Band in a box ???

Michael Snellin · Post by **Michael Snellin** » 5 May 2014 7:38 am

Hi,just wondering about the above i have tried to get some backing tracks and a fellow member has said that i will need a band in a box, he can supply what i need i dont really know what a band in a box is so i am hoping that wll some one can please tell me.quite happy to purchase anything that i might need to get it right
mike.

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 5 May 2014 8:17 am

Band In A Box is a music software program marketed by www.PGmusic.com out of Canada.

Kevin Edmonds · Post by **Kevin Edmonds** » 9 May 2014 6:23 pm

...and well worth the money (IMHO)

James Quillian · Post by **James Quillian** » 14 May 2014 6:35 pm

For making backing tracks, the old versions work just as well as the latest versions. 2008 or 2009 can probably be bought on the cheap.

Making a biab backing track takes about 5 minutes. That can be converted into a midi file and from there a wav or an mp3.

Josh Yenne · Post by **Josh Yenne** » 16 May 2014 11:56 pm

Band in a box is priceless. Use it everyday.

Scott Duckworth · Post by **Scott Duckworth** » 17 May 2014 3:25 am

I use ChordPulse. $24.95 with free upgrades.

http://www.chordpulse.com/

Mike Wheeler · Post by **Mike Wheeler** » 18 May 2014 7:22 pm

Hey, Scott, thanks for the tip on ChordPulse. I just downloaded it for the 14 day trial, and I like it. It's very simple, but very fun to play with. I've already done an arrangement of Secret Love. My wife heard it playing and when I explained what it was, she said "you should buy that program...it sounds real nice".

So, I'll play around with it more in the next couple days to see how much I can get out of it. It sure beats playing solo and trying to "hear" the arrangement in my head.

BTW...I've got Band-in-a-Box, but this is much more fun!

admin · Post by **b0b** » 18 May 2014 7:32 pm

Maybe you didn't notice - we have a section of the forum for Band-In-A-Box:

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewforum.php?f=27