I should add that the update didn't show up in that stupid "Native
Instruments Service Center" app either. I only found out there WAS a
K2 JABB update by going to the Garritan Wiki.
The sounds are great, but both Garritan and Native Instruments leave
a lot to be desired when it comes to ease-of-use.
For instance, the K2 JABB installer updated Finale 2007 so that the
JABB instruments are available from the Setup Wizard, but neglected
to update Fin2008 as well. And yes, I know how to manually copy the
relevant files, but still -- c'mon guys, let's get it together here.
It's not rocket science.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 19 Aug 2007, at 1:54 AM, Williams, Jim wrote:
100% right you are...all this NI stuff has been a fiasco! ;-(
Jim W.
From: Darcy James Argue
Sent: Sun 19-Aug-07 1:43
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Finale] JABB update for K2, Garritan Wiki
It was released a month ago (July 19, 2007), but I don't recall
there being any mention of it on the list. I only found out about
it myself just now. I think the last time I checked was around July
15 or so. Again, it would be really nice if Gary had some method of
alerting his customers (via email or auto-update software) when
important updates are released.
Case in point: there is a thread called "Where We Are At" at the
Northern Sounds Forum which is supposed to list the latest
upgrades. It was last updated on July 11, and (still) says:
We just received the latest installers from NI for GPO &
JABB.Unfortunately MakeMusic found some K2 errors when testing the
installers and now this has gone back to Native Instruments for
correction. Hopefully we'll get new installers soon and make the
latest updates available ASAP.
http://northernsounds.com/forum/showthread.php?t=53686
Gary really needs to update this.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 19 Aug 2007, at 1:39 AM, Williams, Jim wrote:
Self-reply...
I don't see anything later than 2.2.3.
It's been out for a while.
From: Williams, Jim
Sent: Sun 19-Aug-07 1:36
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Finale] JABB update for K2, Garritan Wiki
Are you talking about 2.2.2.3 or is there a later one?
Jim
From: Darcy James Argue
Sent: Sun 19-Aug-07 1:29
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Finale] JABB update for K2, Garritan Wiki
Two items of interest:
1) The Kontakt Player 2 update for Garritan Jazz And Big Band has
been released. (Without much apparent fanfare -- I really wish
Gary would set up some way of notifying his customers when
upgrades are released.)
This upgrade finally makes it possible for Intel Mac owners to run
JABB for the first time -- which also means it's the first version
of JABB that will run acceptably on Mac laptops. It also adds
keyswitched saxophone doubles, so that you can switch from, e.g.,
alto sax to flute, clarinet, or soprano sax without having to load
additional patches and use channel change expressions. Finally,
since both GPO and JABB instruments can be loaded in the same
Kontakt Player instance, it makes it much easier to mix and match
instruments from different sample libraries.
2) There is now a (much-needed) Garritan Wiki <http://
garritan.info>. It includes, among other things, helpful
instructions on how to upgrade to the new JABB:
http://garritan.info/index.php/JABB_KP2_Update_for_Mac_OS_X
http://garritan.info/index.php/JABB_KP2_Update_for_Windows
Cheers,
- Darcy
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