Example using the MIDI keyboard.

Assume Charlie is a piano player who uses his MIDI keyboard with Band-in-a-Box, and would like to play his keyboard, but also use it to control Band-in-a-Box.

He sets the conductor to allow his MIDI keyboard lowest notes A/Bb/B to turn the Conductor mode OFF/ON/Toggled-when held.

When he turns it off (low A note), he can play his keyboard normally.

If he wants to pause the song, he holds down the low B3 note as he presses the MIDI key for pause, which is G4. The song will pause, and the conductor mode turns off as he lets go of the B3 key, and he can resume his piano playing. If Charlie didn’t plan on using the MIDI keyboard for piano playing, he could leave it in conductor mode by turning it on with the A3 key.
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Conductor Functions with MIDI Keys and QWERTY Hot Keys


Here are the various functions available using the Conductor. The MIDI key and QWERTY hot key are shown.

C3
Normal Tempo
Ctrl =

C#
Half Speed Tempo
Ctrl -

D3
Quarter Speed Tempo


Eb3
Eighth Speed Tempo


E3
Loop Section Enabled
NUMPAD 1

F3
Play with last chorus looped
Ctrl-NUMPAD 1

F#3
Play with middle choruses looped
Ctrl-NUMPAD 2

G3
Play with middle and last choruses looped
Ctrl-NUMPAD 3

G#3
Jump to last chorus (no loop)
Ctrl-NUMPAD 4

A3
Jump to ending (no loop)
Ctrl-NUMPAD 5

Bb3
Loop notation screen


B3
Decrease Tempo by 1
Shift [

C4(48)
Increase Tempo by 1
Shift ]

Db4
Decrease Tempo by 5
[

D4
Increase Tempo by 5
]

Eb4
Tap tempo
- (press 4 times)

E4
Tap Tempo and play
= (press 4 times)

F4
Play
F4

F#4
Stop
Escape

G4
Pause
Backspace (or Ctrl H)

G#4
Replay
Ctrl A

A4
MIDI Panic
F12

Bb4
Previous Song
Ctrl-Shift-F8

B4
Next Song
Shift-F8

C5(60)
This is a control character for THRU patches. When C5 is held down, pressing MIDI notes 61/62 decrease/increase the THRU patch by one, and 63-72 change THRU patches to Favorite patches.

Db5
Open Notation Window
Ctrl-W

D5
Lead sheet Window
Alt-W

Eb5
Reduce All Volumes by 5
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Q

E5
Increase all Volumes by 5
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-W

F5
ALL Mute/Unmute
Alt-2

F#5
Bass Mute/Unmute
Alt-3

G5
Piano Mute/Unmute
Alt-4

G#5
Drums/Unmute
Alt-5

A5
Guitar Mute/Unmute
Alt-6

Bb5
Strings Mute/Unmute
Alt-7

B5
Melody/Unmute
Alt-9

C6
Soloist Mute/Unmute
Alt-8

Db6
THRU Mute/Unmute
Alt 0

F6 to D7
Jump to Sections 1-10 of the song
1-9 and 0

D6
Audio Mute


Eb7
Loop Current Chorus
a

E7
Loop Current Section
s

F7
Loop Current Bar
z

F#7
Loop Current 4 Bars
x

G7
Loop current Part
c

Ab7
Looping ON, previous setting
v

A7
Looping OFF
b

Bb7
Go Back 1 Chorus
Ctrl a

B7
Go Back 1 Section
Ctrl s

C8
Go Back 1 Screen
Ctrl d

Db8
Go Back 1 Bar
Ctrl z

D8
Go Back 4 Bars
Ctrl x

Eb8
Go Back 1 Part marker
Ctrl c

E8
Go Ahead 1 Chorus
Shift A

F8
Go Ahead 1 Section
Shift S

F#8
Go Ahead 1 Screen
Shift D

G8
Go Ahead 1 Bar
Shift Z

Ab8
Go Ahead 4 Bars
Shift X

A8
Go Ahead 1 Part marker
Shift C


In addition, using the MIDI keyboard, you can also use the Conductor to:

A1
(note#21)Turn MIDI Conductor OFF

Bb1
Turn MIDI Conductor ON

B1
Turn MIDI Conductor ON only as note is held down

You can also get a USB Foot Switch to do this and set it to the Biab Play/Stop and Conductor hotkeys.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FS3-P-USB-Triple-Foot-Switch-Pedal-Control-Keyboard-Mouse-Plastic-SE-/122545962530?epid=1769235767


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