April 25, 2005 Oliver Gannon Nominated for Jazz Guitarist of the Year!

Congratulations to PG Music's Oliver Gannon, nominated for Canadian Jazz Guitarist of the Year. To vote for Oliver go to the National Jazz Awards Canada website and click on "voting booth."

Also nominated for awards are musicians Renee Rosnes & Brad Turner. Both Renee & Brad worked with PG Music on the Modern Jazz Pianist. Brad also helped to create the Trumpet and Trombone Soloist disks for Band-in-a-Box.

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April 19, 2005 New PowerTracks Tutorial Video!

Visitors to PG Music's Band-in-a-Box and PowerTracks Pro Audio forums know Gary Curran as a regular contributor with much to offer. Gary has a wide knowledge of music and music technology, and he is always ready to give generously of his expertise to help others. We felt that he would be a terrific host for a series of PG Music tutorial videos, and we think that you will agree when you view his first presentation, Mixing with PowerTracks Pro Audio: Part 1 - MIDI. ( broadband | dial-up | .zip file )

In this video tutorial, Gary takes you on a detailed tour of the PowerTracks Pro Audio Mixer window, revealing some powerful features you might not expect at the price. He demonstrates how to use these features to make polished MIDI tracks, enroute to producing professional audio tracks for the Internet or audio CDs. Audio production will be the subject of Part 2, coming soon.

You can view or download this streaming Windows Media Video free of charge from here, and please feel free to visit our user forums and post your suggestions for topics you would like Gary to cover in future video tutorials.

Have fun, and keep watching for more videos to come.

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April 10, 2005 Band-in-a-Box 2005 International

Band-in-a-Box 2005 is now available in Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. These are fully localized versions of the program, with complete translations of the documentation to follow.

Many thanks to the translators – Gao Xinli (Chinese), Peder Lindbjerg (Danish), Peter Eigenraam (Dutch), Michel Daudon (French), Michael Werner (German), Maurizio Guglielmini (Italian), Piotr Rodowicz (Polish), Fabio Prado (Portuguese), Ivan Maldonado (Spanish), and Hans G. Andersson (Swedish) - for their service to the international Band-in-a-Box community.

Visit the new International Band-in-a-Box page at band-in-a-box.com to learn all about the program and the new features in Version 2005, and to see comments from other users in your own language.

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April 04, 2005 Band-in-a-Box 2005 Update - Build 152 Now Available

This latest Band-in-a-Box update patch will update Band-in-a-Box Version 2005 build 147/148 to build 152 automatically. Please note that you must have Band-in-a-Box Version 2005 in order for this update to work. Changelog here...

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