On Wed, 23 Jul 1997 07:30:20 GMT, 102334.12@compuserve.com (Mark
Johnson) wrote:

>"Marco Gesiot"  wrote:
>
>>Hi everybody
>>I've been using 'WIN JAMMER SongMaker Pro' (demo Version)
>>for a while.
>>It's a program that lets you choose a band style, 
>>Chords progressions, tempo etc. and builds a MIDI 
>>backingtrack from scratch
>>It's pretty usefull if you compose songs and you don't play MIDI
>>instruments, (I'm a guitar player)
>>Obviouslly you won't get a finished song, but it's a lot
>>better for demo's rather than just recording voice and guitar.
>>Now I'm about to Register it, but I've heard about another program like it
>>witch should be both very popular and VERY good.
>>Does anyboy know it ...?
>>(Sorry I don't remember the name)
>>
>>TIA
>
>You wouldn't be referring to Winjammer Pro, by any chance? It runs
>about $200, but as with much shareware, the repeated updates are sent
>along to you free. I don't know what this Win Jammer Songmaker thing
>is you refer to, but Winjammer Pro is a full-on sequencer that makes
>creating MIDIs even from scratch almost easy, and the result is as
>professional as you want to take the time to make it.
>
>Peace.
No, I guess what Tia really means is Band-in-a-Box. This is the most
widely used program that automatically creates accompaniments to a
given chord sequence, in any style you wish. It's a commercial program
though, and I don't think there is a shareware version, at least not
that I've heard of.
Jan Willem van Dormolen,
jwvand*knoware.nl,
Netherlands
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