dhbailey wrote:
dhbailey wrote:
[snip]
All MakeMusic has to do is to release Fianle2006 as they plan to,
without the saxes, since they're not ready for release yet, and then
release an update patch, like they do for the occasional interim
bug-release (finale2005a, finale2005b, finale2005c, whatever), which
includes an updated soundset that includes saxes.
And they can pre-announce that without hurting anybody -- they're
preannouncing the Garritan Jazz and Big Band Collection, and even
taking pre-orders for that! If they preannounce the inclusion of
saxes in an interim update to be released at the same time the Jazz
and Big Band Collection is released, they won't lose band
composers/arrangers who won't see anything else of major importance in
this 2006 upgrade.
Lest anybody think I'm just griping for the sake of it (sometimes I
wonder that myself), I have sent a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
asking specifically whether saxophones will be included in an upcoming
update patch to the Finale2006 release.
I'll share the response with the list when I get one.
Here is the reply I just received from Phil at MakeMusic:
[quote -- notice he couldn't take the time to make it a personal reply,
with a nice greeting such as Hello, David!]
Hello,
At this point, it does not look like the GPO Finale Edition will be
patched for Saxes. The only way to get sax sounds would be the Jazz and
Big Band when it is released.
Phil
Sr. Customer Support Representative
MakeMusic! Inc.
[end quote]
So much for MakeMusic's commitment to serve the educational community --
can anybody name any major concert band or jazz band or marching band
works which don't include saxophones? Can anybody name publishers of
concert or marching or jazz band music which doesn't include saxophones?
How's a band-oriented person supposed to take advantage of the
much-touted (and only significant thing in this upgrade) improvement in
playback?
Oh, I get it, all the people in the band world have tons of money to
spend and so will willingly fork over the $250 just to get an instrument
which should have been included in the upgrade!
Nice to know that even in not adding any engraver-specific improvements
and in their attempt to improve playback they STILL can't serve a large
segment of their customer base!
--
David H. Bailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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