Band-in-a-Box 2010 build 298 is available

http://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htm#298

Sumary of Changes for Build 298 (March 31 2010)

Fixed: Render (if not using DXi) from Render dialog, or Part name Radio button save-as WAV file won't complain if the track is audio, or all RealTracks.
Fixed: Progress messages improved if rendering to WMA or partial range of render file.
Fixed: Russian version - font improvements.
Fixed: Crash with ASIO, exiting MIDI Driver dialog, or pressing Panic button.
Fixed: Some styles not loading all style demos, like _COWBOYR.STY.
Fixed: Dragging soloist sometimes said no music available (if it was a RealChart).


Summary of Changes for Build 297 (March 25 2010)

Added: Coyote WaveTable synth has been added. This is primarily intended for 64-bit Windows users who are unable to use the Roland VSC-DXi, since the VSC is only compatible with 32-bit versions of Windows.
- RealTracks picker not displaying "Ev" Even for some realtracks.
Improved: More descriptive info provided when Tempo swaps of RealTracks available, now lists the current and proposed tempo swap e.g. Bass 110->85.
- Drum track wasn't green when it was a RealTrack.
- Drag n Drop not working for Soloist Generated track.
- Dragged Frozen RealTracks with RealChart was dragging as MIDI.
- RealDrums with multiple substyles weren't saving in frozen state.
- Fiz sound in bar 3 of drums fixed.
- Frozen tracks can now have volume changes applied to them (mute etc.) by F5 dialog (realtracks only)
- Volume changes (e.g. F5 dialog - mute at certain bars) were not working for generated soloists.
- If soloist was generated on a blank song, the song wouldn't generate, just the solo would play.
- Ending chord can now have a hold on it, with or without a 2-bar ending.
Added: Message if you try to make a tag on one chorus. Tags are meant to work on songs with more than 1 chorus.
- Some patch changes were showing up on some RealCharts (eg 371).
- Drum pushes/shots leaking through during F5 mute.
- Mutes on RealTracks with time signature changes not working correctly.
- Some endings weren't playing if riffs overlapped previous one
- Generate RealTracks button not working if launched from the RealTracks button (this generates the currently selected track on the radio buttons).
- Some styles with silent drums made a sound on the HyperCanvas (drum velocity of 1 removed).
- Chord Screen would go blank with DoubleTime/HalfTime generation sometimes.
- Generate Single Track of RealTracks would generate it twice with halfTime/Double Time tracks.
- Some Bluesy realTracks (like 751) weren't playing bluesy.
Updated: Band-in-a-Box 2010 PDF manual.

Build 296 was a limited release, primarily for international (non English) versions of Band-in-a-Box

Added previously in build 295
Improved: TempoSwapping Improved:
- There is an additional option to replace the current RealTracks selections with similar ones that would work better at the current tempo. This is an option available by pressing the Realtracks Toolbar button- Select Better RealTracks.
- Yellow Message now appears if RealTracks are selected, but better RealTracks are available for the current tempo. (this message can be disabled in Prefs-RealTracks)
- RealTracks button on the toolbar now shows a menu, RealTracks picker, RealTracks Prefs, and Select Better RealTracks for this tempo.

Changed: Half Time/ Double Time changed
- The option to automatically half/double time realtrack has been removed, and replaced with a manual option, so the user has control over when/how Realtracks would be halfTimed/Double timed. The previous method of "automatic half/double time" of RealTracks caused some problems, because people wouldn't know when the RealTracks were going to be half/double timed.
To do this, visit the RealTracks assign Dialog, and use the new comboBox called "TimeBase", and set that to Normal (Default) / Half-Time / Double-Time.

Improved: Drag Drop improved.
- The feature to Drag and Drop tracks from BB to DAW sequencers has been improved. Some DAWs (Ableton, Nuendo) don't yet support direct drag/drop of tracks that aren't generated yet. So a DragDrop panel has been added to the top left of the screen. This allows you to Drag n Drop to these sequencers in 2-steps. First drag to the DragDrop panel, then when it turns green, drag/drop from the panel to your AW (Ableton, Nuendo). Note that for other sequencers (RealBand, Sonar) and Windows Explorer, you can still DragDrop directly from the track to the DAW in 1-step.

Fixed: Edit - Undo. In certain situations after a delete chord command, edit-undo stopped working.

Fixed: Nashville Notation - can now enter 'flat 3', flat 6 etc. chords - type 3bm7 for Flat 3 minor 7th.


Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.