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Welcome to Band in a Box Wiki

Band in a Box Wiki is an encyclopedia about everything related to the award winning music software from PGMusic. Articles on how to use BiaB, recording with BiaB, styles, composing, tips and tricks, bugs and workarounds are all encouraged.

The wiki format allows anyone to create or edit any article, so we can all work together to create a comprehensive database of tips and tricks for getting the most out of your copy of Band-in-a-Box. Please feel free to add content, join in any discussions and of course improve any content.

What is Band in a Box

Band-in-a-Box can create a background for almost any chord progression used in almost any music. It can then play that song back using the user's choice of one of thousands of different background styles. 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.

Users can play the songs back and vary the key and/or the song's speed independently or even change the number of times any section of the song repeats. Each song will have up to 5 main tracks (bass, piano, drums, guitar, strings). Each track can have a different 'voice' and can be muted or soloed. They can also have limited EQ and FX applied.

There are also Melodist and Soloist tracks. These tracks allow users to choose instruments and specify almost all details, Band-in-a-Box will create these tracks based on the users selections. The Melodist and Soloist tracks can be edited note by note in the Notation window.

Band in a Box is a great auto accompaniment program for musicians who need accompaniment and don't have access to other musicians. Band in a Box is also useful for song writers who want to quickly hear their ideas.

Index to site

By task:

Setup

Recording

Styles

By expertise:

Novice

Journeyman

Expert

• Advanced tasks
  • Importing midi to BiaB
• Real Instruments
  • RealDrums
    • Creating Custom RealDrums
  • RealTracks
• Educational
  • Learning an instrument with BiaB

History

This site was created on Dec 16th 2009 with the intention of hosting the most comprehensive database of tips and tricks for getting the most out of the Band in a Box software.