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Boot Camp Part 1: An introduction
to 10 major features and
new RealTracks!
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Boot Camp Part 2: An introduction
to 10 more major features and
new RealTracks!
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Band-in-a-Box 2022 Video
Everything you need to know in
less than 6 minutes!
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Band-in-a-Box 2022 Video
Bonus 49 PAK
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Band-in-a-Box 2022 Video
222 New RealTracks
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DAW Plugin New Features

Band-in-a-Box® 2022 for Mac® is here!

Band-in-a-Box® 2022 for Mac is compatible with the Intel and Silicon M1 chip and works on all Mac OS from Snow Leopard (OS 10.6.8) to Monterey (OS 12.x) inclusive. (Note: Band-in-a-Box Plugin requires OS 10.7 or higher.)

There are over 50 new features to Band-in-a-Box® 2022! This includes many major new features. First off, "All Tracks are Equal." All 24 tracks have the same capabilities, including styles generation and audio editing. There are Playable RealTracks to customize the RealTracks performances by adding your own notes, using sounds from the RealTracks recording. There's a brand new MultiRiff feature to interactively arrange sections of RealTracks, as you build up the track by choosing from multiple versions. You can now enter MicroChords with up to 4 chords per beat (previous limit was 1). With the new Motifs, you can enter rhythmic patterns for the style instruments to follow. We've added node-based Volume Automation, allowing fine volume control of any track, for fades, mutes, and other volume changes. Audio Drum Stems separate tracks from the different mics in the RealDrums recording are now available for 50 of the RealDrums, with more to come. There's a Track Settings and Actions Window, a one stop-shop to access and edit track functions from a single window (previously needed multiple visits to menus to do this). You can Remix Full Vocal Songs with over 50 full original songs (Pop, R&B, Modern Country), with high quality, great sounding vocals, harmonies, and Band-in-a-Box® arrangements! Use these to remix your own new arrangements. With the new One-Click to Download and Install feature you can download and install the entire package of your order with the new One-Click Install Manager. These 2022 features give you new, powerful tools to create better arrangements and performances. And more!

See the full new Band-in-a-Box® 2022 feature list...

Band-in-a-Box® 2022 DAW Plugin

There are over 40 enhancements to the Band-in-a-Box® DAW Plugin, including a new Chord Settings dialog (with Chord Builder, Chord Theory, and MicroChords tabs), the MicroChords feature (the ability to enter multiple chords per beat, four pages for a total of 32 tracks (8 style tracks, 16 utility tracks, and 8 multi-riff tracks) plus a Style Mix track, the ability to drag MIDI chords and markers to DAW, volume sliders for each track, the ability to save/load chord progression, and much more!, and much more!





Read the Band-in-a-Box® 2022 Upgrade Manual: Online Manual | PDF Download
Read the Band-in-a-Box® 2022 Users Guide: Online Manual | PDF Download

Band-in-a-Box® 2022 Features and Additions

We've been busy and added over 50 new features and an amazing collection of new content, including 222 RealTracks (20 more than we've released in previous versions), new RealStyles, MIDI SuperTracks, Instrumental Studies, Artist Performances, Xtra Styles PAK 12, New "playable RealTracks" Hi-Q sounds, 2 sets of "RealDrums Stems," and more!

We have Bonus PAKs with 60 RealTracks (20 more than we’ve released in previous versions!) in addition to the 222 new RealTracks, so in total an amazing 282 new RealTracks and RealDrums are available! There are over 300 "Playable RealTracks" Hi-Q sounds, which match many of our RealTracks, so you can easily switch from RealTracks parts to MIDI notes while maintaining the instrument sound! The Bonus PAKs also include 2 new Artist Performance Sets, containing over 50 original songs with vocal performances by a variety of talented singers! There are also Instrumental Studies Sets including Fusion Guitar Soloing and Classic Country Guitar Soloing. There are also new RealDrums Stems, which allow you to access the individual wave files from each different mic used to record many of our most popular RealDrums! There are also 14 new MIDI SuperTracks, including a MIDI SuperTracks first: MIDI guitar!

In addition, there are over 200 new RealStyles that use the new RealTracks. These include amazing Fusion soloing with legendary guitarist Mike Stern, as well as rhythm guitars by the great Brent Mason! We also have Brent on the requested "producer" Nashville guitar styles, which are various popular country grooves with multi-layered guitars, including "explosive guitar chords" and more! There are also requested Alt-Rock and modern pop styles with both modern electronic sounds and modern guitar effects. And if you’re a blues fan, this is the year for you! We've got amazing new classic blues guitar and harmonica and guitars from Nashville great Pat Bergeson, requested specialty blues like "Rumba Blues" and "Jump Blues" horn section RealTracks, as well as organ and resonator guitar soloing! There are also more electric 12-string guitar styles from the multi-talented Brent Mason, more tin whistle, and pop vibes, funk guitar, singer-songwriter DADGAD guitar, Mallets & Cajons, and Cinematic baritone guitar! There's also New Orleans piano with Kevin McKendree, "Vintage Pop Guitar," and classic Doo-wop vocals! And, also by request we’ve included new Cajun and Zydeco RealTracks as well as new Classic Country Soloing from fan-favorite Johnny Hiland! In our bonus PAK we have several RealTracks firsts: Tabla & Dholak hand drums, and Sitar, even MORE BLUES, requested "Contradance" RealTracks, and Latin Rock and Metal RealDrums. There's also another RealTracks first, separated left-hand & right-hand piano soloing, playing the requested Bossa soloing style. The bonus set includes even MORE Nashville "producer" guitars and more modern pop guitars & synths. And there's ANOTHER vocal Doo-wop style in the Bonus PAK which include a main mix as well as individual voices!

New - XPro Styles PAKs 2 & 3! We're back again with XPro Styles PAKs 2 & 3! Featuring 100 brand-new RealStyles each, XPro Styles PAK 2 & 3 will amp up the versatility of the Band-in-a-Box Pro version. But these aren't just exclusive for Pro users, there's something compelling for everyone - even Audiophile customers!

Plus, we've made a new Xtra Styles PAK 13 with 200 Xtra Styles. (Xtra Styles are styles based on previously released RealTracks!)

Band-in-a-Box 2022

Additional New Content for Band-in-a-Box® 2022!

Along with Band-in-a-Box® 2022, we've released 222 RealTracks (20 more than we've released in previous versions), new RealStyles, MIDI SuperTracks, Instrumental Studies, Artist Performances, Xtra Styles PAK 13, XPro Styles PAK 2 & 3, new "playable RealTracks" Hi-Q sounds, 2 sets of "RealDrums Stems," and more!

  • 60 Unreleased RealTracks
  • 20 MIDI SuperTracks
  • 30 All-MIDI Styles
  • 12 Instrumental Studies
  • 40 Artist Performances
  • 50+ RealDrums Stems
  • 400+ Playable RealTracks (sfz sforzando files)
  • RealCombos Booster PAK
  • XPro Styles PAK 2
  • XPro Styles PAK 3
  • Xtra Styles PAK 13

    222 NEW RealTracks in Sets 376-400

    Band-in-a-Box® 2022 contains an amazing assortment of new RealTracks & RealDrums! These include amazing Fusion soloing with legendary guitarist Mike Stern, as well as rhythm guitars by the great Brent Mason! We also have Brent on the requested "producer" Nashville guitar styles, which are various popular country grooves with multi-layered guitars, including "explosive guitar chords" and more! There are also requested Alt-Rock and modern pop styles with both modern electronic sounds and modern guitar effects. And if you're a blues fan, this is the year for you! We’ve got amazing new classic blues guitar and harmonica and guitars from Nashville great Pat Bergeson, requested specialty blues like "Rumba Blues" and "Jump Blues" horn section RealTracks, as well as organ and resonator guitar soloing! There are also more electric 12-string guitar styles from the multi-talented Brent Mason, more tin whistle, and pop vibes, funk guitar, singer-songwriter DADGAD guitar, Mallets & Cajons, and Cinematic baritone guitar! There's also New Orleans piano with Kevin McKendree, "Vintage Pop Guitar," and classic Doo-wop vocals! And, also by request we've included new Cajun and Zydeco RealTracks as well as new Classic Country Soloing from fan-favorite Johnny Hiland! In our bonus PAK we have several RealTracks firsts: Tabla & Dholak hand drums, and Sitar, even MORE BLUES, requested "Contradance" RealTracks, and Latin Rock and Metal RealDrums. There's also another RealTracks first, separated left-hand & right-hand piano soloing, playing the requested Bossa soloing style. The bonus set includes even MORE Nashville "producer" guitars and more modern pop guitars & synths. And there's ANOTHER vocal Doo-wop style in the bonus PAK which include a main mix as well as individual voices

    • 62 Jazz, Blues & Funk RealTracks (Sets 376-384)
      The Jazz, Blues, Funk & Latin collection this year features a vast assortment of new RealTracks. We've added new fusion soloing with legendary guitarist Mike Stern (3)! These include three different grooves with smooth fusion guitar lines played with Mike's distinct tone. And these soloists all have "Hi-Q" RealCharts, meaning you can see every bend, hammer-on, slide and more in notation and TAB as well as on the on-screen guitar fretboard. There are also new Fusion rhythm and background guitars (5) specifically recorded to accompany those soloists with Nashville great Brent Mason. And if you're a blues fan, this is the year for you! We've got amazing new classic blues guitar and harmonica (13) from the incomparable Pat Bergeson! And we have requested specialty blues like "Rumba Blues" (5), "Jump Blues" (4), and more! There are also new Blues Horn Section styles (5), playing an ultra-hip Blues Shuffle. And there are requested blues organ (5) and blues resonator guitar soloing (7) RealTracks! There are also new Funk guitar styles (11) and New Orleans Piano (4) from virtuoso Kevin McKendree!
    • 89 Pop and Rock RealTracks (Sets 385-392)
      We have some amazing new pop, rock, and world styles with Band-in-a-Box® 2022, with lots of requests fulfilled! We have two new sets of modern "alt" rock RealTracks (25), featuring a variety of modern rock grooves with multiple layered guitars for a full, produced sound! These two sets also include new RealDrums to go along with these alt rock guitars. There are also new requested modern pop & hip-hop RealTracks (23), featuring electronic drums, modern synth sounds, and modern guitars that can be layered in the background for an organic element among the electronic sounds. There are also new electric 12-string guitars and more (9) from RealTracks fan-favorite Brent Mason, as well as new tin whistle (4) and vibes (3). And, for fans of classic rock 'n' roll, there is a "Vintage Pop Guitar" set (20), as well as a RealTracks first: classic Doo-wop vocals (5)!
    • 71 Country, Americana & Folk RealTracks (Sets 393-400)
      The Country, Americana, and Folk collection this year has added a beautiful variety of RealTracks, including many requested styles! There are requested "explosive held chords, which are multi-layered guitars that provide a full modern-country sound, and these are just a part of our large collection of new "producer country" (24) guitar styles. These layered guitars come from Nashville first-call guitarist Brent Mason, and will make your country song radio-ready! Also, by request we've included new Cajun & Zydeco RealTracks (7) with drums, washboard, basses, guitars and accordion! For the singer-songwriters out there, we have 2 sets catered to you! There is a set of mallets and cajons (22), which provided a soft, subtle backdrop for your melancholy song! And, also by request we've added songwriter DADGAD guitar styles (8). This unique tuning lends itself to interesting, introspective voicings on the guitar, and gives your song a sophisticated but earthy vibe. And the cinematic electric baritone guitar styles (4) and lap steel (3) will give your song a polished sheen! And to top it all off, we've got new Country Soloing RealTracks (3) from fan-favorite Johnny Hiland!
  • 60 Unreleased RealTracks

    (Included in the 49-PAK)

    There are 60 amazing bonus RealTracks available with our 2022 49-PAK! This is 20 more than we've released in previous years! Our customers have been asking for more blues, and we're providing! In this bonus collection we have Memphis Blues and Chicago Blues guitar and harmonica (6) with virtuoso Pat Bergeson as well as lap steel (3) and blues guitar soloing (1) by Johnny Hiland! And as if that wasn't enough on the blues front, we've also got gritty blues-rock harmonica (3), with options for the raunchy amp tone, or the direct-from-the-microphone sound! We've introduced several RealTracks firsts: Tabla & Dholak hand drums, and Sitar (7)! The Tabla also makes use of a brand-new feature in Band-in-a-Box® 2022: Tuned RealDrums. The tabla has a high drone pitch that is typically tuned to the root or 5th of the key you're playing in, which Band-in-a-Box® does automatically with these new RealDrums. Also, on the RealDrums front we've added new Latin Rock (2) and Metal (2) RealDrums styles. There is also requested Contradance guitar and piano (8) RealTracks. There's ANOTHER RealTracks first: separated left-hand & right-hand piano soloing, playing the requested Bossa soloing (2) style. The bonus set includes even MORE Nashville "producer" guitars (6) with Brent Mason, for even more of that slick modern country sound. And there are more modern pop guitars & synths (14) which also includes an "enhanced" RealDrums style, where we merged electronic sounds into an existing RealDrum style to get a modern produced sound! There's also a horn section "grooves" style (1), with multiple options for very common horn section repeating patterns. And there's ANOTHER vocal Doo-wop style in the bonus PAK which include a main mix as well as individual voices (5)! Learn more...

  • MIDI SuperTracks Set 34: Blues Piano and Organ

    (Included in the Free Bonus PAK)

    This collection of SuperTracks provides an eclectic collection of blues keyboard MIDI SuperTracks, including 5 organ styles and 4 piano styles. The organ tracks are all straight-ahead blues with options for soloing as well as left-hand chording, and these left-hand/right-hand tracks are meant to work together to get a full sound over the full range of the instrument. And on the piano we have New Orleans infused soul piano, as well as even more blues with jump blues as well as the Latin flavor in the rumba blues style. This set also comes with Band-in-a-Box® styles that use the MIDI SuperTracks in the context of a full band, by pairing them with RealTracks and RealDrums, but also by pairing them with other MIDI tracks for new ALL-MIDI styles! Learn more...

  • MIDI SuperTracks Set 35: All Guitar

    (Included in the 49-PAK)

    By popular request, we've added guitar MIDI SuperTracks for the first time ever! These tracks are very useful, and all of them work very well with acoustic, nylon, or electric guitar patches. And, using them in conjunction with plugins such as amp simulators, distortion, chorus, tremolo and more can bring these tracks to life! It includes fingerpicking, "sweep" held chords, power chords and more! And, we've made Band-in-a-Box® styles that pair these MIDI SuperTracks with RealTracks and RealDrums, but we've also made ALL-MIDI styles that use these as well! Learn more...

  • MIDI Styles Set "Look Ma! More MIDI 7" (15 styles)

    (Included in the Free Bonus PAK)

    We're back, MIDI users! And this time we've prepared a diverse collection of Pro-compatible MIDI styles that span many genres, from country gospel swing to modern jazz waltz. So, what's in between? Here's what you have to look forward to: millennium pop rock, hootenanny bluegrass, last-call slow shuffle blues, slow bossa with vibes, light Latin dance music, and many more great sounds! There are a total of 15 all-MIDI styles to shape into your very own arrangements with MIDI Styles Set 84: Look Ma! More MIDI 7! Learn more...

  • MIDI Styles Set "Look Ma! More MIDI 8" (15 styles)

    (Included in the 49-PAK)

    An energetic and vibrant collection of one-hundred-percent-MIDI styles is calling your name! It's MIDI Styles Set 85: Look Ma! More MIDI 8, and the diversity and pazazz of its 15 original styles will energize your MIDI songs! Some of the great new sounds include half-time-at-B rock, vibrant jazz funk, galloping country, slow blues rock, a smooth soul ballad, swung-sixteenths funk, new age rock, and much more! Treat your ears to this fiesta of MIDI styles - pick up MIDI Styles Set 85: Look Ma! More MIDI 8 today! Learn more...

  • Instrumental Studies 16: Fusion Guitar Soloing

    (Included in the Free Bonus PAK)

    Instrumental Studies Set 16 gives you 6 smooth fusion guitar workouts! With these studies you can listen and play along with a master jazz soloist, viewing the notes in notation and TAB, with all the bends, hammer-ons, pull-offs and more notated precisely, and you can also view the notes in the on-screen guitar fretboard. There are three different grooves, with two studies in each. Learn more...

  • Instrumental Studies 17: Classic Country Guitar Soloing

    (Included in the 49-PAK)

    Instrumental Studies Set 17 is the perfect way to hone your country guitar chops! Learn with a master, and play along while viewing accurate notation and TAB, complete with bends, pull-offs, hammer-ons and more! And you can also view the notes in the on-screen guitar fretboard. There are three different grooves, a slow country waltz, a grooving' shuffle, and a slow swing ballad, and each one has two different studies in two different keys. Learn more...

  • Artist Performance Set 11: Songs with Vocals Volume 1

    (Included in the Free Bonus PAK)

    The techniques required to become proficient in minor blues guitar soloing can be found in this Instrumental Studies set. With welFor the first time ever, we have original songs and vocal performances to go along with our Band-in-a-Box® demos! "Songs With Vocals Volume 1" provides over 15 Band-in-a-Box® MGU (song) files, each with vocal performances on the melody track, many with additional harmony vocals as well! These are great to practice your mixing skills, try your hand at "remixing" with different Band-in-a-Box® styles, RealTracks & RealDrums, or just for listening and enjoying! Some of the highlights of this volume include the Americana ballad "Texas On My Mind," the alternative pop "He's Hangin' On," the smooth reggae "Good Love Is Hard To Find," and the Hip-Hop duet "Hang On"! And, with new features added in Band-in-a-Box® 2022 for Mac, these songs are also accessible right in the StylePicker by pressing the "load style demo button"! Learn more...

  • Artist Performance Set 12: Songs with Vocals Volume 2

    (Included in the 49-PAK)

    Artist Performance Set 12 provides even MORE exciting original songs and vocal performances to go along with our Band-in-a-Box® demos! "Songs With Vocals Volume 2" provides over 15 Band-in-a-Box® MGU (song) files, each with vocal performances on the melody track, many with additional harmony vocals as well! These are great to practice your mixing skills, try your hand at "remixing" with different Band-in-a-Box® styles, RealTracks & RealDrums, or just for listening and enjoying! Some of the highlights of this volume include slick modern pop songs like "If You Only Knew (Superman)" & "Lonely Once Again," Country Classics in the making such as "The School Gymnasium" and "Emmaline," and there's even a Rumba Flamenca tune written and sung in Spanish! All this and more awaits you in "Songs with Vocals Volume 2"! Learn more...

  • RealDrums Stems Set 1

    (Included in the Free Bonus PAK)

    Band-in-a-Box® 2022 for Mac has introduced a new feature "RealDrums Stems," and this set of audio files gives you some great Country and Americana RealDrum stems to utilize this feature! The "RealDrums Stems" feature allows you to select a RealDrum that has this feature enabled, and then when you generated it, it ALSO generates the SAME drum part, but putting each of the microphones used to record the session on its own track! So, rather than just a stereo mix of the drums, you're ALSO getting, for example, the mics on both sides of the kick drum, the hi-hat mic, the room mics, etc. This allows you to mix the drums yourself, so you can get your own distinct sound for the drum kit! This first RealDrums Stems set contains some of our most popular Country and Americana RealDrums. The Americana RealDrums in this collection feature 10 different grooves, and use both brushes and sticks. Because the intention for these RealDrums was to get a really rootsy feel, it was recorded with only 7 mics, and so there are 7 stems for each of these RealDrums styles. This set ALSO includes our very popular "Nashville Radio" RealDrums, with 7 slick radio-ready grooves! Since the intention with these was a much more full, "produced" sound, there were more mics used in this session, so there are 10 stems available with each groove. Learn more...

  • RealDrums Stems 2

    (Included in the 49-PAK)

    RealDrums Stems Set 2 gives you even more RealDrums to utilize the new Band-in-a-Box® 2022 for Mac feature "RealDrums Stems"! And this set gives you an amazing 36 RealDrums styles each with 5 to 16 stems, including PERCUSSION stems! The stems give you access to the individual mics that made up the recording of the drum kit, and generate in sync with the main RealDrums style, allowing you FULL control to mix the drums into your song as you like, with different amounts of reverb focusing on the different drums, or using gates, compression, etc. on the different stems. These stems are not isolated, for example the snare mic will certainly pick up the cymbals and toms around it, but they give you the ability to blend the different parts of the drum kit as you like. With many of these RealDrums however, there are ALSO stems of the PERCUSSION that make up the RealDrums, and those ARE isolated, since they were recorded as overdubs. This gives you even MORE control, as these CAN be used to mix and match with OTHER RealDrums! Learn more...

  • Over 400 Playable RealTracks (sfz sforzando files)

    (Included in the Free Bonus PAK)

    Band-in-a-Box® 2022 for Mac has introduced a new feature "Playable RealTracks," and this set of new "Hi-Q" sforzando sounds gives you the tools you need to use it! This cool feature allows you to add MIDI notes to the same RealTrack that is playing, either at the same time, or alternating back and forth. And these sounds were all made to correspond with specific RealTracks, and in most cases were created using the same instrument, and by the same RealTracks artist. This means you can get the RealTracks to play the notes you want at key parts of the performance, either augmenting or replacing what the RealTracks is playing, for the section you want to change. This set adds OVER 500 new sounds to your collection, giving you more control over your music than ever before! Learn more...

  • RealCombos Booster PAK styles

    (Included in the Free Bonus PAK)

    Our Pro version customers are very important to us, and this year we want to show you how thankful we are by expanding the collection of RealTracks that are included with the Band-in-a-Box® 2022 Pro version with a whopping 110 RealTracks! And, to put all of these RealTracks to use, we've created 38 brand-new RealStyles that include every single RealTracks that we've added. These include a visceral piano pop ballad, gentle indie folk pop, '70s soul with horns, a ukulele folk jig, quarter-comp fast jazz, multiple jazz waltzes, 6/8 jazz, cowboy country swing with brushes, several classic country styles, and much more! Learn more...

  • XPro Styles PAK 2

    In response to the popularity of the first XPro Styles PAK, we've created XPro Styles PAK 2! Just like last time, we're coming at you with 100 fresh new RealStyles that will up the utility and fun factor of the Band-in-a-Box® Pro version. But these styles aren't just for Pro users, there's something unique for every Band-in-a-Box® user - even Audiophile customers! Dig in to 25 rock and pop styles, 25 jazz styles, 25 country styles, and 25 folk styles. That's right, these can be used with ANY Band-in-a-Box® 2022 package! Here's an example of what we've created for you: hushed-up jazz bands, thumping folk swing, a slow electric bossa, Latin soul with horns, fast and funky modern pop, gospel blues rock, a floating country ballad, pedal-steel honky-tonk, French accordion folk, disco jazz soul, and so much more! Do yourself a favor and spice up your RealStyle library today! Learn more...

  • XPro Styles PAK 3

    Featuring 100 brand-new RealStyles, XPro Styles PAK 3 will amp up the versatility of the Band-in-a-Box Pro version. But these aren’t just exclusive for Pro users, there’s something compelling for everyone - even Audiophile customers! Sink your teeth into 25 rock/pop styles, 25 jazz/funk styles, 25 country/bluegrass styles, and 25 styles featuring a mix of genres ranging from high energy electro swing to ambient grooves and everything in between. These can be used with ANY Band-in-a-Box 2022 package! Here are some examples of what we've created for you: low-key and thoughtful indie rock, atmospheric singer-songwriter styles, a lo-fi bossa, a country-soul ballad, groovy reggaeton, hectic modern jazz, old school hip hop beats, modern country pop, soulful synth pop, Latin infused funk, driving percussion based jazz fusion, 12-8 Americana folk, and many more! Jazz up your RealStyle library today! Learn more...

  • Xtra Styles PAK 13

    We're here to make the number thirteen lucky again with a full spectrum of audio delights! As usual, Xtra Styles PAK 13 includes 200 new styles that cover the basic genres: rock/pop, jazz, and country. The fourth volume is a wonderfully soft collection of singer-songwriter styles. These are great for getting your songwriting ideas out of your head and into the world! Make arranging, practicing, and recording more enjoyable with Xtra Styles PAK 13!

    Let's take a look at what awaits you: Mellow soundtrack rock, Americana country lullaby, western swing big band, coffee house jazz waltz, jazzy jump blues, songwriter gospel ballad, fast indie rock, vintage clav funk, country pop march, and much, much more! Learn more...

    • Xtra Styles PAK 13: Rock and Pop 13 harnesses the power of our latest RealTracks to bring you another onslaught of original and fully-mixed pop creations. There are 50 original new styles for you to explore! Mellow soundtrack rock, vintage clav funk, ambient R&B, a new age pop ballad, grunge folk pop, songwriter pop, retro disco rock, and ominous hip hop are just some of the great styles that await. This eclectic collection of pop sounds is an absolute must for your collection! Give this fully-imagined bundle of pop creations a listen today!
    • Xtra Styles PAK 13: Country 13 delves into every avenue of country music to push the limits of the genre and present you with something truly unique in Xtra Styles PAK 13: Country Volume 13! And, for good measure, we've also included some fantastic zydeco styles that integrate country elements. Examples of these country styles include country power ballad, vintage country pop march, honky-tonk country rock, swelling-guitar country blues, Americana country lullaby, western swing big band, and so much more! And, just for your enjoyment, we've also bundled these great new styles with an eight-part MultiStyle! Saddle up and ride into the hills on this amazing country adventure!
    • Xtra Styles PAK 13: Jazz 13 includes 50 divine new jazz styles that fuse together traditional jazz instruments with rumba blues, various Latin grooves, New Orleans pop, and more! Examples of these original arrangements include mellow bossa with tin whistle, cajon and vibes jazz pop, coffee house jazz waltz, doo-wop jazz blues, jazzy jump blues. But there's even more in store, including an eight-part MultiStyle! You're only a few clicks away from jazzy inspiration and composition with Xtra Styles PAK 13: Jazz Volume 13!
    • Xtra Styles PAK 13: Singer-Songwriter 2 delivers soft and soothing sounds of acoustic guitar and acoustic piano prevail in this lovely collection of singer-songwriter styles! There is a huge variety of styles waiting to act as the backing for your newest masterpiece. Here are some of the included sounds: Swung songwriter blues, night ride singer-songwriter folk with vocals, songwriter gospel ballad, folk fingerstyle shuffle, dreamy and flowing syncopated songwriter pop, and fast indie rock! And that’s just a small sample of what's included. An eight-part MultiStyle is also part of the package. If you need to get your lyrics out of your head and onto the page, then these styles will function as a perfect backdrop. Don’t miss out!
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    Band-in-a-Box® 2022 Features and Additions

    Read the Band-in-a-Box® 2022 Upgrade Manual: Online Manual | PDF Download
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    Band-in-a-Box 2022 Video
    Band-in-a-Box for Mac Video:
    Everything you need to know in
    less than 6 minutes!

    All Tracks are equal

    Band-in-a-Box 2022 Video - All tracks are equal

    Now all 24 tracks (8 main tracks and 16 Utility tracks) have the same capabilities. You can generate RealTracks, RealDrums, MIDI SuperTracks, Loops, etc. on any track. Styles can be made using up to 24 tracks. You can edit audio on any track, not just the Audio and Utility tracks.

    Playable RealTracks

    Band-in-a-Box 2022 Video - Playable RealTracks

    You can now customize the RealTracks performance by adding your own notes. You will then hear those notes using a MIDI sound created from the RealTracks recording. This means you can get the RealTracks to play the notes you want at key parts of the performance, either augmenting or replacing what the RealTracks is playing, for any sections in the song.

    MultiRiff

    Band-in-a-Box 2022 Video - MultiRiff

    This feature allows you to interactively create sections of RealTracks on any track by choosing from multiple candidates (up to 20). Generate riffs for a section of a track, audition them, and pick one, either replacing or merging with the existing RealTracks. This can add life to old tracks, by improving sections that had problems to a better riff!

    MicroChords (Multiple Chords per Beat)

    Band-in-a-Box 2022 Video - MicroChords and Motifs

    You can now enter up to 4 chords per beat. Previously limit was 1 chord per beat, but now you can have chords on 8th notes, triplets, or 16ths notes. This is especially useful on slow songs. You can select which tracks will play the MicroChords, allowing some tracks to play fast moving chord progressions and others to play the main chords.

    Motifs

    You can enter rhythmic patterns to be played by selected tracks for selected bars. For example, you might want the guitar and bass to play a specific 16th rhythm in a funk song, while the piano and sax stick with the normal feel.

    Volume Automation

    Band-in-a-Box 2022 Video - Volume Automation

    Node-based volume automation allows fine volume control of any track for fades, crescendos, mutes, etc.

    Drum Stems

    Band-in-a-Box 2022 Video - Drum Stems

    Drum stems are separate tracks from the different mics in the RealDrums recording. Currently, drums stems are available for 50 RealDrums, but there are more to come.

    Track Settings and Actions

    Band-in-a-Box 2022 Video - Track Settings and Actions

    This is a convenient "one-stop-shopping" dialog, where you can access various track generation dialogs, change track settings, save as Performance Tracks, and do other settings and actions for all 24 tracks. Previously, you needed multiple visits to menu for these.

    Remix Full Vocal Songs

    We've made over 50 original songs (Pop, R&B, and Modern Country) with high-quality, great sounding vocals, harmonies and Band-in-a-Box® arrangements. Use these to remix new arrangements, starting from these high-quality, great sounding tracks.

    Install Manager – One-Click to Download and Install

    Band-in-a-Box 2022 Video - One click to download and install

    You can download and install the entire package of your order with the new one-click Install Manager. This is a much simpler alternative to manually downloading and installing all the files individually that are listed on the "My Products" page in your account. This is particularly useful for "download-only" (e-delivery) versions of the Band-in-a-Box® Pro, Mega, and UltraPAK, since there can be 100 GB of files to download and install.

    New Songs Default to 1 Chorus

    Previously, new songs defaulted to 3 choruses, but now, they default to 1 chorus.

    Settable Default Length and Choruses for New Song

    You can now change the default length and choruses.

    New Column and Option in RealDrums Picker

    The list now has the Stems columns, which tells you the number of microphones used for recording.

    The Stems option allows you to load drum stems to separate tracks or load them all to the same track.

    StylePicker Picker Enhanced

    Additional row has been added to the mixer area for Utility tracks.

    The Other filter button has more menu items.

    The Set # column shows HalfDouble for Half-time/Double-time variation styles.

    We've added more user categories (e.g., Xtra13 All Styles, XPro Styles Set 3, Style Demos with Vocals, etc.)

    Audio Edit Window Enhanced

    The volume automation mode has been added. This allows you to achieve volume changes like fades, crescendos or other node-based volume automation.

    The marker mode selector has been replaced by three intuitive buttons.

    Notation Enhancements

    You can now insert/remove a trill (tr symbol) for a note with the Notation window right-click menu.

    Band-in-a-Box® can read trills from XML files.

    When loading an XML file from Guitar Pro that has two clefs of guitar notation on 1 part, Band-in-a-Box® will correctly load the tab clef and ignore the redundant other clef.

    You can now import an XML file to the current song. Previously, you could open it as a new song but could not import it.

    New Hotkeys

    M return opens the Set MicroChords dialog.

    T return opens the Tracks Settings dialog.

    F6 now opens the Set MicroChords dialog. Previously, this key opened the Save MIDI File dialog.

    F7 now opens the Tracks Settings dialog. Previously, this key let you open a MIDI file.

    F8 now opens the MultiRiff RealTracks dialog. Previously, this key opened the Jukebox Options dialog.

    Other Features including Features added since 2021 Release

    RealDrums supports tuning certain RealDrums like TablaCoolSw16_75 so that they are playing their drone notes on a good note (root or 5th of the key).

    Loops are enhanced for slash notes and chords following.

    The Mixer window shows a waveform button for an audio track and a stems button for a drum stem track.

    The Piano Roll window now has an option to draw notes with a faded color based on their velocity.

    In the Bar Settings dialog, the bar number drop-down now shows all 255 bars and shows letters for part markers. There are also forward and back buttons to scroll through bars so you don't need to use the drop-down menu.

    A new setting has been added to the Audio Settings dialog for choosing input channel(s)

    The About dialog shows the file path of the currently running application.

    The Feature Browser is updated with the new features.

    The "Save in current song directory" option has been added to the Render to Audio File dialog.

    The "Include Mix" option has been added to the Render to Audio File dialog.

    The Choose a Plugin dialog shows info (the file path and unique identifier) for listed plugins. This is useful for troubleshooting plugin installation problems, duplicates, etc.

    The [Add Plugins] button has been added to the The Choose a Plugin dialog.

    The Set Time Signature dialog has a button to set the range to the whole song.

    Notation color settings are added to the Display Options dialog.

    The Note Colors option in the Notation Window Options dialog now show Scriabin colors for all tracks (except drums)

    The StylePicker shows better set names for disks like XPro 1 (2, 3), Loops-with-Styles (LoopsPAK1, LoopsPAK2), and MultiStyles PAK 1.

    In the StylePicker, searching with the text filter now finds style set names (e.g., Xpro, Xtra, LoopsPAK, RT 373, etc.)

    The "Set all tracks to this" option has been added to the MIDI Import File dialog.

    AboutSongsFolder.txt has been added to the Band-in-a-Box®/MySongs folder. This briefly describes the purpose of this folder.

    The confirmation message that shows after batch-saving the .txt files is improved.

    The Note edit dialog has a delete button.

    ...and more!

    Q: How do I get the latest version of Band-in-a-Box?

    A: We have packages for first-time or existing customers. Use the convenient chart to find the right package for you.

    Q: Can I really have the entire UltraPAK shipped pre-installed on USB 3 hard drive?

    A: Yes, in addition to e-delivery/download, you can choose during checkout to get a physical backup copy hard drive for only $25 US (free shipping). You can use Band-in-a-Box directly from the hard disk, or copy it to your computer.

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