Band-in-a-Box is an intelligent automatic accompaniment program.
You can hear and play along to many song ideas and go from "nothing" to "something" in a very short period of time with Band-in-a-Box as your "on demand" backup band.
Band-in-a-Box is a powerful and creative music composition tool for exploring and developing musical ideas with near-instantaneous feedback.
Over the years many features have been added to Band-in-a-Box - Notation, Lyrics, Melody Tracks, Harmonization, and a programmable StyleMaker. The Soloist and the Melodist are two major "intelligent" features; the Soloist generates professional quality solos over any chord progression, the Melodist can create songs from scratch with Chords, Melodies, Intros, Solos, and even a Title!
Band-in-a-Box for Windows® can also record an acoustic instrument or voice to add to the composition, with processing through DirectX audio effects.
Its built-in audio harmonies will turn your audio track into multiple harmony parts and even adjust its pitch by tracking the Band-in-a-Box Melody track. The inclusion of digital audio features makes Band-in-a-Box the perfect tool for creating, playing, and recording your music with MIDI, vocals, and acoustic instruments.
You can print out your finished creation with repeats and endings, DC markings and codas, or save it as a graphic file for web publication or to e-mail to a friend. And when you're ready to let others hear your composition, you can burn it directly to an audio CD. Or save your composition as a Windows Media File or in other compressed formats for a file that's "Internet ready."
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Band-in-a-Box for Windows
The New Features in Band-in-a-Box 2009 for Windows are...
RealCharts. Most RealTracks now display notation showing the notes that are being played. Some Guitar RealTracks also show tab, and accurate on-screen fretboard guitar display to show what is being played on guitar. The RealCharts can be saved to MIDI file or Songs (MGU).
Audio Chord Wizard Enhanced. Chords may be edited in the Audio Chord Wizard. Part markers, chord symbols, key signature, and tuning setting are saved in Band-in-a-Box, and are passed back and forth to the Chord Wizard.
Band-in-a-Box 2009 Requirements
Windows® 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP / Vista
- Memory (RAM): Minimum 128MB.
- Hard Disk space: Minimum 400 MB. More space is required for RealDrums, about 100 MB per set and RealTracks require about 800 MB per set.
- PC Sound Card or MIDI module.
Artist Names and Bios for RealTracks. The RealTracks have been recorded by top studio musicians. Now the artist names and bios are displayed for the RealTracks.
Freeze Song (for rapid playback). Un-Freeze Song. You can now freeze a song’s arrangement. This converts the song to audio data that plays on the audio track, while the other tracks are muted. This insures that the song loads and plays quickly, without having to wait for RealTracks to generate. This feature is useful for people performing or in other situations where you are happy with the arrangement, and don’t want to wait for several Real Tracks to generate. Even a long song with multiple RealTracks can now playback in a few seconds if you first freeze the arrangement.
Melody Wizard. The QWERTY (or MIDI keyboard) Wizard has been enhanced. Now, for songs with melodies, there are QWERTY keys (Enter,’\’, T, 6) that trigger notes from the melody as the song is being played. Other keys trigger 1-4 approach notes from below or above. Can be recorded, to humanize a stiff melody with better timing, and approach notes also useful for sight reading, rhythm practice or to perform. Works with harmonies:
Melody notes: T,6 ,Enter, \ Same Melody Note 5
Approach notes qwer yuio Octave set 1,2,3
MIDI notes also work (if Thru/Transpose OK to use Melody Wizard
E(40) F(41) G(43) octave set
Melody Notes. F(53) G(55)
Approach notes B(47),C,D,E A,B,C,D(62)
The new features don't stop there, click here for more details!
Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Includes Band-in-a-Box, RealBand, Style Sets 0-3, RealTracks Set 1, RealDrums Set 1, Soloist Set 1, and Melodist Set 1.
Includes Band-in-a-Box, RealBand, Style Sets 0-77, RealTracks Sets 1-6, RealDrums Sets 1-6, Soloist Sets 1-11 & 16-20, and Melodist Sets 1-8.
Includes Band-in-a-Box, RealBand, Styles Sets 0-77, RealTracks Sets 1-39, RealDrums 1-20, Soloist Sets 1-11 & 16-20, Melodist Sets 1-8, and The Band-in-a-Box Video Tutorial PAK.
Includes all the content of the Disc version, plus the WAV files for all RealDrums Sets 1-20 and RealTracks Sets 1-39 on a 500GB portable USB Hard Drive.
Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh
Band-in-a-Box 2009 Requirements
Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Intel Processor
- Minimum 512 MB RAM recommended
- Screen Resolution: 1024x768 or higher
- Hard Disk space: 500 MB free hard disk space to install Band-in-a-Box program and MIDI styles. Additional hard disk space is required for RealTracks, about 1 GB per set and RealDrums require about 100 MB per set.
Band-in-a-Box 2009 for MacIntel is here! This exciting new version of Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh is designed for MacIntel, and boasts major new features like RealDrums, RealTracks and the Audio Chord Wizard! Learn More...
Note: Band-in-a-Box 12 for PowerPC Users is available here..
Our basic Band-in-a-Box package includes RealTracks Set 1, RealDrums Set 1, Style Sets 0-3, Soloist Set 1, and Melodist Set 1.
Includes RealTracks Sets 1-6, RealDrums Sets 1-6, Style Sets 0-77, Soloist Sets 1-11 & 16-20, and Melodist Sets 1-8.
Includes RealTracks Sets 1-39, RealDrums Sets 1-20, Style Sets 0-77, Soloist Sets 1-11 & 16-20, Melodist Sets 1-8, and The Video Tutorial PAK.
Includes all the content of the Disc version, plus the AIFF files for all RealDrums Sets 1-20 and RealTracks Sets 1-39 on a 500GB portable USB Hard Drive.
- RealTracks Sets for Band-in-a-Box and RealBand
- RealDrums Sets for Band-in-a-Box and RealBand
- Essential Phrases and Riffs for Band-in-a-Box
- Styles Sets for Band-in-a-Box and RealBand
- Artist Soloist Series for Band-in-a-Box
- Soloist Sets for Band-in-a-Box
- Master Swingin' Jazz Piano Solos for Band-in-a-Box
- Melodist Sets for Band-in-a-Box
- MIDI Fakebooks for Band-in-a-Box
- Video Tutorial PAK for Band-in-a-Box
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