John Bell wrote:
On 15 Jul 2005, at 03:04, dhbailey wrote:
Oh, definitely for me! I relish the thought of having to pay another
$150 or so to get the sounds of an instrument which it is unthinkable
to leave out of a quite large share of the composition/engraving
field, namely Concert Band, to say nothing about Jazz Band or Marching
Band.
Since much of that music goes to the educational market, though,
perhaps this is just Finale's way of saying, "We know we've lost the
educational market, so anybody who could write anything for it can go
take a hike!"
No, it's simply that GPO doesn't have saxophones, and that is, I agree,
a serious lack. The Jazz & Big Band Collection, which does of course
have saxophones, has not yet been released. You can't blame MakeMusic
for excluding instruments that are not available.
John
But they list the Jazz & Big Band Collection for sale (I was terribly
wrong about the price -- it's a whopping $259 dollars more, and that's a
special deal for Finale users!) so they could include a tickler about
how they'll be releasing an update patch of the included GPO soundset to
include an Alto Sax, Tenor Sax and Baritone Sax, when they are released.
But there's no mention of that, so those of us who are active in the
band world need to make this a $349 upgrade to get what the
orchestra-centric Finale users get for $99. If there's a fairness in
this I fail to see it.
--
David H. Bailey
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