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I do not know!
I thought (inferred) his Fake Books used "PG factory" styles?
He might desire/recommend BETTER Norton styles but I didn't think they were the default requirement.
Good question need to find out before I buy any of his Fake Disks
PS out of curiosity - how does that song SOUND with PG style I mentioned
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I will try it now.... Very nice, works well - I also subbed in a Real Bass and guitar comping part - REAL nice  Re the other, I might even ask Bob while I have his attention if one also needs to buy his styles to get a 100% match. Thanks Larry Dennis
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Well it looks like it may be a PG Music issue. The style supposed to load is #J~WLTZ1.STY but after a search of the BB directory (factory default installation) there does not appear to be any styles that start with the prefix #
And the Norton website says no user styles are used, only factory ones. So it cannot be a missing "user" style. That stylename is definitely a Norton style. May be a typo, might be something else, but Bob Notes Norton is a great guy who frequents this forum from time to time, for years, and I'm sure he'll get you straightened out. --Mac
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Thanks Mac, yeah the support has been good. Just for the record, at his end the BN song loads as a 3/4. But then in his first reply he referenced that # style as a possible reason. But as I have learnt here, I find those are proprietary styles of his. Now, no probs at all with that, but as I just wrote him, I expect that if the website says the disk was set up using only factory styles, and that they all faithfully follow the book (and I 100% believe that btw), then I sorta kinda expect a 3/4 tune will load as a 3/4 tune, the actual style itself is not really an issue. That's all. But you are correct he does seem a straight up guy Dennis
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The problem was a Norton Jazz style was chosen and since Dennis didn't have that style it reverted to zzjazz, which is a 4/4 style. The solution would be either to choose a jazz waltz from his own collection or purchase a Norton Style. I never said I only use PG styles, in fact, quoting from my web site "I also suggested a style for each song from all the styles that were available for Band-in-a-Box when I compiled this disk. It is not necessary to have the book or my styles to enjoy this disk, but your fun will definitely be enhanced if you do." Let me make this clear, you do not have to purchase Norton Music styles to use my fake disks. You don't have to have all the PG styles either. If you don't have the style assigned to the song, simply substitute one of your own. When I do my fake disks some Norton Styles and some PG Music styles are used - I try to get whatever is best for the song. Here is the long answer from one of my info pages:When I wrote my first fake disk, I used only the built-in styles that came with Band-in-a-Box Pro. I immediately got requests from many customers to choose the best style from all the styles available for Band-in-a-Box.
I asked them, "What if you don't have that particular style?"
They answered, "We will just substitute one of our own. We have nothing to lose and something to gain if you tell us which style you like best."
So in an effort to please my customers, starting with Fake Disk #2, I suggested a style for each song from all the available Norton, and PG Music Style Disks available at that time.
Here is how I did it.
When I compiled my fake disks, I asked experienced, professional musicians to assign the styles to the songs. I asked them choose (suggest) the best style for the song from all the PG and Norton music styles available. I also asked them not to play favorites to either my styles or PG Music's.
When they were done, Leilani and I sat down, listened to all the songs, triple checked for any errors, made adjustments to chords that we thought didn't sound right due to the limitations of Band-in-a-Box, and in rare cases overruled the style choice of the person who assigned the styles for the disk.
Some songs have been done in so many ways over the years, that many different styles fit equally well. In those cases, only one style had to be picked. You might find others that work better for your taste in music.
Since the styles were chosen from the available styles at the time we compiled the disk, a more appropriate style may have been written since then -- also, you may not agree with our choice. In either case, you can simply change the style.
If you don't have the style chosen for any particular song, click the 'song...' button to open the song picker window. In the column titled "Style" you should see the style chosen for that song. If the style name started with the # sign, it's a Norton Music style.
1) If you don't have that style, you can go to http://www.nortonmusic.com/styledemo.html and find out what disk it is on. In many cases you can also listen to a low-fidelity demo of the style so you can hear if you have a similar style in your collection of styles.
2) If you like you can either purchase the fake disk that style is located on, or purchase a single style or multiples of single styles of your choice.I guess there is no one best way to compile a fake book for everybody, but this way seems to be the way to get the most accurate rendition of the song possible at the time the book was compiled. Some of the songs are so true to the original, and jump through so many hoops to get that way, than Leilani (who does most of the work on the fake disks) has been called "The Band-in-a-Box Goddess". If you don't believe me, check out the demo on this page http://www.nortonmusic.com/fake32.html and see what I mean. It's in BiaB's SGU format and contains no copyrighted melody or lyrics. It sometimes takes Leilani one full day to make a song like the one in the link above, but in the end it's worth it. You can also make your own fake disk. Anybody with a few thousand hours to spare can. What we offer is a time and work saver and nothing more. Notes
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Thanks Bob, but I think the problem is that that song actually referenced one of your styles (most likely an unintentional one that slipped through the "proofing" stage), which is why it is not loading a BIAB factory jazz waltz. In any case as I wrote you earlier, by using a "suggested" style from the styles available with BIAB at the time of compiling the book, is ipso facto the same thing (ergo it means you only used factory styles) yes? Look it is not a major issue...as I said it was the first book I bought, and I had onyl got to the letter B before a glitch. Now, at home this is a minor annoyance only as one can scan styles to pick one to replace, but if I am at a gig with your Fakebook disks loaded, and I get a request for some obscure tune from one of the books, I sort of expect it will at least load with the correct time signature. The actual style is not as important as I have all the parts apart from bass and drums muted out anyway, the time sig is critical for me. Please don't misunderstand, I am not "bagging" the disks at all, I think they are a brilliant concept and well done, but before I go further I just need to reconcile that I am probably going to HAVE to go through each and every entry to ensure they load with the correct song data. The other alternative (which is not unappealing  )is to also buy your styles disks...I am also considering that solution as well As you may recall from my emails, I have 15 fakebooks all of which you seem to have a Fakebook disk for so it is a major investment, and I want to be sure before I proceed down that path. Dennis
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Bob/Notes, about this:
"The problem was a Norton Jazz style was chosen and since Dennis didn't have that style it reverted to zzjazz, which is a 4/4 style."
I had thought about that case when I first read this thread, but from a long time ago (decades) I thought that BIAB would substitute a waltz style if the song were in 3/4 and the requested style was not present. Perhaps that's wrong?
Joden, add my name to the testimonials for the good quality of Bob's work.
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...but from a long time ago (decades) I thought that BIAB would substitute a waltz style if the song were in 3/4 and the requested style was not present. Perhaps that's wrong? That is wrong Matt. It's in the Preferences window where you can pick any style you want to use as a default if the style embedded in the song does not exist on your system. And unfortunately you can only pick one and the program doesn't care what the song's time sig is. It's just one of those things that falls into the category of hey, nothing's perfect. Joden and others, Notes could decide to only use PG's styles but then there's still tons of folks out there who didn't buy the full MegaPak or are still running an older version and don't have all the styles so the same problem can still crop up. You want him to only use the ancient 25 year old styles that everybody will have? Trust me I fully understand why we all like to be lazy sometimes but it's still up to you to be properly prepared for a gig. All it takes is a minute or less to check any one song so even if you have 500 potential songs you can still easily start at the top, do 10-20 a day and have them all done in a few weeks. Or, brew a big pot of coffee and blow them all out in a weekend. Bob
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Yes, when my customers asked me to pick the best style, they meant out of PG and my own styles. When the people called (that was before Internet) I asked a lot of questions, including using other people's styles other than mine and the most common answer was just use mine and PGs.
Some of the callers let me know that they didn't have all the PG styles either - and they would pick one of their own that was close if they didn't have it.
There is no right way to do this that would satisfy every customer. So from all the calls I got in the early days, I chose to use whatever style works best with the song from all the PG and Norton styles to date. That's what my customers seemed to want.
In other words, the music rules, everything else is secondary.
Look at it the other way. If there is a perfect match that is a Norton style, and I chose an excellent PG style that happened to be a mediocre choice for that particular song, is that a better way to do it?
Since there are more PG styles than Norton styles, the odds are in favor of picking a PG style. But in many cases, a Norton style does a better job for that particular song.
This is perhaps because I try very hard not to duplicate any PG styles. If they end up not significantly different or IMHO an improvement over the PG style, I see no reason to fix what isn't broken.
My aim is not to compete with PG Music, but to add value to BiaB. Don't buy my stuff instead PG goods, buy them to add to PG's products.
Most of my customers who buy once, come back for more, so I guess I'm doing something right.
I'm a dedicated PG Music fan, and have been since I discovered BiaB on my Atari, when BiaB/PC (we called it IBM back then) was still a DOS program. I've watch it grow and grow since then, and believe that I'm doing something that does not compete with BiaB, but instead makes it more valuable.
Unfortunately, unless you have all the PG styles and the Norton styles, the fake disks are not 100% plug and play. But then I think most of us like to mess around with BiaB anyway, it's one of the things that make it different from the music-minus-one files.
So if you want to do "Misty" as a jazz waltz with a swing B section, in BiaB you can do that (I was in a band that did that a long time ago, and it was fun).
OK I'm rambling and waxing nostalgic now, so I'll stop.
Notes
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I might add that, with many of the Realtracks Styles, we can indeed use a 4/4 style in a 3/4 song and it will play as 3/4 and often sounds great.
Experiment.
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Bob/jazzmammal, you are right. Thanks.
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I chose to use whatever style works best...... from all the PG and Norton styles to date.......
That (in bold) was the part I missed in reading the website - where the actual text is: I also suggested a style for each song from all the styles that were available for Band-in-a-Box when I compiled this disk. It is not necessary to have the book or my styles to enjoy this disk, but your fun will definitely be enhanced if you do.page link: http://www.nortonmusic.com/fake24.htmlOkay so now it is 100% confirmed they DO use some proprietary styles in the fakebooks, that explains why this song did not load. It also confirms there could be quite a few more, so I need to be prepared for it. Oh and @ Bob, I get what you are saying, and for 500 songs , yeah mebbe do-able, but I am talking about 15 fakebooks, which is a LOT more than 500 songs Dennis
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Hi Dennis,
Are you going to take all 15 fake books to the gig? If so good luck.
FWIW- This is what I would do. In fact this what we did in our wedding band. First know your audience. Are you going to play bar gigs? Weddings? Both? Chirstmas parties or retirement parties?
Once you define your audiences pick out around 100 or so songs that they would like then pick your BiaB styles for those songs and learn the songs. When a request comes in that you don’t have state that you will learn that one for the next gig. Then do it. You will build up a working repertoire this way.
Like I said that is how we did it, except we did not use BiaB. We used humans so a couple of appropriate fake books did the job for us.
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Hi Mario,  nope I don't use paper anymore They are all PDF'd on my iPad. I have been playing live gigs for about 27 years now so I guess I have a reasonable idea of how it all works but I am always open to new ideas  My "working" rep is about 975 songs and counting. I rarely play the same set twice. Keeps my personal interest level set at high, and forces me to keep on my toes as far as songs go. IE no complacency can set in, and each time I do a tune it still feels new - sorta kinda  Dennis
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"Notes"
My apologies, I may have added to the confusion with my post, and my inference of "PG only styles." It wasn't intended to put a bad light on your products. Obviously, caused by my not reading ALL your web site text. [But it is a little like reading the contraindications on all my meds and I take almost as many meds as you have styles! (that was a good natured rib - before hate posts start)]
But you have cleared it up here, and in your email to me earlier today.
And as you can tell from my earlier order today: after all these years with BIAB, also since DOS days, I FINALLY bought a few of your Fake Disks AND a fairly good covering of your Power User Style disks - playing with them now.
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Dennis,
The question I would ask you is, do you actually plan to buy ALL 15 matching Norton Fake Book Disks? If so, bless your heart for adding to the economy!
In any case, I do wish you well and good luck!
Larry
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Hi Dennis,
Great name BTW. It’s my middle name!
Anyway when I wrote my previous message I didn’t know if you did or didn’t play any gigs yet. It sounds like you are another old pro at it! So I hope you didn’t take any offense in it!
You have about 3x the amount of songs in your rep as in ours. But we did jam a lot on stage in just about any genre there is. That is the only part of playing out that I miss. That is why I am having so much fun with BiaB. I can play what I want when I want to play it.
Have fun at your gigs.
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Dennis,
The question I would ask you is, do you actually plan to buy ALL 15 matching Norton Fake Book Disks? If so, bless your heart for adding to the economy!
In any case, I do wish you well and good luck!
Larry
Yes I was considering it Larry - but I have now found a couple of tags missing in some tunes as well, no biggie, but just another thing I would need to edit. Bottom line is though, ALL the chords are entered which takes 90% of the work away I just think it would be nice to have all my books matched up to BIAB. And the cost is tax deductable after all Jury is still out though, as I don't play ALL the tunes in the books. But I will probs still look at the "box" set Dennis
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Hi Dennis,
Great name BTW. It’s my middle name!
Anyway when I wrote my previous message I didn’t know if you did or didn’t play any gigs yet. It sounds like you are another old pro at it! So I hope you didn’t take any offense in it!
You have about 3x the amount of songs in your rep as in ours. But we did jam a lot on stage in just about any genre there is. That is the only part of playing out that I miss. That is why I am having so much fun with BiaB. I can play what I want when I want to play it.
Have fun at your gigs.
I knew I liked you for a reason Mario Nah m8, no offence at all. Yes, it is the one thing I miss - playing with people and not just a PC...you want change, just yell out (or in some cases look). We didn't need to pre-plan anything. Just everyone knew the head and the changes and we just ran with it. Pop and rock songs, jazz or country didn't matter. All were treated the same. BIAB is brilliant (and the Norton disks are tempting) and I LOVE playing along with the Real Styles and Drums, but it "aint quite the same" I think you get what I am sayin' Dennis
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I've gone paperless on the gig myself - my laptop holds more charts than my ring binder notebook ever did. Still, I think it's very brave to go on the gig with BiaB and a bunch of fake books. But then the idea of being able to cover thousands of requests is very enticing. If I were to do that I'd be sure to have all the PG and all the Norton Styles - it's expensive but the old saying is "you have to spend money to make money". If I was to take the time to scan each chart, I'd also take the time to listen to each song. But that's me. I'm not as brave as others But, there is more than one right way to do almost everything.
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Mac 2025 Special Upgrade Offers Extended Until August 15th!
It's not too late to upgrade to Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac® and save! We've extended our special until August 15, 2025!
We've added many major new features to Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®, including advanced AI tools like the amazing BB Stem Splitter and AI Lyrics Generator, as well as VST3 plugin support, and Equalize Temp. Plus, there’s a new one-stop MIDI Patches Picker with over 1,100 MIDI patches to choose from, all neatly categorized by GM numbers. The MultiPicker Library is enhanced with tabs for the SongPicker, MIDI Patch Picker, Chord Builder, AI Lyrics Generator, and Song Titles Browser, and the tabs are organized into logical groups. The Audiophile Edition is enhanced with FLAC files , which are 60% smaller than AIFF files while maintaining identical audio quality, and now ships on a fast 1TB SSD, and much more!
Check out all the new features in Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac® here:
Purchase your Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac during our special to save up to 50% off your upgrade purchase and receive a FREE BONUS PAK of amazing new Add-ons. These include the 2025 RealCombos Booster PAK, Look Ma! More MIDI 13: Country & Americana, Instrumental Studies Set 22: 2-Hand Piano Soloing - Rhythm Changes, MIDI SuperTracks Set 44: Jazz Piano, Artist Performance Set 17: Songs with Vocals 7, Playable RealTracks Set 4, RealDrums Stems Set 7: Jazz with Mike Clark, and more!
Upgrade to the 2025 49-PAK for just $49 and add 20 Bonus Unreleased RealTracks and 20 RealStyles, FLAC Files for the 20 Bonus Unreleased RealTracks, Look Ma! More MIDI 14: SynthMaster, MIDI SuperTracks Set 45: More SynthMaster, Artist Performance Set 18: Songs with Vocals 8, and RealDrums Stems Set 8: Pop, Funk & More with Jerry Roe.
Learn more about the Bonus PAKs!
New RealTracks Released with Band-in-a-Box 2025!
We’ve expanded the Band-in-a-Box® RealTracks library with 202 incredible new RealTracks (in sets 449-467) across Jazz, Blues, Funk, World, Pop, Rock, Country, Americana, and Praise & Worship—featuring your most requested styles!
Jazz, Blues & World (Sets 449–455):
These RealTracks includes “Soul Jazz” with Neil Swainson (bass), Mike Clark (drums), Charles Treadway (organ), Miles Black (piano), and Brent Mason (guitar). Enjoy “Requested ’60s” jazz, classic acoustic blues with Colin Linden, and more of our popular 2-handed piano soloing. Plus, a RealTracks first—Tango with bandoneon, recorded in Argentina!
Rock & Pop (Sets 456–461):
This collection includes Disco, slap bass ‘70s/‘80s pop, modern and ‘80s metal with Andy Wood, and a unique “Songwriter Potpourri” featuring Chinese folk instruments, piano, banjo, and more. You’ll also find a muted electric guitar style (a RealTracks first!) and “Producer Layered Guitar” styles for slick "produced" sound.
Country, Americana & Praise (Sets 462–467):
We’ve added new RealTracks across bro country, Americana, praise & worship, vintage country, and songwriter piano. Highlights include Brent Mason (electric guitar), Eddie Bayers (drums), Doug Jernigan (pedal steel), John Jarvis (piano), Glen Duncan (banjo, mandolin & fiddle), Mike Harrison (electric bass) and more—offering everything from modern sounds to heartfelt Americana styles
Check out all the 202 New RealTracks (in sets 456-467)
And, if you are looking for more, the 2025 49-PAK (for $49) includes an additional 20 RealTracks with exciting new sounds and genre-spanning styles. Enjoy RealTracks firsts like Chinese instruments (guzheng & dizi), the bandoneon in an authentic Argentine tango trio, and the classic “tic-tac” baritone guitar for vintage country.
You’ll also get slick ’80s metal guitar from Andy Wood, modern metal with guitarist Nico Santora, bass player Nick Schendzielos, and drummer Aaron Stechauner, more praise & worship, indie-folk, modern/bro country with Brent Mason, and “Songwriter Americana” with Johnny Hiland.
Plus, enjoy user-requested styles like Soul Jazz RealDrums, fast Celtic Strathspey guitar, and Chill Hop piano & drums!
The 2025 49-PAK is loaded with other great new add-ons as well. Learn more about the 2025 49-PAK!
Bonus PAKs for Band-in-a-Box 2025 for Mac!
With your version 2025 for Mac Pro, MegaPAK, UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, Audiophile Edition or PlusPAK purchase, we'll include a Bonus PAK full of great new Add-ons FREE! Or upgrade to the 2025 49-PAK for only $49 to receive even more NEW Add-ons including 20 additional RealTracks!
These PAKs are loaded with additional add-ons to supercharge your Band-in-a-Box®!
This Free Bonus PAK includes:
- The 2025 RealCombos Booster PAK:
-For Pro customers, this includes 33 new RealTracks and 65+ new RealStyles.
-For MegaPAK customers, this includes 29 new RealTracks and 45+ new RealStyles.
-For UltraPAK customers, this includes 20 new RealStyles.
- Look Ma! More MIDI 13: Country & Americana
- Instrumental Studies Set 22: 2-Hand Piano Soloing - Rhythm Changes
- MIDI SuperTracks Set 44: Jazz Piano
- Artist Performance Set 17: Songs with Vocals 7
- Playable RealTracks Set 4
- RealDrums Stems Set 7: Jazz with Mike Clark
- SynthMaster Sounds and Styles (with audio demos)
- 128 GM MIDI Patch Audio Demos.
Looking for more great add-ons, then upgrade to the 2025 49-PAK for just $49 and you'll get:
- 20 Bonus Unreleased RealTracks and RealDrums with 20 RealStyles,
- FLAC Files (lossless audio files) for the 20 Bonus Unreleased RealTracks and RealDrums
- Look Ma! More MIDI 14: SynthMaster,
- Instrumental Studies Set 23: More '80s Hard Rock Soloing,
- MIDI SuperTracks Set 45: More SynthMaster
- Artist Performance Set 18: Songs with Vocals 8
- RealDrums Stems Set 8: Pop, Funk & More with Jerry Roe
Learn more about the Bonus PAKs for Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®!
New! Xtra Styles PAK 20 for Band-in-a-Box 2025 and Higher for Mac!
Xtra Styles PAK 20 for Mac & Windows Band-in-a-Box version 2025 (and higher) is here with 200 brand new RealStyles!
We're excited to bring you our latest and greatest in the all new Xtra Styles PAK 20 for Band-in-a-Box! This fresh installment is packed with 200 all-new styles spanning the rock & pop, jazz, and country genres you've come to expect, as well as the exciting inclusion of electronic styles!
In this PAK you’ll discover: Minimalist Modern Funk, New Wave Synth Pop, Hard Bop Latin Groove, Gospel Country Shuffle, Cinematic Synthwave, '60s Motown, Funky Lo-Fi Bossa, Heavy 1980s Metal, Soft Muted 12-8 Folk, J-Pop Jazz Fusion, and many more!
All the Xtra Styles PAKs 1 - 20 are on special for only $29 each (reg $49), or get all 209 PAKs for $199 (reg $399)! Order now!
Learn more and listen to demos of the Xtra Styles PAK 20.
Video: Xtra Styles PAK 20 Overview & Styles Demos: Watch now!
Note: The Xtra Styles require the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition of Band-in-a-Box®. (Xtra Styles PAK 20 requires the 2025 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.
New! XPro Styles PAK 9 for Band-in-a-Box 2025 and higher for Mac!
We've just released XPro Styles PAK 9 for Mac & Windows Band-in-a-Box version 2025 (and higher) with 100 brand new RealStyles, plus 29 RealTracks/RealDrums!
We've been hard at it to bring you the latest and greatest in this 9th installment of our popular XPro Styles PAK series! Included are 75 styles spanning the rock & pop, jazz, and country genres (25 styles each) that fans have come to expect, as well as 25 styles in this volume's wildcard genre: funk & R&B!
If you're itching to get a sneak peek at what's included in XPro Styles PAK 9, here is a small helping of what you can look forward to: Funky R&B Horns, Upbeat Celtic Rock, Jazz Fusion Salsa, Gentle Indie Folk, Cool '60s Soul, Funky '70s R&B, Smooth Jazz Hip Hop, Acoustic Rockabilly Swing, Funky Reggae Dub, Dreamy Retro Latin Jazz, Retro Soul-Rock Fusion, and much more!
Special Pricing! Until July 31, 2024, all the XPro Styles PAKs 1 - 9 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 9 Overview & Styles Demos: Watch now!
XPro Styles PAKs require Band-in-a-Box® 2025 or higher and are compatible with ANY package, including the Pro, MegaPAK, UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, and Audiophile Edition.
New! Xtra Styles PAK 20 for Band-in-a-Box 2025 and Higher for Windows!
Xtra Styles PAK 20 for Windows & Mac Band-in-a-Box version 2025 (and higher) is here with 200 brand new RealStyles!
We're excited to bring you our latest and greatest in the all new Xtra Styles PAK 20 for Band-in-a-Box! This fresh installment is packed with 200 all-new styles spanning the rock & pop, jazz, and country genres you've come to expect, as well as the exciting inclusion of electronic styles!
In this PAK you’ll discover: Minimalist Modern Funk, New Wave Synth Pop, Hard Bop Latin Groove, Gospel Country Shuffle, Cinematic Synthwave, '60s Motown, Funky Lo-Fi Bossa, Heavy 1980s Metal, Soft Muted 12-8 Folk, J-Pop Jazz Fusion, and many more!
All the Xtra Styles PAKs 1 - 20 are on special for only $29 each (reg $49), or get all 209 PAKs for $199 (reg $399)! Order now!
Learn more and listen to demos of the Xtra Styles PAK 20.
Video: Xtra Styles PAK 20 Overview & Styles Demos: Watch now!
Note: The Xtra Styles require the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition of Band-in-a-Box®. (Xtra Styles PAK 20 requires the 2025 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.
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