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Use third Party Software synths in GarageBand
Authored by: bjmorgan on Feb 06, '04 01:05:52PM

It depends on the amount of money you're looking to invest. The digital music making world is choc full of available applications that emulate everything from synths to strings. For starters, one of the cheapest and easiest to use alternatives is the GarageBand Jam Pack, which includes a good array of extra string settings for GB (not perfect ones, but they get the job done).

If you DON'T want simplicity and you have money to burn, a lot of pros look to the Mark Of The Unicorn (MOTU) MachFive Software Sampler (for around $395). You'll then have to buy a decent orchestra sound library for the sampler to sample from. The most extensive is Sonic Implants Symphonic String Collection (which runs $995 for the full version of 12.3 GB of high quality orchestra samples.)

There are a lot of mid-range alternatives, too. If you want to find out more, Electronic Musician Magazine (www.emusician.com) does a pretty good job of evaluating and highlighting what's out there.



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Use third Party Software synths in GarageBand
Authored by: schneb on Feb 06, '04 01:12:41PM

I am not looking for loops now, I am looking for "voices" that I can assign the MIDI tracks to. Is this what these items are? I think I should look seriously into the Jam pack.



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Use third Party Software synths in GarageBand
Authored by: bjmorgan on Feb 06, '04 01:21:07PM

No, these are not loops, these are actual sampled and/or processed voices. It works the same with the high end software and Jam Pack. I have a layout of all the instruments that you will get with Jam Pack posted on my site if you want to take a gander:

http://www.promotetheband.com/extras/garageband.htm

Hope that helps.



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Yes, it does help
Authored by: readparse on Feb 18, '04 10:39:17AM

Thanks a bunch for the list.



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