Talk:Band-in-a-Box

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I editted the article in an attempt to make it more neutral. Here's a summary:

• I changed "all genres of music" to "many genres of music" because it's nearly impossible to have arrangements for all genres of music.
• I changed "very quickly" to "quickly". I suppose saying "a simple arrangement can be created from scratch quickly" is still a bit biased, but it's true that it can be done quickly (for me, at least, and I'm guessing most people with a music theory background) and I don't know how I'd make it less biased without making it bloated and wordy.
• I changed "literally hundreds of other things it can do" to "many other things it can do" because "literally hundreds of other things it can do" seemed an unnecessary thing to say. I'm guessing that many of those things are merely combinations of a few basic things anyway, and I feel the only unbiased way to claim it can do hundreds of things is to link to a source that details those things.
• I changed "realistic" to "more realistic" because "realistic" is a value judgement. Technically, "more realistic" is also a value judgement too, but I think most people would agree today's music computer technology results in more realistic-sounding music than previous technology. Also, there's got to be a line somewhere between an article being definitely biased and being bloated with weasel words.
• I changed "impressively realistic" to "more realistic".
• I changed this sentence...

Together with a good bass and other instruments, Band-in-a-Box is increasingly being used by many musicians who want to play in a band setting without the inconvenience of having to get together with other humans, who may or may not be so patient as to endure countless repetitions and practizse loops - something that a machine can do effortlessly.

• ...to something which was more concise and less biased but still explained that musicians may prefer using a program to having people come over and play and change what they're doing to suit the composer's whims.
• I removed "to cater to its fans" because it seemed obvious why Band-in-a-Box sold Styles, Soloist disks, etc.

130.215.112.54 21:30, 19 November 2006 (UTC) John S.