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Garritan Jazz & Big Band 3 Collection

Jazz and Big Band Virtual Instrument with 50-plus Sounds, ARIA Instrument Engine, and MIDI Playback and Recording - macOS/Windows Standalone, AAX, AU, VST
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Garritan Jazz & Big Band 3 Collection
Price:$119 and 00 cents
$20.00 suggested monthly payments with 6 month financing‡

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Swing with Dozens of Great Instrument Sounds!

Here's a great way to put together a full jazz or big band ensemble - without a big band budget! Sweetwater is sure you'll dig Gary Garritan's Jazz & Big Band 3 Collection, thanks to its 50-plus instruments, its amazing ARIA instrument engine, and its ease of use. You get multiple saxophones, trumpets, trombones, keyboards, wind instruments, guitars, basses, and even drum kits and percussion instruments. The Jazz & Big Band 3 Collection even includes ensemble presets that let you easily assemble great-sounding groups! Add onboard reverb and stereo effects for an even bigger-sounding experience. Best of all, this astounding collection is surprisingly affordable.

Gary Garritan Jazz & Big Band 3 Collection Software Instrument Features at a Glance:
  • More than 50 individual instruments
  • Amazingly realistic sounds
  • ARIA instrument engine
  • Ensemble presets
  • High-quality reverb and Stereo Stage effects
  • MIDI playback and recording features
  • Mac/PC
Instruments:
  • 16 saxophones:
  • Sopranino saxophone, mezzo-soprano saxophone, 3 soprano saxophones, (2 straight, 1 curved), 3 alto saxophones, C-melody saxophone, 3 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, contrabass saxophone, subcontrabass 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):
  • 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), Latin percussion, bongos, congas, timbales, wood blocks, bells, whistles, and more

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Tech Specs

  • Software Type: Big Band Virtual Instrument
  • Platform: Mac, PC
  • Upgrade/Full: Full
  • Download/Boxed: Download
  • Bit Depth: 64-bit
  • Plug-in Formats: Standalone, AAX, AU, VST
  • Software Player: ARIA Player
  • Hardware Requirements - Mac: Multi-core Processor, 4GB RAM minimum, 5GB drive space, 7200RPM or faster drive
  • Hardware Requirements - PC: Multi-core Processor, 4GB RAM minimum, 5GB drive space, 7200RPM or faster drive
  • OS Requirements - Mac: macOS 10.12 or later
  • OS Requirements - PC: Windows 8.1 or later
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 13-GPOJ3DCO

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Reviews

Much better than the price suggest
I have arranged a LOT for real instruments, so I have a pretty critical ear. Recently I had to produce a sampled commercial piece with brass and strings and such. I first used "Broadway" brass, which didn't sound right, very muffled attacks, and some notes are actually out of tune,( fancy that!), then Heins Horns which sounded very synthetic. As a last ditch effort I used the Garritan JABB, and it sounded MUCH more realistic. Make no mistake, this is a good inexpensive library.
Music background: Composer
Garritan JBB 3
Garritan JBB 3
This is a useful virtual instruments to have. Works as standalone, plug in and notation with a lot of instruments from percussion, guitars, pianos and brass. I mostly love the brass and percussion ones.
Music background: Musician Composer/ Producer
Got My Money's Worth
I purchased JABB3 via download from the Garritan website this past Labor Day. It's great that one can purchase something like that nowadays on a holiday.

Overall I'm very pleased with this package. For years I've been looking for a program to add brass arrangements to my original tunes. After trying to piece together sounds from free VSTIs from the net only to yield a sound something like the Salvation Army horns, I finally found a package of samples where the horns have SOUL. I'm not knocking the Salvation Army brass, but I wanted horns the caliber of Tower of Power or Chicago. ie SOULFUL brass and this package gave me what I wanted.

Yes, you can get better, but you'll pay more too. Hundreds more. If you're willing to study the user's guide and work at your MIDI commands you can obtain great results. For the price, you can't go wrong. Just the sound of the Steinway piano sample is worth the money in itself.
Music background: Amateur singer/songwriter.
Good collection
I am well satisfied with the quality of these instruments :-)
Music background: piano-bar
Garritan Jazz & Big Band 3
Wonderful sounds. Easy installation.