Band-in-a-Box Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Band-in-a-Box for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative 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 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Band-in-a-Box are MMA, JJazzLab, Avid Sibelius and iReal Pro.

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Band-in-a-Box alternatives are mainly Music Production Apps Other popular filters include Free, Linux, Windows + Free, Android and Mac. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Band-in-a-Box.
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  1. Impro-Visor icon
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    Impro-Visor is a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised.

    63 Impro-Visor alternatives

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  2. MMA icon
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    “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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  3. JJazzLab icon
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    JJazzLab is a free Midi-based application which automatically generates backing tracks (a musical accompaniment) for any song. It’s a jam buddy to have fun improvising, learn new stuff or just practice your instrument. It’s also a great tool for teachers.

    17 JJazzLab alternatives

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  4. Avid Sibelius icon
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    Professional music notation software for Windows and macOS featuring intuitive, task-based score creation, MIDI and onscreen input, up to 16 staves, guitar tab conversion, Magnetic Layout, dynamic parts updates, text and lyric support, scanning tools, and expressive playback.

    59 Avid Sibelius alternatives

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    • Freemium
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  5. iReal Pro icon
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    iReal Pro offers an easy-to-use tool to help musicians of all levels master their art. iReal Pro simulates a real-sounding band that can accompany you as you practice, and also lets you collect chord charts of your favorite songs for reference.

    9 iReal Pro alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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  6. Tonelib JAM icon
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    The Tonelib JAM is a software for creating, editing, printing and listening to tablature and sheet music for guitar and other fretted instruments. You can use Tonelib JAM for regular guitar practicing, for learning songs or for advancing your performance skills to the next level.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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  7. Harmony Assistant is an unbeatable software for computer-assisted music composition and editing.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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  8. Frescobaldi icon
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    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.

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  9. Melody Assistant is dedicated to music writing, printing and rendering. Easy to use, Melody Assistant offers a user-friendly interface and powerful capabilities. Now used by a very active community of thousands of people, it has become a favored tool for creating music.

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  10. A tool for musicians to aid with the study of tonal harmony, harmonic analysis, re-harmonisation and creating play-alongs in different styles e.g. Jazz, Blues. Helps with hearing, analyzing, foreseeing & composing harmony in all keys.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  11. Denemo icon
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    GNU Denemo is a music notation editor that lets you rapidly enter notation for typesetting via the LilyPond music engraver. You can compose, transcribe, arrange, listen to the music and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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  12. Genius Jamtracks is a play-along app with an impressively realistic sound and feel to help you build your repertoire, your jazz vocabulary and master polyrhythms.

    “ Genius Jamtracks is easily the best play along app out there! " Paul Bollenback

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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