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2023 User Showcase Awards.... Congratulations to....
You may have won a free Band-in-a-Box 2024 UltraPak ..... check here
In the past year (2023), we had hundreds of new original compositions posted to the User Showcase. Wow! There have now been over 11,000 songs posted in the Showcase! Many thanks to all who have contributed.
In 2023, there were 19,000 posts in the User Showcase forum, with 1.6 million views! There were song compositions by 124 different artists posted from at least 17 countries, including: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Jersey Channel Islands, Netherland, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingodm, USA.
We'd like to thank and recognize these amazing contributions that people have made!
So we announce the "Top 40" User Showcase Awards...to the top 45 contributors of 2023 – a free Band-in-a-Box 2024 UltraPAK for Windows (including the 49 PAK bonus)
We've reviewed the contributions from Jan 1 to Dec 31 2023, and have based the results on a combination of the following criteria:
- great compositions/arrangements/productions
- use lots of Band-in-a-Box or RealBand (RealTracks or MIDI)
- most contributions
- other contribution to the forum (songwriting tips etc.)
- haven't won before (not an absolute requirement)
- haven't already got a free version from beta testing etc.
And the winners (alphabetical order) are:
Al-David
animarorecords
B.D.Thomas
BabuMusic
Bass Thumper
Birchwood
BlueAttitude
camog
Chris37
cubanpete
dani48
David Snyder
DC Ron
dcuny
Deej56
Dewey_MI
Elliott Kayne
Ezekiel's Storm
F.M.M.
fgrittner
firesong
floyd jane
Greg Johnson
Guitarhacker
Janice & Bud
jannesan
laurent4114
MarioD
musician17
NigelSpiers
Noel96
PeterF
PROJECT M
rayc
robertkc
Ronnie Fields
rsdean
Rustyspoon#
Scott C
ThomasS
tommyad
Tommyc
Torrey Bliss
vicarn
WaoBand
If your name is on the list.... congratulations! You have won a free Band-in-a-Box 2024 UltraPak Hard Drive (including free shipping of course)
To collect your award, please contact marketing@pgmusic.com (by March 31, 2024) (attn: Callie), and provide details of where you want it to be sent. Please include your Forum Display Name in your message.
If you've already purchased 2024 or have it via some other means (e.g. beta testing), we can either refund your purchase price, or you can designate "someone else" to receive it as a gift (just send that info privately in your email).
If you're a Mac user, you can either get the 2023 UltraPak or request a raincheck for the 2024 Mac UltraPak when it comes out.
Once again, thanks to all the creative people who create, produce and share these wonderful songs!
Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.
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Peter & Team,
Thank you so much... I am humbled and very grateful.
As a user since the early 90s this is the best product and best company that I have ever encountered.
Congratulations to all the others as well.
Many thanks again,
Bob
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Thanks Peter and everyone at PG Music for this award!
This product has been such a tremendous blessing to me over the years!
My congrats go out to all the winners this year! I hope I can return the favor to PG Music by inspiring many others to give BIAB a try and get creative!
What a blessing we have received with this gift! TB
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Hi Peter,
Thanks to you and all the team at PGMusic - much appreciated.
Best Regards
Nigel
Nigel Spiers
Christchurch, New Zealand
info@nzacoustics.com
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Thanks you, Peter, not only for the award, but for giving us the ability to put a working band in the studio as we produce our songs.
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Thank you!
I'll put it to good use.
You make a great product and we're lucky to have such a good tool with which we can create our music.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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Thanks, Peter and Company. (literally) It's an honor just to be in the list with all these other music makers! 
-- David Cuny My virtual singer development blogVocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?BiaB 2025 | Windows 11 | Reaper | Way too many VSTis.
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Congratulations to everyone on the Showcase! You folks at PGMusic are truly the ones to be congratulated. We get to play and you all work to make our play much better, much more fun, and if we ask for your help, you always give it as if we are the reason you wake up in the morning. hehe. AND you bring this incredible collection of creative and helpful music makers together to help, support and encourage one another. If the whole world was designed and run like PGMusic, what a wonderful world it would be.
My favorite advances in the 2024 version are the Tracks View and all that can be accomplished there, the extended ways for partial regeneration, how all Utility Tracks are now editable on the Bar Settings, the floating windows that work seamlessly with the Chord Sheet, and of course the (F7) MultiPicker. Oh, yeah, and the increased speed.
Thanks
Last edited by BabuMusic; 02/21/24 05:40 AM.
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This is Home.
PGMusic is Family.
The forums is a Family Reunion with ALL the relatives (the Crazy Uncles make it Fun!).
This is like Christmas!
Mom! Dad! This is JUST what I Wanted!!!!
(OMG! I'll feed him and walk him and play with him Every Day!!!!)
Y'all are Just Too Much!!!
Be Creative.
fj
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This is ever so kind. Whatever I may say, beyond "thank you", it has already been said by many others. Nevertheless, I am indeed immensely, immensely grateful. This is not just a tool, however brilliant, for us musicians ... this is a lifeline. To create is my life, and (I think) everyone's on this forum. Take away creativity from us, and we literally wilt away. You have not only created what I regard as simply the best electronic musically creative tool available anywhere, these days (none of my songs would exist, even in the "in-the-making" phase, without Band-in-a-Box), but - through your immense kindness in offering these awards to us - helped us all stay creative and even reward our creativity. I am, therefore, humbly and eternally grateful, even if my own words will never express that quite adequately enough. THANK YOU.
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Giving away product? Unheard of! What's next, a Live Help desk???
Ha!
I'll echo my thanks for PGMusic and the kind gift, as well as my appreciation for the Showcase community. Ya'll are the best.
DC Ron
BiaB Audiophile
Presonus Studio One
ASUS I9-12900K DAW, 32 GB RAM
Presonus Faderport 16
Too many guitars (is that a thing?)
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Many thanks to PG Music. I think I will give my gift to a young musician to introduce him to this wonderful musical creation tool.
Laurent
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Thank You So Much!
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Peter and team, You guys are truly a top shelf organization. I'm just a newbie that took up music late in life and am so humbled to be counted along side with a pantheon of talent. Not only is BiaB central to every song I produce but this forum is a great community of folk willing to help and inspire each other on their individual musical journeys; what a combo! Many, many thanks for all you do and all you've created. --Steve
https://soundcloud.com/user-646279677BiaB 2026 Windows For me there’s no better place in the band than to have one leg in the harmony world and the other in the percussive. Thank you Paul Tutmarc and Leo Fender.
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Hi Peter and Co.,
Technically and artistically, your software reaches heights that will not be equaled anytime soon!
Thanks to you.
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Well, thank you very much.
A nice bit of news to brighten a dark day.
What a great company.
Vic
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Dr Gannon and Team,
It's a great honor to be included on this list of talented contributors. I sincerely appreciate this. there is no way by which to let you fully understand what a difference your products have made in my life. There's the myriad of musical possibilities, of course, but it extends far beyond that for me.
Sincere thanks, Wishing everyone at PG Music a warm and successful 2024.
Alan
BIAB 2024 Ultra Plus-all StylePaks*Win11*32GB DDR5*Rhyzen 9745x*AT 2035 Mic*Peavey Nashville 112 Amp*Ibanez ART120* Acoustic/Electric/Washburn D200S Acoustic*Stromberg Monterey Jazz Guitar Loops: https://aldavidmusic.wixsite.com/bestmusicloops
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Hi Dr Gannon and Pg team many thanks for your generosity!! and contributing this great software and its many uses, Congratulations to those who are on the list very talented folks and the forum family!! fmm
Last edited by F.M.M.; 02/21/24 11:00 AM.
AMD (TM) 5950 4.9 GHz 16Core Processor 64 bit 32 bits of ram windows 10 pro 64 bit os. sound card Antelope ZenQ guitars Ibanez 2202a 1968 les Paul Custom and Cavin ae 185 Guitar boss Gt-100,GT1000 pedal Yamaha HS8 studio monitors
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Congrats to you all great musicians who won the contest. Well done!!
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Thanks, Peter. BIAB gets better and better. I imagine AI will be a part of it down the line. Looking forward to Mac 2024.
Fred
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Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac® users: Build 904 now available!
If you're already using Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®, make sure to grab the latest update! Build 904 is now available for download and includes the newest additions and enhancements from our team.
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Already a Band-in-a-Box 2026 for Windows user? Stay up to date and download the build 1237 to get all the latest additions and enhancements.
PowerTracks Pro 2026 for Windows is Here!
PowerTracks 2026 is here—bringing powerful new enhancements designed to make your production workflow faster, smoother, and more intuitive than ever.
The enhanced Mixer now shows Track Type and Instrument icons for instant track recognition, while a new grid option simplifies editing views. Non-floating windows adopt a modern title bar style, replacing the legacy blue bar.
The Master Volume is now applied at the end of the audio chain for consistent levels and full-signal master effects.
Tablature now includes a “Save bends when saving XML” option for improved compatibility with PG Music tools. Plus, you can instantly match all track heights with a simple Ctrl-release after resizing, and Add2 chords from MGU/SGU files are now fully supported... and more!
Get started today—first-time packages start at just $49.
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Time really is running out! Save up to 50% on Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows® upgrades and receive a FREE Bonus PAK—only when you order by 11:59 PM PST on Thursday, January 15, 2026!
We've added many major new features and new content in a redesigned Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows®!
Version 2026 introduces a modernized GUI redesign across the program, with updated toolbars, refreshed windows, smoother workflows, and a new Dark Mode option. There’s also a new side toolbar for quicker access to commonly used windows, and the new Multi-View feature lets you arrange multiple windows as layered panels without overlap, making it easier to customize your workspace.
Another exciting new addition is the new AI-Notes feature, which can transcribe polyphonic audio into MIDI. You can view the results in notation or play them back as MIDI, and choose whether to process an entire track or focus on specific parts like drums, bass, guitars/piano, or vocals. There's over 100 new features in Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows®.
There's an amazing collection of new content too, including 202 RealTracks, new RealStyles, MIDI SuperTracks, Instrumental Studies, “Songs with Vocals” Artist Performance Sets, Playable RealTracks Set 5, two RealDrums Stems sets, XPro Styles PAK 10, Xtra Styles PAK 21, and much more!
Upgrade your Band-in-a-Box for Windows to save up to 50% on most Band-in-a-Box® 2026 upgrade packages!
Plus, when you order your Band-in-a-Box® 2026 upgrade during our special, you'll receive a Free Bonus PAK of exciting new add-ons.
If you need any help deciding which package is the best option for you, just let us know. We are here to help!
Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows® Special Offers Extended Until January 15, 2026!
Good news! You still have time to upgrade to the latest version of Band-in-a-Box® for Windows® and save. Our Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows® special now runs through January 15, 2025!
We've packed Band-in-a-Box® 2026 with major new features, enhancements, and an incredible lineup of new content! The program now sports a sleek, modern GUI redesign across the entire interface, including updated toolbars, refreshed windows, smoother workflows, a new dark mode option, and more. The brand-new side toolbar provides quicker access to key windows, while the new Multi-View feature lets you arrange multiple windows as layered panels without overlap, creating a flexible, clutter-free workspace. We have an amazing new “AI-Notes” feature. This transcribes polyphonic audio into MIDI so you can view it in notation or play it back as MIDI. You can process an entire track (all pitched instruments and drums) or focus on individual parts like drums, bass, guitars/piano, or vocals. There's an amazing collection of new content too, including 202 RealTracks, new RealStyles, MIDI SuperTracks, Instrumental Studies, “Songs with Vocals” Artist Performance Sets, Playable RealTracks Set 5, two RealDrums Stems sets, XPro Styles PAK 10, Xtra Styles PAK 21, and much more!
There are over 100 new features in Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows®.
When you order purchase Band-in-a-Box® 2026 before 11:59 PM PST on January 15th, you'll also receive a Free Bonus PAK packed with exciting new add-ons.
Upgrade to Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows® today! Check out the Band-in-a-Box® packages page for all the purchase options available.
Happy New Year!
Thank you for being part of the Band-in-a-Box® community.
Wishing you and yours a very happy 2026—Happy New Year from all of us at PG Music!
Season's Greetings!
Wishing everyone a happy, healthy holiday season—thanks for being part of our community!
The office will be closed for Christmas Day, but we will be back on Boxing Day (Dec 26th) at 6:00am PST.
Team PG
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