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This blog post attempts to answer questions I get quite often."What version of Band-in-a-Box should I buy? Should I choose the entry-level Pro version or should you go all out and buy the Audiophile Edition? Should I buy the Mac or the PC version? What add-ons should I buy?" The quick answer is "it depends!" Read the blogComments and feedback is, as always, appreciated!
LyricLab A.I assisted chords and lyric app. Export lyrics and import directly into Band-in-a-Box 2024. https://lyriclab.net Play-along with songs you know and love, download SGU files https://playiit.com/
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Great blog to start my day Joanne. Your blog is certainly a good place to refer folks who want to know what BIAB is all about. BIAB/RB is easily the best kept 'real' secret for the music student, teacher, hobbyist, performer, composer and professionals. There's something for every level of music lover. You are a great ambassador.
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Well done.
I would add that if you are a Mac user you already have GarageBand that is a decent DAW and is installed free on Macs. $199 for Logic Pro X gets you a top tier DAW with many hundred of sounds, effects and loops. And that cost includes lifetime upgrades including the above mentioned add ons. You’ll never pay another dime.
FWIW
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Thank you Charlie and Bud.
Bud, do you mind if I post your comment on my blog?
LyricLab A.I assisted chords and lyric app. Export lyrics and import directly into Band-in-a-Box 2024. https://lyriclab.net Play-along with songs you know and love, download SGU files https://playiit.com/
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Thank you Charlie and Bud.
Bud, do you mind if I post your comment on my blog?
Your are more than welcome to. Bud
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Thank you Charlie and Bud.
Bud, do you mind if I post your comment on my blog?
Your are more than welcome to. Bud Thanks Bud. I have done that! Would you perhaps like to write a guest blog post for me on how you use Mac BIAB with garage band and logic? That would completely awesome! I am always on the lookout for guest blog posts....
LyricLab A.I assisted chords and lyric app. Export lyrics and import directly into Band-in-a-Box 2024. https://lyriclab.net Play-along with songs you know and love, download SGU files https://playiit.com/
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I always recommend that people buy as far up the food chain as they can afford. It does have a 100% money back guarantee.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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Yeah herb, I usually do the same.
LyricLab A.I assisted chords and lyric app. Export lyrics and import directly into Band-in-a-Box 2024. https://lyriclab.net Play-along with songs you know and love, download SGU files https://playiit.com/
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Great Blog post, Joanne!
I will say it again. I really wish PGMusic would rename BIAB Pro to something else. It causes all sorts of confusion. Folks order it thinking they're getting the top tier product at a reduced price, and then get disappointed when it's not that at all. In fact, it's the "Entry" level version.
For all my other pieces of audio software, the "Pro" or "Professional" version is the top end version that does include all the bells and whistles. I've got MultiTrack Studio Pro, Mixcraft Pro Studio, Samplitude Pro Studio, etc. These are not the entry level versions.
Many of those vendors then have a mid-range version called "Artist" or something similar (Presonus uses "Artist" this with Studio One, as does Steinberg with Cubase).
For entry level basic functionality, it should be something more like "Elements" (used by Steinberg) or "Prime" (used by Presonus).
Avid uses "First" for their basic system, then just the product name (e.g. ProTools or Sibelius) for the mid-tier, then "Ultimate" for the top of the line.
Native Instruments calls the lower tier of the "Symphony Series" as "Essentials".
So, when I see "Pro", I'm not going to think "Basic", because the rest of the market place doesn't. Words like "Elements", "Prime", "First", or "Essentials" much better convey what BIAB Pro really is.
Okay, off my soapbox now.
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Hi John. You are so right! I never really thought about that. I always just go straight for the Ultra Pak. People are often confused over the "Pro" pack when they open one of my backing tracks and dont have the style that I have used and say "but I bought the Pro version".
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Thank you Charlie and Bud.
Bud, do you mind if I post your comment on my blog?
Your are more than welcome to. Bud Thanks Bud. I have done that! Would you perhaps like to write a guest blog post for me on how you use Mac BIAB with garage band and logic? That would completely awesome! I am always on the lookout for guest blog posts.... My usage of BiaB is limited to generating RTs/RD’s and immediately exporting them to Logic Pro X. I tap only a very, very small percentage of the capabilities of BiaB so I would not have much to bring to the table other than I LOVE the product  Bud
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Hi bud. You would be surprised how many people would love to learn exactly how you do this.
LyricLab A.I assisted chords and lyric app. Export lyrics and import directly into Band-in-a-Box 2024. https://lyriclab.net Play-along with songs you know and love, download SGU files https://playiit.com/
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My usage of BiaB is limited to generating RTs/RD’s and immediately exporting them to Logic Pro X. I tap only a very, very small percentage of the capabilities of BiaB so I would not have much to bring to the table other than I LOVE the product Bud I also only use a small percentage of BiaB's capabilities. The only difference between our workflows is that I use MIDI and Studio One Pro. But we both love the product!
I want my last spoken words to be "I hid a million dollars under the........................"
64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware
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"The Tracks view is possibly the single most powerful addition in 2024 and opens up a new way to edit and generate accompaniments. Combined with the new MultiPicker Library Window, it makes BIAB nearly perfect as an 'intelligent' composer/arranger program."
"MIDI SuperTracks partial generation showing six variations – each time the section is generated it can be instantly auditioned, re-generated or backed out to a previous generation – and you can do this with any track type. This is MAJOR! This takes musical experimentation and honing an arrangement to a new level, and faster than ever."
"Band in a Box continues to be an expansive musical tool-set for both novice and experienced musicians to experiment, compose, arrange and mix songs, as well as an extensive educational resource. It is huge, with hundreds of functions, more than any one person is likely to ever use. Yet, so is any DAW that I have used. BIAB can do some things that no DAW does, and this year BIAB has more DAW-like functions than ever."
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