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An update is available for Band-in-a-Box® Version 2016

Download the Band-in-a-Box 2016 Build 431 update

Summary of changes for Build 431 (Jan 14, 2016):

  • Fixed: The title in the Windows taskbar, and the ALT-TAB window was not including the proper song file title (it would usually just say " - NONAME.SG1").
  • Fixed: The registered symbol was missing from the About dialog.
  • Fixed: When opening a song, the chordsheet would not scroll to bar 1.
  • Fixed: The chordsheet did not allow the use of a hyphen for entering a minor chord.
  • Fixed: The chordsheet was not displaying bass pedal information.
  • Fixed: Some XML files would cause an access violation error when opened.
  • Fixed: The =/+ key was not responding (to tap out a tempo).
  • Fixed: Edit | Undo Keep Audio Take would not do anything unless there was an existing audio track before recording occurred.
  • Fixed: Edit | Undo Paste (after importing audio) would not do anything unless there was an existing audio track before the import occurred.
  • Fixed: The "Enable Control by QWERTY keys" Conductor feature was not working (chord entry would happen instead).
  • Updated: RealTracks Picker memos for the latest RealTracks are added/improved.
  • Fixed: Chord Display | Choose Colors for chords and notation display... or choosing colors in Preferences | Color would cause and access violation (in build 430).
  • Added: The "Horn Section, Background CroonerJazz9-Part Sw 110" RealTracks style now has a simple arrangement available.
  • Updated: PDF User's Guide, and Help file.
  • Fixed: Converting line-based lyrics to bar-based lyrics was not undoable, and would you would not be prompted to save your song when exiting.
  • Fixed: The flash message 'Your song contains line-based lyrics, and you can convert them to bar-based lyrics.' would appear when opening songs with line-based lyrics and bar-based lyrics.
  • Fixed: The 'max rows:' setting used for the 'Auto-adjust #rows' feature would always default to 17. For smaller screens it should default to 12.
  • Fixed: Typo: "Non--Registered PN LSB" should say "Non-Registered PN MSB".
  • Fixed: When "Start the ending 2 bars early" is enabled in Song Settings, the last 2 bars in the chordsheet would be grayed out. This should only happen if there is only 1 chorus in the song.
  • Fixed: When exiting the MIDI Driver Setup dialog by clicking OK, the MIDI latency setting would not be validated if using a DXi synth and an MME audio driver. This could cause the MIDI latency setting, and the audio latency setting to both be set to improper values.
  • Improved: When exiting the MIDI Driver Setup dialog by clicking OK, the user will be warned if the latency setting was changed automatically.
  • Improved: The redraw speed of the chordsheet during playback has been improved. This may be more noticeable on some machines than others.
  • Fixed: The song title in the Windows taskbar, and the ALT-TAB window was not updated immediately after loading a song.
  • Fixed: There were various impertinent flash messages displayed when toggling layers (Eg. "The chordsheet and notation are now set back to Concert...").
  • Fixed: The state of layers was not saved in between program sessions.
  • Added: There is a new setting in Options | Preferences | Display Options: "Auto-open/close editable layers". If enabled, any editable layers (Bar Lyrics & Section Text) will automatically open or close when opening songs. Eg. if a song has lyrics then the Bar Lyrics will become enabled. Previously this setting was always enabled and could not be changed by the user.
  • Added: Playback using MME audio drivers now detects glitches/stuttering. After playback has stopped, a green flash message will warn the user of audio stuttering, and suggest an increased audio latency setting.
  • Added: "Display warnings for detected audio stuttering" setting added to Options | Preferences | Audio. If enabled, and there is audio stuttering detected, a warning flash message will be displayed after playback has stopped. This only applies to MME audio drivers (not ASIO).
  • Fixed: A few styles showing as n/a in some cases.
  • Added: New Muted Trumpet RealTracks: Trumpet, Background CroonerBigBandMuted Sw 110 (1TrackHornSection)
  • Improved: The individual instruments in the Crooner Horn section have been expanded to included a more diverse offering of riffs and phrases.
  • Improved: Transcriptions for the RealTracks Guitar, Electric, BackgroundSoloist SurfRock16thsBrent Ev 165 and Bass, Synth, RetroPop Ev16 085.
  • Added: Notation and tablature are now available for Bass, Electric, SurfRockSyncVintage Ev 165, Bass, Electric, SurfRock8ths Ev 165, Bass, Electric, ModernDiscoFunkAlex Ev 110, Bass, Electric, UptempoSoul16ths Ev16 100, and Bass, Electric, SoulFunkSwingAlex Sw 120.
  • Fixed: Drum Grid Editor, Record Pattern, and Pattern Editor buttons were missing from the StyleMaker.
  • Fixed: The StylePicker sometimes reported a corrupted/damaged "stylz1.bin" file.
  • Fixed: Duplicate entries were shown in StylePicker sometimes.
  • Fixed: _FNKBLS pointed to the incorrect RealDrums.
  • Fixed: The B section of SpoonsTradReel was not playing correctly.
  • Added: RealDrums Demos Audio for FusionSlowEvDanny^.
  • Added: Style Demos Audio added for _HEPNO60.STY.
  • Added: Additional Crooner .SGU Demos, and additional .SGU demos for RealTracks variations.
  • Fixed: A few synth audition files did not play correctly.
  • Fixed: Many RealTracks Artist bio's had messed up formatting.
  • Fixed: The rendering setting "Include ACID info" defaulted to true, which was not ideal for exporting audio to some DAW programs (eg. Sonar).
  • Fixed: Automatic update check wouldn't work in some cases.
  • Fixed: Dates for new styles match the BB2016 release date, in the StylePicker.


Summary of changes for Build 430 (Jan 4, 2016):

  • Fixed: Edit | Lyrics | "Erase Bar-Based Lyrics" did not redraw chordsheet (ie. lyrics would not disappear until clicking somewhere in the chordsheet).
  • Fixed: Bar Settings changes indicator (red underline) was hard to see, especially if part marker color was red.
  • Fixed: Bar Settings changes indicator would not always appear/disappear after making changes in the Bar Settings dialog.
  • Fixed: Chordsheet was not responding to special [#] key on UK keyboards.
  • Fixed: Editing Bar Lyrics layer or Section Text layer would not increase text box size if adding more than the current lines of text showing.
  • Fixed: Bar Lyrics and Section Text layers would never display an ampersand character.
  • Fixed: Track radio controls would not move when window was resized, and some of them would get hidden behind the mixer.
  • Fixed: Funk70sPop RealDrums typo in RD Picker
  • Fixed: A couple of PG styles showing up as User styles.
  • Fixed: Choosing custom fonts for either 'Chords (main)' or 'Chords (additional)' ignored choice of style (Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikeout);
  • Fixed:'Chord font size %' added to Display Options.
  • Fixed: Editing Bar Lyrics layer or Section Text layer was not undoable.
  • Fixed: Track radio control positions where not updated when opening the program.
  • Fixed: Green underlines for indicating RealCharts (under track radio controls) were not always in the correct positions.
  • Fixed: Bar Settings changes indicator uses a unique color now (defaults to red). This color can be set in Display Options by selecting 'Bar Settings indicator' in the color picker.
  • Fixed: Options | Preferences | SPACEBAR key setting was not working (ie. "Enters no chord (deletes current chord)" would be ignored).
  • Fixed: Options | Preferences | Enter Key Advances Highlight Bar setting was ignored (ie. it was ALWAYS on).
  • Fixed: When recording from a specific bar, MIDI would not get recorded unless recording audio as well.
  • Fixed: In the floating Notation window, sometimes the Bar Lyrics layer would not show if the row was empty, making it impossible to start editing that row.
  • Fixed: Editing Bar Lyrics or Section Text in the floating Notation window would not update the chordsheet.
  • Fixed: Melody | Edit Melody Track | Quantize, Time Adjust | Eliminate Note Overlap - Preserve Double Stops... would use the wrong range unless processing entire song.
  • Fixed: Melody | Edit Melody Track | Quantize, Time Adjust | Eliminate Note Overlap - Remove Double Stops... would use the wrong range unless processing entire song.
  • Fixed: When choosing range for various MIDI editing features, nothing would happen after clicking [OK] (as if [Cancel] was clicked instead). These were the features effected by this bug:
    Melody | Edit Melody Track | Remove Harmony (or guitar solo) from Melody Track...
    Soloist | Edit Soloist Track | Remove Harmony (or guitar solo) from Soloist Track...
    Window | Lyrics | Vocal Wizard... | [Set Range...]
    File | Save Special... | Save Song As MIDI File... | [Set Range...]
    Melody | Edit Melody Track | Quantize, Time Adjust | Eliminate Note Overlap - Preserve Double Stops...
    Melody | Edit Melody Track | Quantize, Time Adjust | Eliminate Note Overlap - Remove Double Stops...
    Melody | Edit Melody Track | Rechannel to Specific Guitar Fret Position over Range...
    Soloist | Edit Soloist Track | Rechannel to Specific Guitar Fret Position over Range...
    Melody | Edit Melody Track | Transpose | Transpose Melody only...
    Soloist | Edit Soloist Track | Transpose | Transpose Melody Part
  • Fixed: When "Auto-adjust rows" was enabled in Display Options, the rows would not auto-adjust when opening a new song, creating a new song, or changing the length of the song.
  • Fixed: The "Auto-adjust rows" would not consider the number of columns (assumed 4).
  • Fixed: Chordsheet scrolling would not work with some mice and track pads.


Summary of changes for Build 429 (Dec 18, 2015):

  • Fixed: "Convert line-based lyrics to bar-based lyrics" setting in the Overrides dialog would not get reset when clicking on the [Defaults] button.
  • Fixed: Overrides dialog did not have proper hints for new bar-based lyrics items.
  • Fixed: Clicking [Convert now...] for converting line-based lyrics to bar-based lyrics would not automatically turn on the Bar Lyrics layer.
  • Fixed: Bar Lyrics layer and Section Text layer would only allow a maximum of 127 characters be typed in (rather than 255).
  • Fixed: When loading an acid loop that is tagged as "one-shot", then "Stretch Tempo" should not be checked in the loops dialog.
  • Fixed: 'Panic!' and 'Panic should also Reset DXi synth' items were missing from the Play menu.
  • Fixed: Leadsheet did not show bar-based lyrics.
  • Fixed: Some cases of editing the song (eg. entering chords) would not show the file as being edited in the title bar (“*”), and you would not be prompted to save your song when exiting or opening another song.
  • Fixed: Symbols on the right of the chord cell would force chord font to be small on beats 3 or 4.
  • Fixed: The chord cells would always be evenly divided (widths), but they should always meet in the center of the box (eg. when there is a repeat symbol on the right, only beats 3 & 4 should be squished).
  • Fixed: After editing a song, when asked if you want to save your song, the Save As dialog would always appear even if you had picked a file name for your song previously.
  • Fixed: Sometimes the new Style Picker would show additional scrollbars.
  • Fixed: The bar & beat numbers in the title bar would be incorrect.
  • Fixed: Opening a new song did not move cursor to bar 1.
  • Fixed: The description of Bar Settings changes in the title bar would sometimes not show the right bar number (eg. in songs with time signature changes).
  • Fixed: The current cell/bar on the chordsheet was not in sync with the notation and leadsheet windows.
  • Fixed: Display Options dialog would not appear, and freeze Band-in-a-Box until ESC key pressed. This would only happen with low resolution monitors.
  • Fixed: Possible application crash when opening the Display Options.
  • Fixed: Some machines (likely with their operating system set to something less than 32bit color) will crash on bootup.
  • Fixed: MIDI Chord Detection was not working.
  • Fixed: Audio could only be imported once per program session.
  • Fixed: MIDI would not get recorded unless recording audio as well.
  • Fixed: Edit | Lyrics | "Line based Lyrics" sub-menu removed.
  • Fixed: Edit | Lyrics | "Erase Bar-Based Lyrics" item replaces "Erase all Lyrics...".
  • Fixed: After entering a chord into the chordsheet, it would not appear in the leadsheet.
  • Fixed: Sometimes the Style Picker would take a long time to open.
  • Fixed: Style Picker now has a new filter for showing or not showing styles that are use missing RealTracks or RealDrums (Other | Show Styles with RealTracks/RealDrums that are Found/Not Found [RT n/a]...).
  • Updated: PDF manuals and Tips updated.
  • Fixed: Sinsy vocal synth - lyrics weren't written correctly.
  • Improved: Sinsy vocal synth - notes are made legato, which limits choppy generation.
  • Fixed: Loops Dialog resizable (BB and RealBand) and remembers positions between sessions. Height and Widhts of Loops list increases.
  • Fixed: RealTracks Picker Song and Style Demo buttons weren't finding the recent Song and Style demos (from RealTracks sets 228-253).
  • Fixed: Sibelius 8.01 XML files could not be loaded.
  • Fixed: Moving the guitar after visiting options dialog could result in narrowing of the fretboard width, within the guitar window.
  • Fixed: Capo setting didn't get properly updated visually unless visiting the Guitar Options dialog.
  • Fixed: "Pause Till MIDI received" doesn't interfere with stylepicker.
  • Fixed: StylePicker Options dialog default button only resets options for that dialog.
  • Fixed: Time sig menu (4/4), reduced text.
  • Added: MIDI Patch filter added to 'Other' Menu of stylepicker.
  • Fixed: F5 dialog and other dialogs updated to use the new StylePicker.
  • Fixed: F5 dialog was not loading style in correct bar sometimes.
  • Fixed: ASIO fix for Tascam 16x08 recording/VU Meters or other Int24 LSB format audio.
  • Improved: Download Manager - UI changes to make settings are more intuitive, and 'Total' bandwidth indicator added.
  • Improved: Download Manager - Automatically installs files only after all downloads complete, and gives message suggesting to close BB. This is intended to avoid conflicts and reduce the chance of failed installs.
  • Fixed: Download Manager - Prevent cases where files are erroneously re-downloaded.
  • Fixed: Download Manager - Individual download button functionality improved. Allows user to re-download a file if they choose to.
  • Fixed: Some gibberish characters in the StylePicker.


Summary of changes for Build 427 (Dec 3, 2015):

  • Added: New Feature: Stereo UserTracks supported.
  • Fixed: Adding/removing/changing part markers would un-highlight the highlighted region of the chordsheet.
  • Fixed: Edit | Cut for just one cell would not copy the data of that cell (to clipboard) for pasting later.
  • Fixed: Using [Chord Display] | Choose Colors for chord and notation Display... while in the notation window would not fully update the chordsheet once leaving the notation window.
  • Added: The Download Manager can be run from Help | Utilities | Run Download/Install Manager now...
  • Fixed: Section Letters on the chordsheet do not fit within part markers for shorter part markers.
  • Fixed: Sometimes repeat symbols (DC al Coda, 'tag', etc.) would overlap the chords on the chordsheet.
  • Fixed: Repeats and chorus end symbols did not show the # of times to repeat (eg. '3X :|')
  • Fixed: Capo setting didn't get properly updated visually unless visiting the Guitar Options dialog.
  • Fixed: Moving the guitar after visiting options dialog could result in narrowing of the fretboard width, within the guitar window.


Summary of changes for Build 426 (Dec 2, 2015):

  • Fixed: For localized versions, the program would crash while opening.
  • Fixed: Edit | Cut would not clear the selected region (ie. select NO bars).
  • Fixed: Help | Program Manuals (PDF) not linking to the 2016 manuals.
  • Updated: PDF upgrade manual.

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Very good! Thank you.


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"Fixed: The StylePicker sometimes reported a corrupted/damaged "stylz1.bin" file."

Confirmed. Already sent an email to Peter as I was testing on this one with him. Also, I have no more N/A's showing.

Great job!


Cheers,
Mike

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