Band-in-a-Box 2020 build 722 is available
This includes
DAW Plugin 2.6.8
https://nn.pgmusic.com/pgfiles/support/patches/bb2020_win_update_build722.exe
Summary of changes for
build 722
Fixed: Possible crashes with the DAW plugin related to running multiple instances of bbw4.exe.
Summary of changes for
build 721
Fixed: The Xtra Styles filter list did not include set 9.
Fixed: Step-advancing notes with the [ins] and [del] keys did not display on the Big Piano window.
Fixed: Step-advancing notes with the [ins] and [del] keys did not work if Big Piano or Guitar Window was focused.
Fixed: [Esc] key should stop sustaining MIDI notes when song isn't playing.
Fixed: It was not possible to type M, N, or R into the Song Memo window if Editable Notation mode was active.
Fixed: It was not possible to type M, N, or R when using Edit Current Chord in notation window.
Fixed: It was not possible to type minor chords while in Editable Notation mode.
Fixed: The [Cancel] button is not accepted after clicking [Choose] style in the Select Soloist dialog.
Fixed: "unable to write file to disk" error when cancelling Save Song As.
Fixed: Looping bars by typing L into the chordsheet did not work if the number contained a 3 (eg looping 13 bars).
Fixed: Email song file would fail to launch client email application.
Fixed: Drop station quadrant should not remain orange if a compression process failed.
Summary of changes for
build 720
Fixed: It was not possible to enter the ^ character into the chordsheet if using a French keyboard layout.
Fixed: "Can't play this demo because another one is still in the process of initializing." error message when demoing styles.
Fixed: [#] genre filter menus did not work in localized versions.
Fixed: The StyleMaker button was missing.
Fixed: Drum transcription MIDI files fixed.
Fixed: Feature Browser could crash in some cases.
Fixed: Features in the DAWPlugin would not work if Band-in-a-Box was running.
Improved: Various improvements for localized versions.
Fixed: Saving preferences file fails with error "The file name is not valid."
Fixed: Some File Open dialogs did not filter for the required file extension.
Fixed: The notation window setting "Display Font Size %" is reset when opening or resizing the window.
DAW Plugin 2.6.8
Fixed: Normalize, Acidize, Flat, Dry Center options.
Fixed: Bar Changes dialog (stylechange, key sig changes).
Fixed: Drum transcription MIDI files fixed.
Added: Plugin creates language.ini file if none exists
Fixed: Chord sheet zoom does not dirty bit in DAW
Fixed: Plugin localization issues
Fixed: Clicking Generate on an empty page shows Completion message after 9 clicks
Fixed: Generate button does not work if there is no track in the first row of the current page
Fixed: Selected tracks reset when closing the plugin
Fixed: Current page in track table resets when closing the plugin
Fixed: Dragging the playback position in the plugin while tracks are muted produces noise
Other RealTracks Improvements
Fixed: Silent chords on Bass, Acoustic, OldTimeHappyDance Ev16 125
Fixed: RealTracks audition demos for RT3447, 3419, 3479, and 3498 were silent.
Improved: Better transcriptions, with bends, slides, etc. added to:
Instrumental Studies 12 - Rhythm Changes Jazz Guitar Soloing
Instrumental Studies 13 - Jazz Blues Guitar Soloing
Improved: Transcriptions, simple tags available and riff selection improved
Guitar, Electric, Rhythm MetalCinematicLowTuneSteadyDarin Ev16 110
Guitar, Electric, Rhythm MetalCinematicLowTuneChopDarin Ev16 110
Bass, Acoustic, AmericanaMountain16thsAB Ev16 070
Bass, Electric, SkaPunkPopAB Ev 180
Bass, Electric, SkaClassicAB Ev16 100
Guitar, Electric, Rhythm SkaSlow Ev16 100
Guitar, Electric, Soloist RhythmChangesOlly Sw 140
Bass, Acoustic, JazzBluesNeilAB Sw 140
Flute, Background BossaLounge 140 (1TrackHornSection)
Horn Section, Background BossaLounge2-partOctaves Ev 140
Horn Section, Background BossaLounge3-part Ev 140
Sax, Alto BossaLounge 140 (1TrackHornSection)
Trumpet, Muted, Background BossaLounge 140 (1TrackHornSection)
Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm GospelCool Sw16 075
Vocals, BackgroundSoloist GospelCoolSoulful Sw16 075
Vocals, Background GospelCool3-part Sw16 075
Vocals, Background GospelCool2-part Sw16 075
Vocals, Background GospelCoolHighDbl Sw16 075
Vocals, Background GospelCoolHigh1 Sw16 075
Vocals, Background GospelCoolHigh2 Sw16 075
Vocals, Background GospelCoolMedDbl Sw16 075
Vocals, Background GospelCoolMed1 Sw16 075
Vocals, Background GospelCoolMed2 Sw16 075
Vocals, Background GospelCoolLowDbl Sw16 075
Vocals, Background GospelCoolLow1 Sw16 075
Vocals, Background GospelCoolLow2 Sw16 075
Vocals, BackgroundSoloist GospelCoolSoulful Sw16 075
Guitar, Electric, Rhythm RhythmChangesCompOlly Sw 140
Sax, Alto, Soloist RhythmChangesPJ Sw 140
Bass, Acoustic, FolkSlowSwing Sw 085
Bass, Electric, AmericanaSyncSteveAB Ev16 085
Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Americana16thsDelayBrent Ev16 075
Guitar, Electric, Soloist AmericanaGritty16thsBrent Ev16 075
Guitar, Electric, Soloist NashvilleRadioBalladDanny Ev16 075
Bass, Acoustic, OldTimeHappyDance Ev16 125
Bass, Electric, RockHeavy8thsDoug Ev 120
Improved: Transcriptions improved:
Bass, Electric, RootsyFunkAlex Ev16 110
Bass, Electric, NashvilleRadioBalladAB Ev16 075
Bass, Electric, LoungeFunkAlex Ev16 080
Fixed: Bass, Fretless Electric Pop8thsRene Ev 085 was not playing sus chords.
Improved: Guitar, Electric, Rhythm BritPsycPopBalladHighDelay Ev 065 has improved riff selection.
Improved: Transcriptions available and the riff selection has been improved
Guitar, Nylon, Rhythm PeruValsCriollo Ev 140
Quatro, Rhythm Joropo68Ramon Sw 060
Vihuela, Rhythm MariachiRanchero Ev 120
Bajo Sexto, Rhythm NortenoRamon Ev 120
Fixed: The tablature was not displaying properly on the correct channels for these MIDI SuperTracks:
Bass, LoungeFunkAlex Ev16 080, Bass, SkaPunkPopAB Ev 180
Bass, NashvilleRadioBallad Ev16 075
Improved: Notation is more accurate for:
Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm CelticPolkaFastReelQuinn Ev16 140
Guitar, Nylon, Rhythm CelticHornpipe Sw16 070
Summary of changes for
build 717
Fixed: "Allow multiple instances of Band-in-a-Box to be running" would be ignored if unchecked.
Fixed: The media player in the RealTracks Picker was not working properly.
Fixed: Demo player in the Hi-Q patch selector dialog was not seeking properly.
Fixed: Buttons in Custom toolbar are not draggable.
Fixed: After assigning a new RealTrack, the notation window track buttons did not update.
Fixed: RealTracks are silent if added to a track that currently contains a MIDI plugin.
Fixed: Audio Edit page should not automatically scroll during playback if user is dragging mou
Improved: Bootup log includes times for individual DX plugin scanning.
Improved: The plugins window has a new [Hide] button for maximizing space for the plugin'S GUI.
Improved: Serial number entry is improved for convenience.
Fixed: Possible access violation during bootup.
Fixed: Avast will deem Band-in-a-Box as unsafe and silently block it (affects both program and plugin)
Summary of changes for
build 715
Chord sheet videos might be full with random white rectangle artifacts if rendering to a larger resolution file.
Possible crash when using the Audio Chord Wizard.
Dropping a MusicXML file onto Band-in-a-Box, and then choosing [Yes] to import the file causes an access violation.
Band-in-a-Box will freeze during bootup if intrface.bbw is corrupted.
7#9 chord does not display if using the BeStPlain chord font font.
If higher sample rate or higher bit depth are selected prior to rendering to mp3, m4a, or wma, the process will fail with error -1072875847 or -1072875852.
Using space bar to start song from beginning should not always cause the song to re-generate.
If importing a MIDI file, drum notes with duration zero do not play.
Edit > Song Form > Unfold does not remove the tag ending.
Changing multiple bars in the Bar Settings dialog will not be displayed on the chord sheet or title bar.
Issue with ties in loading XML files.
Some .mxl files would not load.
Melody > Generate Soundtrack > Load Soundtrack song... causes "File problem" error.
Misc. Feature Browser and PDF manual updates.
Several of the "1TrackVocalSection" variations of the "RockNRollGospel12-8 Vocal Mmms" RealTracks were broken
Updated: PDF Manual and help file routine updates.
DAW Plugin build 2.5.25:
"Open Recent" opened file chooser dialog
Unfold feature not working with some songs
Choruses not resetting when playback is stopped in DAW
Chord superscripts
Clicking zoom many times will crash standalone plugin
Undo removes all chords after opening a song
Buzzing sound in Studio One
Plugin determining chord accidentals now matches main program
Removed alert menu when sync playing tracks that are not up-to-date (generated).
Cancelling generate made song lose "dirty" state
All selected tracks should drag from the plugin
Shortcut file feature not working always working. Support was also added for pgshortc.txt files
Double clicking grey area in chord sheet started playback
Bar highlighting skipped last chorus when the start bar is greater than 1
Right-click on bar should first launch popup menu
Double clicking anywhere on a track should open its picker
Opening plugin when the DAW has altered tempo shows sync tempo indicator despite the match
typing roman numerals in Normal display makes them show as superscripts
Dragging tracks not working properly
Changing track does not delete old file (if not dragged).
Selected Host shows duplicates in the list
Double clicking on empty track should not launch a picker
Generate state should reset when all tracks are replaced
Added: About to File Menu
Added: "year" to plugin name
remove sync tempo button if already synced
improve 2 finger scroll (too fast)
Issues transposing chords correctly
"Key" field shows unrelated text
Auto-Generate runs after File->New and previous style is loaded
Sync tempo button not working
Issues with focusing plugin when running bbApp
Not repainting after opening track context menu
Problem transposing chords to "natural accidentals" when explicitly typed in "unnatural" way (ie: Cm chords in Key of C)
Closing plugin window in DAW should close any open bb windows for that instance
Issues remaining with scrolling
P should be a hotkey for part marker toggle (but not interfere with entering titles etc).
Nashville Notation font
Issue calling bbApp to localize strings when changing language
File-New should preserve the style name
add checkbox to toggle buttons
Added: Shortcuts file feature
Cannot enter some chords in chord sheet
Generate makes VST jump to background
Added: opening song file with wav of same name should load it into audio track
"Generating Style" not translating properly
scroll wheel on mouse wheel not scrolling track table
make flashing generate more subtle (maybe small light indicator like tempo sync)
focus taken from plugin when initializing band-in-a-box
get focus for all windows in bbapp
up-key and down-key not going to empty page in track table
adding audio file from master + menu adds it to audio track
Visual transpose +0/+12 not working in alternate chord displays
Visual transpose increases bottom label size on every change
Visual Transpose not saving properly
Visual transpose not resetting when starting new session
SavedTracks folder can't be external
pulsating buttons
unfold/fold should not trigger "Song Is Dirty"
adding/changing track after generating should trigger "Song Is Dirty"
generated added/changed track should not trigger "Song Is Dirty"
close bbApp if open when changing folder paths
bb connection icon not repainting after style picker
Other RealTracks Improvements:
Simple options now available for these MSTs:
Piano, Soloist RhythmChangesMiles Sw 140
Piano, Soloist JazzBluesMiles Sw 140
Piano, Rhythm RhythmChangesCompMiles Sw 140
Piano, Rhythm JazzBluesCompMiles Sw 140
RealCharts improved for:
Bass, Electric, MerengueAB Ev16 130
Simple tags added, and better transitions between chords for:
Piano, Acoustic, Soloist RhythmChangesMiles Sw 140
Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm RhythmChangesCompMiles Sw 140
Piano, Acoustic, Soloist JazzBluesMiles Sw 140
Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm JazzBluesCompMiles Sw 140
The abbreviated name for 'Fiddle, BackgroundSoloist MommasPrayerAndy Sw 085' had "Mandolin" in the name.
This RealTrack will work slightly better over all chords:
Fiddle, Background WesternSwing Sw 190
RealCharts were incorrect for:
Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Songwriter16ths Ev16 075
Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Songwriter16thsHigh Ev16 075
Better transitions for:
Guitar, Electric, Rhythm CountryPopBrent12-key Ev 085
Improved RealCharts for:
Guitar, Electric, Soloist CountryBluesRock Ev 110
Simple option now available, and better transition between chords for:
Guitar, Resonator, Background CountryWaltzRandy Sw 110
Simple option now available for:
Guitar, Resonator, Rhythm Folk8thsRandy Ev 085
Simple options now available for these RealTracks & MIDI SuperTracks:
Piano, ElectricVintage, Rhythm RockabillyMike Sw 190 (MST)
Organ, Rhythm BluesSlow128Mike Sw 065 (RT & MST)
Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm GypsyJazzJohn Sw 190 (RT)
Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm JazzClassicJohn Sw 110
Some chords were playing incorrectly for:
Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm FolkSlowSw16Mike Sw16 060 (RT)
Piano, Rhythm FolkSlowSw16Mike Sw16 060 (MST)"
RealCharts & simple version now available for:
Bass, Acoustic, OldTimeFastWaltz Sw 165
Simple options available for:
Cello, Background CelticAirFlowingNatalie Ev 085
Cello, Background CelticHornpipeFlowingNatalie Sw16 070
Cello, Background CelticWaltzNatalie Ev 100
Cello, Rhythm Celtic SlipjigChoppingNatalie Sw 110
Cello, Rhythm CelticHornpipeChopNatalie Sw16 070
Cello, Rhythm CelticJigChoppingNatalieAB Sw 110
Cello, Rhythm CelticReelChoppingNatalieAB Ev16 110
Guitar, Acoustic, Soloist LaidBackBluesyBrent Ev 100
Guitar, Acoustic, Soloist PopBalladBrent Ev 065
Guitar, Acoustic, Soloist RnBPopBrent Ev 110
Guitar, Acoustic, Soloist Slow12-8Brent Sw 040
Guitar, Electric, Background CinemaHeldHighDarin Ev16 090
Guitar, Electric, Background CinemaHeldLowDarin Ev16 090
RealCharts now available for:
Guitar, Electric, Rhythm AtmosphereWaltzArpDarin Ev 120
Guitar, Electric, Rhythm IslandGroove Ev16 100
Guitar, Electric, Rhythm SkaFastPunk Ev16 180
Guitar, Nylon, Rhythm CelticReelDADGAD Ev16 110
Guitar, Nylon, Rhythm RumbaFlamencaBallad Ev16 090"
Some issues with RealCharts fixed:
Guitar, Nylon, Rhythm AndesHuayno Ev16 085"
Improved "Hi-Q" RealCharts for:
Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernPop16thsHighZane Ev16 0
Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernPopSlow16thsZane Ev16 075
Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernPopSw16Zane Sw16 075
Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernPopSwingZane Sw 085
Improved chord transitions for:
Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm TrainBeatJohn Ev 130
Some wrong notes fixed for MIDI Supertracks:
Piano, Solo-Accompaniment CountryPopJohn Ev 085
Piano, Rhythm PopWaltz Ev 180"
Improved RealCharts for:
Bass, Electric, IslandGrooveAB Ev16 100
Guitar, Electric, Rhythm JazzBluesCompOlly Sw 140
Guitar, Electric, Soloist JazzBluesOlly Sw 140
Sax, Tenor, Soloist JazzBluesPJ Sw 140
Steel Drum, Rhythm IslandGroove Ev16 100"
Minor fixes for:
Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm RockNRollJohn Ev 165"
Simple tags available for these MSTs:
Shakuhachi, Synth, Background NewAge Ev 110
Synth, Rhythm Rock80s Ev 120
Bass, Synth, Rhythm JazzFunkFat Ev 110
Koto, Synth, Rhythm NewAge Ev 110
Synth, Background JazzFunkLead Ev 110"
Improved transcriptions, simple tags available and riff selection improved
Bass, Acoustic, Soloist JazzBluesNeilAB Sw 140
Sax, Tenor, Soloist JazzBluesPJ Sw 140
Sax, Tenor, Soloist RhythmChangesPJ Sw 140
Guitar, Electric, Rhythm NashvilleRadioBalladDanny Ev16 075
Bass, Electric, AmericanaPop8thsSteveAB Ev 100
Bass, Electric, Americana16thsSteveAB Ev16 075
Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Soca Ev16 120
Bass, Electric, AmericanaSlow12-8SteveAB Sw 040
Guitar, Electric, Background SocaSingle-note Ev16 120
Guitar, Baritone Electric, Background AmericanaTremBrent Ev16 075
Some endings were playing incorrectly:
Piano, Electric, HeldChords 120
Simple Tags added for these RealTracks:
Guitar, Electric, Soloist BossaSlow Ev 085
Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm IslandJohn Ev 110
Other RealTracks updated as needed if there is a newer version available.