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Band In A Box 2004 released
3rd December 2003
  
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.
 
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