<s>
Band-in-a-Box	B-Application
is	O
a	O
music	O
creation	O
software	O
package	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
produced	O
by	O
PG	O
Music	O
Incorporated	O
,	O
founded	O
in	O
1988	O
in	O
Victoria	O
,	O
British	O
Columbia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
enters	O
four	O
basic	O
keyboard	O
inputs	O
consisting	O
of	O
:	O
chords	O
;	O
a	O
key	O
;	O
a	O
tempo	B-Application
;	O
a	O
musical	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
retrieves	O
and	O
customizes	O
groups	O
of	O
musical	O
phrases	O
that	O
are	O
appropriate	O
for	O
soloing	O
or	O
comping	O
over	O
a	O
particular	O
chord	O
at	O
a	O
chosen	O
key	O
,	O
genre	O
and	O
tempo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Band-in-a-Box	B-Application
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
in	O
1990	O
for	O
PC	B-Device
computers	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
became	O
popular	O
in	O
karaoke	O
venues	O
which	O
touted	O
"	O
Band	B-Application
in	I-Application
a	I-Application
Box	I-Application
Karaoke	O
"	O
in	O
advertisements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gannon	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
We	O
started	O
out	O
with	O
Band-in-a-Box	B-Application
as	O
a	O
MIDI	O
program	O
,	O
generating	O
MIDI	O
and	O
synth	O
accompaniments.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Band-In-a-Box	B-Application
used	O
only	O
MIDI	O
until	O
1999	O
,	O
when	O
digital	O
audio	O
was	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
is	O
being	O
improved	O
but	O
is	O
fraught	O
with	O
analysis	O
errors	O
if	O
the	O
original	O
audio	O
is	O
not	O
tuned	O
to	O
standard	O
pitch	O
or	O
is	O
not	O
at	O
a	O
consistent	O
tempo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2017	O
,	O
over	O
100	O
session	O
players	O
and	O
performing	O
musicians	O
have	O
contributed	O
to	O
Band-in-a-Box	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
RealTracks	O
uses	O
the	O
élastique	O
Pro	O
V3	O
time-stretching	O
and	O
pitch-transposition	O
engine	O
by	O
Berlin-based	O
"	O
zplane.development	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
prerecorded	O
instruments	O
to	O
retain	O
much	O
of	O
their	O
natural	O
sound	O
when	O
the	O
tempo	B-Application
and	O
pitch	O
are	O
varied	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
updates	O
continue	O
to	O
widen	O
the	O
acceptable	O
tempo	B-Application
range	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audio	O
files	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
from	O
Band-in-a-Box	B-Application
either	O
mixed	O
together	O
or	O
as	O
individual	O
tracks	O
(	O
one	O
for	O
each	O
instrument	O
)	O
into	O
any	O
DAW	B-General_Concept
for	O
mixing	O
,	O
added	O
effects	O
and	O
mastering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Songs	O
created	O
in	O
BIAB	O
can	O
be	O
burned	B-Application
to	O
CD	O
or	O
copied	O
to	O
media-playing	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
functions	O
are	O
relatively	O
easy	O
to	O
master	O
;	O
but	O
,	O
as	O
evidenced	O
by	O
its	O
675-page	O
user	O
's	O
manual	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
long	O
learning	B-General_Concept
curve	I-General_Concept
to	O
get	O
the	O
full	O
benefit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewer	O
Jeffrey	O
Powers	O
in	O
a	O
2018	O
review	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
it	O
looks	O
like	O
it	O
came	O
from	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	O
era	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peter	O
Gannon	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
This	O
really	O
helps	O
with	O
visibility	O
because	O
people	O
hear	O
these	O
songs	O
and	O
hear	O
what	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
by	O
a	O
single	O
songwriter	O
using	O
Band-in-a-Box	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
