jake_snake@sympatico.ca 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
> > 
> >         Mark Gesiot
> >         magesiot@tin.it
> 
> Hi Mark,
>   Could be you're referring to CakeWalk...very good program. There are
> also programs like Noteworthy Composer (if you read music or at least
> can copy it) that let you write musical notation and then makes a MIDI
> file of it...you could do your melodies with it or the entire song for
> that matter...hope this helps. Bye.
> 
> 	Jake

He may be referring to Band in a Box 7.0. I am not familiar with WinJammer
but have owned BIAB since version 4.0 and am very pleased with it. The
newest features include a melody track and a separate solo track. The
latest issue of Computers and Music gave version 7 a great review.