Peter Gannon, for whom "PG Music" is named. The creator of the software is a Canadian, Dr. īand-in-a-Box was first introduced in 1990 for PC computers and the Atari ST. It can create backgrounds, melodies or solos for almost any chord progressions used in Western popular music, and can play them in any of thousands of different music styles. The software intelligently retrieves and customizes groups of measures that are appropriate for soloing or comping over a particular chord at a selected key and tempo. The developers have enlisted professional musicians as supporting instrumentalists or soloists to build huge databases of phrases in many styles of music. The software generates a song typically played by four or five studio musicians using those chords the user can specify whether to create solo parts over these chords as well. The screen resembles a blank page of music onto which the user enters the names of chords using standard chord notation. The user enters four basic keyboard inputs consisting of: chords a key a tempo a musical style. Even though reviewers have described the software interface as awkward or outdated, it nevertheless features the remarkable ability of enabling a user to create virtually any song and have it played by professional musicians (playing real instruments). Band-in-a-Box is a music creation software package for Windows and macOS produced by PG Music Incorporated in Victoria, British Columbia.
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