The JABB sounds are better but not great. Piano, bass, drums, guitar and baritone sax are good. Clarinet, bass clarinet and flute are good. Upper saxes and brass are a lot less good. We expect (justifiably) such nuance and shaping of those sounds in the jazz style that it is probably too much to expect to think that static samples would be satisfactory. All in all, the sounds are helpful to me. I have learned to estimate pretty well what a good band will sound like from the JABB kazoos, but you have to make some balance adjustments in the mixer. The trombones are far too loud for the rest of the sounds. My take is that they are worth $75.
Hope this helps. Chuck Chuck Israels (360) 201-3434 Sent from my iPad > On Dec 2, 2013, at 9:23 PM, Girard Bowe <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just got in and saw that Garritan is offering 50% off their JABB set for > CyberMonday. I'm wondering if those sounds are any better than the > Finale/Garritan sounds. The trumpet, sax & trombone sound synthesized - > they're just terrible. However, the samples on the website are killer. If > they're the same sounds, how much tweaking has to be done to get them to > sound right? > > > > I don't need a bunch of special effects; I don't need a bunch of obscure > instruments. If I could get decent horn sounds easily, it would be worth $75 > to me. > > > > Just wondering if anybody has any insight. And if good sounds are possible > from the resident Garritan setup in Finale 2014, how do I get them? > > > > If anyone has a quick answer, that would be great. I've got till 12 CST to > take advantage of the sale. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Giz > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
