https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:58:08 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/paged/2/#post-128242 Tue, 27 Sep 2005 03:27:33 +0000 I've not used it (but my step-dad does), but I'm pretty sure Band in the Box will probably be the easiest to use. From what I've looked at so far, what you say is absolutely true. I have downloaded Finale Notepad (free), and eval versions of Noteworthy and Band-In-a-Box.

In noteworthy, I have to put together the chords note by note and then repeat them for each beat, and then put together the notes for the base and drums. I didn't get far. But, it does have the benefit of making me learn notation more :-)

With Band-in-a-box, I could select a predefined rhytm pattern and just plunk down the chord names on a per-measure basis, and I have what I wanted. I still haven't decided to sprint the 70 bucks for it, but I am leaning in that direction..

(Jazz++ was totally out of my league..)]]> Guitar Players Discussion vink https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/paged/2/#post-128242 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/paged/2/#post-128240 Tue, 27 Sep 2005 03:13:38 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion dsparling https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/paged/2/#post-128240 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/#post-128196 Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:19:57 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion maxo127 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/#post-128196 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/#post-128156 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:41:29 +0000 http://gforti.homestead.com/files/duet.mid
http://gforti.homestead.com/files/grains.mid

Nothing spectacular, but an example of some stuff you can do with it. You could easily do chords w/ drums too. Sounds very nice!

I will check it out, band-in-a-box is around $65 and Cakewalk is close to $100, and it looks like this could do a lot more than what I need. (The only question is whether I can figure out how to use it easily, which is where I failed with Jazz++. )]]> Guitar Players Discussion vink https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/#post-128156 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/#post-128040 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:50:06 +0000 http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/composer/evaluate.htm
demo version but it works nonetheless. As far as I can tell, the demo only limits you to saving 10 times per individual file, so it doesn't really make much of a difference for me at least. I usually only save my files 3-5 times before they're done.]]> Guitar Players Discussion hummerlein https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/#post-128040 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/#post-128039 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:47:58 +0000 http://gforti.homestead.com/files/duet.mid
http://gforti.homestead.com/files/grains.mid

Nothing spectacular, but an example of some stuff you can do with it. You could easily do chords w/ drums too. cool compositions but same question , is your software free too :twisted:]]> Guitar Players Discussion Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/#post-128039 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/#post-128033 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:22:32 +0000 http://gforti.homestead.com/files/duet.mid
http://gforti.homestead.com/files/grains.mid

Nothing spectacular, but an example of some stuff you can do with it. You could easily do chords w/ drums too.]]> Guitar Players Discussion hummerlein https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/#post-128033 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/#post-128030 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 07:40:27 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion vink https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/#post-128030 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/#post-127984 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 01:23:51 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion maxo127 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/#post-127984 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/#post-127833 Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:42:47 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/creating-midi-backing-tracks/#post-127833