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Accompaniment & Style Software
One Man Band provides arranger keyboard features in software. MAAS is MIDI Auto-Accompaniment software for Windows.

Accompaniment & Style Software

  • Arranger's Tool
  • Windows software that will harmonize & provide chord substitution for a melody line.
  • Automated Composing System
  • A freeware software package available for both PC and Mac, that generates standard MIDI files in a number of musical styles.
  • Band-In-A-Box
  • A very useful package for PC and Mac providing auto accompaniment and style creation in a vast range of musical styles. A great teaching & practicing tool and well worth trying out. Useful for musicians at all levels. Read the BIAB Forum for user feedback on the software. Style Librarian for BIAB styles is available for Windows. Also see Norton Music for a range of Band-In-A-Box aftermarket products and FineTuned for 3rd party styles. There are also a number of BIAB Yahoo Groups including the BIAB File Sharing Group. Larry Bolch provides BIAB tutorials.
  • Calmus
  • Composition software for the Macintosh (68020 and higher) It is specially constructed for 20th century music providing special designed tools and options to deal with problems that arise in modern composition.
  • EMC Styleworks
  • Sell style disks plus EMC Styleworks for creating styles on Technics, Roland, Yamaha, Solton, Korg, GeneralMusic and Wersi arranger keyboards.
  • Harmony Assistant
  • Myriad presents Harmony Assistant and Melody Assistant for both Mac and Windows platforms.
  • Hi-Play
  • Hi-Play is Windows auto accompaniment software with .MID and PSR-8000 .STY style support.
  • Impro-Visor
  • Bob Keller provides his free Java software Impro-Visor a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised. The objective is to improve understanding of solo construction and tune chord changes. It can also be use to create accompaniment backing tracks. There are also some useful documents on jazz improvisation.
  • Jammer - Soundtrek
  • Jammer demo & files 256 Track MIDI sequencer with built in studio musicians. A very useful program for creating arrangements & drum tracks with assistance from the software. Also check the Yahoo Jammer Group.
  • Live-Styler
  • Windows style software based on the RSP DLLs that provides arranger keyboard auto accompaniment features over MIDI using Yamaha PSR styles. There is also a Yahoo LiveStyler Group.
  • Create Song Styles
  • Site with forums focused on making arranger keyboard styles. Also archived styles available to download.
  • Melody Assistant
  • Melody Assistant is available for both Windows and Mac. It is computer assisted melody building software.
  • Midifitz
  • Midifitz is a realtime MIDI accompaniment system that plays bass and drum notes instantly responding to the chords you play to the song style on your keyboard. Good for lounge accompaniment and practice.
  • MusicMachines.net
  • Provide Melody Maestro, SuperJam and DirectMusic Producer. Windows software but apparently can be problematic to get working in later versions of Windows.
  • Music Master Works
  • A shareware Windows sequencing & accompaniment package. From Aspire software
  • Ntonyx Style Enhancer
  • Style Enhancer processes MIDI files to add human performance characteristics. Ntonyx offer both a stand alone version of their performance modeling software as well as a Cakewalk MIDI plugin.
  • One Man Band
  • PC software that converts any MIDI keyboard into a arranger keyboard. It works with Yamaha styles. Jos also has a Chord Player application to play chords on arranger keyboards. For info on using OMB see the OMBGroup at Yahoo.
  • Onyx
  • Onyx by Jasmine Music provides powerful sequencing, harmonizer and MIDI-2-Audio rendering.
  • Papelmedia
  • Make commercial SoundFonts plus software including Univator that provides accompaniment styles.
  • Realtime Style Performer
  • Realtime Style Performer is Windows software package that provides arranger keyboard auto accompaniment features over MIDI using Yamaha PSR styles.
  • RMCA
  • Realtime MIDI Chord Arranger for Windows that creates styles from any MIDI file and is able to identify chords and to convert MIDI song measures into style parts
  • SmartMusic
  • Accompaniment software for vocalists, woodwinds and brass for both Mac and Windows to provide a backing to practice over.
  • Unoffical Yamaha Keyboard Resource Site
  • Style creation tutorial for Yamaha keyboards. Also provides lots of great resources including free software to help you create styles. If you use a Yamaha arranger keyboard this site is a must to visit.
  • XGworks
  • Yamaha software that integrates an XG editor, audio to MIDI conversion, sequencer, style generator and auto accompaniment.

     
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