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Hello forum members, As many of you know, I’ve been working on an AI-powered song and lyric generator called LyricLab for the past couple of years. I could use your help as I have just relaunched on Product Hunt. If you’ve found LyricLab useful or just want to support the project, I’d be so grateful if you could upvote, comment, review (or all three 😜) on Product Hunt. You can find the LyricLab Product Hunt page here: https://www.producthunt.com/products/lyriclab-ai-songs-lyrics-slideshows Note: You’ll need to create a Product Hunt profile, but it’s quick and easy—just sign up with your email, Google, Facebook, etc. As a thank you, I’ll send you 10 free AI song generations (100 credits) on LyricLab. If you’re not on LyricLab yet, you can sign up for a free Lite account here: https://www.lyriclab.net Take a quick screenshot of your Product Hunt activity and send it to me, along with the email address you used on LyricLab and I’ll credit your LyricLab account with your free songs. Thanks so much for your support—it means a lot!

Soundcloud - Use it or you lose it Youtube - Use it or you lose it In this video, chocolate is a metaphor, so watch this if you want to see lots of chocolate! This song was written to a challenge with my mates to use the title 'Use it or you lose it'. I wrote the chord progression, then melody, then added lyrics – in June 2025. The song is about saying 'I love you' to those that matter most, but that we sometimes do not. For the video, rather than find visual material that suited this directly, I choose to use chocolate as a metaphor - if we love it, how often do we tell it? All backing is generated from BIAB, other than all vocals, piano intro and bridge, and the guitar solo in the bridge. I arranged and mixed in Reaper, adding main and backing vocals, as well as piano for the intro, outro and bridge, and guitar solo in the bridge. And because I have trouble holding pitch for any note longer than a minim, I had to manually pitch correct a few notes to keep them on track (no pun intended). ****** Song Summary ************* Style is _WAG.STY (Wag Rock & Roll Guitars) RealTracks in style: 2435:Bass, Electric, NewOrleansShuffle Sw 130 - I love the bouncy and sometimes throbbing bass in this style! RealTracks in style: ~1549:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm CountrySwing Sw 110 RealTracks in style: 3781:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm RockNRollTremoloHeld 120 RealTracks in style: 3780:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm RockNRollSweep Sw 120 RealDrums in style:NewOrleansShuffle^04-a:Kick Shuffle , b:Ride, Shuffle Piano via M-Audio Oxygen 49 using Sforzando 001 Piano Acoustic for intro, outro and bridge Guitar solo in bridge was double tracked Main vocal triple tracked with 1 track main and other two panned left and right -18db Backing vocals triple tracked Mixed in Reaper LYRICS INTRO VERSE 1 There are times when I should say ‘I love you’, but I don’t It’s awkward and appearing without passion, not saying I won’t I really do and I hope it’s conveyed in small things every day It’s partly because I don’t like public displays… of love I’m not saying I want more PLAY INTRO VERSE 2 They say you use or you lose it – I hope they’re wrong We are ‘more than room-mates’, I say we belong This all sounds like excuses when that’s not the case at all I know I should do better but I’m unsure … What to do … I feel there’s more …. to explore INTRO motif BRIDGE I see it everyday in what you do … ooo … I guess I’m saying I do the same thing too SOLO OVER BRIDGE VERSE 3 I give out subtle hints I mean the same as you Implied in daily living – of course I know it’s true Trying not to take for granted expressions all the time I need to say ‘I love you’ once more … Speak it true … say it raw …. say it to you OUTRO Chords: Intro/Outro C Cmaj7 C2 C x2 Verse C | Em G C | C7 F Cdim7 | C Bb2 E Ab | Am | Em7 | F | D7 | Bridge Em Am G7 C Dm G F C

Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac® now includes support for VST3 plugins, alongside VST and AU. Use them with MIDI or audio tracks for even more creative possibilities in your music production. Tobin guides you through the process in this easy-to-follow demonstration! Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Macs®: VST3 Plugin Support youtu.be/Y36uPG_IXc8 Using a VST plugin can enhance your music production experience by providing access to a wide range of virtual instruments, effects, and tools. Here are a few reasons why you may want to use VST plugins: - More Instrument Sounds: There are a wide variety of virtual instruments, including realistic sounding instruments to synths and drum machines. - Professional Effects: Add effects like reverb, delay, and EQ to refine your mix and add a professional touch to your tracks. - Customization: Plugins often come with presets that can be tweaked to fit your specific needs, giving you full creative control. What's your favorite plugin?

Caribbean night Hi! here's my latest, a sensual Latin tune remerging some of the nights at a nightclub many moons ago. Hope you like it. Half and half midi and RT. Style is TREMENDA.STY (Tremenda MIDI Pan Flute Bolero) Style MIDI Instruments are : Acoustic String Bass (33), Acoustic Piano (1), MIDI SuperTracks in style: 2079:Piano, Rhythm Bolero Ev 090 RealTracks in song: 1960:Tres, Rhythm Guajira Ev 120 RealTracks in song: 2791:Trumpet, Muted, Background CroonerBossa Ev 110 (1TrackHornSection) RealTracks in song: 480:Trumpet, Bossa Ev 140 (Bluesy) RealTracks in song: 1905:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm BoleroMelodic Ev 090 MIDI Drums :1 Standard Drum Kit (1) EZDrummer Mike B.

Så er Band-in-a-Box 2025 til Mac klar! Nærmere introduktion følger Vh Lindbjerg

With the launch of Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®, we're adding new videos to our YouTube Channel. We are also sharing them here to make it easy for you to find all our Band-in-a-Box® 2025 videos in one convenient place! Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac® Videos: Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®: Everything You Need to Know in Under 8 Minutes! youtu.be/6aar0fOeS_M Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®: Boot Camp Video - Using The BB Stem Splitter (Crash Course) youtu.be/7jP8DgZZVbU Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®: Boot Camp Video - The AI Lyrics Generator youtu.be/T6sDr4FRf-Q Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®: 202 New RealTracks youtu.be/LldV6szv6tU Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®: 2025 49-PAK! youtu.be/7HD2zQ6XZoU Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®: RealCombos 2025 Booster PAK! (Included in the 2025 Free Bonus PAK youtu.be/sHpjKYNlQjk XPro Styles PAK 8 Overview & Styles Demos youtu.be/8vNO1y2Fb7Q Xtra Styles PAK 19 Overview & Styles Demos youtu.be/pvwazj2yvYw Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®: Everything You Need to Know in Under 8 Minutes! Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®: Boot Camp - Using the BB Stem Splitter (Crash Course) Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for mac®: Boot Camp - The AI Lyrics Generator Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®: 202 New RealTracks Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®: 2025 49-PAK Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®: RealCombos 2025 Booster PAK! (Included in the 2025 Free Bonus PAK) XPro Styles PAK 8 Overview & Styles Demos Xtra Styles PAK 19 Overview & Styles Demos Stay tuned for more!

Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac® is here with many major features and an amazing collection of new content! Special Offers and Pricing Available until July 31, 2025!! We’re excited to introduce an amazing new AI-powered feature - The BB Stem Splitter! This amazing tool separates an audio file containing multiple instruments into individual tracks - bass, drums, guitar/piano, vocals, and residual sounds. These tracks are then added separately to your song, allowing you to generate Band-in-a-Box tracks to play along with. Using advanced AI and machine learning techniques, this process, also known as “audio source separation,” offers greater flexibility and creative control in music production. For example, you can import vocals from your favorite singer and rearrange the backing tracks in Band-in-a-Box to create a unique, personalized mix. VST3 Plugin Support: Band-in-a-Box® now supports VST3 plugins, allowing you to use them alongside VST and AU for MIDI or audio tracks. AI Lyrics Generator: Band-in-a-Box® has many more AI features, including creative songwriting functions that suggest or generate themes, styles, titles, and even entire song ideas. It also offers customized AI lyrics generation, allowing you to create lyrics from scratch, generate the next line, or experiment with rhymes, synonyms, antonyms, related words, or alliterations. You can enhance your existing lyrics by adding vivid imagery, emotion, richer vocabulary, or more natural phrasing. The AI Lyrics Generator consolidates all these features, allowing you to easily tailor your lyrics to fit your song. With six lyric modes - Word Suggestions, Inspiration, Songwriting, Improvements, Full Song, and Custom - you can refine your lyrics in numerous ways. (Note: An internet connection is required to use these features.) MIDI Patch Picker: There’s a new one-stop MIDI Patch Picker with over 1,100 MIDI patches to choose from, all neatly categorized by GM numbers. MultiPicker Library The MultiPicker Library is enhanced with new tabs for the SongPicker, MIDI Patch Picker, Chord Builder, AI Lyrics Generator, and Song Titles Browser, and all tabs are logically organized. There is an option to open the MultiPicker Library instead of modal dialogs. (Note: Holding the shift key while selecting the menu item to access the feature always opens the MultiPicker Library, and holding the control key always opens the modal dialog.) When opened, the window will automatically return to the last tab you were viewing Enhanced Audiophile Edition The Audiophile Edition is enhanced with FLAC files, which are 60% smaller than AIFF files while maintaining identical audio quality, and now ships on a fast 1TB SSD. And many more... Along with Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®, we've released the following: We have a 2025 49-PAK with 20 BONUS RealTracks in addition to the 202 new RealTracks, so in total an amazing 222 new RealTracks and RealDrums are available! In addition, there are over 100 new RealStyles that use the new RealTracks & RealDrums. There are 99 new “Playable RealTracks & RealDrums” Hi-Q sounds, which match many of our RealTracks, so you can easily switch from RealTracks and RealDrums parts to MIDI notes while maintaining the instrument sound! Every sound also has an accompanying audio demo. The 2025 49-PAK also includes 2 new Artist Performance Sets that contains 50 original songs with synth-vocal performances! There are Instrumental Studies Sets that include 2-handed "Rhythm Changes" piano soloing, and a new set of exciting '80s hard rock soloing guitar. There are also two new RealDrums Stems Sets, which allow you to access the individual wave files from each different mic used to record many of our RealDrums! There are two new MIDI SuperTracks Sets, including styles designed to work with the amazing SynthMaster plugin! We're having a SALE on most Band-in-a-Box® 2025 upgrades until July 31, 2025 - save up to 50%! We've packed our Free Bonus PAK & 49-PAK with some incredible Add-ons! The Free Bonus PAK is automatically included with most Band-in-a-Box® for Mac 2025 packages, but for more even more Add-ons (including 20 Unreleased RealTracks/RealDrums!) upgrade it to the 2025 49-PAK for only $49. Check out our Bonus PAKs page for more information and demos. The Band-in-a-Box® packages page list all the purchase options available, but here's a summary for you: Band-in-a-Box® Pro First-time purchase: $129 Upgrade from Version 2024: $59 (reg: $69) Upgrade from Version 2023 or earlier or crossgrade: $69(reg: $79) **Special 2025 Program Only Update from 2024: $49 Includes program updates only. No add-ons or Bonus PAKs included. **Only available for a limited time!** **Requires Version 2024. Includes version 2025 program updates only. (No other Add-ons or Bonus PAKs.) Band-in-a-Box® MegaPAK First-time purchase: $269 Upgrade from Version 2024: $89 (reg: $149) Upgrade from Version 2023 or earlier or crossgrade: $99 (reg: $159) Band-in-a-Box® UltraPAK First-time purchase: $469 Upgrade from Version 2024: $149 (reg: $279) Upgrade from Version 2023 or earlier or crossgrade: $169 (reg: $299) Band-in-a-Box® UltraPAK+ First-time purchase: $569 Upgrade from Version 2024: $179 (reg: $379) Upgrade from Version 2023 or earlier or crossgrade: $199 (reg: $399) Note: The difference between the UltraPAK and the UltraPAK+ is that the Songs & Lessons PAK is included in the UltraPAK+ package. Band-in-a-Box® Audiophile Edition (Download Version) The Audiophile Edition is enhanced with FLAC files, which are 60% smaller than WAV files while maintaining identical audio quality. This now ships on a fast 1TB SSD. First-time purchase: $619 Upgrade from Version 2024: $429 Upgrade from Version 2023 or earlier or crossgrade: $449 Upgrade from Version 2024 Audiophile: $169 (*Requires Audiophile Edition Version 2024.) Audiophile PlusPAK Upgrade from Version 2024 Audiophile Edition: $149 (*Requires the 2024 Audiophile Edition.) Includes Band-in-a-Box 2025 and the 202 NEW RealTracks in Sets 449-467. **Only available for a limited time!** Upgrade from any previous Audiophile (2023 or earlier): $299 (*Requires the 2024 Audiophile Edition) Band-in-a-Box® Audiophile Edition (Physical copy Version) The Audiophile Edition is enhanced with FLAC files, which are 60% smaller than WAV files while maintaining identical audio quality. This now ships on a fast 1TB SSD. First-time purchase: $669 Upgrade from Version 2024: $479 Upgrade from Version 2023 or earlier or crossgrade: $499 Upgrade from Version 2024 Audiophile: $199 (*Requires Audiophile Edition Version 2024.) **Only available for a limited time!** Upgrade from any previous Audiophile (2023 or earlier): $349 (*Requires any previous Audiophile Edition Version 2023 or earlier.) Band-in-a-Box® PlusPAK Upgrades Includes Band-in-a-Box 2025 and the 202 NEW RealTracks in Sets 449-467. (*Requires the 2024 Audiophile Edition.) (The PlusPAK is designed to upgrade 2024 UltraPAK & UltraPAK+ users who are downloading their upgrade or do not want to purchase a new hard drive.) PlusPAK Upgrade from Version 2024: $99 (reg: $129) Audiophile PlusPAK Upgrade from Version 2024 Audiophile Edition (Download Only): $149 (*Requires the 2024 Audiophile Edition.) **Only available for a limited time!** If you need any help deciding which package is the best option for you, just let us know. We are here to help!

About the Style Picker I'd like the developers to work on further developing the Style Picker to make our lives easier. For example, improving the Style Picker's user experience by specifying and programming keywords in the database so that, for example, in the filter text field, from a drop-down list, we can use predefined expressions that the developers/musicians and creators of PG Music would have thought of including in the Style Picker to allow us to more quickly obtain what we often look for. Example: sidestick on beats 2 and 4 to find out which styles allow this groove pattern. or, ending with cymbals and how many other suggestions for fills and variations concerning the drum. Where are the styles that allow the sidestick to be used on the 2nd and 4th beats? For example, from the chord chart (when I right-click on a), I have sidesticks for several styles, but ALWAYS on each beat. I never see a sidestick on beats 2 and 4. Currently, I'm looking for a Rock Ballad style that offers sidestick on beats 2 and 4. If you've already seen this, let me know. Thanks!

I have a long setlist and always play them with Track Type set to Guitar so I can see the notes and the tabs. However, every time I open a song it defaults to Single Channel so I have to go in and reset it. Is there a way of changing the default Track Type to Guitar or anything else?

I’d really like some better Western swing drum, rhythm guitar, bass and rhythm piano tracks. The current ones just don’t get it, they don’t swing! Would also really love some Western swing non pedal steel guitar. Think Bob Wills’ and Leon McAullife’s band sound in the late 40’s and early 50’s. BIAB’s tracks and styles labeled “Country Swing” are not even close to the feel of real Western Swing! There are lots of us WS players that would love authentic WS sounds to practice with!! Right now I have to make do with a hodgepodge of styles that don’t feel right. Thanks for reading this! Pete

I’d really like some Western swing drum, rhythm guitar, bass and rhythm piano tracks. The current ones just don’t get it. Would also really love some Western swing non pedal steel guitar. Has anyone made User tracks of these?

Using the VST with Reaper, I made the Band-in-a-Box track a parent to the tracks containing the MIDI it generated. Once I had assigned instruments to those tracks, I noticed that the output level from the parent was much louder than the level being passed into it. Soloing instruments showed me that Band-in-a-Box was adding 6db just by being present. The obvious fix is to remove the parent/child relationship (or to disable the Band-in-a-Box plugin after generation). However, I'm curious about why the gain increase happens. I don't see anything in the VST that looks like a control for it.

I'm on BIAB 2021 (515) Mac (OS12.7.6) and only just seen that I can export/save as video, but it always comes out as a blank video if notation is selected. I only get something if it's in Chord Sheet mode, but I want the notation play along. Can't update BIAB or Mac any further on my 2015 Macbook Pro. (I'm planning to upgrade to 2025 once it's out though) Any ideas?

Lately I've been attempting to find time to break out of my usual music routine and listen to newer/more obscure music and stumbled upon this piece based on a poem. The Pulley When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by, "Let us," said he, "pour on him all we can. Let the world's riches, which disperséd lie, Contract into a span." So strength first made a way; Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honor, pleasure. When almost all was out, God made a stay, Perceiving that, alone of all his treasure, Rest in the bottom lay. "For if I should," said he, "Bestow this jewel also on my creature, He would adore my gifts instead of me, And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature; So both should losers be. "Yet let him keep the rest, But keep them with repining restlessness. Let him be rich and weary, that at least, If goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast." --George Herbert

Band-in-a-Box for iOS Version 2.0.5 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 2.0.5

• Fixed: Crash when pressing Stop button before app was finished setup.
• Fixed: Crash when rebuilding song list for some users with very short song names, or songs with illegal characters.
• Fixed: Crash occurring sometimes when changing audio output route before app was finished setup.
• Fixed: Crash occurring when sometimes pressing About, probably before the app was finished setup.
• Fixed: Crash when displaying chord keyboard when the selected chord was out of the current song’s range.
• Fixed: Crash when adjusting volume slider before app was finished setup.

I'm working on three projects at present. They have little in common save for the one major hiccough: BIAB RealTrack timing &/or pitch issues. Nothing MAJOR, but in one project the drums & held guitar, that come with a style, have timing issues that have to be addressed if I'm to use them together. The drums have a little swing to them and a little variation in the timing on top of that - good, very good, they sound humanly played. The guitar doesn't match the swing well, nor the variations or general chord change timing, (perhaps the way the segments were edited/sliced). Again these are things that say HUMAN but when an accent like a held power chord is late it is noticeable. When it's frequently, but erratically, late it's annoying. Normally I'd replace the part with my own playing bit the SOUND of this guitar is what I'm after so I have to go into very close detail editing the guitar to ensure that at least the more important, more noticeable accents are aligned. It's a drag, and given the variation in the drum track it's not a matter of simply pulling up to the nearest division. Another track had a GREAT sounding bass part in BIAB but the pitch was out +8 to +17% throughout. That's not a lot I grant you, but noticeable to even my cloth ears given I was tracking & mixing, hence frequently exposed to it. Some of the walking parts between chords were a little odd too but I see & hear those as tension builders. I used Melodyne to pitch correct BUT, as you probably know, that program does subtle but noticeable things to tone. In editing for pitch I lost a chunk of the sound I was after so had to play it myself. I used the original bass part in Reaper to set up a preset in the free J.S Frequency Matcher so I could treat my bass part to get close to the tone of the BIAB one...SORT of successful but a drag. In some ways it's rather like being in a band and recording, having to deal with people's variable skills and aesthetics as well as temperaments. In that same song I found a pretty cool piano part that had the sound & style I was after but there were A LOT of extra notes - grace/passing/accidental/ghost - behind the actual chords. Some were cool but others clashed badly with the rest of the arrangement. I ended up using Melodyne to create a midi track of the piano part & then I manually edited the clangers, found a good sub of piano VSTi and things were much better. BIAB is fab and these problems are small beans but do interrupt work flow a bit. A drag, but not insurmountable.

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Toonetrack has a summer sale 25% on some of there packs. This on top of the crossgrade price for SD3 for those who have EZD3 makes it a little more decent price for SD3 for those in need of SD3. edit: example converting audio drum track to components or combined drum mid.

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.