RealBand 2008.5 for Windows
Your All-in-One Audio Workstation and Accompaniment Program
RealBand is a fully-featured and powerful music arranging, sequencing, and digital recording program. RealBand is a new 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.
With RealBand you can create an arrangement with Band-in-a-Box tracks; type in the chords, add RealTracks and RealDrums that follow the chord changes, add your own tracks, and then edit and produce the finished song without ever leaving the program! RealBand 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 offers powerful features for musicians, students, and songwriters. With intelligent automatic arrangements, RealTracks live instrument tracks, RealDrums live drum tracks, the amazing Audio Chord Wizard, seamlessly integrated digital audio/MIDI recording, built-in DirectX effects, and notation, RealBand turns a typical PC into a music production powerhouse.
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RealBand for Windows Overview
- RealBand 2008.5 for Windows: Full Feature List
- RealBand 2008.5 Introduction Video
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RealBand Pro
Some Styles (150 Styles), Some RealDrums (1 Set), Some RealTracks (1 set) |
MegaPAK Band-in-a-Box and RealBand
All Styles (76 Sets), Some RealDrums (6 Sets), Some RealTracks (6 Sets) |
SuperPAK Band-in-a-Box and RealBand
All Styles (76 Sets), All RealDrums (20 Sets), All RealTracks (12 Sets) |
UltraPAK Band-in-a-Box and RealBand All Styles (76 Sets, All RealDrums (20 Sets), All RealTracks (12 sets), All Add-ons |
Band-in-a-Box and RealBand UltraPAK Hard Drive "Audiophile" Edition
All Styles (76 Sets, All RealDrums (20 Sets), All RealTracks (12 sets), All Add-ons Pre-installed and ready to run on included 160GB plug-n-play USB Hard Drive |
RealBand PAK
RealTracks Sets 10 -12 |
RealBand PlusPAK
Band-in-a-Box 2008.5 Update RealTracks Sets 2-12 |
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| RealTracks (12 Sets Available) |
1 | 1-6 | 1-12 (ALL!) | 1-12 (ALL!) | 1-12 (ALL!) | 10-12 | 2-12 |
| RealDrums Sets (20 Sets Available) |
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| Styles Sets (76 Sets Available) |
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| Soloists Sets (20 Sets Available) |
x | 1-11 & 16-20 | 1-11 & 16-20 | 1-20 (ALL!) | 1-20 (ALL!) | x | x |
| Melodist Sets (8 Sets Available) |
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PLUS... Until September 15, with every Band-in-a-Box 2008.5 Pro, MegaPAK, SuperPAK or UltraPAK for Windows® First-Time or Upgrade purchase you will receive the FREE BONUS 12-PAK! 
Until September 15, Upgrade your 12-PAK to a 24-PAK for only $25Features included in RealBand:
- Intelligent automatic accompaniment by Band-in-a-Box.
- RealTracks and RealDrums – automatic live instrument parts. Generate Real Instruments or other new tracks to add to an existing audio file. The added parts play in sync as they follow the original tempos from the audio file.
- Generate an entire song or parts of a song.
- The amazing Audio Chord Wizard figures out the chords from any MP3 or other audio files and writes them to the Chords window in RealBand. Using just this one feature alone, you can easily learn to play MP3 songs, by seeing the chords displayed in RealBand.
- MIDI music can be displayed in standard music notation on the screen and using the on-screen piano keyboard or guitar fretboard.
- 48-track MIDI/audio mixer with multiple FX busses (up to 16 effects per track).
- Support for popular audio file formats – MP3, WMA, WMV, WAV, and CDA.
- Built-in DirectX audio effects.
- DirectX and VST plug-ins supported.
- Band-in-a-Box files load directly.
- Compatible with all Band-in-a-Box styles and Real instruments.
- Shares native .SEQ file type with PowerTracks Pro Audio, directly compatible.
- Professional recording, editing, and playback features. Create and edit music using piano roll, music notation, event list, bars view, track view and more.
- Supports all major audio and MIDI file types, including PG Music’s PowerTracks Pro Audio files (*.SEQ) and Band-in-a-Box files (*.?G?).
- Support for MIDI and Karaoke files.
- Karaoke lyrics window.
- Piano roll window with graphic controller editing.
- Onscreen notation and lead sheet style printout.
- Virtual guitar fretboard and piano keyboard.
- …and much more!
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