Originally Posted By: huertaaj
Just purchased and installed BIAB 2016. Never used this program before. If anyone can answer these questions I would appreciate it. I feel kind of lost without getting the answers to these questions.

1) Where is it mentioned that two programs get installed on my computer (BIAB 2016 and also RealBand) instead of just one?

2) I think RealBand uses real recorded instruments. Can't BIAB 2016 use these instruments? If so, why the need for RealBand?

3) I tried the demo songs located in the "Artist Performance Sets" but even though it looks as if I can move the artist notes around using the Piano Roll view, it looks like my changes don't make a difference and the song sounds the same.

4) More questions later if I can get these questions answered. Thanks!!!


Hi Hubert,
Welcome to the forum. You will find this is a great forum. Bottom line is that Band in a Box is an essential program for practice, there is no real competition and they know it. Real Tracks are fantastic and there is a huge selection. Just having the ability to change chords and keys with live tracks is worth a great deal, but...

The whole program is cranky, unintuitive, unnecessarily hewn into two portions and very, very buggy. Bugs have been around for years, even decades before they are fixed. That's the reality, BIAB is in some kind of time warp, no 64bit, no VST, no touch, no real development, they think that being able to see a chord as you type is a real leap forward.

That's not to say that there are not workarounds for most problems, so its always worth a post. Do remember that many features are MIDI only, as the original program was designed in this way, though this is rarely explained in the app.


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