Step.1 Run AthTek DigiBand and import the MIDI file.
Click on button [Accompany your midi file] on Startup Guide and you will be asked to import the MIDI file. You can choose one audio track/channel in the MIDI file and the generated accompaniment music will be based on your choice. Click on [OK] to continue.

Step.2 Recognize chord and generate an accompaniment.
Click on [Recognize Chord] to convert the imported MIDI file to editable music. You can configure BPM (beat per minute), Key, Scale, musical emotion and instruments for the accompaniment. If you have no idea about these values, just leave them as default. When everything is OK, please press [Auto accompaniment] to generate the accompaniment music.

Step.3 Preview and optimize the accompaniment music.
You will see the accompaniment music has been generated automatically. If you are not satisfied with the generated accompaniment music, you can click to change or delete any track to optimize it.

Step.4 Export the accompaniment music.
When the accompaniment music is OK for use, you can export it easily. You can export it as MIDI file or WAVE file in SF2 or midi sound source. Now, you have completed the work of making a melodious accompaniment for the MIDI file.

July 1st, 2013  |  Development Center of AthTek Software
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[PDF] A new version of AthTek DigiBand has launched! The new version includes many new features for music composition. All the users are allowed to upgrade AthTek DigiBand from old version to the latest V1.6 for free. If it is the first time you know AthTek DigiBand, you can download and try the latest version directly from the below link:

Download AthTek DigiBand V1.6 for Free

What’s New:
* Support 3/4 and 4/4 beats in music composition;
The new version supports 3/4 and 4/4 rhythm in music composition. Definitely we will add more rhythms in the future.

* Add new genres to database;
New genres have been added into AthTek DigiBand. You would be able to use Children or Revolution in Genre.

* Support fine adjustment when editing tracks;
With AthTek DigiBand V1.6, you would be able to partly modify a track. You can edit any bar in the track separately. Click on the icons you would be able to select multiple bars for editing.

* Support dark interface and highlighted buttons;
Actually you can say that it’s the new interface of AthTek DigiBand. Click on the button on bottom right corner, you would be able to switch the interface to dark or light. Also you probably find that some buttons have been highlighted on the panels of AthTek DigiBand. The highlighted buttons show you those MUST select buttons in using.

* Support to modify chords directly on the main panel.
Click on any chord on DigiBand’s panel, you would be able to edit the chord directly. It provides a direct way to edit chords in music tracks.

AthTek DigiBand is an intelligent music software which can automatically compose music or improvise an accompaniment to solo singing. I think it would be a great tool for music education or making fun of music. To professional composers, it isn’t a serious music composition tool but maybe it will help in finding inspirations. If you are interested in music composition but have quit limited knowledge of music, I will recommend you to download free trial of AthTek DigiBand for a try. Maybe it is just the music composition software for you.

Step.1 open AthTek DigiBand and access Accompaniment Guide. Record your humming then click Auto composition.

Step.2 click to make the track of your humming as solo. You don’t need to mute other accompaniment tracks. Play this track separately to preview the sound effect.

Step.3 export your humming as midi or wave format. You humming will be solo in the exported file.

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AthTek DigiBand is an useful and reliable software that provides users with a simple means of composing and personalizing music on their computer. With its user friendly interface, you have the possibility to import an existing audio file in order to improvise an accompaniment to it. The application supports almost all the instruments including bass, drum, piano and guitar. Also, it allows you to choose the type of each instrument. Even you are not so skilled in music composition, you can make your own original music with AthTek DigiBand.

If you are a musician or you like to have your own music, AthTek DigiBand is a good mate you should never miss. You would be able to get a completely new music in seconds. At least you will get inspirations from its improvisation. Buy now you can save as much as 40% from its regular price.

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[PDF] May 01, 2013  |  Development Center of AthTek Software
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We have released a new software for Windows users – especially musicians. The name of new software is AthTek DigiBand. It can automatically compose music and improvise accompaniments. As an intelligent music software, it costs only less than $50 but you would have a versatile digital band on your computer.

Download Free Trial of AthTek DigiBand V1.4

Key Features:
* Automatically compose music:
It can automatically compose music with random settings. The composition will have featured musical emotions, multiple instruments, nice music structure and rich chords together. Even you can add a male or female digital singer to sing the song. All you need to do is to click the Auto Composition button and you will get a complete music with separate tracks. Each track is editable and visible for your preview.

* Improvise an accompaniment to existing music file;
AthTek DigiBand can improvise an accompaniment to existing audio files. You can import audio files in MIDI, VSQX, UST and NN formats. The audio file will be analyzed into visible wave and recognized as keys and chords a solo track. You would be able to choose some instruments for accompaniment. Simply click the Auto composition button and you will improvise an accompaniment to the imported audio file.

* Improvise an accompaniment to your voice;
Just like importing an existing audio file to improvise an accompaniment, you can sing to AthTek DigiBand and improvise an accompaniment to your voice. In Accompaniment Guide, there is a voice recorder. You can record your humming with this voice recorder and make it to be a solo track. Then you would be able to improvise an accompaniment to the solo track as always.

* Use digital singer in your song;
We have included several digital singers into AthTek DigiBand, both male and female. It is something like Hatsune Miku but not so rich. The digital singer can only pronounce several vocals like a, ba, da, la and na. We absolutely will improve this feature in the future. What we need is only a library of English pronunciations.

* Rich instruments supported;
AthTek DigiBand supports almost all kinds of instruments. With free trial you would be able to use 4 of them. With a full version, you would be able to enjoy all instrument types without limitations.

* Rich music structures supported;
With a free trial version, you can only try 3/8 of the structure types. If you got a full version, you will be able to use 8/8 of the structure types. Also they are all editable as you wish.

* Rich musical emotions integrated;
Select a musical emotions, then the BPM (beat per minute) and chords will be automatically formatted to new style. That’s we AthTek DigiBand be called as intelligent music software.

* Enable improvisation-to-inspiration;
If you are a musician, maybe sometimes you lost in mind to improvise. You should know that AthTek Digiband is an auto composition tool. Improvise compositions randomly, maybe you can get some brilliant ideas from the improvisations.

* Intelligent guides for your quick start;
When you start AthTek DigiBand, you will see the guides of auto composition and auto accompaniment. Steps by steps, you would be able to use AthTek DigiBand much easily than any other music composition software.

* Multiple audio formats supported;
AthTek DigiBand supports to import audio files in MIDI, VSQX, UST and NN formats. It also supports to export compositions as WAVE or MIDI.

* Compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7 and Windows 8;

* Less system requirements.
Though it is a professional music software, it doesn’t have rigorous system requirements. It even has no special requirement to sound card device.