I also use BIAB as an accompaniment tool, and it works great. Unfortunately I am not as proficient as many of the musicians on this forum and need the charts and lyrics to play from.

BIAB provides everything I want, except that it doesn't work properly. Try a song with 3 differnt sets words in the endings (using the "repeat" function) for instance. You will find that the last ending appears under the first ending as well as the third. Sometimes the words 'DS al Coda' don't appear. The Coda sign is there, the jump and the actual coda are there, but the DS is just missing.

Now all of this could be fixed, I am sure, and it might be a lot of work. But to have a function that doesn't work properly all the time, and hasn't since day one, is disappointing to say the least.

One solution that seems to have worked with other parts of the software is to partner with specialist software. Why not work with more closely with Finale Printmusic in such a way that we can send all of the fake book elements (notes, chords, lyrics, repeats and endings, etc)to Printmusic and get a professional looking fake sheet. The BIAB webpage 'News and More' says that you can "Bundle Your Band-in-a-Box ...3rd Party Software..." including Printmusic 2011, but only, it seems if you are prepared to essentally rewrite everything except the notes.

Now if you are happy with working without a chart, my hat is off to you. For the mere mortals among us who still rely on printed music, at least give us an option to purchase an add on that will FULLY interface with BIAB. I will gladly spend the $99 for Printmusic if it has a seamless interface with BIAB.

BIAB is my software of choice for musical backup. Just give me a way to properly show off what it can do.

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