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We recently released Xtra Styles PAKs for Band-in-a-Box® 2016. There are up to 164 RealStyles included for Rock-Pop, Jazz, Country, and Singer-Songwriter!

We're including these in every purchase of the Band-in-a-Box® UltraPlusPAK, EverythingPAK, and Audiophile Edition during the month of August! Already have one of these packages? Add the new RealStyles to your collection with a special price of just $29 (a $49 value!)

There's been some amazing feedback from users like you who've already purchased these - thank you!"..."These are some very creative new RealStyles!"..."Very interesting and effective selections - great job!"..."The Jazz styles are GREAT!"..."Xtra Styles PAKs saves me time to get on with the music making"..."There are some excellence combinations that I would never have thought to try - great service!"..."What a fine Set!"..."There's great value with the Xtra Styles PAKs!"..."Some of these combinations would never have occurred to me - great job PG Music!"..."These sound great... really nice combos!"..."What a great addition to the Jazz styles!"..."These sound VERY good. The Singer-Songwriter in particular!"..."I like the idea of New styles from old Real Tracks."..."Demonstrates the potential of mixing and matching!"..."These are FANTASTIC!"..."Xtra Styles PAKs - what a bargain!"..."I love these new RealStyles, and can use them as-is!"..."There are some great combinations I would never have considered trying."..."These sound brilliant - what a great deal!"..."I have already begun re-doing some current projects with some of these excellent new offerings, and my list of 'favorite' styles just jumped. The ingredients may have all been pulled from my existing pantry, but the new recipes sure do create some good new eatin' comin' out of the BIAB oven."..."WOW, these are awesome!"..."What a bargain - these sound great!"..."What a great summertime surprise!"..."Seriously impressed with these Xtra Styles! Thanks PG!"..."An excellent and very fresh alternatives to create songs with an amazing musical result. As guitar player, composer, arranger and song author myself, the xtra styles have given me great sounding options."..."I just purchased them and they sound great!"..."Wow, these are awesome!!!!!!!!"...

Have you already purchased your Xtra Styles PAK? We'd love to hear what you think!

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Callie,

I think the new styles are brilliant! There are some pretty amazing combinations of instruments and genres -- I'm pretty sure that I'd never have thought of any of these by myself.

I'm also grateful for the inventive chord progressions that accompany the demos for each style. The reason is that I often use demo chord progressions as a starting place for creating my own chord progressions when I'm composing. I really appreciate the new material.

I congratulate Team PG Music on a great job!

Regards,
Noel


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Callie, I'm still learning the interface, so I'm not able to give you a realistic assessment, however, the previews are amazing!! Can't wait to test drive them.

I am an original 1990s DOS user of BIAB. Having been away so long, I can't believe the strides that have been made over the years. I produced a CD in 1992 and used BIAB for one song. The MIDI device was the Roland Sound Canvas, which I still have!! It works too. The song was very well received. It was "Baby It's Cold Outside." And yes, my music partner and I paid the royalties to SOCAN, so I can freely divulge the song title. We did everything above the radar. The CD sold about 400 copies. Pretty good for a couple guys having fun. BIAB was a big help then. We intend to use my new version (2016 Ultrapak) for our new CD.

One thing though, PG Music absolutely MUST get into the 21st century before it's over. Please update the styles naming conventions!!!!!!! DOS is done!!!!!!! Why are we still trying to decipher the style names from yesteryear??

Other than that, PG Music and its team rocks, as do the fine folks in this forum who have helped me along the way. Thanks to all.

- Lee

Last edited by Lee Batchelor; 08/16/16 11:29 AM.

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Thanks for the great feedback!

-Callie

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hi callie great job on these Xtra Styles PAK? really shows what you can created in biab all the styles are amazing loving the jazz styles great job pg team eric


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