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MakeMusic Forum > Public Forums > Finale - Windows - FORUM HAS MOVED! > Garritan Jazz and Big Band | Forum Quick Jump
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|  Corte Registered Member
        Date Joined Jul 2007 Total Posts : 26 | Posted 8/21/2007 6:55 PM (GMT -5) |   | Hello,
I'm looking for a little advice out there from people that have purchased the full version of the Garritan Jazz and Big Band set. I know that Finale 2008 already has some of these instruments added but for those of you that dropped the $250 for the full version, was it worth it?
I'm not quite sure what the overlap in instrumentation is. I called Garritan and asked if I could get a discount since I had some of the sounds in Finale already. They offered a $25 discount. I was hoping for a bit more but $25 is certainly better than nothing.
Any comments would be appreciated!
Thanks.
Corte Swearingen
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   |  tim Registered Member
        Date Joined Jan 2000 Total Posts : 692 | Posted 8/22/2007 3:43 AM (GMT -5) |   | If you write Jazz, esp big and, there is no real alternative out there. I have lots of libraries but for checking notes out of scores nothing is as good as the Garritan stuff. It is cheap, it is not a hog on computer power and it integrates well with finale. They may not be some of the glossiest samples out there but they work. Also, there is nothing out that has all the saxes and 5 different trumpets, thus avoiding phasing issues.
Spend the money.
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   |  crazykey Registered Member
        Date Joined Nov 2005 Total Posts : 33 | Posted 9/30/2007 12:08 AM (GMT -5) |   |
Hello Ron
You have obviously integrated with success your Garritan Libraries into your work with Finale 2008.
I own and enjoy Finale 2007 completed by both Garritan personal orchestra and Jazz Orchestra However when I enter Music from my keyboard controller sometimes it works. However. For no apparent reason then suddenly the note are stacked vertically one over the others , like a big fat ridiculous chords. No horizontal motion anymore. horizontal paralysis This contrast with the nice and easy use of Garritan Stuff when using speedy entry or Simple entry with Midi
I guess something is wrong in my Midi set-up, the most usual being Piano on ch 1 and GM drums in ch 10.
My soundcard is a Presonus firebox working perfectly well otherwise and with other programs
Can you, or anybody else be king enough to help me. It must be some trick that eludes me!
I urgently nee some help for that frustrating problem
Best Regards
Crazykeys
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   |  tim Registered Member
        Date Joined Jan 2000 Total Posts : 692 | Posted 9/30/2007 3:30 PM (GMT -5) |   | Crazykey
I have had trouble in the past with midi devices that use the built in windows WDM midi drivers. For example my new computer has an RME card that finale hates. I also tried a USB midi interface that uses the WDM driver and it also missed notes and had some delay sometimes. Then I put one of my old m-audio ones on that has it's own driver and all is perfect.
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 |  raweber Registered Member
        Date Joined Jul 2003 Total Posts : 48 | Posted 10/1/2007 8:29 PM (GMT -5) |   |
tim said... If you write Jazz, esp big and, there is no real alternative out there. I have lots of libraries but for checking notes out of scores nothing is as good as the Garritan stuff. Well, I bet that Broadway Big Band sounds as good or better, but I'm certainly not about to drop $2300 on it.
That being said, the demos for First Call horns are very impressive (more impressive than the Garritan JABB demos, which still sound like synthesizers.) Anyone have any experience with First Call? They're price competitive with JABB.
Rob in Peoria
Poser Composer
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 |  tim Registered Member
        Date Joined Jan 2000 Total Posts : 692 | Posted 10/2/2007 2:12 PM (GMT -5) |   | I agree that the Garritan demos do not do it any justice and those other libraries have a bigger more produced sound. But when it comes to checking notes out of a big band score you need to have a separate patch for each line or it will phase on unisons. The Garritan is the only one that has this. So for playing back a score, without making any edits for the playback, I still think it is the best option. Plus it is economical on the computer. I recently tried out the VSL saxophones and they sound really good. But there are only 3 of them.
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   |  crazykey Registered Member
        Date Joined Nov 2005 Total Posts : 33 | Posted 10/16/2007 6:38 AM (GMT -5) |   |
Hello Serge,
From what you write First call horn seems an excellent library for recording.
On the Big Fish Site, they present two formats:
- GigaStudio
- Kontakt Player 2/Plug-in
If I want to use it for recording with Cubase 4 which one should I buy and how do I proceed to use it as compared with Garritan's library easily selected within as VST instruments?
Hopeful and grateful for your help
Best regards
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  |  crazykey Registered Member
        Date Joined Nov 2005 Total Posts : 33 | Posted 10/21/2007 2:54 AM (GMT -5) |   | |
 |  ronboy Registered Member
        Date Joined Jan 2005 Total Posts : 48 | Posted 10/23/2007 12:50 PM (GMT -5) |   | It all sounds good but can I use the Quantum Leap/EastWest Silver XP orchestra libraries instead of the GPO with Finale 2008? This is the question of the YEAR for me! I have the JABB library that I'll use for the jazz stuff! | Back to Top | |
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