I certainly agree about the desirability of having the more varied selection of band specific brass sounds. The problems I perceived were with the upper overtones sounding shallow with the band sound samples But then I might use the orchestral woodwind sounds where I find them preferable. I like the clarinet sounds of the GPO.
Thanks! Klaus --- On Wed, 4/24/13, Raymond Horton <horton.raym...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Raymond Horton <horton.raym...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Finale] Garritan band library To: finale@shsu.edu Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 2:25 PM I can't speak to matters of taste, but i can say that there are a great many MORE brass samples in Garritan Band than in GPO. Euphs vs. baritones, etc. I find for brass band work it is quite helpful. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 7:08 AM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre < yorkmaster...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Bought the Garritan Personal Orchestra some months ago. The better depth > and more richness in details compared to the fewer sound samples coming > with FM2012 have pleased me and been helpful in my work. > > Now I wanted to do a brass band version of a recent project, where it > would have been of benefit to work with cornet sounds over the GPO > trumpets. Also to have access to the alto/tenor horn sounds over the > orchestral horn sounds. Same for a greater variety of baritone, euphonium, > and tuba sounds. > > So I listened to the sound samples on the makemusic site. And I was deeply > disappointed by the artificial, glassy, orchestrion quality of the > soundscape. > > Do I have a wose than usual ear-day, or have others had similar > experiences? > > Is the band library being in version 2 over the GPO being in version 4 a > hint that the band library is kind of outdated? > > Klaus _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
