- Mar 09, 2020 iReal Pro Alternatives. IReal Pro is described as 'offers an easy-to-use tool to help musicians of all levels master their art. IReal Pro simulates a real-sounding band that can accompany you as you practice, and also lets you collect chord charts of your favorite songs for reference'.
- Hello all Windows users who want iReal Pro! I am running iReal Pro in BlueStacks with (almost) no problems. Here goes: Install Bluestacks Install iReal Pro (Google Play is included in BlueStacks - just click the 'search' button, type 'iReal', and choose 'Play Store' button - buy, or sign up with usual Google account to download free) Install.
IReal Pro Alternatives. IReal Pro is described as 'offers an easy-to-use tool to help musicians of all levels master their art. IReal Pro simulates a real-sounding band that can accompany you as you practice, and also lets you collect chord charts of your favorite songs for reference'.
Ireal Pro Review
It all started when…
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In 2008 the iPhone app frenzy was in full bloom. As a jazz bass player who had always been intrigued with technology, I was trying to cram PDFs of the Real Books on the little screen of the iPhone using the Photo app. Bad idea. You couldn't see anything and you couldn't find the songs you needed. I realized that all I needed were the chords and that's how the iReal Book idea was born.
I hit the computer programming books pretty hard for a few months, and by the end of 2008,the original iReal Book was launched for iPhone in all its low-fi, home-made programming glory. It was pretty basic and contained 500 transposable songs - that's all.
During 2009 the editor was added and I launched the online forums where a growing community of musicians, students and educators could connect and users started sharing songs with each other. The following year iReal Book was optimized for the iPad and a basic version for Android was created. It was a busy year with a significant milestone in the app's development being the addition of the play-along feature, which attracted much attention and acclaim from beyond the modest following of fellow music nerds and woodshedders who had kept me motivated to keep creating new features. Things became real, and I realized that my little hobby was now a serious business. 'I' became 'we' and in 2011 the Mac OS X version was created and the player also finally became available for the Android version.
Then, the excitement and growth of the app came to a grinding halt in March when we received a 'take down notice' from Apple. We were offline for two months while we dealt with the murky issue of copyright. Long story short, we knew we were no financial match for the major publishing houses of the world to fight the good fight. The experience made us want to pre-empt any potential future issues, so not only did we remove the previously included songs (now available in the forums for free), but the app was re-birthed as iReal b. A setback for sure, but with the new identity we now feel more freedom to develop the app beyond the spirit of the original Real Books. The forums have become even more activated with users sharing charts and creating playlists, the functionality and usefulness of the app has surpassed the iReal Book of old, tenfold.
All in all, it's been hard work, late nights (mornings), frustration (the iReal Book to iReal b to iReal Pro debacle), but also laughter, fun and much, much satisfaction. I want to thank the amazing people on our team for helping me make this one of the most rewarding experiences ever. I also want to thank all of you for sharing your songs in the forums and for spreading the word about iReal Pro among your fellow musicians and friends. Most of all, it's your enthusiasm and inspiration that keeps this circus running. Thank you!
Massimo Biolcati, developer of iReal Pro
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Hi all,
So after getting my new PC, one of the first things I did was try to run iReal b with Bluestacks, which is a PC program that runs Android apps. Amazingly, everything functions correctly. I was able to import songs, and the player and editor work. However, there is one nagging problem. When first loading the app, and anytime one returns to the song list, there is annoying popup that says 'Licensing Error. Could not verify the license. Suggestions: -Check your internet connection. -Check the status of your order. -Restart your device. -Delete and reinstall the app.' You can then either press 'Retry' or 'Exit.' If you press Retry, then you get about 1 second before the error pops up again. But, in that 1 second window, if you click on a song in the playlist, the error stops appearing and you can then go about editing/playing the song as you see fit. But this means that scrolling through the list of songs is ridiculously annoying, because you have to click retry, scroll a little, click retry, scroll a little, etc etc etc.
Any thoughts on what might fix this?
Best,
Sasha