Band-in-a-Box Pro 2008 is an intelligent automatic accompaniment program, which means that you can go from nothing to complete song arrangements in as little as a few seconds. Simply enter chords to a song, choose a style of music, and Band-in-a-Box does the rest, generating a full band arrangement complete with Bass, Piano, Drums, Guitar, Strings, and more. You can arrange, listen to, or play along with songs in hundreds of musical styles. The MIDI and audio tracks that Band-in-a-Box creates are automatically played out through your computer's built-in sound card or synthesizer, and the music notation is displayed in a lead sheet window.

Band-in-a-Box Pro 2008 is a unique and flexible program with a broad range of uses. It is a powerful and creative music composition tool for exploring and developing musical ideas with near-instantaneous feedback. Amaze friends and family by coming up with your own original songs in as little as a few minutes! Band-in-a-Box is also an excellent educational tool, used both by professional musicians to sharpen their skills, and as a learning aid by people with little or no musical background. It's also an essential program for practicing your instrument in a full band setting - you play your instrument while Band-in-a-Box takes the place of the other members in your band. And of course, people use Band-in-a-Box just to have fun!

While the basic concept behind Band-in-a-Box has remained the same since it was first conceived over 20 years ago, hundreds of innovative features have been added. The list of things that you can do with Band-in-a-Box is endless! The Soloist, Melodist, and Audio Chord Wizard are examples of amazing "intelligent" features; the Soloist generates professional quality solos over any chord progression, the Melodist can create entire songs from scratch with Chords, Melodies, Intros, and Solos (even a Title!), and the Audio Chord Wizard can figure out the chords in any audio file (wave files, MP3, WMA, etc.).

In addition to these and many more amazing features, over the years Band-in-a-Box has expanded from originally being a Jazz oriented program, to encompass a diverse range of musical genres including Pop, Rock, Latin, Country, Classical, World, Blues, Bluegrass, New Age, Techno, and much more. There is something for everyone! Over 1500 styles are currently available from PG Music and more are always being developed, many based directly on customer requests. Moreover, since each style is a large database of musical patterns and ideas, the song arrangements will always be fresh, never sounding exactly the same each time.

It's easy to get started using Band-in-a-Box. Here are the basic steps you might use to put together a song from start to finish...

MegaPAK Includes:

• Band-in-a-Box 2008 (Win)
• Styles Sets 0-76
• RealDrums Sets 1-3
• Soloist Sets 1-11 & 16-20
• Melodist Sets 1-8
• Real Pedal Steel
• Real Acoustic Guitar
• Tenor Sax soloing (RealSax)
• Band-in-a-Box Video Tutorial PAK

• Styles Set 69: Techno
• Styles Set 70: Salsa Clįsica
• Styles Set 71: Urban Pop MultiStyles
• Styles Set 72: Pop Frets
• Styles Set 73: LA Pop Jazz
• Styles Set 74: Nashville Rock MultiStyles
• Styles Set 75: Country MultiStyles
• Styles Set 76: Salsa Moderna