It is easy to assume that Band in a Box does what the Arranger Keyboard does.

However, just because both can provide auto-accompaniment, Band in a Box does so in a completely different manner.

Band in a Box needs to have the chords entered on the chord grid because the program intelligently looks ahead (and behind) at the chord progression, and governs its selection of patterns, etc. based on that information. May not sound like much, but in actuality is a HUGE difference. Now that we have the RealTracks and MID Supertracks as well, this is one of the key ingredients that make BB able to sound like real live players rather than canned pretty performances.

That said, if you find that use of an auto-accompaniment keyboard or other device such as those that allow for you to input chords in realtime, punch buttons for canned Intros, Fills, Endings, etc. then by all means you should base your act around the device and not Band in a Box IMO.

A word about the WISHLIST FORUM is in order: Over the years, I've seen quite a few features that started out as Wishlist items become incorporated into the Band in a Box program. You should put your request onto the Wishlist forum so that the development folks can at least be sure to see it, who knows what magic they may come up with in the future? (And -- if PGMusic ever did implement realtime chord entry ala the auto-accompaniment keyboards, history shows us that their implementation is very likely to be very different from the ways that are already out there and may just prove to be yet another ingenious take on the whole thing!)


--Mac

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