Broadway Big Band update soon?
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NYC Composer
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Might be wise to curb your enthusiasm 
Still, you never know.
Still, you never know.
Guy Rowland
Senior Member
Well, as it's a free update, all will swiftly be forgiven and forgotten if it's really great...
Prockamanisc
Senior Member
*asks for the time*
*gets yelled at and is told to just be patient*
*says a quiet prayer that the update will come soon*
*goes back to forgetting about update*
rgarber
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Considering how much the library cost, it's disappointing to see this happen. Sure makes you appreciate EVERYBODY else that doesn't have exorbitant costing libraries and still deliver a great product. I'm not complaining though, I still haven't used this library for anything yet. Mostly I use Warp IV, Chris Hein and Sample Modeling for my horns.
Udo
Senior Member
As I said on an other forum, Yuval Shrem's (Fable Sound) definition of "imminent" appears to be "this decade".
There may be valid reasons, but there's no excuse for the way he's handling it. Repeated announcements over 3 years saying it's "imminent", without follow-up info in case of delays ...., not even a comment on the website ....
There may be valid reasons, but there's no excuse for the way he's handling it. Repeated announcements over 3 years saying it's "imminent", without follow-up info in case of delays ...., not even a comment on the website ....
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To be fair to the guy. He did say that they had run into major bugs in the update. Also the latest is that NI have the library for encoding. To be unfair to him he acted towards me like the arranger multiscript would be available for Broadway Lites users and has explicitly told others that it won't be. Also the upgrade to the full library (which is very steeply priced, like maybe he charges per sample) is just new mic positions and drums and banjos and stuff which gives me nothing I want. I would pay good money for just the multiscript though.
Udo
Senior Member
That was in February!
As I said before, there may be valid reasons, but there's no excuse for the way he's handling it. Repeated announcements over 3 years saying it's "imminent", without follow-up info in case of delays ...., not even a comment on the website ....
Very cynical way of seeing things. You either have a product and you support it, or you don't. If there is an update after 3 years, and if it is good indeed, he's doing a favor to himself and his product first and then to the buyer.
My 2cents, anyways
Rasmus Hartvig
Senior Member
Paging @Fable Sounds ... Is the update ever gonna be released?
Guy Rowland
Senior Member
Very cynical way of seeing things. You either have a product and you support it, or you don't. If there is an update after 3 years, and if it is good indeed, he's doing a favor to himself and his product first and then to the buyer.
My 2cents, anyways
Eh? Just seen this - struggling to see how saying "once it's out, if it's good then we'll all forget about the delay" is cynical, but there we are. The opposite, if anything. I probably misunderstand your post, but I've read it three times and drawn a blank.
rgarber
Active Member
I still find it so peculiar that BBB was the library to have even as it was introduced. It was and still is very expensive. Yet, I never, ever, seen anybody put out a clip using the thing except what's on the BBB website. And I have said this other times, even earlier in this thread, I think. And somebody will say, oh yeah, I used it... but still no music clip. Maybe this thread tells us the secret. You'd think the cream of the crop for a Big Band library would have more of an outcry except for the occasional lament like this thread. Maybe the library didn't sell well or hardly at all - to make any effort to do the update worth it. Or maybe.... If I didn't own a copy of the library myself I'd say the whole BBB thing is like that movie where the lunar landings are staged in some hangar and hence there is no BBB! <g> - Rich
Bottom line:
Release the update!.... if there is an actual one and the talking would stop.
Brendon Williams
Active Member
I have Broadway Lites, and I still think there are some real gems in it. Depending on the context, I find the saxes and clarinet to be more convincing than Sample Modeling.
Here's a little example of a composition of mine that uses the clarinet very briefly. The saxes that follow are actually live, since I play saxophone (minus the bari, which is Broadway Lites).
As for the update, I'm a bit confused. I talked to Yuval at NAMM for the last two years, and both times he demonstrated the update in what seemed to be a ready-to-go state, so I have no idea what the delay is.
