At 03:50 PM 10/12/2008, you wrote:
Dana,
I would suggest going to a less sophisticated app than KONTAKT 3. I
believe you'd have more succuess with a GARRITAN set of instruments
<rant>I bought the Garritan Big Band. To say they're a disappointment
is truly an understatement. The saxes sound like they came out of a
1980s Casio. Someone told me that..I should get an application
(Kore?) to modify the patches. <<sigh>>....That doesn't sound like
the right answer. That same person also told me (about the Garritan
big band) was that the drum kits were really good. If that's so, I
wonder why Garritan doesn't sell just the drum kits, and not purport
to have an entire big band until they have a good one.
I can't see how Garritan is worth trusting with an entire orchestra
if they put out a lousy big band. (These patches, when applied to a
reasonably good chart, sound like a middle-school "Jazz Band") . </rant>
By comparison.the Kontakt 3 patches are GREAT!...Human Playback is
only worthwhile if the instrument samples/sounds are worth using. :).....
. You don't say what flavor FINALE either. If 2009
'tis 2009, indeed. :)
, the ARIA playback may serve as well as all the bells and whistles
of KTKT 3;-)
<rant> They make all that very confusing, by the way. They sell you
Aria with Finale 2009, so that you can use the Garritan sounds that
are built into Finale...Then they sell you Kontakt 2 when you buy the
Garritan Big Band. Also, by the way, you can't use Kontakt 2 sounds
with a Kontakt 3 player. How dumb is that? No backward compatibility
is understandable. No "forward compatibility just sounds like bad
business." Imagine not being able to open your Finale 2004 documents
in Finale 2009?</rant>
So far, the Kontakt 3 sounds are the best I've got. If anyone wants
to buy a Garritan Big Band from me (after my great commercial for it,
I know), I'm open to offers, and will gladly transfer the license,
and of course, uninstall it from my own computer.
Best,
Dana
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