[Trombone-l] Publishing now Garritan
Ray Horton
rayhorton at insightbb.com
Thu Jun 5 22:26:43 CDT 2008
512K? Wow. You can buy a computer for the price of, like, a Shires
tuning slide. Take the plunge, man.
Go to
http://www.garritan.com
to hear demos. There seems to be a new demo setup, with a bunch of GPO
and GJBB (jazz) demos, but the GCMB (band) demos don't come up, or play
as GJBB demos instead. Shame, there are some nice pieces listed (Holst
2nd Suite, etc.)
RBH
Wayne Dyess wrote:
> I was presenting a Finale clinic the last 3 days, and was wishing I
> had better sounds just for the "wow" factor to kick in.
>
> You're right. I'll look at them more carefully. The reason I didn't
> load the free GPO sounds was my Ram limitation. 512 k doesn't cut it
> in 2008.
>
> Wait... maybe I need a new 'puter!
>
>
> Nawwwww. I could use a new bone before I sprung for toys.
>
> :-)
>
> w
>
>
>
> On Jun 5, 2008, at 9:52 PM, Ray Horton wrote:
>
> The free GPO in Finale doesn't even HAVE a bass trombone. Trombones
> all stop at low E. A grand step back to the 1930's, that.
>
> I don't remember what they sound like. I never use the free sounds -
> too many other limitations, also. But, the free GPO sounds are better
> than an software synth, sure, but the range limitations, etc. are a
> problem.
>
>
> I used to consider good playback a frill, too. But when you hear the
> quality of the demos you can do with Garritan sounds (with some work,
> admittedly), you might change your mind.
>
> RBH
>
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