Band in a Box

PaintedPostDave · August-20th-2007, 10:15 AM

I just got Band in a Box and find that entering new notes and editing existing notes in the treble and bass clefs is often a real headache. Replacing half notes with quarter notes or vice versa appears to be relatively difficult. The manual has quantity but it isn't much help. Does anyone know of a web link that deals with tricks for notation? Alternatively, is there other software that deals with notation in an easier way?

rollhead · August-21st-2007, 12:17 AM

Dave,

I haven't used this, but it might be worth checking out.

http://www.sibelius.com/home/index_flash.html

aashbourne · August-21st-2007, 12:19 AM

PPD, how much did you pay for band in a box, i heard it was a really good program

Ron Thorne · August-21st-2007, 12:31 AM

I'm hoping that Graypencil (Phil Kelly) will appear here. If not, you might want to send him a PM, PPD.

Paul B · August-21st-2007, 02:04 AM

Finale is a good notation program that should be suitable for most users, though it has none of the depth of Sibelius.

The primary purpose of Band in a Box is to create play-alongs, so it is a different thing entirely. If you're only looking for notation software, it's not the way to go.

PaintedPostDave · August-21st-2007, 09:47 AM

Thanks for the responses. I agree (now) that BIAB is not for notation although I have figured out a couple of tedious tricks that allows for some elementary notation.

claude · August-21st-2007, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaintedPostDave

Thanks for the responses. I agree (now) that BIAB is not for notation although I have figured out a couple of tedious tricks that allows for some elementary notation.

Have you also checked out the BIAB forum

I have gotten a lot of use out of BIAB for generating pretty decent backing tracks for practice use. That's really where this software shines, particularly for hack musicians like myself.

PaintedPostDave · August-27th-2007, 08:51 AM

I looked around and found Finale Notepad for about $20. It has a logical, easy method for entering notes and also has some reasonable playback machinery built in - an interesting alternative to BIAB.

rollhead · August-28th-2007, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul B

Finale is a good notation program that should be suitable for most users, though it has none of the depth of Sibelius.

The primary purpose of Band in a Box is to create play-alongs, so it is a different thing entirely. If you're only looking for notation software, it's not the way to go.

thanks for mentioning this, Paul. I will look into it.