Here is a comparison of some of the features in Band-in-a-Box, RealBand, and PowerTracks Pro Audio. The latest versions of both Band-in-a-Box and RealBand are included in any Band-in-a-Box first-time purchase or upgrade! And you can do ALL of this without ever leaving RealBand! You can merge all your tracks to a single stereo wave file or compressed audio format and burn an audio CD. You can assign different DXi/VSTi synthesizers to individual MIDI tracks. You can assign any combination of DX/VST effects to individual tracks, aux busses, or the main output.
You can layer as many additional MIDI or audio tracks as you want. You can ‘freeze’ your “BB” (Band-in-a-Box) generated tracks then fine-tune them, you can re-generate each track individually or re-generate a range of bars. Developing song ideas and using the program as a educational or practice tool are easier to do and more suited to Band-in-a-Box.Īs with PowerTracks, you have complete control over recording and editing your music track by track, as well as mixing and mastering using full-featured Tracks and Mixer Windows. Unlike Band-in-a-Box, RealBand does not have many of the additional “intelligent” features, such as the Soloist, Melodist, Harmonist, Vocal Harmonizer, Chord Substitution Wizard, and automatic Melody Embellisher. Band-in-a-Box and RealBand are compatible with all the same song and style formats, so any style that you use in Band-in-a-Box can also be used in RealBand. RealBand combines many of the features from PowerTracks Pro Audio and Band-in-a-Box into an all-in-one sequencing program with automatic accompaniment.Īs with Band-in-a-Box, you can type in chords to a song, choose a style of music, and it will generate a complete band arrangement that can include MIDI tracks, RealTracks, and RealDrums. Many people have used Band-in-a-Box in conjunction with PowerTracks, by exporting songs from Band-in-a-Box as MIDI or wave files then importing these files into PowerTracks. Or you can work from existing audio and MIDI files that you have imported into the program for further processing.
You can start from “scratch”, recording your MIDI tracks or step-inputting them, and recording digital audio tracks. Instead, it gives you complete control and flexibility to record, edit, mix, and master your music. Unlike Band-in-a-Box, PowerTracks Pro Audio does not generate any music for you. This program allows you to assemble music layer by layer and track by track using MIDI or digital audio, or a combination of the two. PowerTracks Pro Audio is a professional, fully featured, 48 track digital audio and MIDI sequencer.
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Simply enter chords to a song, choose a style of music, and Band-in-a-Box generates a full band arrangement complete with Bass, Piano, Drums, Guitar, Strings, and more.īand-in-a-Box can generate MIDI tracks, which are played through a MIDI synthesizer and displayed in notation, and it can also generate RealTracks and RealDrums, which are intelligently compiled from audio recordings of musicians playing real instruments.īand-in-a-Box has many other amazing intelligent features such as automatic Harmonies, Ear training modules, the Soloist (which generates professional quality solos over any chord progression), and the Melodist (which can create entire original songs from scratch with Chords, Melodies, Intros, and Solos). Band-in-a-Box is an intelligent automatic accompaniment and arranging program, which means that you can go from nothing to complete song arrangements in as little as a few seconds.