The initial buy in is not cheap.
$129 for the Pro version - which is actually the starter kit. And from there it goes up. The Audiophile edition which includes everything PGM has to offer, comes installed on a hard drive. No set of DVDs for you! It also runs $669.
However, once in, you are able to get steep discounts for the newer versions and upgrades in the future.
Their installation is not seamless. They have split the files into eleven files of nearly a gigabyte a piece. In and of itself that is not a huge deal. I have downloaded and installed programs of that size without a hitch.
But for whatever reason PGM wants you to go through the installation process multiple times, clicking, "Yes, I Agree..."
This is one area PGM should really have worked to "upgrade." The cost is there servers would have to be more robust, hence the reason for this method of file handling.
This makes the install process a long and laboUred one for those who are used to plug and play.
So I have been pretty good about upgrading when needed. PGM does include updates and bug fixes free of charge. But they are constantly rewriting the program. These are not patches as much as updates.
To update from 2010 to 2012 is $79.
And when you open the program you can see the myriad of additions. Now I see why they include a video tutorial among the files.
What Band In A Box does for you is allow you to write a tune and have a full band play it back for you. A full band accompanying you. Cut, edit, change tempo, transpose keys, pretty much whatever you want it to do, it can do.
Along with MIDI support, (natch) it also supports a host of VSTs and also sports RealTracks in which real samples of human musicians are used, it delivers a far more organic backing track.
If you have ever used backing tracks, then you'll understand that this will allow you to make your own, original backingtracks.
PG Music Inc.
29 Cadillac Ave Victoria BC Canada V8Z 1T3
Band In A Box 2012
An emphatic, Buy This.
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