New Features in RealBand 2016

We’ve added an amazing collection of new content of RealTracks, MIDI SuperTracks, Instrumental Studies,
and RealStyles.
We’ve added 201 new RealTracks, double what we’ve released in the past! We have BonusPAKs available (but
only during the special in December) with many additional new RealTracks on top of the 201 above, so in total an
amazing 225 new RealTracks are available! The BonusPAKs also include up to 11 new MIDI SuperTracks, and 19
Instrumental Studies (bass, acoustic & electric guitar, piano & saxophone, in a variety of genres),. We also have
over 80 new RealStyles, which are new styles using existing RealTracks and Loops. These include great Top-40
styles, “Requested” styles, J-Pop, K-Pop, German “Schlager”, and more!
There are over 30 new features, including...
 Render track as ACID Loop and export it to Loops folder. Now you can render an audio track (a highlighted
section or the whole track) as ACID Loop and save it to the Loops folder.
 Render track and save as UserTrack. You can now render an audio track (a highlighted section or the whole
track) as a .WAV file and save it to the UserTracks folder. The rendered file will also be added to the UserTracks
favorites automatically.
 Save Chords Window as video, to make an AVI video of the Chords Window.
 Load and Save MusicXML files.
 Snapshots of the VU input meter on the main toolbar are now displayed in the Tracks Window while audio is
being recorded.
 MIDI overviews will be displayed on the Tracks Window while MIDI is being recorded.
 Notation right-click menu now shows in all notation modes. Previously, right-click menu was not available in the
Staff Roll mode.
 Event list Window now has a checkbox to enable extra field to display the time of events in milliseconds.
 Align to Click Track has been redesigned, so that it will align MIDI to a click track without changing the relative
times of notes. This command can also be used to make the bars in RealBand line up with existing audio that was
recorded in free time.
 There is now a New Click Track submenu in the right-click menu in Audio Edit Window, Tracks Window, and
Notation Window, with various commands for creation and editing of click tracks.
 Tempo dialog now has an option to wipe out existing tempos if you just want to get rid of multiple tempo
changes.
 Edit - Tracks submenu has been added to the Tracks Window right-click menu, so that it accessible via a right-
click instead of only via the main program menu.
 Visual Transpose button has been added to Chords Window. This launches a menu the lets you quickly select
transpose settings for various instruments. The menu is also accessible within the Notation Options dialog next
to the Transpose field.
 StylePicker has been redesigned and enhanced with many new features including:
- Sizable window by dragging the corner.
- Selectable font size for texts in the list.
- Columns sort. The list can be easily sorted by clicking a column name.
- Quick filter. Type a text or select a category, time signature, feel, tempo, etc., and you will immediately see the
filtered list.
- Intelligent style suggestion. Just type the name of a familiar song title and RealBand will list styles whose
genre, feel and tempo are similar to that song.
- Automatic intelligent sorting of “best style” for the current song.
- Export style list to spreadsheet.

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 - StylePicker Options added to set additional display options in the StylePicker.
 New commands have been added to the Record button menu.
- Use Record Audio Only to prevent MIDI from also being recorded. This will avoid extra popup questions after
recording..
- Use Record MIDI Only to prevent audio from also being recorded. This will also avoid extra popup question.
- Use Record Audio and MIDI to record both regardless of the current track type.
- Use Record Click Track menu item for recording a click track to align events to the locations you clicked. This
automatically will ensure that the current track gets set to MIDI, or switch to a new track if the current track is
audio. Will also designate the track as the Click Track after recording, and set the name to "Click Track" as
well.
- If Always Record both Audio and MIDI menu command is enabled, then when the Record button is pressed,
both types of recording will occur by default. If this is not checked, then either MIDI or audio will be recorded,
depending upon the track type.
 Guitar Window has visual Capo (when the Capo is set via Visual Transpose button in the Chords Window).
 Audio Chord Wizard now can receive the bar 1 and meter changes from RealBand.
 And more!
Let’s take a closer look at the great new features in RealBand 2016!
Render track as ACID Loop and export it to Loops folder.
Now you can render an audio track (a highlighted section or the whole track) as ACID Loop and save it to the Loops
folder. Select a track or a section of the track and go to menu Render | Export ACID Loop - Highlighted section or
entire track to WAV in Loops Folder. This will open the Export Section of Current Track to Wave File dialog.

Select a file name and press the [Save] button. When the track is successfully rendered to a .WAV file, a flash
message will display and the Acidize this .WAV file dialog will open.

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 When you press [OK], RealBand will write the Acid
info into the .WAV file.

Render track and save as it UserTrack.

You can now render an audio track (a highlighted section or the whole track) as a .WAV file and save it to the
UserTracks folder. To use this feature, select a track or a section of the track and go to menu Render | Save as
UserTracks (highlighed section or whole track). This will open the Save as UserTracks dialog.

If you are creating a new UserTracks, select the “Create new UserTracks” option and type in the new name. If you
want to add to the existing UserTracks folder, select the “Add to Existing UserTracks” option and press the [Choose
Folder Name…] button.
If the track is a Drums track, enable “UserTracks is drums” option.
When you press [OK], rendering begins. When the track is successfully rendered to a .WAV file, a flash message
will inform you and the Acidize this .WAV file dialog will open.

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 Press the [OK] button and RealBand will write
the Acid info into the .WAV file.

Save Chords Window as video.

You can now save your song as an AVI video that you can upload to YouTube or work with in video programs. The
“video” portion is the Chord Sheet in RealBand that shows the chords and a highlighted bar moving as the song
plays. Song title and song info displays at the top of the window. For example, you can make a backing track for a
cool chord progression, and upload it to YouTube for others to play along to. Do a visual transpose and upload a
second version for Bb tenor sax players.
To use this feature, press the [Save As] button and choose Save Chords Window as Video (upload to
YouTube, etc.) from the pulldown menu.

Enable “Custom dimensions” if you want to choose the width and height of the video. If this is disabled, then the
video dimensions will match the Chord Sheet as it appears.
A higher number you set for “Frames Per Second” will result in a large file and the rendering process will take
longer.
You can select a specific “Codec” to encode the video. If “Auto” is selected, Band-in-a-Box will choose a
compatible codec.
If “Include Title” is enabled, the video will have a black bar at the top containing the title and information shown
below.
Press the [OK - Render Video] button to start rendering the video. The video will continue to render unless you
press the [Cancel Rendering] button. When the rendering is done, a message will show and you will be able to
press the [Upload to YouTube] or [Show Video File] button.

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Snapshots of the VU input meter on the main toolbar are now displayed in the Tracks Window during audio
recording.
This is a great indicator to show you any clipping during recording. For example, if clipping occurred at bar 4 and
you didn’t realize it at that time but you might notice at bar 6. You will then know that you should stop recording
because it’s ruined.

MIDI overviews will be displayed on the Tracks Window while MIDI is being recorded.
Notation right-click menu now shows in all notation modes.
Previously, right-click menu was available in the Standard and
Editable modes but not in the Staff Roll mode. Now, you will
see a menu when you click in the Staff Roll mode.

Event list Window now has a checkbox to enable extra fields to display the time of events in milliseconds.
Enable the “Show Event MS” option, and extra fields will display.

Align to click track has been redesigned, so that it will align MIDI to a click track without changing the
relative times of notes. This command can also be used to make the bars in RealBand line up with existing audio
that was recorded in free time.
There is now a New Click Track submenu in the right-click menu in Audio Edit Window, Tracks Window,
and Notation Window, with various commands for creation and editing of click tracks.

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Tempo dialog now has an option to wipe out existing tempos if you just want to get rid of multiple tempo
changes.

Edit - Tracks submenu has been added to the Tracks Window right-click menu, so that it accessible via a right-
click instead of only via the main program menu.

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Visual Transpose button has been added to Chords Window.

This launches a menu the lets you quickly select transpose settings for various instruments.
The menu is also accessible within the
Notation Options dialog next to the Transpose
field.

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StylePicker has been redesigned and enhanced with many new features

Sizable Window
The window is now sizable simply by dragging the corner.

Selectable font size for texts in the style list

You can select a font size for texts in the style list.

Column Sort
The style list can be sorted by clicking a column name.
Quick Filter
Type a text and/or press the arrow button to select a category, time signature, feel, etc., and you will immediately
see the filtered list. If “Include Similar” is unchecked, then the filtered list will show the exact match only, but if
this option is checked, then the list will show the exact match and the similar styles.

Intelligent style suggestion

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Just type a familiar song title, artist name, or genre of music, make a selection, and press the [Enter] button.
StylePicker will list styles whose genre, feel, tempo, and time signature are similar to that song.

Automatic intelligent sorting of “best style” for the current song

The StylePicker tells you how the list is
currently sorted.
Export Style List to Spreadsheet
The [Print] button saves the current style list with all information to a tab-delimited .txt file and
opens it in Notepad. In Notepad, copy all and paste it into a spreadsheet such as an Excel file. You
can then apply a hierarchical sorting of the list.
StylePicker Options
The [Options] button opens the StylePicker Options dialog with additional options for this window.

New commands have been added to the Record button menu.

- Use Record Audio Only to prevent MIDI from also being recorded. This will avoid extra popup questions after
recording.
- Use Record MIDI Only to prevent audio from also being recorded. This will also avoid extra popup questions.
- Use Record Audio and MIDI to record both regardless of the current track type.
- Use Record Click Track menu item for recording a click track to align events to the locations you clicked. This
automatically will ensure that the current track gets set to MIDI, or switch to a new track if the current track is
audio. Will also designate the track as the Click Track after recording, and set the name to "Click Track" as well.
- If Always Record both Audio and MIDI menu command is enabled, then when the Record button is pressed, both
types of recording will occur by default. If this is not checked, then either MIDI or audio will be recorded,
depending upon the track type.

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Guitar Window has visual Capo (when the Capo is set via Visual Transpose button in the Chords Window).
Too see a Capo, click on the [Visual Transpose] button on the Chord Sheet toolbar, go to
Guitar Capo (visual transpose) and select a fret.

For example, with “capo at fret 2” selected, the Guitar Window will display a visual Capo on the fret 2.

Thank you for taking the time to read this introduction to RealBand 2016!

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