If you're new to Band-in-a-Box and running a Mac you may find
+++ Getting Started With Band-in-a-Box +++ is for you. It is a group of 25 videos that will help a new user quickly and easily get up and running with Band-in-a-Box.
The course outline is reprinted below:
Band-in-a-Box: Getting Started
Get Started with Band-in-a-Box (08:35) - Learn about what Band-in-a-Box is and does, and learn to get up and running with its underlying core workflow.
Main Window Overview (05:00) - Take a quick tour of the different areas on the main screen that provide access to all the major features and settings.
Starting a New Song (06:06) - Explore additional workflows for naming a new song, setting tempo and key changes, section start end points, and the song ending.
Chord Entry Tips & Shortcuts (08:36) - Learn some handy shortcuts and workflows for entering, previewing, transposing, and displaying chords in different formats.
Rests, Shots, Holds, & Pushes (06:52) - See how to specify rests, shots, and holds for any, some, or all instruments, and how to add 1/8th and 1/6th note pushes (anticipations) to the chord rhythms.
Part Markers & SubStyles (04:39) - Part Markers are placed on the Chord Sheet to indicate a new part of the song, and are used to change substyles or insert drum fills. Explore how they are used to customize the choice of substyles used with your song.
Arranging Your Music (03:57) - Discover the Song Form Maker and see how it allows you to define sections of a song (A, B, C etc.), and then rearrange the song by simply typing the form you want.
Creating Repeats with 1st & 2nd Endings (04:05) - Learn how to enter repeats with first and second endings.
Working with the Stye Picker (06:43) - Explore the various search criteria, and see how to audition the style with the chords from your chord sheet rather than the pre made style demo, how to assign and recall a style to your favorites list, how to search for styles similar to well known songs and artists, and how to assign style changes at specific locations in your song.
Controlling Playback (06:11) - Learn how to regenerate the arrangement, start playback without regenerating, start from a specific bar in a specific chorus, loop a range of bars, play back unembellished parts, freeze tracks in an arrangement, and slide the timing of individual tracks for more natural humanized timing.
Getting Started with RealTracks (06:53) - Explore the Assign RealTracks to Track window, and how it is used to reassign RealTracks to existing tracks within your song.
Introduction to MIDI SuperTracks (02:36) - Discover a few different ways of accessing and changing individual tracks to MIDI SuperTracks, containing live performances converted to MIDI.
Playing Along with Band-in-a-Box (04:33) - Learn how to assign sounds, add harmonization, and play along with either your MIDI keyboard, or your computer's QWERTY keyboard.
RealDrums (05:40) - xplore filter and sort options in the RealDrum Picker, how to set RealDrum changes at specific bars in your song, how to use the RealDrum quick list, and more.
Viewing Notation (04:43) - Discover the basic functions of Band-in-a-Box notation view.
Creating Solos (05:47) - Explore the Select Soloist window, and see how solos are further customized using the Soloist Maker.
The Melodist (07:32) - Explore how this tool is used to auto generate different parts of a song, including melody, chords, intro, solos, and more, all based on user defined criteria.
DAW Plug-in Mode (03:50) - Learn how to export any or all tracks, via drag and drop, as either wav, aiff, m4a, or MIDI files.
Using Band-in-a-Box Inside Your DAW (07:50) - See how the plug-in version of Band-in-a-Box is loaded and used inside of Logic Pro, Pro Tools, and Studio One.
Audio Chord Analysis (04:49) - See how Band-in-a-Box is used to analyze chords from an existing audio file.
New in Band-in-a-Box 2020 (04:57) - Take a look at some of the main new features in the 2020 version of Band-in-a-Box for Mac.
2021 UpdateUtility Tracks (06:53) - Explore the multiple uses of the new Utility Tracks feature available in Band In A Box 2021.
Auto Fix Sour Notes (02:38) - See how this new feature is used to auto-fix out-of-tune notes in polyphonic audio, either for the generated RealTracks or any audio track.
Ten New Mixer Improvements (04:25) - Discover useful new functionality in the updated Band-in-a-Box Mixer.
Other Improvements (04:19) - Learn about a selection of small but useful enhancements to audio editing, navigating the chord sheet, copy/paste functions, auto generated intros, and more![b][/b]
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