Band-in-a-Box 2013 for Windows® is here... info and links

The home page has an overview www.pgmusic.com

Ordering information and order here ... http://www.pgmusic.com/bbwin.packages.htm
Information and demos of the 101 new RealTracks here

Learn more about the new features here...
http://www.pgmusic.com/bbwin.htm


Description of the new features here...
http://www.pgmusic.com/bbwin.new.htm

Information and demos for the 101 new RealTracks here
http://www.pgmusic.com/bbwin.realtracks.htm


Band-in-a-Box 2013 for Windows® is here with over 50 cool new features!

We’ve been busy and have added some great new features and new RealTracks, MIDI SuperTracks, Sounds and Artist Performances to Band-in-a-Box! Compared to version 2012.5 (July 2012), this adds 50 new features, 101 new RealTracks, and 50 new MIDI SuperTracks. Compared to version 2012 (December 2011) this adds 65 new features, 202 new RealTracks, and 91 new MIDI SuperTracks!

Band-in-a-Box 2013 Features and Additions
There are some exciting new features in Band-in-a-Box 2013. We’ve added a new MIDI VST synth (SampleTank) and have added some great High Quality (“Hi-Q”) MIDI Sounds. These Hi-Q sounds make the MIDI tracks (regular and MIDI SuperTracks), sound much better. We’ve added Performance Tracks - Artists Performances on the Melody track, to showcase the BB RealTracks demos playing along to an artist performing the melody. These are great for listening, or learning-from-the-Pros (since notation/tab shows for the performances). You can “Print to PDF” -save your printouts directly as a PDF file. Pick "best" soloist RealTracks: This new dialog shows you the best soloists that match the genre, tempo, feel of your song. There is SoundCloud.com integration and DropBox integration added. A new Song Form feature allows you to define sections of a song (A,B,C etc.), and then rearrange the song by simply typing the form you want (e.g. AABABAACA ). Leadsheet window can now be resized. When you are choosing a RealTracks or RealDrums, there are now a list of recently used - Favorite RealTracks, RealDrums.The popular “Band Button” is enhanced now enhanced, with many more RealStyles made, listed, submenus, and instruments shown. Save Track as Performance. This takes 'freezing' a track one step further, and saves the audio itself. So you can send your BB song to your friend, who will be able to play that track without needing to have the RealTrack installed.

Plus Important Features added in version 2012.5 (released July 2012), including

- MIDI SuperTracks. We’ve enhanced the MIDI style generation, by adding a new engine that generates MIDI SuperTracks. Instead of MIDI styles based on C7 chord patterns that get repeated over every chord, the MIDI SuperTracks are based on actual playing by studio musicians. Play the SuperTracks using your MIDI synth, or favorite VST Plugins to get a great sound using MIDI.
We’ve also added other new MIDI features, such as: selectable PPQ resolution for export of MIDI files (from 120 to 1920 PPQ). We’ve added new chord types, including the
diminished triad (Cdim5 has notes C,Eb,Gb) , the ‘add2’ chord ( Cadd2 = C,D,E,G) and ‘madd2’ (Cmadd2 = C,D,Eb,G)
We’ve enhanced the RealTracks. There are 176 more RealTracks that have ‘Simple Variations’ available now. With 2012 there were 43 RealTracks with simple Variations. Now there are 219, which covers most of the RealTracks that could benefit from a Simple variation! We’ve enhanced the display of the RealCharts, so that the notation, and guitar tab display is more accurate. We’ve added new RealCharts for existing bass RealTracks, so you’ll see notation and bass display for them.


With Band-in-a-Box 2013, we’ve added a huge number of new RealTracks (101), with great new Jazz, Pop, and Country Styles. These include:
- Jazz RealTracks: Classic Jazz Piano (Boogie, Piano-4-to-Bar), Easy Listening Guitar Swing (Oliver Gannon), Smooth Jazz Acoustic Piano, Dixieland - Medium Soloists (Clarinet,Trombone,Trumpet,Ac.Guitar), Cuban Guajira & Guaracha (Bass, Percussion, Piano, Tres) and more.
- Country RealTracks: Pedal Steel Soloing (CMA winner Paul Franklin), 5 new guitar accompaniment RealTracks recorded by Nashville guitar legend Brent Mason, Country Sax Soloing with Mark Douthit, 12 John Jarvis Piano tracks, Fiddle, Mandolin soloing. Resonator guitar soloing with Nashville great Rob Ickes (13 time winner International Bluegrass Player of the Year).
- Pop/Rock RealTracks: Texas Blues slow 12/8 soloing and rhythm with guitar masters Sol Philcox and Brent Mason, Rock Piano (CMA winner John Jarvis), Medium Folk, Euro Dance, Celtic (Aire, Waltz, Irish Bouzouki), Pop Mandolin, and Texas Blues-Rock: Smokin' Blues Sax with Nashville Session master Mark Douthit.


Plus these 101 RealTracks that were added with BB 2011.5 (July 2011)
These 101 RealTracks were added in BB 2012.5:
- Jazz -31 RealTracks including : Cuban RealTracks made with Rebeca Mauleon including full instrumentation for Son Montuno and Bolero (piano, percussion, baby bass, tres guitar, guitar), Jazz Funk “Movin” styles, Mike LeDunne Jazz Waltz Organ, Dixieland smedium tempo rhythm section.
- Pop – 36 RealTracks including Modern Dance Pop, John Jarvis Piano styles, and more Texas Blues and Rock n Roll with Brent Mason and Sol Philcox.
- Country – 34 RealTracks including John Jarvis Country, Praise and Worhsip Modern Groove, Country Boogie, Western Swing Soloists, and Killer Soloists,


With BB 2013, we’ve added 50 Great MIDI SuperTracks, including Piano (Classic, Traditional Jazz, Modern Jazz, Celtic, New Age), Strings (Pop, Jazz) and more

Plus, with BB 2012.5 (July 2012) we added these 41 MIDI SuperTracks, for Pop, Jazz and Country – Piano, Bass, Organ, Synth Pad
MIDI SuperTracks Set 1 – Pop Piano and More -11 MIDI SuperTracks for Pop and Rock
MIDI SuperTracks Set 2 – All Jazz 24 MIDI SuperTracks for Jazz
MIDI SuperTracks Set 3 – Country Piano

Here are some audio demos of the new BiaB 2013 RealTracks

R&B Horns with TexasBluesRock Rhythm Section RealTracks Demo http://64.40.109.32/audio/allstyledemos/_TBLZSBS.m4a http://64.40.109.32/audio/allstyledemos/_TBLZSBS.wma

SlowCountry12/8 with Pedal Steel Soloist RealTracks Demo http://64.40.109.32/audio/allstyledemos/_PSSO128.m4a http://64.40.109.32/audio/allstyledemos/_PSSO128.wma

Brent Mason, Country Ballad with 2 Fingerpicking Guitars http://64.40.109.32/audio/allstyledemos/_FPBNTPS.m4a http://64.40.109.32/audio/allstyledemos/_FPBNTPS.wma

RealTracks Set 173 - Celtic Air, Waltz & More - http://demos.pgmusic.com/audio/allstyledemos/_CELTWLZ.wma
(note: The Fiddle playing the melody isn't a RealTracks (it is an artist performance by Daniel Lapp), but the rest of the instruments are RealTracks.

Country Soloists: Sax and More!: Sax, Tenor, Soloist PopCountryMark Ev 085 http://nn.pgmusic.com/pgfiles/demos/Sax_Tenor_Soloist_PopCountryMark_Ev_085_Render.m4a


Many more audio demos of the RealTracks available here... http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/showflat.p...ge=0#Post387351


... and don't forget the features and 1010 RealTracks that were introduced in BiaB 2012.5 (July 2012)
http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/showflat.p...=1&vc=1

No special upgrade price for 2012.5 to 2013?

Paj
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Paj, yes, there is a special upgrade price from 2012.5 Ultra or Everything Pak to 2013. It is the $99 2013 Plus Pak. It is downloadable and sent to you on DVD. Click on it from the main ordering page.

When i can buy this in germany ?. I want not use a credit card, i want pay with paypal or buy on a german shop.

But in germany i see no shop that sell the 2013 Version. all have only the 2012.5.

I try your shop, but here stand something with taxes. I do not more. I also did not know, if i can buy in your shop with paypal.

Hi ACD,

You should contact www.m3c.de

The BIG question for me....does it support 64 bit VSTi's?

Hi, Joden -

No, BIAB 2013 is still a 32-bit application and will only support 32-bit VSTi's.

There are wishlist requests for a 64-bit version of BIAB, but we'll have to wait until that happens before we can use 64-bit VSTi's.

Yes as I said in the other thread re this...means I will need to look at something else and NOT BIAB...pity, it did show a lot of promise...

Well, even at 32-bit, you won't find find another program that comes close to doing what BIAB does as well as it does it.

Of course, you can use BIAB to create audio and MIDI parts, which you then can import into a 64-bit DAW, where you can use 64-bit VSTi's. A little extra work, but try creating a full band of parts based on a chord progression in any other DAW.

I'm curious which VSTi's you are wanting to use, as many of them come with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. The biggest difference is the amount of memory (i.e. sample size) they can access, but otherwise are functionally equivalent.

Actually just to make a correction, streaming vsti's use very little RAM, as they are streaming from audio samples on a drive...modelling vsti's on the other hand do not stream any sample data but run totally from RAM.

Now with the windows 32 bit restriction on ram to 3 gig MAX, even if you have 16 gig installed...this ram space gets eaten up VERY quickly with the OS, the programs running and the vsti's...hence the need for 64 bit and more available ram.

I am not bagging BIAB at all...I had specific purpose that needed a host to run 64 bit...

I can always just run midi out via LoopMidi into Cantabile as the VST host, but it would have been better all within BIAB as the patches can be saved along with the song...if it is an external host, one also has to jump from BIAB to the host to load a new soundset if needed...

Hey BIAB Gang!
Well, I need to jump to 2013. Question on the updates. If I order today, will I still need to download the updates? Or, will they be included with the bundle?

Thanks!

BIAB ships hard drives with current updates, and there hasn't been an update in many weeks. You should be up to date with whatever you order, assuming it comes directly from the company.

Thanks Matt! Hey, it great to see you out there! It has been a while since we chatted. Have you produced any new CDs? The last I heard was back in 2009.

One more question. Being I am upgrading from 2010, would it be be best to just delete all of 2010 before installing 2013 so as to not have to all the duplicate files? Or, is there any code needed to note this is an upgrade?

I really do not want to hunt and peck through all the files looking for duplicates.

Thanks!

Thanks! I wrote 8 of the 11 songs on the 2010 CD by my percussionist, Tomas Martin Lopez. The songs were composed in BIAB. We had a great band including some who played on my CD, and the amazing Latin jazz pianist Bill O'Connell playing and arranging. You can PM me if you would like a link for info.

The installer will simply overwrite your 2010 installation, no problem. The main reason to not delete first is that you may have installed "bonus paks" that are sometimes offered by PG Music.

I have always installed the new version of Band in a Box right overtop of the old.

One big advantage in doing it this way is that all of my personal songfiles and folders remain right where they've always been, ready to run with the new version.


--Mac

Thanks Matt. I had not installed any packs other than the original product. But, as long as it overwrites the existing software that would be fine. The bugs in 2010 were growing a little frustrating. I am sure they fixed the issues by now.
I am excited as I upgraded to the UltraPlus because I need to stretch my brain and learn something new again.

Don't laugh. But it has been so long since I have made it to the board that I forgot how to PM. Shoot me one if you would.

Thanks!

Ok, I sent you a PM. You should have a flashing little red icon after the "Logout" up at the top. Click on it.

I mentioned in the PM how to send one.

Hi, I have a question about upgrade paths:

I'm going to be upgrading from version 2009-ish. I'm having a hard time deciding between the MegaPak (at $159) and the UltraPlusPak (at $299).

My question is whether there is a lateral upgrade path from the MegaPak to the UltraPlusPak. In other words, if I buy the MegaPak, and decide in several months that I really would like the UltraPlus, can I do that without having to pay the whole $279 (lowest upgrade I could find.. from v.2012)?

Thanks!

You would have to give PG Music sales a call to be sure, but they have always been more than fair. I know they have done something similar for some other users here, according to their posts.

You will be amazed at the improvements since 2009, but you will feel right at home using the new version.

There is a standard piece of advice around here to 'buy as much as you can afford', because you will want all the RealTracks once you start working with them.

AND, you might want to wait a little, as pgmusic always has dynamite savings deals when there is a new release.

Thanks, Matt and Mac. Naturally I missed Mac's reply before I went ahead and bought the Ultra Plus Pak!

Hopefully if there's a new release soon, they'll be generous with upgrade options for recent purchasers.

Don't lament, Blorg, this program is a bargain at any price.

You are able to get up and running, all the sooner to HAVE FUN!


--Mac

Hey Mac;

As someone looking to get into the BIAB family, any ideas as to when the new release/next update from PG Music will be?

P.S. Big time NEWBIE here!

Welcome. I'm not Mac, just another user, and we users do not know anything about official release dates. While there has often been a mid-year release in July/August for the last several years, there wasn't one this year. There is normally a new version each year a few weeks before Christmas, but again, past practice is no guarantee of future action.

What Matt said.


--Mac

Del3535, welcome to the friendliest, most informative, most talented forum on the www. You need only ask and the only dumb question is the one never asked.