Darcy, I just want to make sure I'm understanding this. Is JABB not set up to take advantage of the Kontakt 2 that comes with Fin'07? Also, does the Garritan marching band library require the same specs as JABB?
Jim Williamson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darcy James Argue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] JABB/FinMac 2005b - HELP! > Eric, > > Use the "Notation - Lite" JABB instruments. Your G5 iMac (1.8 GHz, I > assume) just isn't fast enough to play back a large number of full- > blooded JABB instruments at once. This is partly because JABB > instruments are MUCH more demanding than GPO instruments and partly > because version 1.x of the Kontakt Player runs like crap on PPC > machines. When Garritan releases a version of JABB that uses the > Kontakt Player 2, you should get better performance. > > Adding more RAM will help only slightly. The real problems are the > relatively slow speed of your processor (vs current Intel-based > machines) and the fact that Native Instruments support for Macs is > dreadful. > > You should also consider upgrading to Finale 2007, which will allow > you to load JABB instruments directly within Finale as AU plugins, > and contains automatic support for most JABB features. > > Cheers, > > - Darcy > ----- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Brooklyn, NY > > > > On 29 Dec 2006, at 2:16 PM, ER @ HOME wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > After many years, I finally committed and purchased JABB as part > > of the recent group buy. I'm a "power user" with Finale (version > > 1.0 vet) and have been using Reason and soundfonts for playback of > > big band charts with reasonable success. > > > > So...I installed JABB and began to play with it...as expected the > > individual sounds show a lot of promise, BUT when I try to playback > > an existing big band score (a FinMac 2005b file), I get lots of > > digital artifacts (pops, sizzles), etc.with only a brass section > > loaded...or even with just saxophones and rhythm. I'm working on an > > iMac G5 with 1.25 GB of RAM... > > > > I've tried opening up the latency both in Garritan Jazz (which I > > assume also affects GPO Studio since there is nowhere to adjust > > latency in the GPO Studio preferences) AND opened up the latency > > all the way in my digital audio interface. Hmm...maybe that's part > > of the issue? > > > > In the Garritan JABB forum, JABB wizard Tom Hopkins mentioned that > > he did all those great sounding JABB demos with less than 1.5 GB of > > RAM, so I'm hoping there's a solution available with my current > > rig. If not, I'm suppose I'm willing to spend to bread to max out > > my RAM to 2 GB if that will cure the problem. > > > > Any help or advice would be gratefully received. I would love to > > make JABB part of my regular toolkit if possible. > > > > Thanks and best wishes for a great 2007, > > Eric Richards > > > > ERIC RICHARDS > > > > Composer/Arranger > > Trombone/Music Technology > > +++++++++++++++++ > > Fremont NE > > USA > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
