Looking for a program that combines the most popular features from PG Music’s PowerTracks Pro Audio and Band-in-a-Box programs into an all-in-one sequencing program with automatic accompaniment? Look no farther than RealBand 2008.5! This program does just that – and is loaded with powerful features that make it easy to produce your own song arrangements as if you were in the recording studio with top session musicians.

RealBand 2008.5 is available for $129, and included with every MegaPAK 2008.5, SuperPAK 2008.5, and UltraPAK 2008.5! Already have Band-in-a-Box 2008? Get the RealBand PlusPAK for $89 which includes RealBand 2008.5, the Band-in-a-Box 2008.5 Update, and RealTracks Sets 2-12! We also offer a RealBand PAK for existing Band-in-a-Box 2008 users which includes RealBand 2008.5 and RealTracks Sets 10-12.

Posted at 03:24 PM

We’ve extended all our Band-in-a-Box Special Upgrade Pricing and Bonus PAKs until July 31, 2008!
We couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate the success of Band-in-a-Box 2008.5 than special Upgrade pricing and Bonus PAKs! All Band-in-a-Box Upgrade purchases are on special, and EVERY purchase of Band-in-a-Box includes a FREE BONUS 12-PAK with additional software!
Plus, during our Summer Special, save even more on Band-in-a-Box SuperPAK and UltraPAK Bundles with the Edirol SD-20, Frontier Design Group TranzPort, Finale and PrintMusic!
Hurry, these deals are only available until July 31, 2008!

Posted at 01:02 PM

Ian McDougall was named to the Order of Canada for his contributions to classical and jazz music as a renowned trombonist and composer and as an innovative educator and mentor.

The Order of Canada was created in 1967 to recognize achievement and service in various fields and is the country's highest civilian honour for lifetime achievement.

www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story

Posted at 12:35 PM

PG Music Inc. now offers the Ketron SD2 Orchestral Wizard!
For only $379, the Ketron SD2 offers an "all-in-one" great sound resource that can be used to greatly enhance standard MIDI files, as well as for Home and Studio compositions and recordings! The high-quality pocket size sound module is designed for all PC and MIDI applications. It features a new stereo Grand Piano and huge Orchestral voices such as Saxophones, Brass, Woodwinds, authentic Guitars, Accordions and many others! PLUS, since it’s GM compatible, it’s easy to use with Band-in-a-Box and PowerTracks. Check it out!

Posted at 10:25 AM

Band-in-a-Box 2008.5 is a huge hit! With the release of Band-in-a-Box 2008.5, we’ve also unveiled 8 NEW RealTracks Sets with 44 RealTracks Instruments! Now there are 47 RealTracks Instruments plus the RealDrums. You can choose to have ALL real accompaniment, just MIDI or a mix of both! Band-in-a-Box 2008 users can get all the new RealTracks with the PlusPAK for only $59!

Don’t forget – we have Bonus PAKs for all Band-in-a-Box purchases, and Special Pricing on all Upgrade purchases, but only until July 15, 2008.

Posted at 03:15 PM

The Band-in-a-Box 2008.5 release has been a huge success! With the unveiling of 8 NEW RealTracks Sets with 44 RealTracks Instruments, your Band-in-a-Box song list is sure to grow! With 47 RealTracks Instruments plus all the RealDrums, you can choose just how Real you want your songs to be. Don’t worry, all the MIDI choices are still there – just add a few Real Instruments to the equation, and you won’t believe your ears! In fact, with the new RealStyles, you can have up to 7 Real Instruments all at one in a single style! PLUS – one of the great features added with Band-in-a-Box 2008.5 is the ability to easily adjust each part that Band-in-a-Box has: right click on a part (bass, drums, piano, guitar, strings) and you can quickly assign RealTracks or RealDrums to that part!

Purchasing all the NEW RealTracks Sets is easy! Band-in-a-Box 2008 users can purchase the PlusPAK for $59, which includes Sets 2-9!

Don’t forget – we have Bonus PAKs for all Band-in-a-Box purchases, and special pricing on all Upgrade purchases, but only until July 15, 2008 (that’s just around the corner)!

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A Build 261 update patch is available for Band-in-a-Box 2008.5. The update (FREE for BB2008 users!) adds over 30 new features and improvements since Build 260! This includes a re-designed RealDrums selection dialog, with filtering, sorting by column, information (name, genres, time sig, feel, tempo range,), and descriptive memos. There are also significant RealTracks updates. Click here to download the update

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Our Band-in-a-Box 2008.5 release, with all the new RealTracks is a huge hit! Band-in-a-Box 2008 users can get all 44 NEW RealTracks and an update to Band-in-a-Box 2008.5 in the Summer PlusPAK for only $59! Not sure which Add-ons you already have? Contact us to find out!

AND - Band-in-a-Box 2008.5 is a FREE UPGRADE for existing Version 2008 users!Get the newest features with the FREE UPDATE patch, available here!

Check out Band-in-a-Box 2008.5 in action by watching the video!

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Here’s what other Band-in-a-Box users have to say about version 2008.5 and the new RealTracks:

"This is the killer APP of the decade. The century, actually" "BAND-IN-A-BOX has just become THE thing." "Bravo RealTracks!!!!!!!" "I’m going to use Real Bass on all my songs." "This Real Bass is the BOMB" "absolutely awesome" "’real’ rock-and-roll fuzzed out electric guitar in Band-in-a-Box" "totally awesome" "The search for realism may just be nearing an end..." "Wait ‘til this hits the music mags!" "all these great new RealTracks can be kept in .WMA format" "considerably less storage" "real hit" "You won’t believe it when you hear it!" "so many choices" "No one can say that Band-in-a-Box is too jazz oriented now" "new tracks sound incredible" "My laptop is happy and all the RealDrums and RealTracks currently available are installed in much less space" "amazing building up a track now and hearing the end result" "real fiddle is superb" "foaming at the mouth" "I’m actually amazed" "SCREAMIN’" "This is a blast" "Well I’ll be!! Sure sounds good" "embarrassment of riches" "Real Instruments sure blow away most of the midi/synth stuff" "Very authentic." "GREAT JOB!" "very impressed--the background fiddle was very close to what the violinist played on the album" "couldn’t believe how good it sounded" "The bass, drums, and electric guitar locked in nicely, the strumming acoustic filled out the track, and the resonator guitar added color to the arrangement with it fills" "PHENOMENAL" "AWESOME" "heaven" "have really got this technology licked" "limitless" "stunned at the marvelous quality of the new instruments" "I’ve never had so much fun" "pedal steel and guitar strumming tracks are AWESOME" "amazing to me how well everything fits" "STELLAR" "this update is a bombshell" "the decision to use WMA is great" "Hot dang! This is too cool." "fantastic" "Those two jazz basses -- Yassuh!" "Havin’ too much fun over here trying them" "frankly amazing... the idea that a bunch of chords, triggering a bunch of samples, can sound as heavenly as that simply by pressing a big green button is frankly astounding." "Speechless" "Awesome, what a thrill to audition these new RealTracks demos this morning. My mind is swimming with new ideas, tune fixes etc" "Hot Dawg! Unbelievable demos" "The Jazz swing bass is unbelievable, I’m in heaven" "Awesome" "I love the ability to pan the RealTracks" "WOW, Sounds wonderful!" "I’m using the new RealTracks Sax, man my tracks are SMOKIN’" "Enormous improvement in the way the real pedal behaves"

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