“Hey I don’t use RealTracks. Other than RealTracks, what are the new “Un-Real” features in Band-in-a-Box (for MIDI users)?”

Note: The listing below is a subset of the new features in BB 2010 - just the MIDI features, and not the RealTracks (audio) features. If you are looking for the full list of features, click here instead
http://www.pgmusic.com/ubbthreads/showfl...ge=0#Post249430

Band-in-a-Box 2010 is here with over 50 cool new features! About half of the features are for RealTracks, and the others apply to MIDI (“Un-Real”).

OK, The New “Un-Real” Features in Band-in-a-Box 2010 for Windows are...

There are some exciting new MIDI features in Band-in-a-Box. We've added a new "Plug-in" mode, allowing you to simply Drag-n-Drop tracks between Band-in-a-Box and your favorite sequencer (RealBand, Sonar, Reaper, ProTools, FL-Studio, Nuendo and more). Individual MIDI Tracks can be frozen now, so the arrangements can be saved and fixed, and will replay quickly without need for regeneration. We added Multiple Undo support, up to 999 levels of Undo. All settings are now saved with each song. And many more!


There now is a "Plug-in" mode for your favorite sequencer (RealBand, Sonar, Reaper, ProTools, FL-Studio, Nuendo and more). With the new plug-in mode, BB is open as a small always-on-top window, and acts as a plug-in for your favorite DAW/sequencer, so that you can Drag-n-Drop MIDI and audio (WAV) tracks from BB to your favorite sequencer. Work in your favorite sequencer, type a progression in Band-in-a-Box, and then simply drag the track from Band-in-a-Box to your sequencer's track at the desired track and bar location.

Freezing (locking) MIDI tracks. Any track can now be frozen (MIDI or Real track). When frozen, it won't get changed or re-generated. This saves time when replaying previous songs, and allows you to freeze an arrangement that you like. If you freeze the whole song, you don't have to wait at all for the song to regenerate. Next time you play,it is ready to go.

Multiple Undo support. Up to 999 levels of undo (configurable).

Always Save all song settings. Now all settings are saved with songs, including patches, reverbs, volume etc., so that the song will play the same way each time, without having to set this in the Save With Patches dialog.

Band-in-a-Box window is now sizable, when size changes, chord sheet, notation, and other windows redraw in proportion to the new size. This allows you to have BB open as a small window on screen with other programs, and you still see a full chord sheet. The screen size is remembered between sessions.

New favorite songs/styles dialog, with separate lists of ‘recently played’ and favorite songs or styles. The previous ‘favorite’ songs/styles dialog was a list of recently used songs/styles. Now there are 2 tabs in this dialog, showing you both recently used songs/styles, and a new list of ‘favorites’ that you select as a favorite songs or styles. Favorite Song/Style lists can be edited, sorted, saved/loaded, and used with the jukebox. You can add an unlimited # of favorites. Also, a Sort button has been added to Favorite/Recent songs/styles dialog.

Rendering now has a Normalize option, to normalize individual tracks or the complete arrangement. Normalizing boosts the volume to a maximum level without distortion. Most professional music tracks are normalized.

Songs ‘Saved-As” a different name now have the new name added to the Recently used song dialog.

Support enhanced for non-concert instruments (Bb/Eb sax, trumpet etc.). Now when chord sheet is transposed, you can type in chords in the transposed key, and they will show up as you have entered them, instead of requiring you to enter the chords in the concert key.

Lyrics enhanced
Undo added for entry of individual lyrics
‘Enter’ and ‘Close’ button added to lyric entry
Lyrics toggle to editable notation view if lyric mode is entered in note roll mode, so that lyrics are visible.

More Soloists are now available, up to 2000.

Rendering Wav dialog enhanced. It has a simpler layout. The Render wav file doesn't need to be in same folder – it can be in any folder/drive.

StylePicker is enhanced. Favorites and Recent styles now appear in this dialog as separate lists. It now has the ability to add/remove styles as favorites. A Favorite Style indication (F) shows up for each style. You can filter any list by only showing favorite styles. Over time, you can build up a list of favorite styles, and only show them when needed.

Many messages changed to “yellow alerts” at top right of screen, so that you don’t have to respond to the message, interrupting work flow.

Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.