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Can I get Band-in-a-Box to display more realistic guitar tab and correct fingerings in the Fretboard Window?

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Can I get Band-in-a-Box to display more realistic guitar tab and correct fingerings in the Fretboard Window?

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For the most realistic representation of a guitar part in the Notation Window (tab) and Guitar Fretboard window, the MIDI note data needs to be on multiple channels. Usually, channel 11 is used for a note that should be played on the 1st string, channel 12 is used for the 2nd string, and so on up to channel 16. If multiple channels are not used, there is no way for Band-in-a-Box to know for sure which string each note is supposed to be played on. Band-in-a-Box will do its best to figure this out and this will be adequate in many cases, but you may find some places where a “live” musician would use a different string. Most Band-in-a-Box styles use multi-channel note data for the guitar part; when you use these styles, Band-in-a-Box will display the guitar part intelligently (how a real musician would be most likely to play it). This is because the guitar patterns have either been recorded by a human using a MIDI guitar controller, or guitar macros have been used in the style. If you hav

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