PG Music Band in a Box - Melodist User Guide
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1. Bluegrass 3 4 and Irish 12 8 Tutorial Making Automatic Songs with the Melodist MI In addition to creating original new songs and melodies this feature can be a powerful practicing aid for sight Melodist reading and improving your ear Press the on screen Melodist button to launch the Melodist Generate Chords and or Melody Create C amp M in a style similar to Chords and or Melody 1 Pop 16ths Pad ell jw paererote chord eas Any Key l 2 Pop 16ths KennyG Sopr Sax W Generate Intro min key 20 3 Pop 16ths Lklays wisoloist 2 4 Pop 16ths Calliope Lead pincer i i 5 Pop 16ths Atmosphere i Generate Melody C Part of Song b Pop 16ths Pad Bell 7 Pop 16ths Voice Bvb moo a die Ce homuzes Whole Song o Pop 16ths Phil W Allow Style Change 4 POP 16 Always transpose AZ Set Range 10 Pop 16ths Wibes Chords amp Mel All Chords Melody 11 swing Vibes i Form AABA 32 bars vl 12 Swing Jazz Trumpet SBA 32 bars Htchoruses 13 Swing Wes Groove Default a 14 Swing Tenor foctave below ose Tempo Ww AutoTempo 15 towing Gamer A Transpose section plus 1b Swing oths Sinatra Ga 17 Swing Jazz Quintet _ MELPOP1 ET2 18 Swing B4 bar ColeP S a i 19 Bossa Caribe St oths 20 Bossa StanGetz 21 Waltz SlowhloonRivr st oths autoloads R_POP163S 5T Helodist Juke Box Melodist Maker Instrument Pad Bell Chooseli Clear sous ai Edit Harmony Clear no D lt2. PG Music Inc Phone 250 475 2874 or 1 888 PGMUSIC Fax 250 475 2937 or 1 877 475 1444 Internet www pgmusic com Email info pgmusic com Tech Support 1 250 475 2708 or e mail support pgmusic com Welcome to the Band in a Box Melodist Feel like composing a brand new song Using the Melodist feature in Band in a Box you can compose a new song in the style of your choice complete with intro chords melody arrangement and an original title All you have to do 1s pick from one of the many Melodists available and press the OK button The Melodist will automatically generate a completely new song and arrangement in any given style The Melodist will also generate a melody over an existing chord progression including ones you type in yourself Once the song is generated the chords and melody are part of the regular Band in a Box tracks They can be edited printed saved as MIDI file etc You can also auto regenerate any part section of a song to further refine your compositions Installation Note since this installation changes some program files close down all programs e g Band in a Box before installing If you have modified or created your own Melodists you should also back up the Default MEL file found in the program folder e g C bb Installing the Melodist Sets on Windows XP 1 Insert the Band in a Box Melodist Disc Set CD ROM into the CD ROM Drive The contents of the CD ROM should displa
3. Intro Length bars This sets the duration of the intro to 2 4 or 8 bars Starting chord after intro is This setting assures the generated intro smoothly transitions into the song Remove Intro Pressing this button removes the intro Pedal Bass Inserts a pedal bass figure throughout the intro Use Maj7 instead of Maj6 Choose between using Maj7 or Maj6 chords Automatic Song Title Generation The Song Title generator names every song that the Melodist writes 1f the Auto Titles checkbox is selected This feature can be used on its own to suggest titles for your own compositions It will keep making titles until you get one you like Title Press the SONG TITLE button to generate a song title a new title will appear immediately in the title area of the t screen Click again for another one Select Edit Undo Title to go back one title Customizing the song title generator These word lists stored in a text file calledTITL1 TXT This file has several sections each with two sets of words that will be put together You can add new sections with an adjective section and a noun section Please see the comments included in the file TITL1 TXT for details on adding text to the file
4. no harmony gt gt W Change Melodists Style R POPI6S STY Choose Clear From 1 To 50 Change Instrument None Write to track Melody Cancel Help The left side of this screen displays the list of the Melodists available including Pop Swing Bossa Waltz Rock Bebop and Jazz Ballads The Melodist will generate Intro Chords Melody Harmony Style and Solos using the group of settings preset with the selected Melodist Scroll down the list and pick a Melodist that you d like to use Generate Chords Generate Melody Generate Intros Auto Titles The items that are selected will be generated The convenient preset buttons will automatically set the appropriate settings to popular presets Chords amp Mel The Chords amp Mel button will set the checkboxes to Generate Chords amp Melody but not Solos The All button will generate Chords Melody and Solos The Chords button sets the options to generate Chords only no Melody The Melody button will set the options to generate only a Melody no chords over an existing chord progression Insert Bass Pedals When selected Pedal Bass figure will be inserted during the intro and at the end of sections Solo in Middle Choruses This will generate an improvisation in the middle choruses of the song Allow Style Changes When selected this option allows a Melodist to load in the style associated with it If you don t want Melodists to change t
5. If you d like to remove the current Intro Melody or Soloist Track press the Kill Intro Kill Melody or Kill Soloist button Press the Search button and type in part of a Melodist name memo style name or other text associated with a Melodist This will cause the Melodist selection to change to the next item containing the text Similarly you can type in a of a Melodist and press the Go To button Database MELPOP1 sT2 Pop 16ths Pad Bell autoloads R POPS STY The Memo area displays a Memo for the current Melodist as well as the name of the Database e g MELPOP1 ST2 that the Melodist is based on Instrument Harmony Style Change Instruments Melodists can store patch and harmony settings and these are displayed in the Instrument area of the Melodist selection screen You can also set the instrument to change each chorus You can override the settings of the current Melodist and choose your own patch harmony and change instrument settings The Melodist Juke Box Melodist Juke Box Press Juke Songs Now button to launch the Melodist Jukebox It will continuously generate new songs and play them in Jukebox fashion Using the From To setting you can set the Juke Songs Now range of Melodists to include in the Jukebox or keep the Jukebox on the same Melodist by deselecting Change Melodists i Change Melodists From 1 To 50 Write to track Usually the Melodist 1s written to the Melody
6. track To write it to the Soloist track perhaps as a counter melody then set this setting to Soloist Bau The Favorites button allows you to pick a Melodist that you ve used recently If you d like to create your own Melodists or permanently change the settings of existing Melodists press the Edit button to launch the Melodist Maker Automatic Intro Song Intros With a single button you can generate a 2 4 or 8 bar intro for any song The chords will be different each time and you can keep pressing until you get the progression that you want The intro generated is an appropriate chord progression in the chosen style of music Jazz Pop with optional pedal bass and leads correctly to the first chord of the song Intros can also be removed Press the Intro button or select Edit Intro Bars to generate an intro Once you press the Intro button the Intro Dialog 1s displayed 2 Generate Chords for Intro or Remove Intro This will create a chord progression that gets Chord Types Jazz hal inserted as an intro to the song Press the Re Generate button to auto generate Intro Length bars 4 bars medium tempa chords for an intra Starting chord after intro is F6 in the key of F Remove Intro Pedal Bass lt no pedal bass gt Rer Generate inio Chod Pressing this button will insert or replace an intro in the song with the given settings Chord Types You can choose between Jazz and Pop styles of chords
7. he current style that you have loaded then deselect this option Form This selection box allows you to choose between a song generated with a specific form AABA 32 bars or free form The AABA defaults to 32 bar form which is the most popular song form Tip Melodists may alternatively be set to 64 bars e g Melodist 18 ColeP 64 bar form The song form refers to the pattern that the verse and chorus repeat An AABA 32 form has 4 sections of 8 bars each the A section is the verse and the B is the chorus or bridge of the song Choruses This determines how many choruses of the song form Melodies are to be generated For example if set to 5 the Melodist will generate 5 choruses enough for an intro chorus ending chorus and 3 Middle Choruses The choruses setting defaults to the choruses present in the current song This button sets the Melodist back to its default settings Tempo Auto Tempo The Tempo Setting determines the Tempo of the song and defaults to the current tempo of the previous song If the Auto Tempo is checked the tempo will be set at the tempo range stored within the Melodist A2 Transpose In songs with an AABA form it is common for the second A section to be transposed For example the first A section might be in the key of Eb and the second would be transposed up to the key of Gb Some Melodists are set to transpose the A2 sections set the A2 t
8. ranspose to none if you don t want it transposed If set to section plus it will transpose the A2 section and might also transpose 2 bars early or 2 bars late Key This area determines the key for the song If set to Any Key the program will randomly pick a Anke E key for the song weighed more heavily toward the popular keys C F etc min key blab determines what of songs are generated in minor keys vs major keys min keys 20 If set to 20 then 20 of the songs would be generated in minor keys C Part of Song Select whether you want to generate the Whole Song or just part of it If you select Part of Song you can specify which bar and chorus to start at and how many bars to generate Whole Song Tip You can also set the Song Key Combo box to a specific key or set it to use the current key of the previous song If you want to generate only part of a song an easy way to set the range of bars is to highlight select the bars by dragging the mouse over the chord area prior to launching the Melodist dialog Then the Generate form will be automatically set to Part of Song and the range of bars will be set to the selected area Replace Thru form If the form of the song is AABA you d normally want the regenerated section to be repeated throughout the form in all of the A sections This option will instruct the Melodist to copy the generated bars to the other A sections Tip
9. y on your screen 2 Double click on the Melodist exe or the Setup exe icon within the window displaying the contents of the CD ROM Follow the on screen instructions which will guide you through the rest of the installation process This will copy all of the Melodist files to your Band in a Box directory folder e g usually C BB Installing the Melodist Sets in Windows 9x 1 Insert the Band in a Box Melodist Disc Set CD ROM into the CD ROM Drive The contents of the CD ROM should display on your screen Note If the CD ROM s contents window fails to appear double click on My Computer on your desktop and then select the appropriate drive icon to display the CD ROM s contents 2 Double click on the Melodist exe or the Setup exe icon within the window displaying the contents of the CD ROM Follow the on screen instructions which will guide you through the rest of the installation process This will copy all of the Melodist files to your Band in a Box directory folder e g usually C BB Automatic Songs in Hundreds of Styles Band in a Box includes Melodist Set 1 with a large variety of Melodists in many styles and we are continually adding new ones These specialty add on Melodists are available for purchase separately Visit our web site at www pgmusic com for news about the latest additions Melodist Set 2 Country Pop and EZ Listening Melodist Set 3 Bluegrass Melodist Set 4 Jazz Melodist Set 5
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