Free Band-in-a-Box Alternatives

    The best free alternative to Band-in-a-Box is Impro-Visor, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Band-in-a-Box and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Band-in-a-Box are MMA (Free, Open Source), ChordPulse (Freemium), JJazzLab (Free, Open Source) and Rosegarden (Free, Open Source).

    The list of alternatives was last updated May 5, 2021
    Band-in-a-Box info, screenshots & reviewsAlternatives to Band-in-a-Box
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    Platforms

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    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Online
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PortableApps.com
    • Android Tablet

    Features

    • Music Composer
    • Accompaniment
    • Support for VST plugins
    • Web-Based
    • WYSIWYG Support
    • Synthesizer
    • Tabs
    • Backing track
    • Customizable
    • DAW
    • Engraving options
    • Guitar FX
    • IDE
    • Ideas Hub
    • Linux
    • Support for MIDI
    • Visual bookmarks
    • Visual timeline
    • Music XML Support
    • Piano Roll

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    • Impro-Visor

      Impro-Visor (short for “Improvisation Advisor”) is a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised. View 63 alternatives to Impro-Visor
      Most users think Impro-Visor is a great alternative to Band-in-a-Box.
      • Free • Open Source
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      Impro-Visor vs Band-in-a-Box
      pros, cons and recent comments
      better user interface. many similar facilities to BIAB.
      Positive comment • about 3 years ago

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    • MMA

      “MMA—Musical MIDI Accompaniment” is an accompaniment generator. It creates MIDI tracks for a soloist to perform over from a user supplied file containing chords and MMA directives. View 8 alternatives to MMA
      Almost everyone thinks MMA is a great alternative to Band-in-a-Box.
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      MMA vs Band-in-a-Box
      pros, cons and recent comments
      MMA is free. It runs on (among other platforms) linux. I have it running on my $35 Raspberrry Pi. The data file of chords (and, optionally, melodies, and song structure (repeats!), is text but pretty easy to follow. Type in the chords, the repeats, some melody or solo licks, choose styles (and substyles) and a quick run will generate a MIDI file. A free Biab alternative!
      Positive comment • about 1 year ago

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      Produces backing tracks to play over.
      Positive comment • about 4 years ago

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      After trying it out, I should be able to describe it.
      Positive comment • over 2 years ago

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    • ChordPulse

      ChordPulse is a handy backing band software for music practice, inspiration, improvisation, and pure fun with music. Play and sing along with ChordPulse. View 10 alternatives to ChordPulse
      Most users think ChordPulse is a great alternative to Band-in-a-Box.
      • Freemium • Proprietary
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      ChordPulse vs Band-in-a-Box
      pros, cons and recent comments
      it's cheap. incredibly easy to use, it's very complete in its chord options and many styles which all sound great. Also, having a mixer built-in for the separate tracks like drums of bass helps me a lot. I also use it to create chord progressions which you can export to text and MIDI which I will then import into my recording software
      Top positive comment  over 2 years ago

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      I have BB but this is easier for beginners.
      Top positive comment  about 2 years ago

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      Its just so much easier to use.
      Positive comment • about 3 years ago

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      better designed user interface, you won't need a manual. It has lots of styles embedded, which all sound perfect for practicing soloing. Also, it exports to midi so you can load your jam track to a DAW and start recording your song. ChordPulse does not do automatic soloing but who uses that, really?
      Positive comment • over 3 years ago

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      Easy and fast to create some jam-tracks, lot of styles, midi export
      Positive comment • over 5 years ago

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    • JJazzLab

      JJazzLab is a free Midi-based application which automatically generates backing tracks (a musical accompaniment) for any song. View 16 alternatives to JJazzLab
      Almost everyone thinks JJazzLab is a great alternative to Band-in-a-Box.
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      JJazzLab vs Band-in-a-Box
      pros, cons and recent comments
      Easy to use and imports Band-in--a-Box files
      Positive comment • 7 months ago

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    • Rosegarden

      Rosegarden is a well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment. View 95 alternatives to Rosegarden
      This alternative is disputed. Rosegarden is still a legitimate alternative to Band-in-a-Box, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
      • Free • Open Source
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      Rosegarden vs Band-in-a-Box
      pros, cons and recent comments
      Rosegarden is a DAW, BAiB is not.
      Negative comment • over 2 years ago

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      IT's a DAW and BIAB is not.
      Negative comment • about 1 year ago

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    • Frescobaldi

      Frescobaldi is a LilyPond sheet music text editor. It aims to be powerful, yet lightweight and easy to use. Frescobaldi is Free Software, freely available under the General Public License. View 40 alternatives to Frescobaldi
      This alternative is disputed. Frescobaldi is still a legitimate alternative to Band-in-a-Box, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
      • Free • Open Source
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      Frescobaldi vs Band-in-a-Box
      pros, cons and recent comments
      create sheet music not accompaniments
      Negative comment • over 2 years ago

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    • Aria Maestosa

      Aria Maestosa is an open-source (GPL) midi tracker/editor. View 36 alternatives to Aria Maestosa
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    • Power Tab Editor

      Power Tab Editor is a free tablature authoring tool created by Brad Larsen for Windows. It is used to create guitar, bass and ukulele tablature scores, among many others. View 49 alternatives to Power Tab Editor
      • Free • Proprietary
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    • LeMMA

      LeMMA is a simple GUI “front-end” written in Python for MMA (Musical MIDI Accompaniment – also written in Python). Just enter the chords, select the grooves and press “Play”. View 6 alternatives to LeMMA
      Most users think LeMMA is a great alternative to Band-in-a-Box.

      Discontinued

      The project looks abandoned. Last version, 0.9 alpha, released in August 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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    • Denemo

      GNU Denemo is a music notation editor that lets you rapidly enter notation for typesetting via the LilyPond music engraver. View 50 alternatives to Denemo
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