What is Band-in-a-Box?

PG Music's Band-in-a-Box is a comprehensive software solution tailored for music composition and accompaniment, making it easy for musicians, composers, and educators to create high-quality music. With the ability to enter specific chord progressions, users can generate intricate backing tracks across a wide range of genres, such as jazz, blues, rock, pop, and classical. The program features an extensive library filled with tracks, percussion, and MIDI instruments, ensuring that the accompaniments are both realistic and tailored to personal tastes. Furthermore, Band-in-a-Box includes a variety of tools aimed at facilitating songwriting, arrangement, and improvisation practice, making it an essential resource for both beginners and experienced musicians. Its user-friendly interface, combined with powerful functionalities, simplifies the creative process, greatly enhancing music production efficiency. Thus, it stands out as an indispensable tool for anyone eager to elevate their musical projects to new heights. In addition, its regular updates ensure that users always have access to the latest features and improvements.

Pricing

Price Starts At:
$129 per license

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Company Facts

Company Name:
PG Music Inc.
Date Founded:
1990
Company Location:
Canada
Company Website:
www.pgmusic.com

Product Details

Deployment
Windows
Mac
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Video Library
Support
Standard Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

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Band-in-a-Box Customer Reviews

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  • Reviewer Name: Gary O.
    Position: National Development Manager
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    BIAB, extraordinary music creator.

    Date: May 08 2025
    Summary

    Like I said, I have been using it for a long time and I am still continually amazed at its ability to create great sounding tracks. The longer you use it the more you seem to get out of it so it is an ongoing delight.
    It blows me away that i can produce great tracks with a computer and just a small suitcase full of peripheral gear.
    If your ambition is to produce some music, any genre, believe me, this is the best friend you can have. I absolutely recommend it.

    Positive

    Thousands of instruments played by experts and literally thousands of music styles to choose from. Put in your chord progression, choose a style and a band arrangement from the thousands of choices and in a moment you have a professional rendition of your song.
    Change individual instruments and make easy arrangement adjustments to refine your song or, if you like plug in a guitar or keyboard and add a great lead track, and before long you have it all ready to make the final mix, there is no end to how creative this programme is.
    Now, record your vocals on another track, add harmonies using BIAB's inbuilt harmony creator and then mix it down or transfer it to RealBand, BIAB's built in DAW, to add some more creative touches and then produce amazing sounding mixes.
    I used to own a recording studio in Sydney Australia right beside the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House and it had thousands of dollars worth of great gear but, seriously, I can make better tracks in my lounge room with this programme, a couple of good plugins (Limiter, DeEsser, Reverb etc) for RealBand and a couple of decent mikes.

    Negative

    What didn't I like?
    I have used BIAB for about ten years now and about the only criticism I have is that, in the latest version, the little window that allows you to perform Chord Settings, doesn't close when you click OK. You have to actually click the close X in the top right hand side to close it.
    Apart from that, nothing.

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