Band in a box acquired in it's latest edition, a nifty integrated audio video solution.

Aimed at the home musician wanting to make a dvd, the software comes with a portable backdrop. This large sheet is identical to the one used to shoot the video.

Imagine this, you have worked on your rendition of Satin Doll for a month. You have Oliver and Neil and a couple of drummers on your tracks. When you pull up the sound from any one of them it overlays a video of that player in full HD video, to complement your soundtrack.

The end result is with the camera aimed at you the software shows Oliver Gannon running a jazz riff on his guitar, then your sax takes a bit of a lead, then the drums, and as each is shown the backgrounds meld and the audience, mesmerized by your instrument, the huge video screen behind you takes them on a musical journey, watching the hands of the masters.

Ahem.

In surround sound. 3d.

Turn your background sheet around you get leave the smokey jazz club and voila, a barn with bales of Hey! and wait for the fiddler.

Of course to do this you just talked to your new Band in a Box interface. "Satin Doll in C, Oliver, Neil and Terry on drums, 85 bpm! Intro...

John Conley
Musica est vita