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New FREE EXPANDED User Style for Band-in-a-Box. Band-in-a-Box has always had these limitations. 1) You can't put a chord both on a beat and the eighth note before that same beat 2) You can't put more than 4 chords in a bar of music Norton Music invented EXPANDED styles in the 1990s to overcome these limitations. Using EXPANDED styles you can put up to 8 chords in a 4/4 measure and that means you can put a chord on a beat and the eighth note before the same beat. You can read an explanation on how it works, listen to an audio demo, and download a FREE EXPANDED style for Band-in-a-Box here: It's a simple, basic Rock/Country/Pop style. It demonstrates how Norton Music EXPANDED styles work and it's yours FREE for the download. For more information and your FREE style, go to: http://www.nortonmusic.com/expanded.htmlEnjoy
Bob "Notes" Norton  Norton Music
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100% MIDI Super-Styles recorded by live, pro, studio musicians for a live groove
& Fake Disks for MIDI and/or RealTracks
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This is great!
I wouldn't have mind seeing a link to your Styles Disk #17 on that page,
to check out more of your "expanded" styles.
Thanks Notes!
LLOYD S
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Thanks for the kind words Lloyd.
I figure if people want to find Disk #17, they can find it on my site. If not, it won't seem like I'm pushing it on them.
I have had a number of people e-mailing me about EXPANDED styles over the past few months, and I thought long and hard about doing this.
I didn't want to be spamming the group, but having a web page keeps me from explaining the same thing again. Plus with the graphics, it's easier to see what it's all about.
After making a demo EXPANDED style, I figured "Why not share it with the group?"
If you like it and find it useful, enjoy. If you want more I'm happy to sell some. If you don't like it, just remove it.
It took a week to get this all together, write the style, make the pictures, code the web page, etc., but I'm not gigging due to COVID so it was a good use of 'sheltering at home' time.
Notes
Bob "Notes" Norton Norton Music
https://www.nortonmusic.com
100% MIDI Super-Styles recorded by live, pro, studio musicians for a live groove
& Fake Disks for MIDI and/or RealTracks
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Thanks for the effort, Notes! I just picked up Disk #17 yesterday and need to do some noodling now with those expanded styles. Looking forward to it!
Question: do you compile/put together custom disks of your existing styles?
Specifically, I'd like to pick up just your blues and reggae styles? Anything like that possible?
TIA!
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I don't compile custom disks, but if you go to http://www.nortonmusic.com/styledemo.html you can order single styles. There is a built in discount, so as you put more single styles in the cart, the price per style goes down. For those who asked, you can get an entire e-disk of EXPANDED styles at http://www.nortonmusic.com/style17.htmlNotes
Bob "Notes" Norton Norton Music
https://www.nortonmusic.com
100% MIDI Super-Styles recorded by live, pro, studio musicians for a live groove
& Fake Disks for MIDI and/or RealTracks
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ThinkPad i9 32GB RAM 7TB SSD; Win11 Pro; PreSonus Studio 1810c; BiaB 2024 Ultra
Studio One 6 Pro; MuseScore 4; Melodyne 5 Studio; Acoustica Premium 7; Guitar Pro 8
Gig Performer 5; NI S61 MK3; Focal Shape 65; Beyerdynamic DT 880 & 770
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I know Notes does some classy midi styles, but have to say I was always waiting for a sale similar to what PG music run every December where I could do a bulk buy a package such as The Everything Pack (all styles and fake disks to date) or Total Style disk or Total fake disk which would include either all styles or all fake disks to date.
The small discount for buying multiple disks is just putting me off.
Martin
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For about 5 years I did a mega-pack with a deep discount, and sold two. It was over $600 less than retail. It wasn't as popular as I thought, so this summer when I added 5 new disks, I dropped it rather than doing the math, updating the files, updating the web page, updating the shopping cart. etc. There comes a point where the time invested vs. the return doesn't make sense. It wasn't worth the time for me. The discounts on this page http://www.nortonmusic.com/mega.html are automatically applied by the shopping cart, and you can save hundreds of dollars with them. With a small business like mine the fees for shopping cart, web host, Visa/Mc authorization company, Visa/MC merchant's account, bank, etc., are still paid every month, but spread out over a fraction of users. By the time a shopper will rack up big discounts on my discount page, you'd be surprised at how little is left for me. I have to eat too. If you think the products are worth the price, consider buying them, if not, that's OK too. I offer them for those who see the value in them, and most people after buying one come back for more so I guess that speaks for itself. Notes
Bob "Notes" Norton Norton Music
https://www.nortonmusic.com
100% MIDI Super-Styles recorded by live, pro, studio musicians for a live groove
& Fake Disks for MIDI and/or RealTracks
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I know Notes does some classy midi styles, but have to say I was always waiting for a sale similar to what PG music run every December where I could do a bulk buy a package such as The Everything Pack (all styles and fake disks to date) or Total Style disk or Total fake disk which would include either all styles or all fake disks to date.
The small discount for buying multiple disks is just putting me off.
Martin After having gone through many of my books and entering songs, finding the right styles, or creating them I quickly became a customer of Notes styles and fakebooks. It is much nicer to have it done for you! Worth every penny I have spent over the years.
My wife asked if I had seen the dog bowl. I told her I didn't even know he could.
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Notes, I have a question. Your expanded styles are MIDI. What happens if I were to replace one of your instruments, say an acoustic guitar in a Bossa style, with a RealTrack guitar? Would it ‘make sense’ musically? Would I need to alter the timebase?
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Notes, I have a question. Your expanded styles are MIDI. What happens if I were to replace one of your instruments, say an acoustic guitar in a Bossa style, with a RealTrack guitar? Would it ‘make sense’ musically? Would I need to alter the timebase? It would depend on the track you choose, as it will play twice as fast. I can see where in some cases it might work, but in most cases it would be very busy. Still there is no harm in trying. A twice as fast rhythm guitar on a bossa track could make a hybrid between a bossa and a samba. Notes
Bob "Notes" Norton Norton Music
https://www.nortonmusic.com
100% MIDI Super-Styles recorded by live, pro, studio musicians for a live groove
& Fake Disks for MIDI and/or RealTracks
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Thanks, yes, I suspected I would need to change the timebase to half-time.
BIAB, with all its RealTracks, does not have a samba acoustic guitar at some of the tempos I like.
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Yes, the EXPANDED styles are designed to work at twice the tempo but sound right. There are literally thousands of editing things you can do with MIDI that you cannot do with audio.
A good MIDI sound module can sound almost as good as a sample, but with editing can be hundreds of times more expressive and/or customizable. Everything has its price.
Insights and incites by Notes
Bob "Notes" Norton Norton Music
https://www.nortonmusic.com
100% MIDI Super-Styles recorded by live, pro, studio musicians for a live groove
& Fake Disks for MIDI and/or RealTracks
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Update Your PowerTracks Pro Audio 2024 Today!
The Newest RealBand 2024 Update is Here!
The newest RealBand 2024 Build 5 update is now available!
Download and install this to your RealBand 2024 for updated print options, streamlined loading and saving of .SGU & MGU (BB) files, and to add a number of program adjustments that address user-reported bugs and concerns.
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Backup copies are offered during the checkout process on our website.
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Note: the Band-in-a-Box® keychain is only included with flash drive backup copies, and cannot be purchased separately.
Handy flash drive tip: Always try plugging in a USB device the wrong way first? If your flash drive (or other USB plug) doesn't have a symbol to indicate which way is up, look for the side with a seam on the metal connector (it only has a line across one side) - that's the side that either faces down or to the left, depending on your port placement.
Update your Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows® Today!
Update your Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows for free with build 1111!
With this update, there's more control when saving images from the Print Preview window, we've added defaults to the MultiPicker for sorting and font size, updated printing options, updated RealTracks and other content, and addressed user-reported issues with the StylePicker, MIDI Soloists, key signature changes, and more!
Learn more about this free update for Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows at www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htm#1111
Band-in-a-Box® 2024 Review: 4.75 out of 5 Stars!
If you're looking for a in-depth review of the newest Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows version, you'll definitely find it with Sound-Guy's latest review, Band-in-a-Box® 2024 for Windows Review: Incredible new capabilities to experiment, compose, arrange and mix songs.
A few excerpts:
"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."
Convenient Ways to Listen to Band-in-a-Box® Songs Created by Program Users!
The User Showcase Forum is an excellent place to share your Band-in-a-Box® songs and listen to songs other program users are creating!
There are other places you can listen to these songs too! Visit our User Showcase page to sort by genre, artist (forum name), song title, and date - each listing will direct you to the forum post for that song.
If you'd rather listen to these songs in one place, head to our Band-in-a-Box® Radio, where you'll have the option to select the genre playlist for your listening pleasure. This page has SoundCloud built in, so it won't redirect you. We've also added the link to the Artists SoundCloud page here, and a link to their forum post.
We hope you find some inspiration from this amazing collection of User Showcase Songs!
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There are 45 winners, each receiving a Band-in-a-Box 2024 UltraPAK! Read the official announcement to see if you've won.
Our User Showcase Forum receives more than 50 posts per day, with people sharing their Band-in-a-Box songs and providing feedback for other songs posted.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed!
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