Band-in-a-Box Alternatives

Band-in-a-Box is described as 'Intelligent automatic accompaniment program. You can hear and play along to many song ideas and go from "nothing" to "something" in a very short period of time with Band-in-a-Box as your "on demand" backup band' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Band-in-a-Box for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Band-in-a-Box alternative is Impro-Visor, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Band-in-a-Box are ChordPulse, MMA, JJazzLab and Avid Sibelius.

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Band-in-a-Box alternatives are mainly Music Production Apps, but if you're looking for Digital Audio Workstations you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Linux, Windows + Free, Android and Mac. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Band-in-a-Box.
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  1. Real-Time auto-arranger/accompaniment software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. Harmony Assistant is an unbeatable software for computer-assisted music composition and editing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Songsmith generates musical accompaniment to match a singer’s voice. Just choose a musical style, sing into your PC’s microphone, and Songsmith will create backing music for you. Then share your songs with your friends and family, post your songs online, or create your own music...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Frescobaldi icon
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    Frescobaldi is a LilyPond sheet music text editor. It aims to be powerful, yet lightweight and easy to use. Frescobaldi is Free Software, freely available under the General Public License.

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    create sheet music not accompaniments

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    • Frescobaldi is Free and Open SourceBand-in-a-Box is Paid and Proprietary
  5. Melody Assistant is dedicated to music writing, printing and rendering. Easy to use, Melody Assistant offers a user-friendly interface and powerful capabilities. Now used by a very active community of thousands of people, it has become a favored tool for creating music.

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    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Ludwig icon
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    The music software Ludwig automatically arranges your songs with a few clicks. Accompanying parts fit the melody well. Automatic Chords. Pop, Rock, Jazz, Country, Classic.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. A tool for musicians to aid with the study of tonal harmony, harmonic analysis, re-harmonisation and creating play-alongs in different styles e.g. Jazz, Blues. Helps with hearing, analyzing, foreseeing & composing harmony in all keys.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Android
     
  8. Denemo icon
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    GNU Denemo is a music notation editor that lets you rapidly enter notation for typesetting via the LilyPond music engraver. You can compose, transcribe, arrange, listen to the music and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Genius Jamtracks is a play-along app with an impressively realistic sound and feel to help you build your repertoire, your jazz vocabulary and master polyrhythms.

    “ Genius Jamtracks is easily the best play along app out there! " Paul Bollenback

    6 Genius Jamtracks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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