Band-in-a-Box 2011.5 New Features
There are 20 new features and enhancements in Band-in-a-Box 2011.5 since version 2011!
- There's the new "Same-But-Different" feature, which ensures that, if you have 2 (or more) of the same RealTracks on different tracks, that they will never play the same thing at the same time.
- Support for Pedal Bass RealTracks!.
- We've added 101 NEW RealTracks in sets 122-136, including: 70's Soul, Celtic Hornpipes & Slipjigs, Crossover Pop, Gypsy Jazz, Jazz Piano and Organ, Brent Mason Country soloing, Praise & Worship, and much more!
There were over 50 new features in Band-in-a-Box 2011!
- Big improvements to the sounds of the RealTracks so that they sound more natural over a much wider range of tempos, using the elastique Pro V2 time stretching engine by zplane.development. These improvements are built-in, so there's nothing you need to do to get it working. Your existing songs will just sound better automatically!
- We've added a new Mixer window, allowing you to quickly set volumes, panning, reverb, tone and patches. The Mixer floats on top of the current window, so you can place it wherever it's convenient to make quick and easy adjustments to your Band-in-a-Box track settings.
- Enhanced RealTracks, so that you can now have RealTracks style changes within a song, generate RealTracks Soloist Medleys, and more.
- There's a Scales Wizard for practicing, which generates scales for any chord progression, and new StylePicker Filters show you only the styles that match your search criteria.
- 101 new RealTracks since July 2010, including: Gypsy Jazz, Celtic Jigs & Reels, Calypso, Praise & Worship, Reggae, Brent Mason Guitar, and so much more!
More details about the new features in: Band-in-a-Box 2011.5 | Band-in-a-Box 2011
Band-in-a-Box 2011.5 has 20 new features and enhancements since 2011!
There were over 50 new features added in Band-in-a-Box 2011, and now version 2011.5 delivers 20 more! There are RealTracks enhancements, including support for Pedal Bass, a "Same But Different" feature (insuring that multiple versions of the same RealTrack always play different riffs), smoother playing in waltzes, better pushes and more simple variations, plus 101 NEW RealTracks!
RealTracks Enhancements
"Same-But-Different" Ensures that, if you have 2 (or more) of the same RealTracks on different tracks, that they will never play the same thing at the same time. If they did it would cancel each other out, and it would sound like one person. "It just works"... there are no settings to change; it just makes the tracks different.
For example, setup a strumming guitar part, using RealTracks 362. Setup the same RealTrack on a few different tracks. Pan them differently (left, right, center). Then press Play. You'll notice that they never play the same, so that it sounds like 3 different players.
"Pedal Bass" supported for RealTracks.
"Bigger Soloists" are supported. Some of our soloists have more riffs than previous RealTracks, so they sound better. These soloists require Band-in-a-Box 2011.5 to work.
Better pushes in RealTracks, especially over songs with chord changes every 2 beats. These are the natural pushes that occur automatically (not the ones you get by putting ^ carets before chord names), and they will sound more natural.
Waltzes are improved with RealTracks, better playing when there are 2 chords per bar, and with better endings.
Better endings when there are time signature changes in the song.
Drum count-in for RealStyles that use the drum track for a RealTracks instrument (such as Bluegrass).
Improved Timing of RealTracks and RealDrums on Snow Leopard and Lion.
101 New RealTracks
32 Jazz RealTracks! Including...
- Groovin' Jazz Funk - features a groove that sits right in the pocket, with drums, electric bass, electric guitar, electric piano, and alto sax. 9 individual RealTracks styles in all.
- Gypsy Jazz Latin - features 6 new Gypsy Jazz styles playing an up-tempo Latin groove to add to your collection.
- Gypsy Jazz Waltz - features the big name players in the world of modern Gypsy Jazz, playing uptempo waltz styles.
- More Swingin' Jazz Guitar with Oliver Gannon - 5 new RealTracks styles with a Classic Jazz Electric Guitar tone.
- More Swingin' Piano & Organ with Mike LeDonne - The organ works over the whole tempo spectrum, from slow ballads to fast bop, and you have the choice of using the traditional jazz organ technique of having the bass played on the organ, or you can choose instead to have the organ stick to comping only.
37 New Pop/Rock/Folk RealTracks!
- 70s Soul - features a full RealTracks band of electric bass, drums, electric guitar, piano, and synth
- Celtic Hornpipes & Slipjigs, including a traditional Irish Bodhran hand drum. The Hornpipe is a stately swing 8ths groove, similar to a Reel, but at a slower tempo. A slipjig, is a quicker paced 9:8 style, like a jig, but with 3 extra 8th notes at the end of each bar. Common styles in the Celtic repertoire
- More Pop-Rock Bass - 5 new electric bass RealTracks styles that blend beautifully with many of our previously-released RealTracks.
- Crossover Pop - Includes Banjo, Electric Guitar, Piano, and some RealDrums styles.
- Fast Pop Waltz - Wide range of instruments: Electric Bass, Fiddle, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel, and Acoustic Piano.
32 New Country RealTracks!
- Pedal Steel Country Soloing with Paul Franklin - features Pedal Steel soloing over 3 very common Country grooves.
- More Country Soloing with Country legend Brent Mason - all the solos have "RealCharts" which means you can see exactly what Brent is playing in notation, TAB, and on the on-screen guitar fretboard.
- Praise & Worship Power - features a pumping groove that can be used in P&W, rock, or country settings.
- Praise & Worship Believe - includes a full band of RealTracks, with electric bass, 2 rhythm guitars, acoustic piano, synth pad, drums, and electric guitar soloist.
- More Swingin' Country - includes solid electric bass, acoustic piano which locks in with the bass, fast western swing fiddle, and some swingin', gritty electric guitar.
More enhancements in Band-in-a-Box 2011.5!
Web Demos: You can now audition a style in the StylePicker without changing your existing arrangement, by using the "WebDemo" button, which plays a streaming demo from the web. For example, if you see a style like _JSWINGG "Jazz Swing w/ Electric Guitar", you can hear what it sounds like without loading in the style. This is useful because you hear an audio demo of a good example of the style in action. It is also useful because it can demo a style that you don't have, or you can compare to make sure that yours sounds the same as it is supposed to sound.
StylePicker filter added. Display styles if RealTracks are not present. You may want to not display styles if the RealTracks for the styles are not present on your system. This filter allows you to hide or show these styles.
RealDrums can now be chosen from the RealTracks Picker. Pressing the [RD] (RealDrums) button on the RealTracks Picker (Assign RealTracks to Tracks dialog) allows you to select a RealDrums, rather than needing to a separate dialog for that. The current RealDrums set in use is now displayed on the RealTracks Picker.
When [Save Style] is pressed in the RealTracks Picker the current drum volume will also apply to the style. Also, the RealTracks Picker can be chosen from the Drums radio button right-click menu.
Selecting a new style won't necessarily wipe out song based RealTracks/Drums selections. If you hold down the Shift key when loading a style (from any style selection dialog), then the currently selected RealTracks and RealDrums won't get wiped out. If you load a new style (without holding Shift as above), this wipes out any song-selected RealTracks and RealDrums (unless Shift is held). Now, after loading the style, you can choose Undo, and the previous RealTracks and RealDrums come back. In the StylePicker, if you choose override drums while in the StylePicker, this won't wipe out the RealDrums when you load the style.
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