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Apple Garageband Jam Pack: Symphony Orchestra
Studio : Apple
by Apple
Brand : Apple
Model : MA319Z/A
Platform : Mac OS X
Release Date : 2006-01-18
Publisher : Apple
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN : 0885909089673
UPC : 885909089673
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 8 reviews)
List Price : $99.00
Our Price : Too low to display
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Find first and second violins, violas, cellos, double basses, and a concert harp, as well
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Include flutes, oboes, lovely French horns, trumpets, trombones, and tubas, among others
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Play a wide selection of percussive elements: bass, snare and field drum; cymbals, gong, and bells; the woodblock and still others
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Find new keyboard instruments
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With a symphony orchestra in tow, you just may have to spring for bigger quarters. But if you’re planning to conduct your own orchestra, you’ll want better acoustics anyway. Using Symphony Orchestra and GarageBand (or Logic Express 7, Logic Pro 7, or Soundtrack Pro), there are virtually no limits to the types of sophisticated music you can create. Taking advantage of the prerecorded Apple Loops (more than 2,000 in Symphony Orchestra), you can compose everything from classical music to movie soundtracks. Or you may want to lend some symphonic power to your pop, rock, or hip-hop arrangements. |
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The awesomeness that is Apple Garageband Jam Pack: Symphony Orchestra. Kick ass! |
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I love Apple products and this one sure did live up to my expectations. The product was in great condition and arrived at the estimated delivery date. Thanks for everything. |
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Wonderful effects! |
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Very nice. The big drawback is that I must continuing purchasing different "packs" to get all the effests I would like... it gets expensive. |
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Great for the price (Steinway piano main reason for purchase) |
The day before I ordered this Jam Pack, I had received an M-Audio 88es USB velocity sensitive keyboard from amazon (reviewed separately) Keystation 88es 88 Key USB MIDI Controller and sustain pedal M-Audio SP-2 US65010 Sustain Pedal Piano Style Sustain Pedal for Keyboards
The standard Garage Band 'Grand Piano' sounded just "OK", and there was no harpsichord. Those were my prime reasons for ordering this Jam Pack... and to have fun with the other sounds, of course.
The Steinway Piano in this pack is substantially better than the standard Garage Band piano. Neither is perfect - but this Steinway is great for the price. The difference is more than the soft hammer sound of a Steinway vs a hardened hammer sound of the standard piano. The velocity response and the behavior of sustained notes is much more realistic. The default settings have a fair amount of reverb - to simulate a concert hall. Adjusting that and other sliders can give a sound more appropriate to other settings.
It still does not sound like a real grand piano of course - there are no induced harmonics when the sustain pedal is depressed, for example. But, not bad at all.
The harpsichord is pretty disappointing in comparison. The lower register is amplified way louder than the upper - roughly everything below middle C as I recall. I haven't tried adjusting bass reduction effects etc to make it sound more 'correct'. Also, considerable reverb in the default 'Orchestra Harpsichord' to reflect a large hall. Lower that to get a chamber sound.
The variety of attack modes that are adjustable by keyboard control are pretty nice for instruments such as the strings and brass.
The huge quantity of loops (over 3 GB) will be of less use to me, but can be handy for making some quick transitions or tracks for videos - since Garage Band is basically THE sound editor for iMovie and Final Cut Express now. I had expected that the loops would be performances on real instruments, but many (most?) sound like sampled digital instruments to my ear.
If you want a better piano, a harpsichord and/or symphonic instruments, this pack is a great deal.
PS Not in the product description, so I just noticed: The Jam Pack comes with a selection of 'demo songs' reached from the File > Open Demos menu. (If shared, these reside on disk at Users > Shared > Symphony Orchestra Demo Songs.) Five symphonic themes as an orchestra of MIDI instruments and 8 loop (wave) compositions. Fun to mess with and good for learning purposes. |
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4 stars |
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installed with no problem- only wish it had solo strings for violin, and a slide trombone- other than that lots of stuff and fun! |
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Impressive array |
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With Garage Band's standard-issue synth patches and loops, it was hard to make new music without using the same sounds more than once. With these Jam Packs, I can get lost just finding loops to use - which is a really good thing! Definitely worth the money! |
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