Soloist/Melodist

Generování sól a melodií

Používání nástrojů pro sóla

1. Generují sóla a pomáhají tato sóla praktikovat pomocí opakovaného cvičení ve smčce vybraných taktů, zpomalení a tiskem partitury. Takto můžete nacvič mistrovská sóla nad jakoukoliv harmonií skladby.
2. Pro vygenerovaná sóla můžete využít harmonizace melodie sóla jak je to obvyklé pro velké BigBandové chorusy žesťů. Potom si vše převedete do MIDI standardu a vytisknete případně převedete do RealBandu nebo Power Track Pro Audio pro další úpravy skladby.
3. Máte sólo a můžete ho nacvičovat a napodobovat sám nebo se svými kolegy za doprovodu Band-in-a-Boxu
4. Volbou Trade 4’s, můžete zvolit metodu vygenerování sóla, kdy vy budete hrát 2,4, nebo 8 taktů a BIAB bude hrát další 2,4,8 taktů a takto se budete střídat.
5. Samostatně se soustřeďte na různé aspekty vaší hry a umístění částí sól pomocí průvodce. Tedy zahrnujíc aspekty od sólování se správným frázování a cítěním (feelingem) (ty nejvhodnější noty jsou nabídnuty automaticky) až po sóla a doprovody přenechané s důvěrou autoritě, která tvořila danou šablonu. TIP: Zkuste vypnut některý nástroj v rytmice (piáno, kytaru, kontrabas) a hrajte s vygenerovaným sólistou, je to opravdu zábavné :-)
6. Použijte Soloist track pro nahrání vlastního záznamu doplňujícího aranži v melody tracku a jinou část partu přenechte pro generování sóla BIABu.
7. Vygenerujte si sóla v takovém klíči a harmonii pro jakou si přejete praktikovat. BIAB na rozdíl od Vašich spoluhráčů bude ochoten hrát tato sóla dokola celý den a i vy se nemusíte u toho nudit. Budete chtít např. trénovat své postupy přes hamonii typu II-V7-I, takže můžete napsat jen ty akordy které budete chtít cvičit a sóla hrát přes tyto změny akordů. Tak jak hrajete vidíte současně notový zápis, tabulaturu, akordy, případně vizualizovaný hmatník kytary nebo jiného pražcového nástroje. Pokud vyznačíte volbu "Loop Screen" (přehrávat obrazovku), můžete dokola cvičit např. 4. zobrazené takty a až je máte nacvičené jdete na další část skladby.

Using the Soloist Feature

1. Generate a Soloist and practice the solo by looping it, slowing it down, or printing it out, until you can perform a great solo on any chord changes!
2. Harmony : Generate a Soloist and attach a Harmony such as "Big Band Brass" to create phenomenally quick and interesting Big Band Arrangements automatically. Generate a standard MIDI file or print them out (with PowerTracks Pro) for you and your friends.
3. Have the Soloist play a solo according to your accompaniment and arrangement (along with the other members of your Band-in-a-Box, of course!)
4. Trade 4’s in a call-response fashion with the Soloist (you solo for 4 bars, Band-in-a-Box solos for 4 bars, etc.)
5. Concentrate separately on different aspects of your playing with assistance from the Wizard. From soloing with proper phrasing and "feel" (the best notes are included automatically) to accompanying a soloist with confidence and authority. (Tip: Try muting out one of the accompaniment parts such as the piano or guitar part and play along to the Soloist in a supportive role—it’s fun!)
6. Use the Soloist track to record another part in addition to the Melody and other parts provided by Band-in-a-Box.
7. Generate a Soloist on chords/keys that you would like to practice. Band-in-a-Box will play and solo with you all day without getting bored. For example, if you want to work on your II-V7-I progressions ("two-five-one"), you can just type the chords you want, and generate a solo to play over those changes. As the solo plays, you see the notation, can you can sight read along. Pressing the "Loop Screen" checkbox on the notation will loop the notation the screen so you can master each 4 bar phrase (II-V-I) and then move ahead to the next one!

Postupy

Select Soloist Dialog 

Pick any song or chords in any style, and choose a "Soloist." Band-in-a-Box then creates and plays a professional quality solo, in the style of your choice. Previous versions of Band-in-a-Box created great accompaniment. Now you can hear sensational solos as well -- showing you exactly what notes are played. Choose from "soloists" in a style similar to great Jazz musicians such as Django Reinhardt, John Coltrane, Country/ Pop soloists, and others. Or create your own Soloists using the Soloist Maker [Edit] button.

There a many ways you can use the Soloist!

Soloist - Custom Generation Dialog 

You can generate (and regenerate) parts of a solo - redo any part of the solo that you don't like!

Melody Influenced Soloist Settings 

When musicians solo for a song, the solo is typically influenced by the melody as well as the chords. Now Band-in-a-Box can also allow the melody to influence the type of solo generated by its Soloist feature. The result is a much better solo generated for the song. A strength (%) setting allows you to control how much the solo will be influenced by the melody. Choose the melody influence (%), and one of several presets to control the type of influence (pitches/rhythms/note density, etc.).

Choose Instrument for Soloist Dialog 

Pressing the [Choose] button will bring up a list of instruments (with their corresponding note ranges) to choose from.

Favorite Soloist Dialog 

The [Fav] button on the Select Soloist Dialog brings up a list of the most recently used (favorite) 50 Soloists.

Soloist Maker 

Band-in-a-Box comes with over 100 soloists built-in. If you wish to make your own, or modify an existing soloist, Band-in-a-Box offers you a Soloist Maker module. This module allows you to define your own Soloists.

Soloist Editor Dialog 

This feature allows you to define your own Soloists

More Soloist & Melodist Settings 

This dialog can be accessed from the Opt. | Preferences menu [Soloist] button or from the Select Soloist dialog [More..] button.

Use MIDI volume & Trigger Playback Early 

To access this feature, select the Opt. | Preferences menu and click on the Soloist button.

Soloist Wizard 

When you play on the MIDI or QWERTY keyboard, the program will play "correct" notes in the style of the current Soloist! This means that you can play a perfect solo every time, simply by pressing any key on your MIDI keyboard or QWERTY keys.

Melodist Selection Dialog 

Feel like composing a brand new song?

With the Band-in-a-Box Melodist feature you can compose a new song, in the style of your choice complete with intro, chords, melody , arrangement and improvisations, all created by the program! All you have to do is pick from one of the "Melodists" and press OK - the program then automatically generates the intro, chords, melody, and arrangement in the chosen style. It even auto-generates a title for you to complete your song!

Melodist Maker 

In addition to the more than 100 Melodists supplied with the program, this module lets you define or edit your own Melodists. You can choose the parameters to control the type of chords, melody and intro to be generated, as well as a number of settings controlling song form, theme continuity, endings type, anticipations, feel, style, harmony, soloist, patch changes and more.

Favorite Melodists 

In a manner similar to the other favorite dialogs in Band-in-a-Box, such as the Favorite Soloists Dialog, the Favorite Melodists dialog keeps track of the 50 last Melodists that you've used, so you can easily recall them.

Change Instrument Dialog 

Pressing the button [Choose(1)] in either the Select Soloist or Edit Soloist window will bring up the change instrument dialog.

Guitarist Maker - Define Guitarists 

The Guitarist Editor is launched from the Generate Guitar Chord Solo window.

Select Guitarist to Generate Chord Solo 

The Guitarist allows you to generate a guitar chord solo for any melody. Band-in-a-Box will intelligently arrange the melody to a guitar chord solo by inserting real guitar voicings throughout the piece. You can select from among many "guitarists" in order to create your arrangement. You can also define your own guitarists; choosing parameters such as strum speed, types of voicings (Pop/Jazz), embellishments, and much more.

Humanize Melody or Soloist Dialog 

Many quantize routines make MIDI music sound stiff and unmusical. Other "humanize" routines attempt to humanize a part by adding "randomization," which rarely has the desired effect (since live players don't actually randomly change timing or volume when they play music.)

Intelligent Humanize of Melody and Soloist track 

Many quantize routines make MIDI music sound stiff and unmusical. Other "humanize" routines attempt to humanize a part by adding "randomization," which rarely has the desired effect (since live players don't actually randomly change timing or volume when they play music.)

Loosen Note Start Times 

There is a dedicated function to vary the start times of notes on the Melody or Soloist tracks,

Melody/Soloist Sequencer 

There are 2 tracks in Band-in-a-Box to add your own recordings. These are the Melody and Soloist tracks. Normally you would want a single part on each of them. But, since MIDI information can have separate channels, it is possible to store 16 separate parts on each of the Melody and Soloist parts. For the following discussion, we’ll assume that you’re using the Melody track, but the same functions are available for the Soloist. When the Melody track has been set to "Multi (16)-Channel" we refer to this as "Sequencer Mode."

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