This is considered a beta patch because it is new.
Summary of changes for Build 430 (Jan 4, 2016):
Fixed: Edit | Lyrics | "Erase Bar-Based Lyrics" did not redraw chordsheet (ie. lyrics would not disappear until clicking somewhere in the chordsheet).
Fixed: Bar Settings changes indicator (red underline) was hard to see, especially if part marker color was red.
Fixed: Bar Settings changes indicator would not always appear/disappear after making changes in the Bar Settings dialog.
Fixed: Chordsheet was not responding to special [#] key on UK keyboards.
Fixed: Editing Bar Lyrics layer or Section Text layer would not increase text box size if adding more than the current lines of text showing.
Fixed: Bar Lyrics and Section Text layers would never display an ampersand character.
Fixed: Track radio controls would not move when window was resized, and some of them would get hidden behind the mixer.
Fixed: Funk70sPop RealDrums typo in RD Picker
Fixed: A couple of PG styles showing up as User styles.
Fixed: Choosing custom fonts for either 'Chords (main)' or 'Chords (additional)' ignored choice of style (Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikeout);
Fixed:'Chord font size %' added to Display Options.
Fixed: Editing Bar Lyrics layer or Section Text layer was not undoable.
Fixed: Track radio control positions where not updated when opening the program.
Fixed: Green underlines for indicating RealCharts (under track radio controls) were not always in the correct positions.
Fixed: Bar Settings changes indicator uses a unique color now (defaults to red). This color can be set in Display Options by selecting 'Bar Settings indicator' in the color picker.
Fixed: Options | Preferences | SPACEBAR key setting was not working (ie. "Enters no chord (deletes current chord)" would be ignored).
Fixed: Options | Preferences | Enter Key Advances Highlight Bar setting was ignored (ie. it was ALWAYS on).
Fixed: When recording from a specific bar, MIDI would not get recorded unless recording audio as well.
Fixed: In the floating Notation window, sometimes the Bar Lyrics layer would not show if the row was empty, making it impossible to start editing that row.
Fixed: Editing Bar Lyrics or Section Text in the floating Notation window would not update the chordsheet.
Fixed: Melody | Edit Melody Track | Quantize, Time Adjust | Eliminate Note Overlap - Preserve Double Stops... would use the wrong range unless processing entire song.
Fixed: Melody | Edit Melody Track | Quantize, Time Adjust | Eliminate Note Overlap - Remove Double Stops... would use the wrong range unless processing entire song.
Fixed: When choosing range for various MIDI editing features, nothing would happen after clicking [OK] (as if [Cancel] was clicked instead). These were the features effected by this bug: Melody | Edit Melody Track | Remove Harmony (or guitar solo) from Melody Track... Soloist | Edit Soloist Track | Remove Harmony (or guitar solo) from Soloist Track... Window | Lyrics | Vocal Wizard... | [Set Range...] File | Save Special... | Save Song As MIDI File... | [Set Range...] Melody | Edit Melody Track | Quantize, Time Adjust | Eliminate Note Overlap - Preserve Double Stops... Melody | Edit Melody Track | Quantize, Time Adjust | Eliminate Note Overlap - Remove Double Stops... Melody | Edit Melody Track | Rechannel to Specific Guitar Fret Position over Range... Soloist | Edit Soloist Track | Rechannel to Specific Guitar Fret Position over Range... Melody | Edit Melody Track | Transpose | Transpose Melody only... Soloist | Edit Soloist Track | Transpose | Transpose Melody Part
Fixed: When "Auto-adjust rows" was enabled in Display Options, the rows would not auto-adjust when opening a new song, creating a new song, or changing the length of the song.
Fixed: The "Auto-adjust rows" would not consider the number of columns (assumed 4).
Fixed: Chordsheet scrolling would not work with some mice and track pads.
Summary of changes for Build 429 (Dec 18, 2015):
Fixed: "Convert line-based lyrics to bar-based lyrics" setting in the Overrides dialog would not get reset when clicking on the [Defaults] button.
Fixed: Overrides dialog did not have proper hints for new bar-based lyrics items.
Fixed: Clicking [Convert now...] for converting line-based lyrics to bar-based lyrics would not automatically turn on the Bar Lyrics layer.
Fixed: Bar Lyrics layer and Section Text layer would only allow a maximum of 127 characters be typed in (rather than 255).
Fixed: When loading an acid loop that is tagged as "one-shot", then "Stretch Tempo" should not be checked in the loops dialog.
Fixed: 'Panic!' and 'Panic should also Reset DXi synth' items were missing from the Play menu.
Fixed: Leadsheet did not show bar-based lyrics.
Fixed: Some cases of editing the song (eg. entering chords) would not show the file as being edited in the title bar (“*”), and you would not be prompted to save your song when exiting or opening another song.
Fixed: Symbols on the right of the chord cell would force chord font to be small on beats 3 or 4.
Fixed: The chord cells would always be evenly divided (widths), but they should always meet in the center of the box (eg. when there is a repeat symbol on the right, only beats 3 & 4 should be squished).
Fixed: After editing a song, when asked if you want to save your song, the Save As dialog would always appear even if you had picked a file name for your song previously.
Fixed: Sometimes the new Style Picker would show additional scrollbars.
Fixed: The bar & beat numbers in the title bar would be incorrect.
Fixed: Opening a new song did not move cursor to bar 1.
Fixed: The description of Bar Settings changes in the title bar would sometimes not show the right bar number (eg. in songs with time signature changes).
Fixed: The current cell/bar on the chordsheet was not in sync with the notation and leadsheet windows.
Fixed: Display Options dialog would not appear, and freeze Band-in-a-Box until ESC key pressed. This would only happen with low resolution monitors.
Fixed: Possible application crash when opening the Display Options.
Fixed: Some machines (likely with their operating system set to something less than 32bit color) will crash on bootup.
Fixed: MIDI Chord Detection was not working.
Fixed: Audio could only be imported once per program session.
Fixed: MIDI would not get recorded unless recording audio as well.
Fixed: Edit | Lyrics | "Line based Lyrics" sub-menu removed.
Fixed: After entering a chord into the chordsheet, it would not appear in the leadsheet.
Fixed: Sometimes the Style Picker would take a long time to open.
Fixed: Style Picker now has a new filter for showing or not showing styles that are use missing RealTracks or RealDrums (Other | Show Styles with RealTracks/RealDrums that are Found/Not Found [RT n/a]...).
Updated: PDF manuals and Tips updated.
Fixed: Sinsy vocal synth - lyrics weren't written correctly.
Improved: Sinsy vocal synth - notes are made legato, which limits choppy generation.
Fixed: Loops Dialog resizable (BB and RealBand) and remembers positions between sessions. Height and Widhts of Loops list increases.
Fixed: RealTracks Picker Song and Style Demo buttons weren't finding the recent Song and Style demos (from RealTracks sets 228-253).
Fixed: Sibelius 8.01 XML files could not be loaded.
Fixed: Moving the guitar after visiting options dialog could result in narrowing of the fretboard width, within the guitar window.
Fixed: Capo setting didn't get properly updated visually unless visiting the Guitar Options dialog.
Fixed: "Pause Till MIDI received" doesn't interfere with stylepicker.
Fixed: StylePicker Options dialog default button only resets options for that dialog.
Fixed: Time sig menu (4/4), reduced text.
Added: MIDI Patch filter added to 'Other' Menu of stylepicker.
Fixed: F5 dialog and other dialogs updated to use the new StylePicker.
Fixed: F5 dialog was not loading style in correct bar sometimes.
Fixed: ASIO fix for Tascam 16x08 recording/VU Meters or other Int24 LSB format audio.
Improved: Download Manager - UI changes to make settings are more intuitive, and 'Total' bandwidth indicator added.
Improved: Download Manager - Automatically installs files only after all downloads complete, and gives message suggesting to close BB. This is intended to avoid conflicts and reduce the chance of failed installs.
Fixed: Download Manager - Prevent cases where files are erroneously re-downloaded.
Fixed: Download Manager - Individual download button functionality improved. Allows user to re-download a file if they choose to.
Fixed: Some gibberish characters in the StylePicker.
Summary of changes for Build 427 (Dec 3, 2015):
Added: New Feature: Stereo UserTracks supported.
Fixed: Adding/removing/changing part markers would un-highlight the highlighted region of the chordsheet.
Fixed: Edit | Cut for just one cell would not copy the data of that cell (to clipboard) for pasting later.
Fixed: Using [Chord Display] | Choose Colors for chord and notation Display... while in the notation window would not fully update the chordsheet once leaving the notation window.
Added: The Download Manager can be run from Help | Utilities | Run Download/Install Manager now...
Fixed: Section Letters on the chordsheet do not fit within part markers for shorter part markers.
Fixed: Sometimes repeat symbols (DC al Coda, 'tag', etc.) would overlap the chords on the chordsheet.
Fixed: Repeats and chorus end symbols did not show the # of times to repeat (eg. '3X :|')
Fixed: Capo setting didn't get properly updated visually unless visiting the Guitar Options dialog.
Fixed: Moving the guitar after visiting options dialog could result in narrowing of the fretboard width, within the guitar window.
Summary of changes for Build 426 (Dec 2, 2015):
Fixed: For localized versions, the program would crash while opening.
Fixed: Edit | Cut would not clear the selected region (ie. select NO bars).
Fixed: Help | Program Manuals (PDF) not linking to the 2016 manuals.
My 2016 update arrived in the mail yesterday and I am planning on installing it today.
Once installed, my understanding of the information on this website is that I only need to take this latest Build 430, plus the previous update for RealTracks dated December 10th. Is this correct?
I am wondering if I should use the new Automatic Download Manager in the 2016 program to achieve these updates?
Also, are there any special instructions for my Audiophile version?
In previous years taking downloads of Audiophile over the internet, particularly the RealTracks, has proved to be impractical because of the time it takes with our fairly slow internet speeds in Australia. You have previously supplied these on disk. Is that likely to be the case with the present update builds?
My 2016 update arrived in the mail yesterday and I am planning on installing it today.
Once installed, my understanding of the information on this website is that I only need to take this latest Build 430, plus the previous update for RealTracks dated December 10th. Is this correct?
I am wondering if I should use the new Automatic Download Manager in the 2016 program to achieve these updates?
Also, are there any special instructions for my Audiophile version?
In previous years taking downloads of Audiophile over the internet, particularly the RealTracks, has proved to be impractical because of the time it takes with our fairly slow internet speeds in Australia. You have previously supplied these on disk. Is that likely to be the case with the present update builds?
On opening BIAB the chord sheet is the usual size.As soon as I load a song (done in the last updated BIAB, the chord sheet becomes practically unreadable.
I'm also getting the Windows "Band-in-a-Box Application has stopping working" message with the option to check online for a solution or close the program.
On opening BIAB the chord sheet is the usual size. As soon as I load a song (done in the last updated BIAB, the chord sheet becomes practically unreadable.
If you look in "Display Options", you'll see an option to "Auto Adjust Number of Rows". You might want to uncheck this box and see if that helps. You can also modify the minimum and maximum number of rows to display.
John
Laptop-HP Omen I7 Win11Pro 32GB 12TB SSD Desktop-ASUS-I7 Win10Pro 32GB 12TB SATA
Your chordsheet is showing 17 rows, because it is a long song. You can control the max # of rows in the Prefs-Display dialog, and since your display looks to have a low resolution, you could set it to something like 12 rows max. Or just turn off auto-adjust #rows.
Also, let us know if you get a crash again, noone else has reported that. Hopefully it won't recur. And send the info that the crash log generates to support@pgmusic.com
We've locked this thread because it had a bunch of different threads in it, so if you'd like to reply - please start a new thread.
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