Garritan Jazz and Big Band

Garritan Jazz & Big Band is designed for entry-level or professional musicians and features trumpets, trombones, saxophones, a complete rhythm section and more. The Garritan Jazz & Big Band library includes extended instrument ranges, a variety of mutes for brass and a comprehensive collection of saxophones. It offers advanced programming for expressive control and includes the Kontakt Sample Player and GPO Studio to work with notation programs. With Garritan Jazz & Big Band, you can control dynamics, tongue/slur articulations, intonation, vibrato and more.  
 
Garritan Jazz and Big Band Features: 

• - Includes NI KONTAKT Sample Player & GPO STUDIO to work with Notation Programs 
• - Create Realistic-Sounding Jazz & Big Band Arrangements Quickly and Easily 
• - Great Sounding Instruments, Advanced Programming for Expressive Control 
• - Control Dynamics, Tongue/Slur Articulations, Intonation, Vibrato & More. 
• - Build Your Own Bands and Jazz Ensembles with Individual Instruments 
• - An entire Big Band can be loaded on a single computer or laptop 
• - Variety of Mutes [Straight, Cup, Harmon, Bucket, Plunger (wah-wah)]. 
• - Mac or PC, Standalone, VST, DX, AU, RTAS, Runs in RAM

Garritan Jazz and Big Band PC Requirements

- Windows XP, Pentium 4 /Athlon 1.8 GHz or better is recommended 
- 2 GB of free hard disk space 
- CD-ROM or DVD Drive 
- The Kontakt Player requires a soundcard: 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 the entire orchestra, 1 GB of RAM is recommended. There is a direct correlation between the number of instruments that can be loaded and the amount of available RAM. Loading the entire orchestra requires 1 GB of RAM. The more RAM available the better. 
 
Note: 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.

Garritan Jazz and Big Band MAC Requirements

- Mac OS X or higher, G4 733MHz or better is recommended 
- 2 GB of free hard disk space 
- CD-ROM or DVD Drive 
- The Kontakt Player requires a soundcard: 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 the entire orchestra, 1 GB of RAM is recommended. There is a direct correlation between the number of instruments that can be loaded and the amount of available RAM. Loading the entire orchestra requires 1 GB of RAM. The more RAM available the better. 
 
Note: 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.