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4 stars
Version: Band-in-a-Box 9.0
"FANTASTIC! These guys deserve a prize!"
Pros: Wow! What a cool program. I have never seen a program, any program, that has this many features. The folks at PG Music must be a bunch of overachievers to put this thing together. I've been watching this program since it hit the market years ago and they keep making incredible strides with every addition. GOOD JOB. Basically, Band-in-a-Box is the ultimate songwriter's toolkit. Import (or type in) sheet music or just the chords and this bad boy starts playing the music including all of the bass, drum, keyboard, piano, and strings tracks. It even writes solos based on a groove criteria. The best part of this software is that it has literally hundreds of "groove templates" to direct a song in specific genres including jazz, blues, funk, rock, folk, and all of the levels inbetween. I would say this is crucial for anyone trying to learn how to play an instrument, because it creates instant accompaniement tracks that you can customize to solo over. I wish I had this program years ago when learning guitar...I would have been Jimi Hendrix by now.
Cons: I don't give 5 stars to programs that aren't free. Although I highly reccomend this download, just know that you will end up having to pay for it in the long run.
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