Just saw it on the PG website.

I've seen some tiny stages squeezed into the corner of a bar, but I've never seen a band in a box.
 
 
 
 
I'll be here all week. :-)

Didn't Alice in Chains have a song called band in a box... or something like that?

early Genesis I believe....had a "musical box" song....Band in a box is fun, and could help people who hate making drum patterns and such....Wink.

Apparently Donald Fagen now does all of his arranging with BIAB. 

mike_mccue
I've seen some tiny stages squeezed into the corner of a bar, but I've never seen a band in a box.
 
 
 
 
I'll be here all week. :-)

I have. At a music festival a few years back, there was a Human Jukebox, 4 piece band crammed in a box with a window, and as you can imagine, you put money in a chose from a set of songs.

:-)

I bought BIAB Pro quite recently (never tried it before)...I think it was the 2014 version though.  Not installed it yet, doubtless I'll get around to it at some point :-)
 
The price seemed very reasonable for a chunk of useful music s/w, $129 or your regional equivalent (circa £80).
 
I also asked PG Music whether it could be installed on > 1 computer (this info doesn't appear in their FAQ AFAICT); you can install it on up to 3 computers which is pretty handy.

Genghis
Didn't Alice in Chains have a song called band in a box... or something like that?

It's actually "Man in the box"..........apparently it's just a one member band.  

BIAB is a great tool, IMO to help write songs with, or if you need a "band" to back you up for playing live and you're the only one playing.
 
I use it as a base to help write the song, then I use it in sonar to write temporary backing tracks to fill in while I or others I am collaborating with create the real tracks for the song.  for example, I'll create the song in BIAB, then put the drums, an acoustic, maybe an electric and maybe a piano track from BIAB into sonar and then share the project with my collaborators.  they use that project to play along with to record their part of the project.  then when I get their real tracks, I delete the BIAB tracks and we have a real song to mix.
 
it's quite powerful, actually, even if it looks clunky and amateurish.
 
I'm still on BIAB 2012, tho, I've not upgraded for a few years now.