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Band-in-a-Box - 15.0.2

music accompaniment software

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Version 15.0.2:	Not rated (0.0)
Selected Version:	15.0.2
Release Date:	2009-06-04
License:	Update
Downloads (version 15.0.2):	212
Downloads (all versions):	23,942
Price:	$129.00

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Product Description:

Band-in-a-Box is an automatic accompaniment program for Macintosh. You type in the chord symbols to any song, using standard chord symbols like C, Fm7, Cm7b5 etc. choose a style and press PLAY. Band-in-a-Box then generates a pro quality 5 instrument accompaniment of bass, drums, piano, guitar and strings in over 100 styles of music.

What's new in this version:

Fixed: Double scroll bars after rebuilding the stylepicker.
Added: Render dialog now has a "Show files in Finder" button to find the rendered files.
Improved: Render dialog stays open until you press Close button.
Added: Save as MIDI/Audio track button launches render dialog.
Fixed: Looping button opens notation window, and activates looping.
Fixed: RealDrums list updates after visiting the RealDrums settings dialog.
Improved: In the StylePicker, the Song Demo button doesn't play the song now, unless 'Play When Chosen' is selected.
Fixed: Copyright symbol button in the print dialog prints without an extra character.
Fixed: Preferences weren't saving in certain cases when switching preferences tabs
Added: Message re: admin permission required if using Applications/Band-in-a-Box folder and trying to use RealTracks without admin permission. (if you don't have admin privileges, you should move the Band-in-a-Box folder to your home folder. This would be /Users/John/ if your account name is John)
Fixed: Audio Chord Wizard button launches Band-in-a-Box/AudioChordWizard/AudioChordWizard.app.
Fixed: Pause Play until midi or key received.
Added: Multistyle support. Includes updated MultiStyle demo songs for some Styles Sets.
Added: RealDrums change of style at any bar, works for multistyles, MIDI styles, and RealStyles.
Fixed: Menu item to launching the CoreMIDI help manual.
Added: Big ANSI String dialog for the RealTracks artist bios, memos, and user memos
Fixed: White text for part markers in notation window (easier to read)
Added: Key sig change option added to F5 Bar Settings dialog (this feature is useful for some RealTracks, like Metal Guitar, that solo based on the key of the song). Note: This feature doesn't affect notation.
Fixed: Style changes at any bar weren't working in some cases, or giving a message about style not found.
Added: 'File - Save with patches' option to force MIDI drums or RealDrums for the song.
Updated: 2009 Upgrade manual has been updated.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel

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Finally caught up - Version: 15.0.2, 6/5/2009 08:21AM PST

Mike Dustan

Kudos to PG Music for finally getting a new version to the Mac market - one that has all the features of the Windows version! The styles are better (or perhaps it's the MIDI rendering that's more accurate) and the real instruments are pretty awesome.

Yes, the GUI is ugly and most unlike any other Mac program, and it's retained a lot of the bugs from the 2006 v12 version, but once you get the hang of it it's a pretty amazing program. But then, look at almost any music program or any of the third-party synth plugins and you'll see a look and feel that appeals to musicians and studio folks, not Mac GUI purists.

Still not fixed - Version: 12.0 build 31, 1/21/2009 10:13AM PST

jeffhrsn

PG Music programmers are obviously Windows-centric. This is easily one of the ugliest, most ridiculously laid out program on the Macintosh. The installer still ignores Apple's guidelines YEARS after PG Music's knowing this.

Wishing someone else would come along and blow these guys out of the water - they truly deserve it.

cannot unstuffit - Version: 12.0 build 28, 12/12/2006 01:06PM PST

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tracy valleau--2008

I cannot unstuff this program with stuffit deluxe 11.0.1. I've tried changing the suffixes, to no avail.