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How to color code song parts? #839322 01/17/25 11:02 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 22 Deland, FL, USA J jcgato98 OP Enthusiast
OP jcgato98 Enthusiast J Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 22 Deland, FL, USA	I haven't been able to figure out how to color code song parts as I have seen in some videos/snapshots. So far, it seems that there are only two default colors (Blue & Green) for the different song parts. By that I mean: - I would like the breakup of the different song parts to show up on the chord chart as a different color (i.e Verses red, Intro Green, Chorus blues, Bridges Orange, etc, etc) - I have seen in in some videos/snapshots so I assume it can be done but my inexperience is stopping me from getting there. Are there any videos on it? Tried the manual but couldn't find an answer. Thank you Band-in-a-Box® for Windows Version 2025 (1125e)

Re: How to color code song parts? jcgato98 #839325 01/17/25 11:15 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 2,481 Hampshire, UK Gordon Scott Veteran
Gordon Scott Veteran Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 2,481 Hampshire, UK	Ah, yes. Not obvious to find until you know. What you want are MultiStyles (2025 manual p58). By default styles have two substyles coded blue and green in the box at the left of each bar. Some styles have more substyles and you can create your own by a right-click on that box and "Define c/d". This video should help, I think: Band-in-a-Box® for Windows: Part Markers Overview Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11 BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software. Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts .

Re: How to color code song parts? Gordon Scott #839332 01/17/25 11:53 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 22 Deland, FL, USA J jcgato98 OP Enthusiast
OP jcgato98 Enthusiast J Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 22 Deland, FL, USA	Thank you Gordon. At least now I know where to look. Helpful video I had not run into yet, Band-in-a-Box® for Windows Version 2025 (1125e)

Re: How to color code song parts? jcgato98 #839334 01/17/25 12:23 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 439 Jersey Channel Islands Brian Cadoret Journeyman
Brian Cadoret Journeyman Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 439 Jersey Channel Islands	Hi, Is there an easy way to find and choose multistyles without going through the stylepicker. Thanks Brian Cadoret BIAB 2025 Pro build 1125e with BIAB2023 UltraPAK . Samplitude Pro X4 Suite. Mixcraft 10.5 Pro Studio Focusrite 2i2 Scarlett Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3.20 GHz Installed RAM 8.00 GB

Re: How to color code song parts? jcgato98 #839335 01/17/25 12:39 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 22 Deland, FL, USA J jcgato98 OP Enthusiast
OP jcgato98 Enthusiast J Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 22 Deland, FL, USA	Guess I will need to let the PGmusic jargon sink in. At first read, the manual is not showing me how to do what I want, or at least I am not seeing it. My intent is to create color coded song sections regardless of the .sty of the song. Example: - If I generate an INTRO for any given song I want that INTRO section marker to be labeled (i) and color coded Orange (regardless of song .sty) - I would want similar results for other song sections (Bridges, Outros, Pre-chorus, Interlude, etc) - I would want to labels and color codes to be available on demand as I entered the chords into the chord chart and independent of individual song styles/sub-styles Is there a work around to achieve my intent? I am just not getting that whole "aliases" "styles" and 'sub-styles" definitions process. Band-in-a-Box® for Windows Version 2025 (1125e)

Re: How to color code song parts? Brian Cadoret #839354 01/17/25 03:29 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 19,831 Australia Noel96 Veteran
Noel96 Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 19,831 Australia	Originally Posted by Brian Cadoret Hi, Is there an easy way to find and choose multistyles without going through the stylepicker. Thanks Hi Brian, (1) Type MULTISTYLES into the filter string (#1 on the image). (2) Click on the dropdown arrowhead (#2) and scroll to the bottom of the menu. Select "More..." (#3) and then select "Multistyles". MY SONGS... Audiophile BIAB 2025 audios on Soundcloud

Re: How to color code song parts? jcgato98 #839355 01/17/25 03:59 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,110 M musocity Veteran
musocity Veteran M Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,110	Originally Posted by jcgato98 Guess I will need to let the PGmusic jargon sink in. At first read, the manual is not showing me how to do what I want, or at least I am not seeing it. My intent is to create color coded song sections regardless of the .sty of the song. Example: - If I generate an INTRO for any given song I want that INTRO section marker to be labeled (i) and color coded Orange (regardless of song .sty) - I would want similar results for other song sections (Bridges, Outros, Pre-chorus, Interlude, etc) - I would want to labels and color codes to be available on demand as I entered the chords into the chord chart and independent of individual song styles/sub-styles Is there a work around to achieve my intent? I am just not getting that whole "aliases" "styles" and 'sub-styles" definitions process. It keeps getting asked for over the years: Selectable colors for cells in the Cordsheet window

Re: How to color code song parts? jcgato98 #839358 01/17/25 04:55 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,033 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY Matt Finley Veteran
Matt Finley Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,033 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY	I think your request for color coded sections is an extension of requests going back decades to think of a song differently. BIAB began as a program to play tunes from jazz fakebooks, and treats the term ‘chorus’ as the jazz definition (once through the tune). Some users think of songs not in the jazz way, where you have the terms shown in the graphic above like intro, verse, chorus, bridge etc. BIAB can label sections using rehearsal letters like S, T, U etc. or numbers, but not full words. And using the song form you can define your own A, B etc. sections then play the song by specifying the order of those sections. Once BIAB goes through next step and they call the song sections by names like verse, bridge, it would make sense to be able to color them. For an example of how this could look with colors, see Song Master Pro. BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.

Re: How to color code song parts? jcgato98 #839366 01/17/25 05:31 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,313 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,313 Melbourne, Australia	This is only a mock-up, but I presume this is what you are trying to establish. If so, then it is a great suggestion, but not currently possible in BIAB. BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: How to color code song parts? jcgato98 #839376 01/17/25 06:05 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 12,232 Wauconda DrDan Veteran
DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 12,232 Wauconda	What the OP is looking for has been accomplished, although not in the way he has proposed. You can lable and separate sections of a song so the sections are named. Think about it guys. We have been down the path in the past. BIAB – 2025, Reaper (current), i7-12700F Processor, 32GB DDR4-3200MHz RAM, 1TB WD Black NVMe SSD, 2TB WDC Blue SSD, 1TB WD Blue, 2 TB SK NVMe, 6 TB External, Motu Audio Express 6x6

Re: How to color code song parts? jcgato98 #839377 01/17/25 06:05 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,033 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY Matt Finley Veteran
Matt Finley Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,033 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY	Yes, that’s what I thought too. Look at Song Master Pro. There are two levels of coloring, showing sections and sub-sections. BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.

Re: How to color code song parts? DrDan #839382 01/17/25 06:18 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,313 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,313 Melbourne, Australia	Quote What the OP is looking for has been accomplished, although not in the way he has proposed. Yes, there are workarounds, but the proposal specifically mentioned 'color coding', so that's what I answered. BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: How to color code song parts? jcgato98 #839468 01/18/25 02:46 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 22 Deland, FL, USA J jcgato98 OP Enthusiast
OP jcgato98 Enthusiast J Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 22 Deland, FL, USA	Y'all gave me much to think about and realize this is not a DAW, per se....for now, I believe the that matching (as much as possible) the Song Form widget and the Letter Bar Markers will be the quick work around for me. Maybe BiaB upgrades will at some point allow for the color coding as I wish. Thank you. Band-in-a-Box® for Windows Version 2025 (1125e)

Re: How to color code song parts? musocity #839480 01/18/25 04:41 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 22 Deland, FL, USA J jcgato98 OP Enthusiast
OP jcgato98 Enthusiast J Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 22 Deland, FL, USA	That is the color coding I wish BiaB offered...but hey, You can't always get what you want to... but if you try sometimes, you get what you need. Band-in-a-Box® for Windows Version 2025 (1125e)

Re: How to color code song parts? Matt Finley #839481 01/18/25 04:42 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 22 Deland, FL, USA J jcgato98 OP Enthusiast
OP jcgato98 Enthusiast J Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 22 Deland, FL, USA	I new to instrument playing, and BiaB. What is Song Master Pro? Band-in-a-Box® for Windows Version 2025 (1125e)

Re: How to color code song parts? jcgato98 #839484 01/18/25 04:55 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,313 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 20,313 Melbourne, Australia	Originally Posted by jcgato98 I new to instrument playing, and BiaB. What is Song Master Pro? There are some video tutorials on the different features of Song Master Pro at this link: https://aurallysound.com/pages/videos BIAB & RB2025 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: How to color code song parts? AudioTrack #839534 01/19/25 05:21 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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B.D.Thomas Veteran Joined: Jul 2022 Posts: 2,338 3rd rock from the sun	Originally Posted by AudioTrack This is only a mock-up, but I presume this is what you are trying to establish. If so, then it is a great suggestion, but not currently possible in BIAB. That's exactly what I requested here, so thank you for creating this nice mock-up Goldmania Bella Listen on Spotify Watch on YouTube New on YouTube: Deeply Sad Music

Re: How to color code song parts? Noel96 #839568 01/19/25 09:11 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Charlie Fogle Veteran C Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,675 South Carolina	Originally Posted by Noel96 Originally Posted by Brian Cadoret Hi, Is there an easy way to find and choose multistyles without going through the stylepicker. Thanks Hi Brian, (1) Type MULTISTYLES into the filter string (#1 on the image). (2) Click on the dropdown arrowhead (#2) and scroll to the bottom of the menu. Select "More..." (#3) and then select "Multistyles". A minor correction to this search. This search is limited to the MutlStyle Pak of 199 MultiStyles. The StylePicker has hundreds more PG Music MultiStyles. Many MultiStyles don't have Multi or MultiStyle in their descriptive name. PG Music identifies MultiStyles with the plus sign in the Style name. For instance: STHLS2+. STY is a MultiStyle without multi in the long name description. Inputting an All Categories search with + in the filter box will return many more PG Music MultiStyle styles. My StylePicker returns 1,015 MultiStyles, both RealTrack and Midi. Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) MultiStyle Category Search.jpg (227.41 KB, 53 downloads) All Categories MultiStyle Search.jpg (224.13 KB, 53 downloads) BIAB 2025:RB 2025, Latest builds: Dell Optiplex 7040 Desktop; Windows-10-64 bit, Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz CPU and 16 GB Ram Memory.

Re: How to color code song parts? Charlie Fogle #839571 01/19/25 09:35 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 439 Jersey Channel Islands Brian Cadoret Journeyman
Brian Cadoret Journeyman Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 439 Jersey Channel Islands	Thanks very much for explaining this Charlie, I thought I had more Multistyles hiding just forgot about the + sign etc. Brian Brian Cadoret BIAB 2025 Pro build 1125e with BIAB2023 UltraPAK . Samplitude Pro X4 Suite. Mixcraft 10.5 Pro Studio Focusrite 2i2 Scarlett Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3.20 GHz Installed RAM 8.00 GB

Re: How to color code song parts? jcgato98 #839579 01/19/25 10:35 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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DrDan Veteran Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 12,232 Wauconda	OK, we can't use colors, but.... We can seperate each part of the song using Bar Markers and then we can Label each section with the title. Here is the later part : It is pretty effective and maybe will achieve the same endpoint for you. BIAB – 2025, Reaper (current), i7-12700F Processor, 32GB DDR4-3200MHz RAM, 1TB WD Black NVMe SSD, 2TB WDC Blue SSD, 1TB WD Blue, 2 TB SK NVMe, 6 TB External, Motu Audio Express 6x6

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