

Organs - Electronic (B3 etc.), Pipe, Theatre. Who's Who - Professional Pianists on Piano World Member Recordings - Non Classical Pianist CornerĮVENTS! Piano Concerts, Recitals, Competitions.įun Stuff! - Parties, Tours, Projects & More.įorum Members Parties, Tours, Cruises, & M. MY NEW PIANO or KEYBOARD! - Share Your Story! Same idea - type-in the chords, select a style and let it generate and play the backing track.įinal thought - The best time to buy BIAB is in late December/early January when they release the latest version with substantial discounts.ĭigital Pianos - Electronic Pianos - Synths &a. Likewise, unless things have changed, Garageband is hopelessly frustrating if you have come from or expect a real DAW. That said, as soon as one tries to become creative the limitations are apparent. It simulates a real-sounding band that can accompany you as you practice. AFAIK there is no alternative to BIAB that one can just pop chords into and get a reasonable facsimile of a song out of.
#Band in a box vs ireal pro pro
However, if you're strictly PC oriented, another nice (cheap!) software title to try is "ChordPulse". iReal Pro offers an easy-to-use tool to help musicians of all levels master their art. (I bought it before coming across iRealPro.). Looking back on it, I don't think that BIAB is worth the extra cash for your purposes. You can download MANY free backing tracks from the iRealPro forum. But for bass and drums over jazz standards, it's just right, IMO. That's probably because it's on iPad vs PC. The app has some serious limitations, e.g.only a closed. Actually, some users claim they even use the iReal Pro accompaniment playing live That being said, iReal Pro is not for everyone. Their support user forum is EXCELLENT, however. All charts chord sequences can be 'auto-played', similarly to Band-in-a-Box or Garageband, which is a great practice tool for instrumentalists or vocalists. Although its user interface was finally updated this year, IMO BIAB is quite complicated to use and to set up whereas iRealPro is much more basic to use and works great out of the box.

BIAB has LOTS more capabilities, styles, etc but I've ALWAYS had problems using my MIDI keyboard with it (unless I just play along without using BIAB's MIDI capabilities).
#Band in a box vs ireal pro how to
I was aware that a program will never match a real band, but I had a few ideas how to do better. They are good indeed and I had some fun at first, but I quickly got frustrated: I missed the intensity dynamics which help develop interesting solos. I'm not familiar with "Session Band", but I own BIAB 2017 (Band-in-a-Box) for PC and iRealPro for iPad.īoth are basically the same in that they provide nice backing tracks. As a jazz/funk pianist I have tried most of the auto-accompaniment or backing tracks apps (Band In a Box, etc).
