PG Music Band in a Box Pro 2012 Software
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If you can type chord symbols, Band-in-a-Box can back you up. More than just MIDI, this software brings your ideas to life with recordings of real musicians.
Overview
The award-winning Band-in-a-Box is so easy to use! Just type in the chords for any song using standard chord symbols (like C, Fm7 or C13b9), choose the style you'd like, and Band-in-a-Box does the rest. Band-in-a-Box automatically generates a complete professional quality arrangement of piano, bass, drums, guitar and strings in a wide variety of popular styles. (Jazz, Pop, Country, Classical and more.)
Plus, add REAL accompaniment to your song with RealTracks. These are recordings of top studio musicians that replace the MIDI track with audio instruments. They sound like real musicians, because they are real musicians!
- Use VST Audio Plug-ins, such as reverb and delay, on each track
- Customize over 150 Guitar based RealTracks using Guitar Amp Simulator (AmpliTube CS)
- Includes Direct Input Guitar RealTracks
- Several different grooves within drum styles to choose from with EZ selection of DrumGrooves
- Add individual MIDI Tracks from any style, Loops support
Plus, add REAL accompaniment to your song with RealTracks. These are recordings of top studio musicians that replace the MIDI track with audio instruments. They sound like real musicians, because they are real musicians!
Features:
- VST synth support for each track, for multiple synths on your songs- Use VST Audio Plug-ins, such as reverb and delay, on each track
- Customize over 150 Guitar based RealTracks using Guitar Amp Simulator (AmpliTube CS)
- Includes Direct Input Guitar RealTracks
- Several different grooves within drum styles to choose from with EZ selection of DrumGrooves
- Add individual MIDI Tracks from any style, Loops support
Specs
System Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.4 or later- Intel Processor
- 512 MB RAM
- About 500 MB free hard disk space to install the Band-in-a-Box program, MIDI styles, Soloists, Melodists, and Lessons
- Additional hard disk space is required for RealTracks (about 1 GB per set) and RealDrums (about 100 MB per set)
- 1024x768 minimum screen resolution strongly recommended
- DVD-ROM drive (if installing from disc)
An external MIDI sound source is not required, since Band-in-a-Box can use the Mac's built-in sounds automatically. However you can also use an external MIDI keyboard or sound module if you wish.
Reviews
Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars.
(1 ratings)
Submitted October 9, 2012 by a customer from pobox.com
"Excellent Software"
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Band in a Box is perfect for the practicing musician. With a few clicks and keystrokes it is extremely easy to make very high quality backing tracks in a number of different styles. I've only tried the Jazz styles and the backing tracks are superb. The Real Tracks feature makes them sound like real instruments playing. It's possible pick and choose instruments, so if you want to practice playing with only bass and drums, or only piano, it's possible. So if you've ever wanted access to musicians to practice with or try out new ideas, this product is a great tool. Highly recommended.
Musical Background:
25+ years, guitar, casual player
Musical Style:
jazz
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