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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  1. Impro-Visor icon

    Impro-Visor

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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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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    better user interface. many similar facilities to BIAB.

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    • Almost everyone thinks Impro-Visor is a great Band-in-a-Box alternative.

    • Impro-Visor is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Band-in-a-Box.

    • Impro-Visor is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Band-in-a-Box.

    • Impro-Visor is Free and Open SourceBand-in-a-Box is Paid and Proprietary
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    MMA

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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.

    8 MMA alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    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!

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    Produces backing tracks to play over.

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    After trying it out, I should be able to describe it.

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    • Almost everyone thinks MMA is a great Band-in-a-Box alternative.

    • MMA is Free and Open SourceBand-in-a-Box is Paid and Proprietary
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    JJazzLab

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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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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Simple to use and with a several song packages to download

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    Easy to use and imports Band-in--a-Box files

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    • Almost everyone thinks JJazzLab is a great Band-in-a-Box alternative.

    • JJazzLab is Free and Open SourceBand-in-a-Box is Paid and Proprietary
    • JJazzLab is LightweightBand-in-a-Box is not according to our users
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    Avid Sibelius

    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 su...

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    Avid Sibelius

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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.

    58 Avid Sibelius alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Sibelius is a notation (Score writing) application, Band-In-A-Box is not.

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    The two softwares have very different goals - BIAB to create backing tracks, Sibelius to compose and notate sheet music. They share very few similarities.

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    Sibelius is music notation software. You would have to create the accompaniment yourself in the notation. There is little similarity between this and BIAB.

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    • Some users think Avid Sibelius is a great Band-in-a-Box alternative, some don't.

    • Avid Sibelius is the most popular Android & iPad alternative to Band-in-a-Box.

    • Avid Sibelius is Freemium and ProprietaryBand-in-a-Box is Paid and Proprietary
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    iReal Pro

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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.

    8 iReal Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Android
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    • iReal Pro is the most popular iPhone alternative to Band-in-a-Box.

    • iReal Pro is the most popular commercial alternative to Band-in-a-Box.

    • iReal Pro is Paid and ProprietaryBand-in-a-Box is also Paid and Proprietary
  8. Tonelib JAM icon

    Tonelib JAM

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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.

    16 Tonelib JAM alternatives

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    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Harmony Assistant

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

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Frescobaldi

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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.

    40 Frescobaldi alternatives

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    • Free
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    create sheet music not accompaniments

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    • This alternative is disputed. Frescobaldi is a legitimate Band-in-a-Box alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Frescobaldi is Free and Open SourceBand-in-a-Box is Paid and Proprietary
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    Melody Assistant

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    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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  13. Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro icon

    Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro

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    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.

    4 Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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  14. Denemo icon

    Denemo

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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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  15. Genius Jamtracks icon

    Genius Jamtracks

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    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

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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