
BackingBand: Jam Tracks
Lead sheets & backing tracks
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What's New in BackingBand
2.6.6
August 10, 2026
Backing Buddy is now BackingBand — new name, and the biggest update yet. Bring your own songs • Import from iReal Pro — paste an irealb:// link and the chart is yours, playlists included • Every iReal jazz feel keeps its feel: swing, even 8ths, ballad, second line, Afro 12/8 A bigger, better band • Eleven jazz standards join the library, plus ten new styles — 36 in all • A real swing kit, a warmer upright bass, a Brass Section, and real guitar samples in place of the old synth tone • Swap any instrument's voice from the mixer, with reverb saved per song Charts that read like a lead sheet • iReal-style chord typography, and bars that hold more than one chord • Your call on jazz chord symbols, chord colour, and bars per row Fixed • The style you pick is the style you get — Soul Jazz used to generate Swing • Jumping to a bar no longer swallows the note on the downbeat • Smoother faders, cleaner voicings, and a long list of tone and timing fixes across every genre Thanks for playing along — got a request? We're listening.
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