BUY * SELL * TRADEAuthorized DealerThis item ships FREE!Band-in-a-Box MegaPAK 2011 from PG Music is MIDI compositional software with real audio that can create automatic accompaniments in an intelligent manner, allowing you can go from nothing to complete song arrangements in as little as a few seconds. Simply enter chords to a song, choose a style of music, and the software does the rest, generating a full band arrangement complete with bass, piano, drums, guitar, strings, and more. New Features in 2011 Built-in improvements to the sounds of the RealTracks, so that they sound more natural over a much wider range of tempos with the elastique Pro V2 time stretching engine by zplane.developmentiPhone version of Band-in-a-Box connects to your Windows desktop version of Band-in-a-Box 2011 and allows you to generate, play, and save songs on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad with the same high quality RealTracks soundRealTracks styles changes are available within a song and you can generate Soloist Medleys - solos that play RealTracks instruments during the solos, and moreYou can insert a specific RealTracks instrument at any bar to create a customized performanceYou can add up to 10 RealTracks to play simultaneously on the same trackScales Wizard for practicing generates scales for any chord progressionNew StylePicker Filters show you only the styles that match your search terms. These help you to select the style that you want, by allowing you to specify:Even/Swing feel8ths/16thsTempo rangeNumber of instruments Specific instruments (e.g. styles with "Banjo") Specific RealTracks Artists RealDrums ArtistsReal styles or MIDI stylesHuge number of new RealTracks addedRe-Generate part of a Soloist track, without erasing the existing partOptions to auto-replace MIDI styles with RealTracks styles"Triple-Time" RealTracks addedRealTracks can be made as half-time/double-time/triple-timeAny RealTracks can be made as a "Bluesy" RealTracks by selecting this checkbox in the RealTracks Picker - "Bluesy" RealTracks will play using blues scales (e.g. B♭ note on a C chord)"Practicing" feature allows you to change tempo of all loaded songs by a selectable factorOption to change all songs in a folder to your Default MixMP4 and M4A files supportedEasier entry of guitar notation on notation window General Features Use standard symbols to enter chords for your song into the Chord Sheet window - it only takes 3 minutes to enter chords for a typical song Arrange and edit your song using automatic intros, endings, style variation, drum fills, and much more Choose styles from a wide variety of genres using the searchable and informative StylePicker window When you play your song, Band-in-a-Box generates an original, professional quality arrangement using the style of your choice - loop parts of the song, transpose each chorus, play along with your keyboard, and much more RealDrums can replace the MIDI Drum track in any style with real recordings of top studio Jazz/Rock/Country drummers - RealDrums play in perfect sync with other Band-in-a-Box tracks RealTracks can be added to any song giving it an ultra-realistic feel, since RealTracks use audio recordings of actual musicians The Melodist can create an entire original song from scratch, including chords, melody, arrangement, solo, intro, and title The Band-in-a-Box Medley Maker allows you to combine multiple Band-in-a-Box song files into one continuous performance Using the Soloist, Band-in-a-Box will automatically create and play original, professional quality solos in the genre and style of your choice Automatic harmonization of Melody track, Soloist track, or live playing on Thru channel - select from over 200 included harmony types, with 2 to 5 part harmonies like SuperSax, 5 part trumpets, etc. Render your songs to wave/MP3/WMA for further editing in other programs, for use on the internet, or to make audio CDs of your music The Audio Chord Wizard automatically figures out chords in MP3/WAV/WMA files and CD-Audio tracks, and displays them in Band-in-a-Box Record your own MIDI part to the Melody or Soloist track from a MIDI keyboard, MIDI guitar, or MIDI wind controller The full-featured Notation Window displays chords and lyrics, as well as musical notation for all instrument tracks The Notation Window's 'Editable' and 'Staff Roll' modes allow you to quickly and easily enter or edit notation and lyrics You can view and edit all MIDI and lyric events in the Melody and Soloist tracks using the Event List Editor The Sequencer Window allows you to control multi-channel Melody or Soloist tracks (i.e. tracks with than one instrument), selecting the patch and volume for each channel, and more Band-in-a-Box can load and save many different types of files, including standard files like MID, KAR, WAV, WMA, MP3, and CD-AThe SongPicker window provides an easy way to organize, search, and open all of your Band-in-a-Box songs You can export your songs as standard MIDI files, enabling you to play or edit them with other software, etc. The intelligent MIDI File Chord Wizard will analyze any MIDI file, figure out the chords, and import chords and melody into Band-in-a-Box Reharmonizing a song with the Chord Substitution Wizard is a fun and educational way to perform or practice a familiar song in a brand new way The Melody Embellisher automatically adds notes (e.g. grace notes) and effects (e.g. vibrato) to the Melody track, making it more lively and realistic Use the Reharmonist to automatically develop chord progressions in the genre of your choice, based only on the melody The Jukebox will load and play an entire folder of songs, great for listening, practicing, and live performances The Conductor Window allows complete control of your song while it is playing by pressing hotkeys on your computer or MIDI keyboard - excellent for live performances Band-in-a-Box supports the TranzPort hardware device, which allows you to control and-in-a-Box remotely through walls from 30 feet away The SoundTrack Generator will create royalty-free music of a specified length, for you to use in home videos, presentations, jingles, etc. There's a Big Piano window in Band-in-a-Box which can display the notes of any track on a resizable piano keyboard The animated Guitar Fretboard window displays any track on Guitar and Bass. It can also display Ukulele, Mandolin, Banjo, and Violin fretboards The Guitarist can intelligently create a Guitar Chord Solo based on an existing Melody track, using correct guitar fret positions Band-in-a-Box's Guitar Tuner includes a tone generator, a pitch meter, fine-adjustment controls, a hum filter, and much more Improve your ear using the Interval and Chord Tutor modules in the Ear Training Window Pitch Invasion is an easy and fun to play, arcade-style music game, designed to teach you to recognize specific pitches from a variety of instruments and octave ranges Music Replay is another ear training game included with Band-in-a-Box, which is designed to teach the player to recognize and play back melodies and rhythms The convenient Practice Window is "practice central", where many Band-in-a-Box features and add-ons useful to learning can be launched The StyleMaker is a powerful component of Band-in-a-Box that allows you to create your own new styles from scratch, or edit existing styles The Hybrid StyleMaker allows you to easily make a new style by combining instruments from different styles The StyleWizard automatically creates a Band-in-a-Box style from a MIDI file - no knowledge of the StyleMaker is required While a typical Band-in-a-Box style has two substyles, MultiStyles can also be used which have anywhere from 4 to 24 substyles MIDI Monitor displays a listing of data received from computer MIDI Input and/or Band-in-a-Box output, useful for educational or diagnostic purposes The Animated Drum Kit Window is a cool, animated, 3D display of a complete drum kitUse the Big Lyrics Window for a Karaoke style display of chords and lyrics while your songs are playing Band-in-a-Box will play through an internal or external MIDI synthesizer of your choice, including DXi and VSTi synthesizers Many specialized MIDI options are available, which can help you customize Band-in-a-Box to make the most of your specific MIDI setup The look of Band-in-Box can be customized with various chord sheet fonts, colors, floating/dockable toolbars, and more Use the Vocal Wizard to transpose any song to the best key for your vocal range - ideal for vocal practice, karaoke, and live performances The Chord Builder allows you to hear and build chords up by clicking on the root, extension, and alternate slash root if applicable Using MIDI Chord Detection, play any chord on your MIDI keyboard, and Band-in-a-Box will recognize it instantly and insert it onto the Chord SheetThe Transpose dialog has options that will automatically transpose live playback to a different key, transpose a song every chorus, and more Band-in-a-Box will automatically add a smooth fadeout to the end of your song The Find File feature is a "Swiss Army Knife" that allows you to search for Band-in-a-Box files using keywords Band-in-a-Box supports entry, display, and printout of song forms using repeats, 1st/2nd endings, and DC/DS al coda The Track-to-Track Copy dialog allows you to freeze Band-in-a-Box generated tracks by copying them to the Melody track, and more There are many options to customize the count-in and metronome sounds according to your preferences Descriptive hints and keyboard shortcuts throughout the program, a comprehensive help file and manual, and dedicated customer support help make it easy to use Band-in-a-Box The StylePicker has a filter to show/hide Real or MIDI styles - so if you only want to see MIDI styles, or if you only want to see styles that use some/all RealTracks, you can set thisIf
