Band-in-a-Box for iOS Version 2.0.4 is available for download from the App Store

Note: V2 is a major new release for the app, and is different from the previous app that required you to connect to your desktop version.
• Create, generate, and play songs on iPhone or iPad (both MIDI and RealTracks). Generates and plays MIDI directly on the device, and RealTracks are generated using an internet connection to pgmusic.com.
• High quality music notation/tab display and printout.
• On-screen guitar fretboard and piano.
• Full function StylePicker to choose from 12,000 available styles.
• Import your existing songs (by emailing/Dropbox/etc.) within a .zip or as standalone Band-in-a-Box songs.

Here is a link to the support page:
https://www.pgmusic.com/support.ios.htm

Release notes for Version 2.0.4
  • Added: Saving a song with a rendered M4A file will now store the audio with your song file.
  • Added: Generating a song on the server now generates RealCharts, if available.
  • Added: You may now import an outside MusicXML file to your song, where it will be loaded (or ‘frozen’) on the Melody track. (Accepted extensions: .xml, .musicxml, .mxl). The Melody track button is blue if a frozen notation file is present.
  • Fixed: Chords view page flipping will not hide the currently playing row.
  • Fixed: Crash which occurred when exporting a song to the Files app which didn’t have a temporary render.
  • Fixed: Crash occurring when viewing notes for strings 5 and 6 on the bass fretboard.
  • Fixed: Some crashes with RealStyles playback.
  • Added: Notation in ‘Auto’ mode will now display tablature if appropriate. (Track is a guitar or strings track)
  • Added: Loop mode improvements, including looping of a custom bar range. Controls moved to the Song Form view. Also added an On/Off toggle button to the top toolbar. Looping will now perform a slight look-ahead, to capture strike-in or pick-up events.
  • Added: Metronome feature, accessible from the Tempo view.
  • Added: Tempo view now contains percentage increment buttons.
  • Fixed: Melody was silent sometimes when an M4A was also playing.
  • Fixed: Song picker not displaying M4A status correctly.
  • Added: A song with a separate M4A file in the directory will have an ‘M4A Ready’ tag. A song with an audio file or RealCharts saved inside will have an ‘M4A+ Ready’ tag. Saving an ‘M4A Ready’ song will now move the rendered audio into the SGU file. The Export view allows sharing of the whole SGU or just the audio.
  • Added: The selected chord will now always display the chord number.
  • Fixed: Crash which occurred when sharing files to the app when it is in the unopened state.
  • Fixed: Songs with lyrics was losing the lyric information when saving.
  • Fixed: Capturing Melody or Solo events wasn’t saving properly.
  • Added: Track buttons now display a blue dot in the lower right corner if notation is available.
  • Fixed: Track muting wasn’t completing an ‘all notes off’ command when on a MIDI track.

Last edited by Tim - PG Music; 06/02/25 10:55 AM.