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iOS alternatives to Band In A Box?
Are there any decent apps that could replace Band in a Box on an iPad?
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The best I have found are the Session Band apps that are organized by genre and are based on recording samples of studio musicians. You can choose a “style”in the Band in a Box vernacular and enter your own tempo and chord song structure.
The more recent the release, the better the quality. They have regular sales events.
IRealBook can produce MIDI output for rendering standards using AUv3 apps.
If you want the realtime arranger type of product try “One Man Band” which accepts Yamaha arranger files on dozens of styles.
KQ Sampei can play XG input back so it’s a good target. The results are similar to a 2000’s arranger keyboard when using a MIDI controller into the iPad.
FWIW, if one is using it for practicing, I find iReal is superior to session band. Session band uses audio loops. The plus is that the loops were played by humans and have good feel. The downside is that there is no variation. iReal isn't human-played, so the feel isn't as real BUT the backing is not the same every time -- which can be useful if one is using it for practicing.
iReal wins for ease of use, so I often revert back to it. But I think Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro has quite a bit better sound. Mapping Tonal Harmony has been adding features over the years, keeps growing on me, even though I still don't really like the interface. I definitely needed to get the 1400 jazz standards addon. One good feature it has is real-time midi output, which you can see demonstrated starting at about 2min 50sec point in this video:
Let’s hope not….
No Korg karma either…
org 24 might be of interest
SessionBand is ok but has issues in exporting audio to the tempo specified, in my experience…
Thanks all - i will investigate all the suggestions. I have iRealbook already but the drums are too repetitive.
One option might be to import iRealbook midi into Logic (or maybe GarageBand?) and replace the drum track with Drummer.
I am very fond of Chordbot. You can get a ton of styles out of it even if you just use the presets. But when you make your own—even better. There’s a free version to try out.
While it’s a different kind of thing, you can great results with Scaler 2. You need to spend time learning it, but there is tremendous control. It has some very elaborate styles and a large variety of built-in instruments and if you want to change how each chord is played—you can. But yeah, it’s a stretch to call it a BIAB type thing.
My two issues with session band is that it is slow to input songs and you can’t take your songs from one session band product to another. You have to input them all over again. But I was writing a song on a plane recently and I inputted the chords into the rock SessionBand and it was really helpful.
If you want to fool around with a simple 8 chord progression, you can’t beat Tin Pan Rhythm. It can give you a beautiful sound in no time
Because the Lumbeat apps are not AUv3 (and that is a disappointment for many), it might not be the best advice but...
When you combine Ibassist with a Lumbeat drummer, and also send the (midi) chords to a piano app or similar, you have a very basic version of Band in a Box for a backing track. You have to program the chord progression in Ibassist.
In Band in a Box you can program the intensity of the drums, verse is a normal, and chorus a bit more exciting. You have to find a way to do this in the Ibassist/drummer combo, maybe switch patterns that differ in intensity on the fly with the live pads.
And there is no soloist function, you have to do that yourself.