Klarinet Archive - Posting 000237.txt from 2005/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] .... more about Finale vs. Sibelius [was: drum roll]
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 21:34:31 -0400

At 08:11 PM 5/13/2005 -0400, Adam Michlin wrote:
>For something either truly exciting or truly frightening (depending on how
>you make your living):
>
>http://www.garritan.com/
>
>Demos at:
>
>http://www.garritan.com/mp3.html
>
>(I am particularly impressed by the Magic Flute Overture excerpt)
>
>and, to be clarinet specific, you can check out the individual sounds of
>the orchestra at:
>
>http://www.garritan.com/audition/

Magic Flute really did sound fine, and some of the individual instruments
are excellent, but the woodwinds are weak. It seemed to me that the
clarinet was the weakest of all, sounding very synthesized. Bassoon was
better, but still a little fake. The percussion instruments were scarily
accurate, though!

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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