Band-in-a-Box is an intelligent computer software (available for Windows and Mac) which can generate a full band arrangement with Bass, Piano, Drums, Guitar, Strings, and more. This means that you can go from nothing to complete song arrangements in as little as a few seconds. Simply enter chords to a song, choose a style of music, and Band-in-a-Box does the rest.

The MIDI and audio tracks that Band-in-a-Box creates are automatically played out through your computer's built-in sound card or synthesizer, and the music notation is displayed in a lead sheet window. You can arrange, listen to, or play along with songs in hundreds of musical styles. The soloist feature is amazing - you can have your own top session players whenever you want.

• Band-in-a-Box is a powerful and creative music composition tool for exploring and developing musical ideas with near-instantaneous feedback.

• An excellent educational tool, used both by professional musicians to sharpen their skills, and as a learning aid by people with little or no musical background.

• Record an audio track along with your Band-in-a-Box song, then edit the track, adding audio effects and harmonies.

• Turn your computer into your backup band!

• Pro version includes Band-in-a-Box, RealBand, Styles Sets 0-3, Soloist Set 1, Melodist Set 1, RealDrums Set 1, and RealTracks Set 1.

Band-in-a-Box has a broad range of uses. From a powerful and creative music composition tool used to explore and develop musical ideas to an educational tool used as a learning aid by people with little or no musical background. It is used also by professional musicians to sharpen their skills. Another amazing thing is the ability to use real instruments, pre-recorded by top studio musicians, which the program is able to massage into whatever harmonic and rhythmic structure you use in your song, sounding like real recording. That works amazingly well in jazz, where you can generate incredible saxophone solos, and a killer rhythm section to go with that.

Band-in-a-Box is also an essential program for practicing your instrument in a full band setting - you play your instrument while Band-in-a-Box takes the place of the other members in your band. Used at home or in a recording studio, Band-in-a-Box is a tool that will amaze you each time you will use it.

The list of things that you can do with Band-in-a-Box is endless! The Soloist, Melodist, and Audio Chord Wizard are examples of amazing "intelligent" features; the Soloist generates professional quality solos over any chord progression, the Melodist can create entire songs from scratch with Chords, Melodies, Intros, and Solos (even a Title!), the Medley Maker can combine songs to create interesting medleys, and the Audio Chord Wizard can figure out the chords in any audio file (wave files, MP3, WMA, etc.).