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BackupBand is a music auto-arranger. It has a virtual drummer, bassist, and rhythm guitarist. These 3 "musicians" follow your chord changes live (as you play some MIDI instrument, such as a keyboard) and they play along with you in perfect time. It's like having a live rhythm section backing you up.
The rhythm section knows how to play in 60 different styles such as Rock, Disco, HipHop, Heavy Metal, Reggae, Swing, various latin styles, etc. You can also create your own styles for them to play.
The bassist plays a rickenbacker, fender precision, synth, and double (acoustic) bass. The guitarist plays a les paul, steel string, and nylon string. The drummer plays 6 kits. You can also create your own multi-sampled guitars, basses, and kits for them to play.
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Don't be put off by that rather VGA-looking screen. This application works _really_ well, especially with a touch screen. The reason at present that I've given only four starts rather than five is because it's presently operating only style-based. Whilst it supports custom-built songs, the tools to do that are missing as yet. Again, though, don't let that discourage ... the styles are very good and very usable. I suspect songs trail behind because Jeffg rarely needs them, and I can fully understand that.Reply from BackupBandPosted 2021-09-24
Song Editor has been added since this review. -
Great program! Planned for keyboardist, but works also for any other musician. I use it with midi pedals to give me own band playing backgrounds for my jamming. Read the docs included in zip to find out all the great features it has!