Hi all,

I am pretty new to Band in a Box, but am slowly starting to understand it. I have been writing lyrics for years, and decided to buy Band in a Box 2010 so I could actually turn my lyrics into completed songs.

I am currently part way through my first song, I have sorted the guitar chords and have added the drums I wanted from the RealDrums.
However, I am having a slight problem with the actual pattern of the drums I have used.

Basically, the drums do suit the song, but the drum pattern seems to end too soon during my song. The drums seem to end and the loop seems to restart again too early, before I reach the bridge of my song.

What I am really asking is this - is there any way that I can manually change the length of the drum patches I use? As it stands, the drums come to an end as I am still part way through my first verse. I need to extend the drums by a few more bars.

Alternatively, is there a way that I can just have a continuous drum beat that simply repeats itself over and over again, a beat that doesnt have an "ending" at 8 or 16 bars?

Does anybody know what I mean when I say "ending"? Im really not sure how to describe it. Its the bit at the end of a drum loop, usually heard when a song comes to the end of a verse, where there is usually a change in tempo and a distinct different ending to the last bar of that drum loop.

Does this make sense to anybody? And can anybody help me?

Many thanks