![]() I've even used it when trading eights with students, to demonstrate certain elements of ensemble playing that would be pretty difficult to address in the standard 1:1 mode. You can loop sections to superimpose and work out solo concepts. You can cut and paste sections and try out different song structures as quick as you can think about it. It's great for figuring out instrumentation as well-would a fretless bass sound better here, or a slap bass style, etc. So then I start running through all the idioms and shadings thereof, and find that it kills as a reggae piece, or a Jimmy Reed style blues. I've found more than once that a tune which I thought was going to work in a Dozier-Holland-Dozier Motown vein, for example, wasn't knocking me out. It's also really great for composing too. You can certainly get cheesy sounding output with it-but learning it is easy, getting pretty good with it is also easy, and once you get a couple hours into it, and you learn how to change styles per instrument, create cuts, fills, etc., you can generate some pretty good practice tracks, and very quickly. Im just trying to see if this band in a box is a good idea for what im looking for, or if im just going to be wasting time on the computer with bad sounding junk and confusing stuff while i could just be using aebersolds or just playing along with a real recording. Band In a Box might be more flexible in that i can decide if the rhythm section is in 2 for a part or in latin, etc. Im thinking I could instead buy a slowdowner program like "the amazing slow downer" so that I can take Aebersold backing tracks and slow them down/speed up or change key. The reason why im looking at the product is because I would like to have more flexibility with backing tracks so i can practice outlining changes of tunes in different tempos, styles, and keys. The sound clips on the website for the 2010 version sound pretty good. Wondering if anyone has it or has used it and if you could comment on the quality/usability of this product and whether or not it is helpful. Looks like a really useful practice tool for a jazz musician.
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