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Posted by: yogurtboy Sat 25 Aug 2007, 21:30

years ago i owned several Yamaha QY MIDI sequencers: QY-10; QY-20; QY-300; etc...

i really enjoyed the ability to quickly set a chord progression in a certain style, then practice over it.

there must be some software for the Mac that accomplishes this? NOT Garageband!

for example, i want to be able to:
1) set a chord progression, like: | ii | V7 | I | I :|
2) pick a style: Jazz
3) pick a key: A

...then press PLAY an practice over top.

More of an accompaniment tool than a sequencer or studio, I suppose

Any suggestions?

Posted by: yogurtboy Sat 25 Aug 2007, 23:46

After a bit of digging, I'd say "band in a box" pretty much accomplshes what i'm looking for.

So, I guess my next question is, what competitior products are there for Band-in-a-box?

thx

Posted by: ronaldl Sun 26 Aug 2007, 03:02

For the Mac there isn't a whole lot of competition for Band In A Box. If you look in the software section of this site you'll find alternatives like Jam Wizards and MyJazzBand, but I think you'll find that BIAB blows them away. BIAB is a great application for a very reasonable price. You won't regret getting it. Go ahead and download the demo if you haven't already.

Posted by: gdoubleyou Sun 26 Aug 2007, 17:38

Be aware that the current version of Band in a box is not compatible with the current MacIntel machines, if you have a PowerPC cpu it will work.

Posted by: ghess Mon 27 Aug 2007, 06:00

I've had very little problem running BIAB 12 on my MacBook Pro. The program isn't very demanding on the processor, so running slower doesn't seem to be an issue.

Posted by: minskybabs Tue 28 Aug 2007, 11:09

Hi there, have you seen the new demo for garageband 08, the new features looks quite good for band in a box type stuff, haven't tried it, but £55 for ilife08 is always a good price...

Good luck.
Jake.

Posted by: ronaldl Wed 29 Aug 2007, 02:50

While I've had no problems running BIAB V.12 on my intel iMac, it's exciting to see that PGMusic is FINALLY planning to release a UB http://nav.440network.com/out.php?mmsc=forums&url=http://www.pgmusic.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=143238&an=0&page=3#Post143238 with lots of new features for Mac, probably by the end of the year . . . just in time for Christmas, perhaps?