I still have them both, mostly to listen to tracks I produced with them. I don't regret for a second either purchase! For example, Garritan Jazz and Big Band does not provide as many keyboard and guitar sounds as Sibelius Sounds, so let’s imag-ine that you want to combine the electric guitar sounds from Sibelius S ounds with the Jazz and Big Band sounds. I never reached those heights when I was using it. whether you’re composing a smokin’ swing or bop chart or.
This band has groove power that will lift you out of your seat, with wailing saxes, screeching trumpets and howling trombones, as well as a full rhythm section that never drops a beat. To the question of what can you do with it, well, there are some absolutely brilliant demos, I can't even imagine the hours required to produce these tracks. Electronic Musician Editor’s Choice Award Composing and arranging for jazz band just got a lot easier. I tried your trick with the controller 11 set to 0, but it. Post by Warren Barnett » Wed 1:54 am Hi Peter. Warren Barnett Posts: 367 Joined: Sun 6:42 am. If you just want to learn about MIDI orchestration/arranging I still think GPO and JABB are good tools. Garritan Jazz & Big Band 3 Garritan Concert & Marching Band 2 Garritan World Instruments Garritan Steinway Piano Basic Edition Tapspace Virtual Drumline 2.52. You'll spend more money to purchase them, and you'll spend more time learning to use them. There are much better libraries out there today. Garritan Jazz and Big Band Use KS instruments whenever possible this will ensure that Human Playback can always interpret mute change expressions like 'harmon' and 'bucket.' Get to know the instruments the instruments included in JABB are all very individualistic and have a lot of personality. I started with the original version of each and upgraded each time, in the hopes that they would get better, and I suppose they did, at some level. Such flexibility, such tone, what a price tag! And difficult to use? You bet! So GPO and later JABB were a bit of a breath of fresh air. I had purchased Garritan Orchestral Strings and it was awesome. To put things in perspective - at the time GigaStudio ruled the world. It really seems as if Gary set out to build a learning tool. I thought both of them were brilliant learning tools! While the sounds may not be quite as good (in some cases) or nearly as broad as those found in the Kontakt Factory Library they are organized in such a way that you will learn a lot about MIDI orchestration and arranging. And it requires the Aria player, which has not received a lot of attention in the ensuing years. And you will be limited in the articulations you can choose from. The samples in both GPO and JABB run the gamut from brilliant to poor, which is very unfortunate.