Version 2008 has arrived with many new features added since 2007,
including major enhancements to RealDrums, MP3 remixing and the Audio
Chord Wizard.- choose your version (PC or MAC) when you put this in your cart.
RealDrums - these are audio drum styles that replace the MIDI drum
track with actual recordings of top studio Jazz/Rock/Country drummers!
These are not "samples" of single drum hits; they are full recordings,
lasting from 1 to 8 bars, playing along in perfect sync with the other
Band-in-a-Box tracks. The results are dramatically better than MIDI.
They sound like a real drummer, because they are recordings of a real
drummer. And adding a real instrument to the mix makes all of the
Band-in-a-Box parts sound more authentic. We include a huge library of
RealDrums styles in the Pro and MegaPAK packages and ALL of the
RealDrums styles in the Super and UltraPAK packages.
Audio Chord Wizard - the Wizard takes an audio file and instantly
figures out the chords to the song. Whether it’s an MP3, WMA, or WAV
file the Wizard will analyze and display the chords for use within the
program! Audio Chord Wizard 2.0 now interprets the chords with greater
accuracy and it has the ability to detect more than one chord per bar!
A new
Soundtrack feature allows you to generate new royalty-free
music of a specified length of time for use in home or corporate
videos, soundtracks, etc. The "Reharmonist" feature figures out a chord
progression for any melody. This allows you to create a new chord
progression or enhance an existing one. Solos are enhanced with
features that allow the solo to be influenced by the melody, just like
a musician. Other great new features: Save as MP3, batch MP3/WAV/WMA
generation, TranzPort® wireless controller support, Auto-memo
generation, Chord Breaks, Practicing Window, Melodist/Soloist/Notation
enhancements... and much more.
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.)
The program is built with
a 32-bit clean engine. Program operations are fast, including up to 3
times faster notation redraws, song and soloing generation. Playback
timing is improved and rock-solid with all versions of Windows. The GUI
is enhanced with floating/dockable toolbars and more.
They've added support for DirectX synthesizers (Dxi instruments),
allowing you to connect to new synths like the HyperCanvas, VSampler,
or sound font players for playback or direct rendering.
There are amazing new Audio Vocal Harmony routines that you can apply
to the part, allowing you to automatically create up to 4-part vocal
harmonies from your singing part. These are actual audio harmonies of
your sining voice, not MIDI synth versions! And don't worry if your
singing is out of tune-- Band in a Box can now “fix” vocals to the
correct pitch automatically! Simply record your vocal part, choose a
harmony, and Band in a Box will generate the vocal harmony parts for
you!
You can now load a MIDI file into Band in a Box using a single
keystroke (F7), and the MIDI file will play with the chords
intelligently interpreted on-screen. A new function allows you to erase
all channels except the MIDI file melody. You can then change the style
of the MIDI file to any Band in a Box style!
Notation display and printout is enhanced with the addition of repeats,
first and second endings, DS/DC al Coda symbols and more! There's a new
Wizard that will intelligently add 1st/2nd endings automatically for
you. Now you can view and convert your current song collection to
include 1st/2nd endings in lead sheet format!
There's a new LyricView window, displaying a full screen of formatted
lyrics. Easily copy and paste lyrics to and from your favorite word
processor..
We've made major enhancements to the SongPicker dialog by adding new
fields like song key, form, file size, and more. Now you can sort your
songs by any field!
There's a new “Hybrid Styles” feature which allows you to play a style that has instruments from up to 5 different styles!
There is a fun “Strauss in a Box” feature that converts any 4/4
song/melody into a Waltz, or any Waltz into a 4/4 song. There's new
support and styles made for odd-time signatures, like 11/8, 13/16. etc
... and much more.
Other New Features
Improved song list dialog
Solo an instrument part
Mute all parts
Transpose each chorus
Copy, repeat X times with Transpose
Copy Dialog has additional functions
- a “copy 1st chorus to whole song” option
- copy to specific chorus option
- option to include part-markers/bar settings
- show less/show more options button
Songs with multi-channel MIDI information on Melody or Soloist will be displayed
Maximum number of Soloists increased to 1024 (from 256), and new Soloists added.
Bar settings Dialog-Status display at top of Band in a Box windows
“Count-in” can be drum patterns instead
Harmony – low root features
Customize the relative volumes of the drum kit instruments
Additional options for changing volumes of parts
- Alt (or control) clicking down on volume control increases other volumes
- Alt (or control) clicking up on volume control decreases other volumes
- Clicking up past 127 on volume control decreases others
Improved rendering of mp3s
Improved MIDI Driver Wizard to auto-suggest which MIDI driver you should be using
The harmony track names written to the MIDI files are now more descriptive
Improved Chord Wizard pop ballad preset
Option to auto-open Song Menu Window
Option to auto-open Big Lyrics or Lyric View Windows
Playback metronome option
Track copy with channel filter optionally
Simulate Numpad keyboard for Notebook users
“Search again” button added to StylePicker and SongPicker dialogs
StylePicker dialog “show all” button added which removes any filter set
StyleMaker “mute a pattern” option added
StyleMaker instrument has been enhanced
