Garritan Jazz & Big Band 3

Garritan Jazz & Big Band 3 is state-of-the-art software that reproduces the sounds of the musical instruments in a jazz and big band, right from your computer. This award-winning collection is the first library of its kind and set a new standard.  Jazz & Big Band 3 features trumpets, trombones, comprehensive 16 Saxophones collection, winds, keyboards, basses, rhythm section - over 50 individual instruments. Create realistic-sounding Jazz & Big Band arrangements quickly and easily.

The latest version of Jazz & Big Band includes the advanced new ARIA engine. The ARIA engine is a highly-optimized sample player featuring efficient performance, fast sample loading, and low CPU-demand. The ARIA engine is in use in products from Microsoft, SONY, AKAI and MakeMusic and is extensively tested. It works as a Standalone, Plug-in (VST - AudioUnits -RTAS), and supported notation programs.

In addition to JABB's 50+ instruments (see instrument list below), JABB 3 includes seven organs, slap basses, harmonica and banjo. There are also extended ranges on some instruments and Ensemble Presets.

Garritan Jazz & Big Band 3 now integrates the high quality Ambience reverb with the ARIA Player and has individual mixing sends for each instrument. Stereo Stage imparts spacious stereo imagery for the GPO4 instruments.  The Standalone ARIA Player allows you to load and playback MIDI files. You can also produce audio recordings of the MIDI file or record yourself playing live.

Garritan Jazz & Big Band 3 Instrument List:
-16 Saxophones
  -Sopranino saxophone, Mezzo Soprano sax, 3 Soprano saxophones, (2 straight, 1 curved), 3 Alto saxophones, C Melody saxophone, 3
    Tenor saxophones, Baritone sax, Bass saxophone, Contrabass saxophone, Sub-contrabass saxophone, plus derivative ensemble
    instruments.
-6 Trumpets (with mutes)
-5 Bb Trumpets (all with extended range, one with extreme range),
  -Open, straight mute, cup mute, Harmon mute, bucket mute, Flugelhorn, Plus derivative ensemble instruments
-5 Trombones (with mutes)
  -Including 4 Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone, Open, straight mute, cup mute, Harmon mute, bucket mute. Plus derivative ensemble
    instruments
-6 Additional Winds
  -Piccolo, Alto Flute, C Flute, Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Tuba. Plus derivative ensemble instruments
-3 Keyboards
  -Steinway B grand piano, Vintage electric piano, Jazz Accordion, Rock Organ
-3 Guitars
  -2 Electric guitars, Acoustic guitar
-6 Basses
  -2 Upright acoustic basses, 2 Fretless electric basses, 2 Fretted electric basses
-3 Drum Kits
  -Classic Stick kits, Fusion Stick Kit, plus separate instruments (kick, snare, toms, hi-hat, cymbals), Brush kit (with controllable stirs) plus
    separate instruments
-Percussion
  -Vibraphone (hard and soft mallets), Wide variety of percussion including Latin percussion, bongos, congas, timbales, wood blocks, bells,
    whistles, etc.

Garritan Jazz & Big Band 3 System Requirements:
-2 GB of free hard disk space
-DVD Drive
-Windows XP, Pentium 4 /Athlon 2.4 GHz or better is recommended
-Mac OS 10.4 or higher (Leopard updates available at NI site), To load a full big band a Mac Intel is recommended
-The Kontakt 2 Player needs a soundcard for playing the sounds of Jazz & Big Band. Standard DirectSound, MME or ASIO drivers required
-Windows-compatible MIDI hardware if required
-A MIDI interface is required if you are using a MIDI keyboard, another MIDI controller or an external sequencer. The MIDI interface
  integrated in many sound cards can also be used
-To play an entire big band arrangement, Garritan recommends 1 GB of RAM or more. There is a direct correlation between the number of
  instruments that can be loaded and the amount of available RAM. The more RAM available the better
-Running Jazz & Big Band is dependent on the speed of your computer. The faster the processor, the better. The Kontakt audio engine is
  designed to make use of the processing power of your computer's CPU. The powerful and complex algorithms of the Kontakt Player work
  best on modern and fast CPUs. Please also observe the systems requirements of your host application.