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Encourage your creativity with the help of the Automatic Music Features included in your Band-in-a-Box® purchase! The MelodistCompose a brand-new song quickly with the help of this feature! There are many different options within this feature to help – you can choose the style/feel, select whether you want the chords, intro, or any style changes, etc. to your song, and SO MUCH MORE! Press the [Melodist] button to see all the choices offered within this feature. Automatic IntrosAlthough this feature is part of The Melodist, it’s also possible to have Band-in-a-Box® generate an intro for ANY of your songs! Just press the [Song Form] button within the program, and you can choose your Intro Length, Chord Types, select the option for pedal bass (if wanted), and more! Automatic Song Title GenerationThis is one of my favorite features!Writers block – we’ve all been there! Fortunately, Band-in-a-Box® can come up with a song title for you. Head to Edit | Chords | Auto-Generate Song Title – see for yourself! This feature can be personalized for your vocabulary too - just open the titl1.txt file within Applications | Band-in-a-Box | Data, follow the steps, and add away! The SoloistAutomatic Solo Generation with Band-in-a-Box®! There are two ways to select and add a solo to your song. The “Best Soloist" feature presents a pre-selected list of soloists to choose from, and the “Select Soloist" dialog lets you choose from the full list of soloists available. The GuitaristMake and learn professional quality guitar chord solos using Band-in-a-Box®! Use this feature, and the program will intelligently arrange the melody into a guitar chord solo by inserting real guitar voicings throughout the piece. Select from among many Guitarists to create your arrangement. And you can define your own Guitarists, choosing parameters such as strum speed, types of voicings (Pop/Jazz), embellishments, and many more! Melody EmbellisherUse this feature, and Band-in-a-Box® will automatically change the timing to add syncopation, change durations to achieve staccato or legato playing, add grace notes, slurs, extra notes, vibrato, and other effects to the melody track – just like a real musician would… the result: a livelier and more realistic melody - and it's different every time! Detailed information included in Chapter 9: Automatic Music Features within the online manual.
Callie
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PG Music Inc.
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This is a great section to promote! I've created whole songs from scratch with the Melodist, often further enhanced with the Chords Substitution (which for some reason you do not mention here) and passed them off to places like your Showcase forum without anyone being any wiser  Ok, so maybe this may sound like a bit of 'cheat' to some purists, but to me it shows just how clever those tools can be if they can fool the listener like that. Couple this with the Melody Embellishment, and that software-generated melody really can be made to spring to life and "sell it" even more. As for that Song Title feature, I'm reminded of a piece in my songs collection where it suggested "Buried in Botswana"(!!), and I mean how brilliant is that?! You'd just swear that had to have come from a human - it's even got alliteration and whatnot! 
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should!
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I've created whole songs from scratch with the Melodist, often further enhanced with the Chords Substitution (which for some reason you do not mention here) ... For another time... Different Chapter - the Chord Substitutions Wizard is explained in Chapter 12: Tools, Wizards, Tutors, and FunHaving the online manual and PDF also easily available from our support page has been a HUGE help for me, so I'm hoping other people are enjoying it too!
Callie
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PG Music Inc.
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Having the online manual and PDF also easily available from our support page has been a HUGE help for me, so I'm hoping other people are enjoying it too! I'm sure it is... but, as I think I brought up in a related thread, this would be even more useful once they link it to some command/button within the application itself.
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should!
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Band-in-a-Box 2026 for Mac Videos
With the release of Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Mac, we’re rolling out a collection of brand-new videos on our YouTube channel. We’ll keep this forum post updated so you can easily find all the latest videos in one convenient spot.
Whether you're exploring new features, checking out the latest RealTracks or Style PAKs, this is your go-to guide for Band-in-a-Box® 2026.
Check out this forum post for "One Stop Shopping" of our Band-in-a-Box® 2026 Mac Videos!
Band-in-a-Box 2026 for Mac is Here!
Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Mac is here and it is packed with major new features! There’s a new modern look, a GUI redesign to all areas of the program including toolbars, windows, workflow and more. There’s a Multi-view layout for organizing multiple windows. A standout addition is the powerful AI-Notes feature, which uses AI neural-net technology to transcribe polyphonic audio into MIDI—entire mixes or individual instruments—making it easy to study, view, and play parts from any song. And that’s just the beginning—there are over 100 new features in this exciting release.
Along with version 2026, we've released an incredible lineup of new content! There's 202 new RealTracks, brand-new RealStyles, MIDI SuperTracks, Instrumental Studies, “Songs with Vocals” Artist Performance Sets, Playable RealTracks Set 5, two new RealDrums Stems sets, XPro Styles PAK 10, Xtra Styles PAK 21, and much more!
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The enhanced Mixer now shows Track Type and Instrument icons for instant track recognition, while a new grid option simplifies editing views. Non-floating windows adopt a modern title bar style, replacing the legacy blue bar.
The Master Volume is now applied at the end of the audio chain for consistent levels and full-signal master effects.
Tablature now includes a “Save bends when saving XML” option for improved compatibility with PG Music tools. Plus, you can instantly match all track heights with a simple Ctrl-release after resizing, and Add2 chords from MGU/SGU files are now fully supported... and more!
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