From my experience, the number who would use the sounds without
upgrading is darned near zero. If the sounds could be mixed with other
synthesizer voices, then definitely it would be used a lot, but the
bundled Garritan sounds are just too restricted to be a good solution
for just about project.
I have no idea what the contract arrangements are, but typically the
money would flow the OTHER direction. This is like AOL getting
Microsoft to put their sign-up icon on the standard Windows desktop.
I'd think Garritan would be paying Finale to promote their product. I
surely hope none of my payment to Finale went to Garritan.
dhbailey wrote:
Craig Parmerlee wrote:
I wonder if Garritan receives ANY licensing fees for being included
in the distribution. As we have been discussing, what they supply is
artificially limited, practically forcing you to go out and spend a
bunch of money with Garritan to address those deficiencies. I'm not
saying that is bad or wrong or unetihcal. Indeed, it is the sort of
co-marketing that happens all the time.
I'm fairly certain they're not letting Finale or Sibelius use their
samples for free. Think of the many thousands of Finale users who
wouldn't rush out and buy the complete Garritan packages.
There's some money changing hands, I'm sure.
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