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


Last edited by Andrew - PG Music; 05/01/13 03:19 PM.
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