December 19, 2016  -  Band-in-a-Box® 2017 for Windows Build 454 Update Available!

A Free Update Patch for Band-in-a-Box® 2017 for Windows is available - build 454. This can be downloaded here.

Summary:
Added: New Features button to the toolbars.
Added: "C13#5#9" and "C13sus#5#9" are new supported chords for Band-in-a-Box.
Updated: Help files and manuals.
Improved: Popup menus will open aligned to the button that opens them, instead of at the current mouse position.
Improved: The Hi-Q selection dialog is resizable.
Improved: The Hi-Q selection dialog can exclude keywords (anything starting with ! is excluded).
Improved: If attempting to drag and drop onto the drop station, the [WAV], [M4A], and [WMA] quadrants might higlight red if the render cannot be done. A flash message explaining why will be displayed if the mouse is released over the quadrant.
Fixed: Problems saving custom toolbar configuration on some systems.
Fixed: Opening the Lead Sheet, moveable PianoRoll, or moveable Notation Window would cause the Audio Edit window to close.
Fixed: The Freeze and Simple popup menus did not display customized or auto-generated track names.
Fixed: The "101 Essential Riffs and Phrases" buttons in the Practice window would not open a song when chosen.
Fixed: Turning off MME "Output always on" would not take effect until exiting Band-in-a-Box.
Fixed: "C13#11", "C13#5#9#11", and "C13sus#5#9#11" were each list twice in the chord builder.
Fixed: Drag and drop from the drums track would not work if the track contained a RealTrack, and "Use VSTi/DXi Synth" is disabled in the MIDI/Audio Drivers Setup dialog.
Fixed: "Select Hi-Q MIDI Synth Patch" was not an available menu item for the Drums track.
Fixed: When choosing "Select Hi-Q MIDI Synth Patch" a warning flash message would be displayed if SampleTank is not installed.
Fixed: After done editing text in the Bar Lyrics layer, the Section Text layer, or editing a chord (eg using CTRL+F2), the application would lose focus and not allow chord entry. This might also cause a "ding!" to be heard.
Fixed: The width/height of print preview and save to jpg is preserved, and ratio checkbox added.
Fixed: The bar numbers are now drawn below the staff in the case of printout or LS displaying a single clef bass track.

Posted on December 19, 2016 12:30 PM