Powerful Accompaniment and Composition Tool
Experience streamlined musical accompaniment and song creation with PG Music Band-in-a-Box 2017. Create realistic backing tracks with MIDI-like control of pre-recorded audio. Just type in chords, choose a style, and the software does the rest. Band-in-a-Box 2017 brings over 80 new features and enhancements. A redesigned main screen makes navigation a piece of cake. Enhanced RealTracks provide improved sound quality. Craft engaging rhythms with upgraded RealDrums. Thumb through over 8,000 popular songs in the dedicated Song Titles Browser. Accelerate your learning with "Woodshedding" guitar tracks played by Brent Mason. Produce captivating sounds with the sforzando SFZ Synth. Create your next opus with PG Music Band-in-a-Box 2017.
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202 new RealTracks for inspired song creation
PG Music Band-in-a-Box 2017 contains 202 new RealTracks. Add 63 country, folk, and world tracks to your arrangements. Create interesting compositions with Latin American styles, Celtic harps, Hawaiian pedal steel, and ukuleles. Expand 2006's "crooner" big band set with 61 jazz, funk, and blues tracks. Brent Mason (guitar) and Mike Rojas (piano) contribute to the blues tracks. Cory Pesaturo lends his virtuoso accordion playing. 78 rock and pop RealTracks run the full gamut. Modern house, hip-hop, and rap. Modern pop with Zane Carney (of John Mayer fame). Drum pop/rock grooves courtesy of Shannon Forest. And finally, '60s-style surf, Motown, and classic rock.
Loads of new features and enhancements
With over 80 new features and additions, 2017's Band-in-a-Box is the most powerful yet. The main screen has a smaller footprint with configurable toolbars and more. Enhanced RealTracks utilize Elastique 3 for improved time-stretching and transposition. Better phrase transitions and Natural Arrangements add more realism to your compositions. Brent Mason contributed new 12-key "Woodshedding" tracks to speed up your learning. RealDrums now include half/double/triple time and accommodate multiple loops on a single track. UserTracks include half/double/triple time, rests, 3/4 time, and more. A dedicated Song Titles Browser includes information on over 8,000 popular songs and Natural Arrangements provides freedom to choose different chord extensions. At Sweetwater, we're also impressed by the new sforzando SFZ Synth.
PG Music Band-in-a-Box Pro 2017 Includes:
- Band-in-a-Box 2017
- RealBand 2017
- Pro RealCombos: over 200 RealTracks in 38 Bands
- 46 MIDI SuperTracks
- Over 400 MIDI Styles
- Over 100 MIDI Soloists
- Over 60 MIDI Melodists
- 21 nature sounds and percussion loops
- 22 Artist Performances
- 1,000 dubstep, modern, and Top 40 loops
- FREE bonus 8-PAK
PG Music Band-in-a-Box 2017 Features:
- NEW Over 202 new RealTracks played by world-class musicians
- NEW Redesigned main screen makes navigation easy
- NEW sforzando SFZ Synth produces captivating sounds via .SFZ or Hi-Q formats
- NEW Enhanced Chord Builder features a "Chord Theory" section for exploring chord progressions
- NEW RealDrums enhancements for crafting engaging rhythms
- NEW High-quality Elastique 3 time-stretching and pitch-shifting algorithm
- NEW 12-key "Woodshedding" RealTracks accelerate your learning
- NEW Song Titles Browser provides information on over 8,000 popular songs
- NEW UserTracks include half/double/triple time, rests, 3/4 time, and more
- NEW Natural Arrangements provides freedom to choose different chord extensions
- StylePicker makes Style selection a piece of cake
- Layers provide optional rows of information above each bar
- Audio Edit Window provides a speedy workflow
- Import Audio feature for easy track building
- Guitar Window yields simplified guitar tracks
- Audio to Chords, Reharmonist, Soundtrack, and Lyric Block functions and screens
- Soloing and rhythm playing that are influenced by the key signature as well as the chords
- Integrated support for the Fretlight LED guitar learning system
- Option for a "Simpler" arrangement on some RealTracks, which avoid embellishments
- Feature for fills, turnarounds, post fills and odd/even bars to be at the right place