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Edit 'expand' is only good in theory IMHO and not a serious option unless using a solo piano/guitar accompaniment. Even then you'd only want to maybe alter the tempo at specific bars, not the whole tune.




the ability to do this is a function of the style more than it is a function of the program. Notes Norton sells styles that do what you want... and I believe there are PG styles that do the same thing. And the ability to make your own styles that solve this problem has been part of the package for years.<...>



Unlike a style you EXPAND in BiaB, the Norton EXPANDED styles are designed to be played EXPANDED and therefore sound MUCH, MUCH better than a non-expanded style that has been forced to expand.

With Norton's EXPANDED styles you can get up to 8 chords in a 4/4 measure of music. You can also get a chord both on the beat and the "pushed" beat before that very same beat. Impossible to do with normal styles.

Plus Norton EXPANDED styles were invented a full decade before PG Music implemented that feature.

Norton Music BIAB innovations;

Norton Music's Band-in-a-Box Innovations

Norton Music invented and implemented these innovations first, years before they were incorporated into the Band-in-a-Box program itself:

* Norton was the first to substitute other instruments into the piano/guitar/strings patch inserting synths, saxes, brass and other instruments

* Norton was the first include "shots" in the styles, years before PG (Norton called them Kicks)

* Norton was the first to make Multi-Styles, years before PG (Norton called them Mix and Match Mega styles)

* Norton was the first to introduce EXPANDED and REDUCED styles, a full decade before PG Music included them

To hear Norton's EXPANDED styles go to http://www.nortonmusic.com/styledemo.html

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