I don't have the J&BB library, but the GPO and the band versions. The band version has light versions of some instruments, which are recommended if the computer is short of memory. The GPO comes with a light version of choir sounds.
I suspect some of the sounds coming with Finale being the light versions, but others worked pretty well for me before I got the GPO. The bowed low strings come to mind. Playing bassbone myself I also have found the Finale bassbone sound very harsh. But then I also have found recorded bassbones much brighter than what I heard from my own instruments. A dark bass trombone tends to drown in the mix. My worst problem right now is that the band library sounds are way too quiet to mix with the GPO sounds. Sad as GPO brass sounds are way better than their band library equivalents. Klaus >________________________________ > From: Craig Parmerlee <cr...@parmerlee.com> >To: Finale News List <finale@shsu.edu> >Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 7:08 PM >Subject: [Finale] Are the "free" (bundled) Garritan sounds the same as the GPO >and Concert Band sounds? > > >I have the Garritan J&BB library, and of course the basic library that >comes with Finale 2012. > >I am getting better at making the playback sound halfway authentic for >big bands. So yesterday I decided to work on a trombone quartet piece. >For this, I used the bundled sounds: the three solo tenor trombones and >the solo bass trombone. The tenor trombones sound so-so, but the bass >trombone sounds really coarse and thin-bodied. I hope I don't usually >sound like that on bass trombone. > >My question is whether these "free" bundled instruments are considered >"full function" sounds or are they intentionally a lower quality than >those you purchase separately. And similarly, should I expect the GPO >library to sound better than the bundled sounds, instrument for instrument? > >_______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
