KVR Audio

cphuntington97 · Post by **cphuntington97** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:04 am

Anyone know of a good jazz combo sample library?

I basically just want to put some little "band in a box" swing/latin combo type stuff on fire.

Or any thoughts about this...?

thanks

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:20 am

Garritan jazz comes to mind. Seems pretty great for that kinda stuff.
Might be a bit expensive for runnning BIAB styles through it though.

sp0rk · Post by **sp0rk** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:24 pm

The Edirol Super Quartet is pretty good. It's only guitar/bass/drums, but has good sounds, I use it with Band in a Box to make myself accompanyment CDs. The mapping is set up great, all I do is export the midi file, and load it into Acid with Super Quartet, and all the sounds etc are mapped correctly. It takes like 3 minutes once your used to it.

stale bread · Post by **stale bread** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:35 pm

does band in a box run as a vsti

Matt Wilson · Post by **Matt Wilson** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:56 pm

I think Big Fish Audio has a few jazz combo sample collections. Keep in mind that they're riffs and not multisampled though, as far as I know.

sp0rk · Post by **sp0rk** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:00 pm

Band in a box is not a vsti, it's a standalone program. You can export midi files though, and I hear the newer version of Band in a Box will let you run a DXI synth in it. I don't have it to confirm that though. . .

dramsenik · Post by **dramsenik** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:42 pm

will let you run a DXI synth in it

you can already since two years.

Even if i use BIAB just to work/learn songs and sightreading i like to have a good sound out...

I don't own Garritan Jazz but it looks good...
another may be the new NI Bandstand

Here's an extract of a post i did on the BIAB forum
http://www.pgmusic.com/ubbthreads/showf ... ge=3#63973

from what i have Sampletank does the best job now but you have to know that program change doesn't respond well...

cphuntington97 · Post by **cphuntington97** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:05 am

Thanks for the all the advice.

The Garritan jazz sounds awesome!

Faster computer + reason + band in a box + nice sample library + me and some horns = great way to make music without making friends!

It's kind of ironic - music is all about people and interacting with people. And why don't I like to practice? Oh that's right, 'cause it's such a lonely, solitary thing.

So what do I do? Play with the computer. Between this and podcasts, I am pretty happy on my own.

jazz combo?