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When I decided to get BIAB for my Mac i read the information for guitar players on the following link: http://www.pgmusic.com/wanttoplay/guitar.htm#2It clearly states BIAB can display guitar tablature and chord diagrams without making a distinction between WIN and MAC versions. Once installed I discover the MAC version does not have this feature, very important for me. Other functions not available that I've noticed besides guitar TAB: - Very small lyrics window, very hard to read. - No leadsheet function. - No ability to use a Real track instrument to play the actual melody. - No ability to record or mix other audio from inside the app. - No tuner. Thank you.
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The real track instruments do not play melodies on either platform, as realtracks are not midi based and are recordings of live musicians playing 3 to 5 minute wave files. They are not broken down far enough in the process to actually play a note by note path.
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Sorry you felt mislead by the features advertised at that link. One thing that many of our customers do when they need the features you mentioned is to run the Windows version on the Windows side of your the Intel Mac. That way you can use your Mac, but take advantage of those Windows-only features that you need. We'd be happy to exchange your Mac version for the Windows. You also have your 30 day money-back guarantee, should you decide you aren't happy with the program.
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Other functions not available that I've noticed besides guitar TAB:
- Very small lyrics window, very hard to read.
- No leadsheet function.
- No ability to use a Real track instrument to play the actual melody.
- No ability to record or mix other audio from inside the app.
- No tuner.
Thank you.
-In notation window of Mac version, it is the worst looking interface you can get. Also you cannot edit notes of the melody entered compared to PC version .
I would like to see a better Mac version in the future that is so close to PC version. I hope PGmusic is paying attention to these some issues in Mac version.
If the Mac version is like a PC version, BIAB will be the Uno. Other than that, nothing compares to BIAB. It has no competition in its class except itself.
Hats off 
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Sorry you felt mislead by the features advertised ...
It would be considered good practice to publish full fledged and individual feature lists for both -> Windows and Mac version ...
Martin
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the misleading part is the "2010.5" denomination. If the number is the same, you expect the counterpart cross-platform version to be the same. Let's see... if Windows version is at 2010.5, mac would be at what?...
@Gail - we run macs SPECIFICALLY to stay away from Windows, don't tell me that, if I want everything that the application has to offer, I have to install and run Windows.
You guys might as well scratch the Mac version all together and say it's not supported anymore, then concentrate on the Windows version to make it work and look like what it deserves- 21ts century...
Alex
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The program was always the same, on Windows and Mac. The Mac people developed early compilers that allowed the program to be run on a Mac. Then they dumped the O/S, and had no compilers for the code, and no software could be ported to the new systems. So this is who's fault?
They've done this twice by the way. Now if you were developing software, using a language and compiler currently available for Mac's with the aforementioned information, would you bet the farm on developing something for the Mac?
Because they choose not to make available all the required pieces and parts, they develop good stuff like GarageBand etc. Don't flog those who try and offer an alternative. Maybe if Macs had 50 percent of the market share some guys would reverse engineer the thing to figure out what they broke and made proprietary.
A little history lesson...when you buy a Mac they tell you that you do not need anything more to be a huge musician, a hollywood star, or a rocket scientist. In fact if they find out you buy 3rd party software it surprises me that they don't void your Mac ticket and hardware warranty. If you can be James Cameron and David Foster by owning a Mac you don't need band in a box. (Cause that's 2 Canadians and you will watch hockey and eat maple syrup instead).
Last edited by John Conley; 10/19/10 04:03 PM.
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