A free patch update is available (for existing 2010 users)
http://www.pgmusic.com/support_macintoshupdates.htm#2010_14Note: If you don't have version 2010 yet, you can buy the upgrade to 2010 here
http://www.pgmusic.com/band.htm(the shipping versions of the program are build 14, as of March 30/2010. You can see the build number in the "Band-in-a-Box About" menu item.)
This adds some new features, such as
- looped playback of any selected region
- mouse scroll wheel support
- ability to have endings use a “held chord”, like C…
Build 14
Fixed: Dragging soloist track sometimes said no music available to drop (if there was no RealChart).
Fixed: Drum Shot volume bugs.
Fixed: Playback misbehavior if a RealTrack audio file not found.
Here is a full list of new features and fixes for build 12
Additions:
• Added: Looping any region added. Highlight the region (on the main chordsheet), then press PlayLoop button. If you open the notation it will the selected area also.
• Added: Mouse scroll wheel support to the Main Window chord/notation panel.
• Added: Mouse scroll wheel support to the Song Picker dialog, Style Picker dialog, RealDrums Picker dialog, RealTracks Picker Dialog, Soloist Picker dialog.
• Added: Hold chord at end works for MIDI and RealTracks.
• Improved: Frozen tracks can now have volume changes applied to them (mute etc.) by f5 dialog at any time (realtracks only) including after they are frozen.
• Updated: Support added for newer Styles, RealTracks, and RealDrums.
Fixes:
• Some RealTracks endings weren't playing correctly.
• Possible crash during RealTracks playback.
• Bug with saving/loading F5 bar changes which affected builds 9 and 10, but did not affect earlier 2009 builds
• Wrong Patch changes were getting written to some RealCharts
• Generate Single Track of RealTracks would generate it twice with halfTime/Double Time tracks
• Some Bluesy RealTracks (like 751) weren't playing bluesy
• Time-offset track mute regions if there are F5 bar time signature changes in a song
• Prevent drum shots and pushes "leaking thru" on F5 muted bars.
• Remembers CoreMIDI port assignments between runs.
• Lost clicks on Toolbar buttons, especially the Stop button if it is clicked very quickly.
• Improved: Slight improvements to Realtracks playback timing.
• Volume changes (e.g. f5 dialog - mute at certain bars) were not working for generated soloists
• If soloist was generated on a blank song, the song wouldn't generate, just the solo would play.
• Show all styles button in the StylePicker fixed.
• Spurious message "this function cannot be done while the solo is generated" was showing up sometimes.