PG Music has released Band-in-a-Box 2004 "Intelligent music accompaniment software" for Windows. Boasting over fifty new features, including support for DirectX Instruments.
New in BIAB 2004:
- All New 32-bit Program Engine.
- DirectX Instrument Synthesizer (DXi plug-in) Support.
- Amazing Audio Vocal Harmony Routines!
- Load a MIDI file into Band-in-a-Box using a single keystroke.
- Repeats, first and second endings, DS/DC al Coda symbols and more.
- LyricView Window.
- Hybrid Styles.
- Odd-Time Signature Support.
- Improved Song List Dialog.
- Solo an Instrument Part.
- Transpose Each Chorus.
- Mute All Parts.
- Copy, Repeat X times, with Transpose.
- Copy Dialog has additional functions.
- Songs with multi-channel MIDI information on the Melody or Soloist will be displayed.
- Maximum Number of Soloists increased to 1,024 (from 256), and new Soloists added.
- Bar Settings Dialog – Status Display at top of the Band-in-a-Box window.
- "Count-in" can be Drum Patterns instead of "1-2-1234."
- Harmony – Low Root Feature.
- Transform 4/4 Melody to a Waltz 3 /4 ("Strauss-in-a-Box").
- Transform "Waltz" Melody to 4/4 ("De-Strauss" the Melody).
- Customize the Relative Volumes of the Drum Kit Instruments.
- Additional Options for changing Volumes of Parts.
- Improved Rendering to MP3.
- Improved MIDI Driver Wizard to auto-suggest which MIDI-Driver you should be using.
- The Harmony track names written to the MIDI file are now more descriptive, including an 8va/8vb setting.
- Improved Chord Wizard Pop Ballad Preset.
- Option to Auto-Open Big Lyrics or LyricView Window if song has lyrics, and close it if no lyrics present.
- Option to Auto-Open Song Memo Window.
- Playback Metronome Option.
- Track Copy with Channel Filter option.
- Simulate NUMPAD keypad for Notebook users.
- "Search again" button added to StylePicker and SongPicker Dialogs (Alt-G hot key).
- StylePicker Dialog "show all" button added which removes any filter set.
- Chords like C7+ can be typed without using the shift key, the program automatically converts the "=" symbol to the + key.
- StyleMaker "mute a pattern" option added (press M to mute a pattern or select Pattern-Mute from the menu).
- StyleMaker import instrument has been enhanced.
- E-mail a song/style.