GarageBand Jam Pack: Symphony Orchestra
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GarageBand Jam Pack: Symphony Orchestra
Solo Strings
Written by JG from Dekalb
20-Dec-2007
I found it disappointing that the jam pack did not contain solo violin, viola or cello, but fortunately I found a cello and violin in Logic express's exp24 sampler BUT NO VIOLA... COME On PEOPLE, get with the program!
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GarageBand Jam Pack: Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra
Written by JH from NEWBURY PARK
7-Jul-2007
So glad I read the reviews and went to the Apple store to try this software before (not) purchasing it. So that I'm not misunderstood, most of the sounds are very good and useful. Brass ensemble sounds great, but solos-no,no. Love the wood winds;where else can you get an oboe at this price? But the strings! No solo violin! no way to work any of the section independantly. What would "Eleanor Rigby" sound like if limited to this format. In the end, that's what stopped me buying to pack. I want the versatility to write and record from 1 to as many string parts as needed. Perhaps that's too costly for this program, but that causes me to look elsewhere.
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GarageBand Jam Pack: Symphony Orchestra
Most audio loops created with sampled instruments
Written by JS from Lafayette
16-Nov-2006
For this type of collection, I expect MIDI loops to use virtual instruments, and I expect audio loops to feature real performances by soloists and ensembles. This unfortunately is not the case with the Symphony Orchestra JamPack. As I listen to the audio loops, it is clear that many were made with virtual/sampled instruments and are not actual live performances on real instruments. They may have been produced with more elaborate instrument samples than were included in the package, and they may have nicer reverb than is available in Garageband, but it is clear that they aren't real.
If your expectation is that the audio loops are actual phrases played on real instruments, you may be disappointed. That said, there is a pretty nice selection of musical ideas. And for many projects, this will be a very useful collection.
The sampler instruments that are provided are mostly very good. And impressively, there aren't any of them that are unusable.
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GarageBand Jam Pack: Symphony Orchestra
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Written by JG
26-Jul-2006
I'm disappointed...
There are no solo strings on here. So, if you were planning on having that wonderful, heart-wrenching solo violin to play the melody of your song, find a better program. This one sucks for it. They only have ensemble strings, which sound... alright.. and if you smash your keyboard.. you can get a somewhat decent sound of a solo string, though most people who listen to it say it sounds like an organ or accordian.
Trust me.. there are a few programs out there that DO have solo strings as separate instrument software (apart from just Ensemble). They actually recognize that they're two COMPLETELY different sounds.
However, the rest of the instruments aren't half-bad. If you want good woodwind sounds, especially... then, go right ahead and buy this.
So, Apple.. if you read this.. make another Jam Pack with solo strings, please. They're such beautiful instruments that you completely ignored. I mean.. come on! What's an orchestrated song without the whiny plea of a solo violin playing the lead.. during that sad moment in your song? Geez.755 of 1020 people found this useful
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