I do see where you get new chord types -- dim triad, dim7, and Add2. These have all been loudly demanded in the past.

Clarification, the three new types are dim5 (which means dim, because we always had dim7 when we used dim), add2, and madd2.

what!! No 50 new features, we can't have a new release without that, just another reason to wait until the end of the year.

And I guess John Conley will have to eat his hat since he said that midi was dead!!



Musiclover

Well, PG Music says this:

We’re excited to offer Band-in-a-Box 2012.5 for Windows with over 15 great new features and enhancements, 101 more RealTracks, and for the first time ever, MIDI SuperTracks.

I think they are entitled to have fewer new features when they introduce a ground-breaking new direction.

Hi Tony,

Here's the link from Peter's post that I referred to earlier ...

http://www.pgmusic.com/bbwin.new.htm

If you scroll down the page a bit, you'll find a list that is pretty comprehensive.

All the best,
Noel

Big productions are demanding far more than the old worn out midi protocol. You have varying parts fighting it out in the background. Some needed LAN protocols mLan being one. There have been a lot of pros and cons but midi cannot say " switch device x to mode y and do the following lighting changes at time q " for example.

Yamaha have a sort of proprietary thing, and I bet we will see many new things in the near future.

Midi was 80's.

To tell me manufacturers will make midi modules either software or hardware based, and spending r n d monies on it is bordering the ludicrous.

The midiots may rejoice at this, but I think the smart money lies elsewhere. And to suggest that our beloved pgmusics use of midi anything as a bell weather is patently unrealistic.

The forward moving computer music technology has left basic midi stranded on Elba, a forlorn and solitary existence standing at an angle that when viewed in context makes the famed Italian tower appear perpendicular.

No matter the slice it is thin, have fun, and perhaps you, business basic and z80 machine language can make a late foray for gold, blithley ignoring Theodosius as he promulgates the future.

I watched the new features video and it sold me. I was going to wait but I want to start using some of those new features NOW! Also, I just watched the DAW tutorial which is very worthwhile. I wished I had watched it a lot sooner as it would have saved me a lot of time. That's another good reason to keep current for me anyway.

Stan

Sometimes I think the best would be to arrange to have a person with a background / degree / diploma in Adult Education. A serious one with that as their 'life mission'.

Then take a good videographer, someone who can put together a story board, some resources into production and then to forge ahead and make a case for going ahead with the software.

When I think of some of the players, including Oliver Gannon that could collaborate on the final track, and then to show how they would do it live, well, that would be a HUGE boost.

But I see you making a decision, and I'm sure those of us who are current would like to hear of what you accomplish, and how this changes the game for you.!

Bonne Chance mon ami...