Plugin control has been improved, with a direct access from the Mixer, the ability to send each MIDI track to output to another track, multiple plugins GUI windows display, WAVES plugins support, and more. You can now view audio on any track, not just the Audio track, and copy regions of audio to Utility tracks. The Mute and Solo states are now saved/loaded with songs. The Mixer has been improved with many customizable display options including the embedded window, track selection to display, automatic show/hide during playback, and more. 4X's faster audio DSP processing (using SIMD), allowing smoother playback & faster rendering for a larger number of tracks. Auto-Fix 'sour' notes - out-of-tune notes in RealTracks will be auto corrected to match chord tones. 24-bit audio playback, recording, mixing, and rendering is now supported. There are over 80 new features in Band-in-a-Box ® 2021! We've added 16 new editable Utility tracks, which can be used for audio and/or MIDI. (Note: Band-in-a-Box Plugin requires OS 10.7 or higher.)
Band-in-a-Box 2021 for Mac is compatible with the Intel and Silicon M1 chip and works on all Mac OS from Snow Leopard (OS 10.6.8) to Big Sur (OS 11) inclusive.
