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Band-in-a-Box for Macintosh
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This is a basic requirement. I cant understand why it is not available for mac when it is for pc 
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WOW!! Its not available?! This is why I purchased the program, to help me learn guitar! Are you saying its not possible to see tabs for chords or the solo parts when playing?
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hehehehe...just go and watch the video for BIAB for PC-you might get shock,you guys
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Hi all,
As a recent french user of BIAB, this case also arises.
My old pc is very slow and I use an iMac (the Mac version of BIAB).
The fingering is only visible on a fretboard and for this reason it requires a manual transcription, so I am forced to use an external tablature.
Midi -> midi Export -> And in my case, "midi" edition in a track GuitarPro (by import "mid" in GuitarPro).
Realtracks -> Export of MIDI tracks -> GuitarPro
-> Create Track "SOLO" MIDI GuitarPro -> Solo Slow tempo BIAB
-> and manually edit it in the track solo created in GuitarPro
(and, of course) by guessing the length of notes, by recreating the guitar effects, and optimizing the fingering, etc. ...
Since the purpose (of course) is the learning of improvisation (on guitar for my case), it must then identify changes ranges used for improvisation solos BIAB.
Another way would be to export the MIDI tracks and solos (in LogicPro) and do the manual transcription in GuitarPro (set at the same tempo).
Note: I do not think BIAB PC can generate a tab 'midi' from a
Solo (. Wav) Réaltrack?
It is undeniable that BIAB is an excellent program, but with regard to the topic above (and for the special case of the Mac version), procedures as I have
described are very long.
However, experienced users may have simpler solutions taking
account that it concerns a self-taught musician ?
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I've beefed about this here for a few years now - I don't think we're going to see that anytime soon. I just print (or open them side-by-side) the musical notation of the bits that I like then type them in Guitar Pro - timing and other info is preserved, and the tab comes out. You might need to rearrange the tabs to make it 'friendlier' to play. Since I only do short or short-ish phrases, this is pretty easy / quick to do. This will also improve or kick-off your reading skills 
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Hi mate This is a lot of trouble to go through when windows users can see the tab without using another programme. Mac users get severely short changed as there are many features the windows version has that the mac version does not yet we atill pay the same price. That is why I will not upgrade till the situation is corrected 
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brenton spry ,that means you'll never upgrade :-(
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Major update to 2012.5 just released.... build 61 This updates 2012.5 build 60 to build 61 http://www.pgmusic.com/support_macintoshupdates.htm#2012_5_61This build has major features added, including an enhanced notation window, a new Lead Sheet window, Big Lyrics window, Jazz font notation and chords, and much more! Summary of Changes for September 21, 2012 Added: Notation Window enhanced (sizable, adjustable bars per screen, guitar and bass tab, finer resolution, improved notation entry PLUS much more Added: Note-based lyrics Added: Full-featured event list editor Added: Jazz Font notation and chords Added: Big Lyrics window Improved: Guitar window enhanced (bass display added)
Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.
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here we go...at the end of the day,it is not bad,and let's hope soon will be better!!!Seems like PGMusic is listening to us...
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Peter,
In the guitar window, it seems I am missing the Ukulele display?
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