PG Music Band-in-a-Box 2026 Build 1220 with RealBand PlusPAK

Band-in-a-Box® is so easy to use! Just type in the chords for any song using standard chord symbols (like C, Fm7, or C13b9), choose the style you’d like, and Band-in-a-Box® does the rest… Band-in-a-Box® automatically generates a complete professional-quality arrangement of piano, bass, drums, guitar, and strings or horns.

We’ve added many major new features in Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows®! The program now features a sleek, modern GUI redesign across all areas, including toolbars, windows, and workflow. A new side toolbar provides quick access to track selection, the MultiPicker Library, and other key windows. The Multi-View feature allows multiple windows and elements to be displayed as layered panels without overlap, creating a highly flexible workspace. Many windows—including Tracks, Piano Roll, and more—have been redesigned for improved usability and a cleaner, more intuitive interface.

We have an amazing new “AI-Notes” feature. This transcribes polyphonic audio to MIDI, so it can be viewed in notation or played as MIDI. It can transcribe the entire file (all pitched instruments) and all drums. Or it can transcribe individual instruments within the audio (drums, bass, guitars/piano, vocals). This uses an AI neural net to produce results that are accurate and sound very musical when played. Simply choose an audio file (mp3, .m4a, .wav etc.) of your favorite band/pop song and then choose the instrument(s) that you want to transcribe and destination track(s) for MIDI. You can get transcriptions of the instruments (bass, drums, guitars/pianos, vocals), which you can play standalone or along with the audio of the song. This is a great way to learn new songs, as you can watch the parts play on piano keyboard or guitar fretboard. Use this along with the “AI-Stems” feature, and you can also split the original audio into separate tracks.

Band-in-a-Box® 2026 DAW Plugin
The latest version of the Band-in-a-Box DAW Plugin continues to deliver seamless integration with all major DAWs. Enjoy seamless sync with your DAW—such as Presonus Studio One or Pro Tools—with full support for floating-point tempo changes, making it easy to switch styles and keep your workflow moving, and more! The Band-in-a-Box DAW Plugin is included with Band-in-a-Box 2026 for Windows!

RealBand 2026
RealBand 2026 introduces several workflow and audio-engine enhancements. Grid display options and window title stylings have been updated, more accurate master-volume handling, improved tablature export, synchronized track heights, and new MIDI-transcription capabilities in both the Stem Splitter and AI Notes dialogs. In addition, support for Add2 chords in MGU/SGU files has also been added, and much more! RealBand 2026 is bundled with Band-in-a-Box® 2026 for Windows.

And of course, the Band-in-a-Box® program, DAW Plugin, and RealBand can all use the new RealTracks, RealDrums, MIDI and style content.