Some for changing note-starts and some for note ends. Let’s start with the many disadvantages… it’s hard to understand, confusing to use, with key switching modes that switch between latching on/off key switches and hold-me-down key switches or both at the same time. Where to start with this enigma of a library? It’s a Kontakt library that works in either iteration of the software.īroadway Big Band breaks all the rules I have for a successful sample library. They’ve graciously allowed me to mock up a section of one of their fantastic swinging big band pieces (Swing Sister Swing). This week I enlisted some help from some good friends and colleagues Daisy Coole and Tom Nettleship - a.k.a Two Twentytwo Music. Vintage Drums - Native Instruments (as part of Komplete) The Trumpet + The Trombone - Sample Modelling If you haven’t read my article How To Choose Orchestral Sample Libraries - An Introduction, then you might want to bookmark this page, go and read my introduction and then come back to this page.īelow is a list of the libraries that I’m going to be focussing on However, this week (like so much of Jazz) one of the star libraries breaks many of these rules! I also focus on the sound of the acoustic in which the samples are recorded, as they give the sound it’s character. I look for usability, great sounding recordings, flexibility of sound and how easily my computer will cope with the strains of running the sound library in question. If you’ve followed the series you’ve probably seen the regular disclaimer I’ve made about the important points to look for in a sample library, but just in case you’re late to the party:

It’s an area that is not often explored as there aren’t nearly as many options for the budding jazz arranger / writer, but I want to share with you the jazz libraries I love and why!

This week in my series on my favourite orchestral sample libraries we are going to take a swinging side-step into the world of Jazz and Big Band sample libraries.

Download garritan big band jazz