I am never surprised at what I don't know about Band-in-a-Box, but this year I am making an effort to tackle some of the issues that have always puzzled me.

Question 1:
When you select a midi style (I guess also RealStyles) how do you know from the list of instruments shown for the style, which one goes on which part - bass, piano, drums, guitar, strings?

For instance, in the style "BRIT8SLO.STY. Brit 60's Med-Slow St.8", All MIDI. Quintet, it lists the following instruments:

M1 Standard Drum Kit, [RD Sub: ROCKEVEN8 :Craig Scott]
M29: Muted Electric Guit
M1: Acoustic Piano
M26: Acoustic Guitar
M31: Distorted Rock Guit

The reason I have to know this is that the way I have my program set up, it is liable to select any instrument for any part, instead of the ones listed above. Now you might say it should be obviouis, but there are three guitars listed here.

Question 2:
Is there some way to ensure that the instruments as shown are automatically selected to the proper parts? I can never get this to happen. This might be some kind of setting of which I am unaware because I can't believe it would not be the way the program is intended to function.

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