Mitey,
One of the things that would help us help you is tell us what your goal is, and how you planned on getting there.

You've spent a serious amount of money on a program, and it wouldn't really be nice if you purchased it for the wrong reason, or because you thought it was something it wasn't.

As others have said, the concept behind Band In A Box is to take a chord progression and combine it with a style to produce an automated backing arrangement. The program is also intelligent, in that it rearranges the backing tracks each time you press Play. Hence, any changes you make won't stay.

As one person said, you should also have Real Band, which is a DAW, or Digital Audio Workstation, and in that program you can edit to your heart's delight. A lot of this is going to come down to 'use the tools for their intended purpose.' The BIAB/RB combination is a very powerful team of tools, and to add the third most important element, this forum is available, so don't be afraid to use it.

So, Read the manual, put in your chord progression and style to get the basic sound you want, save the file and open it in Real Band, edit the parts you want for the backing track, and then add whatever else you want to it. Refer back to this forum for things you don't understand, and don't be afraid to ask questions. Eventually, everything comes together.

Gary

I'm blessed watching God do what He does best. I've had a few rough years, and I'm still not back to where I want to be, but I'm on the way and things are looking far better now than what they were!