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Band-in-a-Box 2010 for Mac is here! Band-in-a-Box 2010, with 101 new RealTracks and 3 new RealDrums Sets is here! We've been busy and have some exciting new releases! You can watch a video here : http://www.pgmusic.com/mac.htm and click on “Band-in-a-Box 2010 New Features Video for Macintosh” New! - You can see video demos of the new RealTracks in sets 67 to 82 (and all other sets as well) here http://www.pgmusic.com/products_realtracks.htm . Click on the #s in the section marked videos by genre. Order and download your upgrade (or first-time purchase) here http://www.pgmusic.com/band.htmText desciption: New features in Band-in-a-Box 2010 for Macintosh 101 NEW RealTracks and 3 new RealDrums Sets are available! Learn more and listen to demos of these new RealTracks ( http://www.pgmusic.com/products_realtracks.htm ) and RealDrums ( http://www.pgmusic.com/products_realdrums.htm ) If you already have Band-in-a-Box 2009 and you "want it all," the Band-in-a-Box EverythingPAK is for you! This package ships pre-installed on a 160GB USB HD. This is plug n play, and has the program, all (previous and new) RealTracks, RealDrums and MIDI styles. Run it from the hard drive, or install it to your PC's hard drive. During our Macintosh special, this can be yours for as little as $159 (upgrade from 2009), or $179 (upgrade from 2008 or older) or just $399 (first- time purchase). ============ There are over 50 new features in 2010 for Macintosh There is now a "Plug-in" mode for your favorite sequencer (GarageBand, ProTools, Logic, Nuendo, Reaper and more). With the new plug-in mode, BB is open as a small always-on-top window, and acts as a plug-in for your favorite DAW/sequencer, so that you can Drag-n-Drop MIDI and audio (AIFF) tracks from BB to your favorite sequencer. Work in your favorite sequencer, type a progression in Band-in-a-Box, and then simply drag the track from Band-in-a-Box to your sequencer's track at the desired track and bar location. No more long waits for RealTracks to generate! RealTracks generate much faster, 4X faster on average. A typical song with RealTracks that took 20 seconds to generate will generate now in about 5 seconds. And if you freeze some or all tracks in the song (see below), playback of RealTracks is almost instantaneous. Time for generation of MIDI arrangement is much faster - now ‘instantaneous (less than 1 second)! Freezing (locking) MIDI or Real tracks/RealDrums. Any track can now be frozen (MIDI or Real track). When frozen, it won't get changed or re-generated. This saves time when replaying previous songs, and allows you to freeze an arrangement that you like. If you freeze the whole song, you don't have to wait at all for the song to regenerate. Next time you play, it is ready to go. (Note: this new freeze feature is different than the previous limited freeze feature that renders the whole arrangement to the audio track) All Tracks can be Edited and Saved. MIDI tracks for bass, drums, piano, guitar and strings can now be edited, and saved with the file. If you freeze a track, edits can be still made to it, because it is only frozen from BB making changes to it (you can still edit it), so that the MIDI track will be saved to the file. So you can customize the bass part to match a certain song, and save it with a Frozen bass part, so that BB won’t overwrite your edits. This includes RealCharts – if you wanted to edit the notation of a RealTracks solo for example. Soloist generated RealTracks are now saved with the song, so you will hear the RealTracks play the same solo when you reload the song. RealTracks now support new features, including Shots, Holds, and Pushes. Simply type in the chords as you normally would, adding periods (…) for shots and holds, and the RealTracks will play them. Note for this, you need the installer that creates a Library\Holds folder in your RealTracks folder. RealTracks endings have been enhanced, and are now 4 bar endings instead of 2 bar, allowing time for a natural decay of the instruments. Multiple Undo support. Up to 999 levels of undo (configurable). Always Save all song settings. Now all settings are saved with songs, including patches, reverbs, volume etc., so that the song will play the same way each time, without having to set this in the Save With Patches dialog. Reverb control added for individual tracks with RealTracks or RealDrums, so you can easily add reverb (0 to 127) for any RealTrack. Reverb type also settable, and saved with the song. Bass/Treble Tone Control added for individual tracks with RealTracks or RealDrums, so you can easily adjust the bass/treble EQ for any RealTrack. Settings save with the song. Band-in-a-Box window is now sizable, when size changes, chord sheet, notation, and other windows redraw in proportion to the new size. This allows you to have BB open as a small window on screen with other programs, and you still see a full chord sheet. The screen size is remembered between sessions. New favorite songs/styles dialog, with separate lists of ‘recently played’ and favorite songs or styles. The previous ‘favorite’ songs/styles dialog was a list of recently used songs/styles. Now there are 2 tabs in this dialog, showing you both recently used songs/styles, and a new list of ‘favorites’ that you select as a favorite songs or styles. You can add an unlimited number of favorites. Double time and half-time support for RealTracks added. Now you can play any RealTracks at half-time or double time. This allows you to, for example, in a ballad at tempo of 70, to add a RealTracks Sax solo with tempo of 140, and play it as a double time, which will match the ballad tempo of 70. So now all of your existing RealTracks can be used at 3 different tempos. (normal, half-time, double time) Tempo swapping of similar RealTracks. This feature happens either automatically or manually. If you set “Auto RealTracks substitution based on tempo” to true in RealTracks Settings dialog or Additional Song Settings dialog, BB will automatically choose the best one to use. For example, if you have a ballad loaded, with an Acoustic Bass RealTracks at tempo of 60, and you speed up the tempo to 140, and press play, BB will automatically choose an Acoustic Bass RealTracks closer to tempo of 140, if it is the same genre and feel. This means you can use a simple Jazz style, and play it at various tempos, without having to set the best RealTracks based on tempos. If you don’t want this feature to work automatically, set “Auto RealTracks substitution based on tempo” to false. The RealTracks that support the Tempo Swapping are listed in the next to last column of the RealTracks assign dialog. Rendering now has a Normalize option, to normalize individual tracks or the complete arrangement. Normalizing boosts the volume to a maximum level without distortion. Most professional music tracks are normalized. RealDrums picker dialog has been enhanced, with information about Artist name, Artist bio, and Real Drums Set number. Songs ‘Saved-As” a different name now have the new name added to the Recently Used song dialog. Support enhanced for non-concert instruments (Bb/Eb sax, trumpet etc.). Now when chord sheet is transposed, you can type in chords in the transposed key, and they will show up as you have entered them, instead of requiring you to enter the chords in the concert key. More Soloists are now available, up to 2000. RealTracks Picker dialog enhanced : Opens up faster. New Columns added (tempo swappable, holds type) Many messages changed to “yellow alerts” at top right of screen, so that you don’t have to respond to the message, interrupting work flow. And many more!
Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.
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Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh
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Joined: Mar 2010
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Why ooohh why didn't you add the same functionality as in the Windows version when it comes to looping a portion of the song ??? I could not believe it when I had my first test run and hit loop and was back in the notation window as in BIB 2009.5. I hope that I'm missing something or that there will be a update real soon, otherwise I will be more then disappointed.
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Yes, the next patch update will allow looping a selected region from the chordsheet. And then if you open the notation, it will loop the same selected region, so you can loop either the chordsheet or notation.
Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.
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Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh
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Joined: Jul 2003
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Wow, I recently purchased the Mac version 2010. I am hearing from my associates that the version has left out a list of important features. Will future updates address the list of missing features? I have been with BIAB for years. I am talking about first version (Atari 520/1040 ST). I'm talking Jurassic period. PG Music (Peter Gannon) has always been fair. I hope they add the missing great features Windows boast. Thank you.
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Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh
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Joined: Mar 2010
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Just last December I purchased the Audiophile version 2009.5 on a hard drive for over $500. Today, the PG phone salesman informed me that the only upgrade path available to me for Mac version 2010 Audiophile will cost an additional $300 (presumably because the upgrade must come on another portable hard drive).
I, too, have been a loyal BIAB user since Atari days. Could PG Music please market a more fair upgrade path for recent buyers of the flagship BIAB package? Thank you.
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Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh
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Joined: Aug 2005
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Bonjour !
Une question : j'utilise Band in a Box pour Mac depuis sa version 6 !! et j'ai suivi (presque) toutes les mises à jour !!
Je viens maintenant de passer de Band in a Box 12 à Band in a Box 2010 !
Pour certains de mes morceaux réalisés sous BIB 12, j'avais intégré des solos qui étaient relativement bien réussis !
Malheureusement quand j'ouvre ces morceaux sous Bib 2010, ces solos ne sont pas repris !
Y a-t-il une solution pour les retrouver autrement qu'en exportant le solo en fichier midi pour le reprendre sous Bib 2010 ?
Autre question : y a-t-il possibilité de télécharger une version française (pdf) du mode d'emploi de Bib (même pour Windows …)
Merci des réponses !!
Traduction par software : / Translation by software:
Hello!
A question: I use Band in a Box for Mac since version 6! and I followed (almost) all the updates!
I come now to move from Band in a Box 12 to Band in a Box 2010!
For some of my pieces made under BIB 12, I built solos that were relatively successful!
Unfortunately when I open these pieces under Bib 2010, these solos are not included!
Is there a way to find them other than exporting the solo midi file to resume Bib in 2010?
Another question: is there a possibility to download French version (pdf) of manual Bib (even Windows ...)
Thank you responses!
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Hello, the first build of Biab 2010 didn't play the soloist track, actually.
You have just to update to build 16.
Last edited by TheSpanish; 06/20/10 11:48 AM.
Macbook M2 Pro 32 GB ram | OSX 13.6 | BinaB 2023 | Logic Studio XI |
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Et où trouver cette mise à jour en build 16 ! (je suis en 14) !
Merci !
And where to find this update in build 16! (I'm 14)!
Thank you!
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Introducing XPro Styles PAK 11 – Now Available for Windows Band-in-a-Box 2026 and Higher!
XPro Styles PAK 11 for Windows & Mac Band-in-a-Box® version 2026 (and higher) is here with 100 brand new RealStyles, plus 31 RealTracks/RealDrums!
Guess who’s back again? That’s right! It’s our XPro Styles PAK’s triumphant return with the 11th edition in this series! 100 new styles are coming your way spread across the rock & pop, jazz, and country genres. And this edition's wildcard genre explores the immense and far-reaching catalogue of electronic music! The included 31 RealTracks and RealDrums can be used with any Band-in-a-Box® 2026 (and higher) package.
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No Xtra Styles PAK is complete without the classic rock & pop, jazz, and country volumes you know and love, and we’ve got plenty to share, with 150 styles spread across too many genres to list! Of course, it also wouldn’t be complete with our special wildcard volume to add a little spice and pizzazz to the mix. This year, because we loved it so much the first time, we’ve decided to make the second iteration of our SynthMaster volume, full of new sounds, interesting genres, and 50 engaging styles, all making use of the diverse SynthMaster plugin! Here you can find genres such as airy yacht rock, sultry electrotango, and even some synth soca funk. Don’t wait, pickup up Xtra Styles PAK 22 today!
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Video: Xtra Styles PAK 22 Overview & Styles Demos: Watch now!
Note: The Xtra Styles require the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition of Band-in-a-Box®. (Xtra Styles PAK 22 requires the 2026 or higher UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition. They will not work with the Pro or MegaPAK version because they need the RealTracks from the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition.
Introducing XPro Styles PAK 11 – Now Available for Mac Band-in-a-Box 2026 and Higher!
XPro Styles PAK 11 for Mac & Windows Band-in-a-Box® version 2026 (and higher) is here with 100 brand new RealStyles, plus 31 RealTracks/RealDrums!
Guess who’s back again? That’s right! It’s our XPro Styles PAK’s triumphant return with the 11th edition in this series! 100 new styles are coming your way spread across the rock & pop, jazz, and country genres. And this edition's wildcard genre explores the immense and far-reaching catalogue of electronic music! The included 31 RealTracks and RealDrums can be used with any Band-in-a-Box® 2026 (and higher) package.
Special offers available until August 31st, 2026!
All the XPro Styles PAKs 1-11 are on sale for only $29 ea (Reg. $49 ea), or get them all in the XPro Styles PAK Bundle for only $149 (reg. $299)! Order now!
Learn more and listen to demos of XPro Styles PAKs.
Video: XPro Styles PAK 11 Overview & Styles Demos: Watch now!
XPro Styles PAKs require Band-in-a-Box® 2026 or higher and are compatible with ANY package, including the Pro, MegaPAK, UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, and Audiophile Edition.
Introducing Xtra Styles PAK 22 – Now Available for Mac Band-in-a-Box 2026 and Higher!
Xtra Styles PAK 22 for Mac & Windows Band-in-a-Box version 2026 (and higher) is here with 200 brand new RealStyles!
It’s time to celebrate! Xtra Styles PAK 22 for Band-in-a-Box® is here, and we've got 200 brand-new styles coming your way!
No Xtra Styles PAK is complete without the classic rock & pop, jazz, and country volumes you know and love, and we’ve got plenty to share, with 150 styles spread across too many genres to list! Of course, it also wouldn’t be complete with our special wildcard volume to add a little spice and pizzazz to the mix. This year, because we loved it so much the first time, we’ve decided to make the second iteration of our SynthMaster volume, full of new sounds, interesting genres, and 50 engaging styles, all making use of the diverse SynthMaster plugin! Here you can find genres such as airy yacht rock, sultry electrotango, and even some synth soca funk. Don’t wait, pickup up Xtra Styles PAK 22 today!
In this PAK you can find: dulcet folk ballads, funky gospel country, Brazilian jazz fusion, upbeat 1980s pop, classic Americana, a plethora of breezy bossa novas, indie singer-songwriter, scintillating synthwave, exuberant electronica, and many, many more!
Special offers available until August 31st, 2026!
All the Xtra Styles PAKs 1-22 are on special for only $29 each (reg $49), or get all 22 PAKs for $199 (reg $399)! Order now!
Learn more and listen to demos of the Xtra Styles PAK 22.
Video: Xtra Styles PAK 22 Overview & Styles Demos: Watch now!
Note: The Xtra Styles require the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition of Band-in-a-Box®. (Xtra Styles PAK 22 requires the 2026 or higher UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition. They will not work with the Pro or MegaPAK version because they need the RealTracks from the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition.
Peter Gannon Talks Band-in-a-Box with zplane
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Special thanks to the team at zplane for their continued support.
Check out the full interview here: https://products.zplane.de/blog/peter-gannon-interview-pg-music
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We've added many major new features and new content in a redesigned Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Mac®!
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 amazing new AI-Notes feature, which can transcribe polyphonic audio into MIDI. View the results in notation or play them back as MIDI, and choose whether to transcribe an entire track or transcribe specific parts like drums, bass, guitars/piano, or vocals. There's over 100 new features in Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Mac®.
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, and much more!
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Band-in-a-Box® 2026 Mac Special Offers Extended Until May 31st!
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Band-in-a-Box® 2026 is packed 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 transcribe 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, and much more!
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