
When you installed the Garritan program intially, there was probably one screen that asked you to select your VSTi plugins folder. If you get a message that RealBand cannot make connection to the plugin, or it is not a valid plugin, there are a couple possibilities Troubleshooting Trouble connecting to the plugin To open the DXi/VSTi synth window during your session, you can just press the DXi button on the main toolbar (you don't need to get there via the MIDI Driver Setup all the time).By default:įor example, if you were using the style ZZJAZZ.STY (Bass, Piano, Drums) you would load in a bass sound to channel 2, load in a piano sound to channel 3, and load in your drum kit (ZZJAZZ.STY uses the Standard Drum kit, but many other Jazz styles use the Brush Kit) to channel 10. To find out what channel Band-in-a-Box ® is using for the different tracks, you can go to Opt.You can only use one synth at a time in Band-in-a-Box ® - similar to re-routing all playback to a default synth.On the Synth panel tab, select "Add VSTi Plugin" from the top 'plugin' pull-down menu" Select the Use DXi/VSTi Synth checkbox to open the DirectX/VST window. To select the Aria player: Open Band-in-a-Box ® and go to Opt.

This covers many of the instruments used by Band-in-a-Box ® Jazz styles. JABB has drums (including a General MIDI drum kit and some brush kits), bass, keyboards, woodwinds, brass, and guitar sounds.

The main reason for this is that GPO and JABB don't have a full set of General MIDI instruments, and in Band-in-a-Box ® you can only use one synth for all your tracks.

They are most suited for use in either PowerTracks or RealBand (particularly GPO). You can use "Garritan Personal Orchestra" and "Garritan Jazz & Big Band" with Band-in-a-Box ® for Windows, RealBand, and PowerTracks Pro Audio. Using Garritan Personal Orchestra and Jazz & Big Band with PG Music products
