Saving Songs 179 Saving a Song 179 Saving Song With... 179 Fill Patches 180 Storing Volume, Panning, Reverb and/or Bank Settings 181 Playing/Pausing/Stopping Songs 182 Playing Songs 182 Stopping Songs 182 8 Table of Contents Muting Instruments 183 Entering Lyrics 183 CHAPTER 6: HARMONIES 184 Harmony Setup 184 Setting Channels for Harmonies 184 Selecting Harmonies 187 Turning the Harmonies On and Off 188 How to adjust volumes, reverb, panning etc. of the Harmony Channels. 189 Making New Harmonies 189 Working with Harmonies and Notation : 6 easy steps 195 CHAPTER 7: PATCHES 197 Changing Patches (Instruments) While Playing 197 Searching for Patches by Patch Name 198 Favorite Patches/Combos 199 Favorite Instruments Dialog Box 200 Favorite Combos Dialog Box 200

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