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When you press [Play] in Band-in-a-Box, it will regenerate your song every time! But, what if you're happy with the results, and don't want anything to change? Or... what if you love the bass/guitar/piano track, but want to hear a variation on the rest?

Use the Freeze feature! That way the next time you play the song, it won't change (or be re-generated).

There are a few ways to access the Freeze feature:
-click on the blue snowflake within the toolbar
-from within the Play menu
-"track settings" accessible when you right-click within the Mixer window

Don't worry - freezing your song (or some of the tracks in your song) is only as permanent as you let it be! You can choose to un-freeze your tracks within the same menu, or hold down the Shift key as you press [Play].



This feature was added with Band-in-a-Box 2009 for Windows.


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Thanks for the great tip.
I thought freezing turned a good song into a "Cool"song.
(Little joke) smile
Seriously, never knew that about freezing so will definitely be using that feature.
Thanks for posting.
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Originally Posted By: Rob4580
Thanks for the great tip.
I thought freezing turned a good song into a "Cool"song.
(Little joke) smile
Seriously, never knew that about freezing so will definitely be using that feature.
Thanks for posting.
Rob


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This feature would be a WHOLE LOT MORE USEFUL if I could freeze individual bars! (Yeah, I know, wish list it. Been there...done that.)

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And even more helpful if it actually worked on drums...or Usetracks, for that matter.

And like John above, I'm not stating anything remotely new here either.


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Real Band could do individual bars, I guess. Not sure about Realdrums and User Tracks! grin

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