"The wealth of amenities that Band-in-a-Box offers is staggering..."
Electronic Musician
PC Magazine
"Band-in-a-Box raises the bar for human improvisers."
Jazz Improv
Drew Tretick, Professional Violinist
Electronic Musician
"Band-in-a-Box is the most significant contribution to Jazz since Jamey Aebersold records."
Down Beat Magazine
"Everytime I think I've got the ultimate Band-in-a-Box setup, the makers upgrade it and add even more cool features."
PC Magazine
What is RealBand?
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.
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.
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 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.
Band-in-a-Box Magazine Reviews
- "I loved it back then and I’m very pleased to report (20 years later), Band-in-a-Box continues to amaze."
by MacSparky - www.macsparky.com - "It is one piece of software I can’t see myself ever doing without."
by Fred Grittner - www.cakewalknet.com - "Band-in-a-Box 2009 is outstanding and I recommend..."
by Tony Cliff - Music Teacher Magazine - "Und diese Features allein lohnen definitiv schon die Anschaffung einer der zahlreichen Produktvarianten von Band-in-a-Box 2009..."
Screen2.0 (German) - Band-in-a-Box 2006 - "If you are looking for terrific music notation, MIDI, and all-in-one
music program for your computer, this is the one to have."
by Dave Edwards - Singer and Musician - Band-in-a-Box 2004 - "After more than 15 years, Band-in-a-Box continues to define cutting edge MIDI music generation software."
by Don Labriola - PC Magazine - Expertensystem "Band in a Box" als spannendes Kreativ-Tool
Screen 2.0 (German) - Band-in-a-Box - "Band-in-a-Box offers many advantages over traditional accompaniment CDs and MIDI files because the music can be manipulated so quickly and easily."
by Laura Beauchamp-Williamson - American Music Teacher - Band-in-a-Box - "The Ultimate Music Library"
by Glen Emerson Morris - Advertising and Marketing Review - Band-in-a-Box - "If you are a guitar player and want a cost effective way to improve your playing, then read on..."
by Van Hunter - Flatpicking Guitar Magazine - Professionally sounding, home produced backing tracks - It does what it says on the box!
by Vic Hopkins - Organ and Keyboard Cavalcade (UK) - Look Inside the Box - Tips for Using Band-in-a-Box Software With Beginning Instrumental Music Students
by Susan E. Basalik - Pennsylvania Music Educator Association Review - Band-in-a-Box version 9 for Windows - "Long-time readers of my column know that PG Music is a personal favorite, and that Band-in-a-Box was our year-end top music software pick last year."
by Terry Wilhite - Christian Computing Magazine - Band-in-a-Box version 9 for Windows - "This is a great tool for choir or band directors trying to find a way to show their individual singers/players how their specific part should sound and how it fits into the composition as a whole."
by Donald Griffin - Computer Music Consulting - Band-in-a-Box - "From the days of the boom-chukka-chukka accompaniments of the early home organs, amateur musicians have been fascinated by the idea of pressing a single button and listening to the result. Band-In-A-Box takes the auto-accompaniment concept to extraordinary lengths, and using it is as simple or complex as you want to make it."
by Steve Caplin - Tri-Valley Macintosh Users Group - What's in the Box? - "What would you pay to have a rhythm section at your beck and call 24 hours a day? Suppose it could expand at will to a big band with a string section for no extra charge..."
by Jan Klincewich - Jazz Improv Magazine - Digital Audio Sequencing, MIDI, Auto Accompaniment, Sample Software - "I always loved Band-in-a-Box! If you ever needed to do the quick fix accompaniment, this was the way to go."
Canadian Music Magazine - I Got Music - "Have you ever felt the urge to make music on your Mac? I mean great music, not just one-finger tunes plunked out on a keyboard. Can you imagine what it would be like if you could play your original compositions in the style of a favorite star with other great musicians backing you up?"
by Syndicated Columnist David Horrigan - Band-in-a-Box 9.0 - O arranjador inteligente para o seu computador
Cover Teclado (Portuguese) - Rave with the machine - "There is an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in which one of the characters walks onto the holodeck and programs his musical fantasy simply by commanding, '1950s New Orleans jazz, small combo.' The computer instantly generates a holographic combo that appears and starts playing. The character then picks up his trombone and commences to jam along with the computer-generated trio. Science fiction? Maybe not. PG Music's Band-in-a-Box... offers a similar experience in the here and now."
by Phil Darg - Electronic Musician - Band-in-a-Box - "If I had to make a definitive decision for the most useful software application of all time for musicians and music educators, Band-in-a-Box by PG Music is my choice because the software can generate play-along accompaniments in several musical styles and in any key and tempo in a matter of seconds."
by John Kuzmich, Jr. - Band-in-a-Box - "It is... very refreshing indeed to come across a package that is innovative and different to the herd. PG Music's Band in a Box is just that very elusive program."
by Clive Brooks - PC Home - Band-in-a-Box
by J. F. V. Vincent - Banjoists' Broadsheet - 3.5 Mice for Band-in-a-Box from Macworld
Macworld - Digital Music - Strike up the Band - "The first and still most remarkable auto-accompaniment program is Band-in-a-Box by PG Music."
by Paul Lau - Canadian Music Magazine - Band-in-a-Box - Un orchestre dans votre ordinateur
by Francois Cuneo - Computer News (French) - Jam-Along Software - "In an ideal world, we would be surrounded by musicians just waiting to accompany our musical experiments. They would be available day or night, know all our favorite songs, be able to transpose keys, write out charts, and offer helpful advice for endless soloing pleasure. While technology will never be a substitute for human interaction, a couple of software packages from PG Music promise to be tireless practice partners at the very least."
by Teja Gerken - Acoustic Guitar - Band-in-a-Box - The Perennial favorite backup band gets a new soloist
by Allan Metts - Electronic Musician - Band-in-a-Box - "Band-in-a-Box is one of those truly cool Windows apps that you can noodle with for weekends at a time."
by Dave Johnson - PC Magazine - Band-in-a-Box - Better Than Ever
by Judy Munsen - Piano and Keyboard Magazine - Band-in-a-Box - "Every once in a while, a tool comes along that offers so many exciting possibilities that it becomes a source of inspiration in and of itself. Take Band-in-a-Box, for instance."
by John Krogh - Music and Computers Magazine - Band-in-a-Box - "[Band-in-a-Box is] a genuinely useful songwriting and music creation tool that should have a place in any well-equipped MIDI studio."
Sound on Sound Magazine (UK) - Band-in-a-Box - "Software auto-accompaniment can offer more functionality and fun than any hardware alternative..."
Making Music Magazine (UK) - Band-in-a-Box Tuneup
by John Poultney - MacWEEK Online - Band-in-a-Box - "[Band-in-a-Box] will allow the musical novice the ability to create a good sounding score, but the advanced professional will find that they can create some exceptional music with [Band-in-a-Box]..."Jim Cara's Digital Music Newsletter
- Soothing the Savage Beast - Digitally - "Band-in-a-Box was a finalist for a PC Magazine Award for Technical Excellence... and it's gotten progressively better over the years."
by Bill Machrone - PC Magazine - Band-in-a-Box - "I wholeheartedly recommend this product."
by Joe Finn - Jazz Friends Review
Magazine Reviews
