Hello tommohawk

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On the other point though, I'm still not sure how I can tell whats actually going on. I got the idea of using part markers for drum fills on the preceding bar - thats great. But I dont see what else they denote. If, for example the first chorus is played by say the entire band, but 2nd chorus has sax solo, and say 3rd chorus is vibes - how can I see this. If the part markers do this, how do they indicate the specific changes?



A Band-in-a-Box style (.STY file) has two substyles. You switch between the two substyles by entering a part marker: A (blue) or B (green). The B substyle is generally more lively and intended for the middle part of the song.

In addition to switching between A and B at part markers, styles play the B substyle in middle choruses by default. There is a setting for this in the song settings window.

BB songs use the term chorus in the Jazz convention, which means once through the song. Many of the demo songs have 3 choruses, 32 bars/chorus.

Just for your information, note that not all RealTracks instruments play differently between A and B - that is just the way those instruments are.

In terms of seeing what's going on.. part markers aren't intended to show you anything about which instruments are playing. Styles can only have one instrument per track (although the instrument may be silent in one substyle). To see which instrument it is, you can click on the track in the instrument panel at the top of the screen.

Songs can have instrument changes on a track. If there is an instrument/patch change, there will be a red outline around the bar. You can click on the bar and it will indicate the change in the status bar at the top of the screen, or you can press F5 to open the bar settings dialog.

Songs may have a solo or melody as well - to see exactly what's going on there, you can open the notation or leadsheet window.

Andrew
PG Music Inc.