Strike Up the Band!
GARRITAN CONCERT & MARCHING BAND
Now Shipping!
Garritan announces amid fanfare that the Concert and Marching Band Library, a complete collection of concert and marching band sampled instruments, is now shipping.
The Garritan Concert and Marching Band Library features a broad variety of cornets, trombones, trumpets, baritones, euphoniums, mellophones, sousaphones, saxes, tenor horns, clarinets, flutes, piccolo, tubas, marching percussion and more. Also included are drumline sounds from the renowned Virtual Drumline 2 by Tapspace. There are several hundred instruments in this collection arranged in sections and solo instruments.
The Garritan Concert and Marching Band Library is the only library of its kind and fills a major void in the world of sample libraries. Concert, marching and other types of bands are thriving worldwide and have become an increasingly important part of musical culture and society. It is estimated there are over 17,000 high school bands in the USA alone. Further, there are countless college and university bands, community bands, military bands, drum and bugle corps, bands in sporting events, and parade bands – there may be more concert and marching bands than any other form of instrumental group. Indeed, there is such widespread interest and demand for a band library and Garritan has marched to the beat of a different drum to fill that unmet need.
The Garritan Concert and Marching Band Library is designed for easy playability and features standardized controls for dynamics and expression. Ensemble building enables users to quickly build bands of varying size – from both groups of instruments or with individual instruments. The unparalleled flexibility of the Garritan Concert and Marching Band can create marching bands, concert bands, British brass bands, modern drum and bugle corps, wind orchestras, symphonic bands, wind ensembles, and custom bands of any configuration.
Powered by the Native Instruments Kontakt 2 Player, the Garritan Concert and Marching Band runs on a single computer and/or laptop, Mac or PC platform. A standalone player is included, as well as plug-ins for all major sequencers (VST, DX, AU, RTAS). The library is also optimized for use in Sibelius 5 and Finale 2008 for direct playback from score.
The Concert and Marching Band provides composers, educators, and students with a powerful tool that supplies valuable feedback during the compositional and arranging process. It gives band directors a superb means of working out drill routines and sectional interplay. It also provides musicians with a comprehensive array of band sounds to add to their tracks.
Stay a step ahead with the Garritan Concert and Marching Band library!
Pricing and Availability
Garritan Concert and Marching Band is priced at $239 and is shipping now. It is available from the Garritan website or from Hal Leonard, Finale, Sibelius, Time & Space and other fine distributors and resellers worldwide.
For demos, instrument list, drill routine or for more information go to www.garritan.com/band.html.
About Garritan
Garritan is an award-winning producer of high-quality and innovative soundware. Garritan has revolutionized the software instrument world and has won numerous accolades from celebrity musicians and the music press alike. The Garritan libraries are used in a wide variety of applications: from TV shows and film to video games, live concerts and ballet. Schools and universities world-wide have chosen Garritan libraries for use with their music curriculums. Garritan has also pioneered the integration of samples with popular notation programs, such as Finale and Sibelius. The Garritan Libraries are known the world over for quality and as an indispensable staple in education as well as in film, television and music productions and live performances.
