Members JR13 Posted October 16, 2012 Members Share Posted October 16, 2012 Anyone use this? is it worth the price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kerouac Posted October 16, 2012 Members Share Posted October 16, 2012 I used to use it a bit in 90's, but haven't touched it in years. My dad started using it recently for charts at church and has been happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarville Posted October 17, 2012 Members Share Posted October 17, 2012 Hey JL, you might also want to try these:http://www.chordwizard.com/dnld_cwsg.aspxhttp://www.chordpulse.com/ The chordpulse is a lot of fun and you can make your own backing tracks, never have to buy backing tracks again. The chordwizard , I just got, but it looks like a take off of Band in a Box, does have some cool stuff on though. I also have Band in a Box and still learning it, but for a songwriting tool, it kicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted October 17, 2012 Members Share Posted October 17, 2012 BIAB is great for jazz players. I use it all the time for jazz. The Real Tracks take up a humongous amount of hard drive space though. It is expensive when you start adding in Real Tracks and add-ons.. In my opinion it is pretty much limited to the jazz genre. That's what it's made for really so that is what it does best. So if you are not a jazz player I'd pass on BIAB. If you are a blues, pop or rock player I think GuitarPro would be better. There are tons of song files and practice drills available for free on the web. It's great for learning tunes and typing up your own licks and exerciseshttp://www.guitar-pro.com/en/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Daydreamer Posted October 30, 2012 Members Share Posted October 30, 2012 I like Jammer. Way easier to use than BIAB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarville Posted October 30, 2012 Members Share Posted October 30, 2012 Originally Posted by Daydreamer I like Jammer. Way easier to use than BIAB link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Daydreamer Posted October 31, 2012 Members Share Posted October 31, 2012 I'l have to figure out how to link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alez Posted November 20, 2012 Members Share Posted November 20, 2012 These days I'm using Chordbot Pro, available for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. It's priced something like $4 (there's a free version which won't allow saving but can help deciding if the software is good enough for the money), can generate backing tracks and all that, plenty styles, and very, very comprehensive chord-wise, with pretty nice and standard chord syntax. I can now take my playing along everywhere and do whatever mods on the fly.http://chordbot.com/ In the past I've used BiaB, as well as a free alternative called Impro-Visor. I like Chordbot a lot better than any of those two. I didn't know Chordwizard, Chordpulse or Jammer, but will have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alez Posted November 20, 2012 Members Share Posted November 20, 2012 PD: since everything else seems commercial, I include links to Impro-visor (free): Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/impro-visor/ Homepage: http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~keller/jazz/improvisor/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators MERCO Posted November 20, 2012 Moderators Share Posted November 20, 2012 BIAB its very good for compose songs,i use daily,simply put chords,select style and voila !! ( try all styles,mix styles,create your own styles,etc.) very, very good for create new backup songs Advice:try it !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alez Posted November 20, 2012 Members Share Posted November 20, 2012 Originally Posted by JR13 is it worth the price? I just found out it starts at $129, and my answer is NO WAY. Like I said, ChordBot is around $4 and is actually much better in many aspects.PD: I just looked for the price and it's actually $5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Apple Slim Posted November 20, 2012 Members Share Posted November 20, 2012 I used it for a while in the 90s with an old Mac and a Korg X5D, before there was real instr sampling and such. Its a very handy practice tool. Agree the jazz stuff is the best. Was thinking about getting it again, but its kinda expensive and I doubt I'd really utilize all those jazz styles. To get the styles I'd like, a good selection of country and folk with real instr samples, its gets even pricier. ^Improvisor looks good, but I wish it had more country & folk styles. I might download it and give it a try. ^Likewise Chordbot, but I wish there was a Windows PC version for my laptop. I've got an Iphone, but I'm not a big fan of typing on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alez Posted November 20, 2012 Members Share Posted November 20, 2012 Originally Posted by Pine Apple Slim ^Improvisor looks good, but I wish it had more country & folk styles. I might download it and give it a try.^Likewise Chordbot, but I wish there was a Windows PC version for my laptop. I've got an Iphone, but I'm not a big fan of typing on it. I find Impro-Visor chord notation confusing and poor, but then again the same is true for the rather expensive Band in a Box. ChordBot is very good a that, though, chord entry is not through typing but button touching, pretty slow compared to computer software but usable. I'd give the free version a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted November 21, 2012 Members Share Posted November 21, 2012 Looking for free any chord player with good voicings and leading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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