Just follow the links and you might get the drift. Unfortunately, the Ludwig site seems to be in German only, though. Now, the creator of the chess program Fritz, which you are likely well acquainted with, happens to be a vivid pastime musician. And likely much as Peter back in the late 80ies, he decided that automatic accompaniments might be a good thing to program. For some reason I am very much under the impression that the people at Chessbase were very much unaware of PG Music. So the guy started out to turn some of the ideas that flew into the world champion chess program Fritz towards composing music. And from the screenshots of Ludwig, you may easily pick up that they have a whole bunch of instruments on the roster - which is just what you asked for. You might want to check out the free version of their program, just to get an idea.

Of course, musicianship, coverage of genres, issues such as RealTracks etc. are a whole different story. Currently Ludwig appears to be s.th. like a glorified design study of some interesting things to come. Yet already by now, some multi instrument arrangements (much more instruments than currently supported by PG Music) may be quite useful for practical purposes. Considering the unchallenged position of Fritz in the otherwise highly competitve realm of chess programs, it may be quite interesting to monitor, what Ludwig may come up with next.

This -> video gives further insights into the workings of Ludwig. By all means, *some* of Ludwig's features would stand BiaB in good stead ...


Martin