Because the Band-in-a-Box Program only understands 4/4. As far as Band-in-a-Box is concerned, each bar has four beats.

If a song is 3/4 times then Band-in-a-Box skips the fourth beat.

For 12/8 time Band-in-a-Box counts four beats to a bar with each beat counted in triplets.


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