Another method is to import a style from a MIDI file, Finally, a user can create a style using the StyleMaker. The simplest method is to create a hybrid style.

Users can create their own styles in Band-in-a-Box. Styles can be MIDI only, a combination of MIDI and RealTracks/RealDrums or RealTrack/RealDrums only (called RealStyles). There are thousands of styles included with most BIAB installations. In BIAB, styles refer to musical styles encapsulated in style files (*.STY). In addition to playing back the users’ songs with built-in, additional, or aftermarket styles, users can edit these or create their own styles from scratch or from existing MIDI files. It can then play that song back using the user’s choice of one of thousands of different background styles. It can also be used to simulate an entire band with or without soloists.īand-in-a-Box (BIAB) can create a background for almost any chord progression used in Western popular music. Band-in-a-Box basically provides a ‘back-up band’ for a musician to play along with. Original accompaniment with custom chord progressions and melody lines can also be created. The software allows a solo musician to play along to a computer-generated accompaniment with adjustable tempo, adjustable key, and a choice of musical styles. Band-in-a-Box is a music arranger software package for Windows and MAC OS.

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