Any tips on organising styles ?
Alisdair MacRae Birch <alisdair@...>
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Has anyone any tips on organising styles ? I would like to put together an FAQ for newbies on styles. My thoughts and understanding (please tell me if I'm wrong!) 1. All styles must be stored in the Band-in-a-Box root directory so the program can find them (c:\bb). 2. To incorporate new styles into Band-in-a-Box, edit the bbw.lst, which also must be placed in the Band-in-a-Box root directory so the program can find it (c:\bb). To quote from PG Music's FAQ: You may edit this file to change the information, add/remove styles etc. Any line beginning with a semicolon ";" is a comment Lines beginning with ~ indicate a new category like jazz, country, pop Lines beginning with @ are a description of a style in the format @a\b^c*d a=style file name eg. zzjazzsw.sty (max. 8 chars + .sty ) b= Long Style Name e.g. Jazz Swing Style (max. 32 chars) c = memo d= examples of songs that can be played in this style c and d combined can be max. 255 chars, e.g. c could be 200 chars and d could be 50. Each style description must be on one-line, carriage returns are not allowed in the middle of a style description. Once made, you add the new information to the style picker by choosing the re-build option inside the style picker. This rebuilds the binary file bbw.lsb from this file bbw.lst. You can list a style more than once, for example Pop Ballad might be listed under Jazz and Pop Ballad. You can make your own categories. Like My Favorite styles, and build up a list. Example excerpt from the BBW.LST file: ~Jazz @ZZJazzSW.STY\Jazz Swing Style^This is the "built-in jazz swing style"using bass, drums and piano. Bass plays half notes in 'a' section and walks in 'b' section.*Satin Doll, Sweet Georgia Brown @A.STY\This is A^ How about this A style Useful for A songs @BluHill.sty\Blueberry Hill Style^This is Blueberry Hill*Fats Domino songs @GARNER.STY\Errol Garner Style^This is garner*I'll Remember april @GARNER2.STY\Errol Garner Style #2^This style is in 2 feel for a and b*Sunny Side of The Street 3. There is a limit to the number of style files (255 ?) that can be included. 4. PG Music make their latest BBW.LST available for download from: Go to: http://www.pgmusic.com/support_miscellaneous.htm 5. Denis Laadouceur has a program called The Style Librarian currently at version 1.5 and available from http://www.aei.ca/~denisl which helps organise styles. Has any one any comments, additions etc ? ---alisdair
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