Garritan Concert & Marching Band 2 is state-of-the-art software that reproduces the sounds of the musical instruments in concert and marching bands, right from your computer. This collection is the first library of its kind and fills a major void in the world of sample libraries.

Concert & Marching Band 2 features and array of trumpets, cornets, trombones, mellophones, euphoniums, baritones, tubas, sousaphones, clarinets, piccolos, flutes, saxophones, marching percussion (including drumline from Virtual Drumline 2 by Tapspace), and much more. Ideal for educators teaching band, band students, Band Directors who write drill routines, or for musicians who want to add band instrument sounds to their tracks.

What´s new in version 2?

Aria Advanced Instrument Engine: Concert & Marching 2 now includes the advanced new ARIA engine, our highly-optimized sample player featuring efficient performance, fast sample loading, and low CPU-demand.  It works as a Standalone, Plug-in (VST - AudioUnits - RTAS), and with supported notation programs.

35 Ensemble Presets: In addition to COMB´s extensive collection of instruments (see instrument list on the left), this new version includes 35 pre-arranged Ensemble Presets for various types of concert bands, wind ensembles, marching bands, wind symphonies, and various types of bands.

Integrated Ambience & Stereo Stage: COMB2 now integrates the high quality Ambience reverb with the ARIA Player and has individual mixing sends for each instrument. Stereo Stage imparts spacious stereo imagery for the COMB2 instruments.

Midi Playback & Recording Features: The Standalone ARIA Player allows you to load and playback MIDI files. You can also produce audio recordings of the MIDI file or record yourself playing live!

Ensemble Building with Flexible Instrument Groups: Create Realistic-Sounding Marching Band, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Brass Band, Drum Corp and other Band Arrangements Quickly and Easily.

Concert & Marching Band 2 Instrument List:

Woodwinds & Saxes

FLUTES: Flute Solo (3 Soloists), Flutes Group 1 (5 players), Flutes Group 2 (5 players), Flutes Group 3 (5 players), Piccolo Solo (2 Soloists), Piccolos Group 1 (5 players), Piccolos Group 2 (5 players)

CLARINETS: Bb Clarinet Solo (4 Soloists), Bb Clarinet Group 1 (5 players), Bb Clarinet Group 2 (5 players), Bb Clarinet Group 3 (5 players), Eb Clarinet Solo (3 Soloists), Eb Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet (3 Soloists)

SAXES: Alto Sax Solo (3 Soloists), Alto Sax Group 1 (5 players), Alto Sax Group 2 (5 players), Alto Sax Group 3 (5 players), Tenor Sax Solo (3 Soloists), Tenor Sax Group 1 (5 players), Tenor Sax Group 2 (5 players), Tenor Sax Group 3 (5 players), Soprano Sax (3 Soloists), Bari Sax Solo (2 Soloists), Bari Sax Group 1 (5 players), Bari Sax Group 2 (5 players), Bass Sax (2 Soloists)

REEDS: Oboe Solo (3 Soloists), Bassoon Solo ((3 Soloists), Sarrusophone (2 Soloists)

Brass

TRUMPETS & CORNETS: Trumpets Solos (4 Soloists), Trumpets Group 1 (6 players), Trumpets Group 2 (6 players), Trumpets Group 3 (6 players), Trumpets Group 4 (6 players), Cornets Solo (4 Solists), Cornets Group 1 (5 players) Cornets Group 2 (5 players) Cornets Group 3 (5 players) Cornets Group 4 (5 players), Eb Cornet.

MELLOPHONES & FLUGELHORNS: Mellophones (4 Soloists), Mellophones Group 1 (5 players), Mellophones Group 2 (5 players), Mellophones Group 3 (5 players), Mellophones Group 4 (5 players), Flugelhorns (4 Soloists), Flugelhorns Group 1 (5 players), Flugelhorns Group 2 (5 players), Flugelhorns Group 3 (5 players), Flugelhorns Group 4 (5 players).

EUPHONIUMS & BARITONES: Euphoniums (4 Soloists), Euphoniums Group 1 (4 players), Euphoniums Group 2 (4 players), Euphoniums Group 3 (4 players), Euphoniums Group 4 (4 players).

TROMBONES: Trombones (4 Soloists), Trombones Group 1 (6 players), Trombones Group 2 (6 players), Trombones Group 3 (6 players), Trombones Group 4 (6 players), Bass Trombone

TENOR HORNS & FRENCH HORNS: Tenor Horns (4 Soloists), Tenor Horns Group 1 (5 players), Tenor Horns Group 2 (5 players), Tenor Horns Group 3 (5 players), Tenor Horns Group 1 (5 players), French Horn (4 Soloists), French Horns Group 1 (5 players), French Horns Group 2 (5 players), French Horns Group 3 (5 players), French Horns Group 4 (5 players).

SOUSAPHONES, TUBAS & HELICONS: Sousaphones (3 Soloists), Sousaphones Group 1 (5 players), Sousaphones Group 2 (5 players) Sousaphones Group 3, (5 players), Tubas (2 Soloists), Tubas Group 1 (5 players), Tubas Group 2 (5 players), Helicon (3 Soloists), Helicon Group 1 (4 players), Helicon Group 2 (4 players), Helicon Group 3 (4 players).

Drumline & Percussion

MARCHING PERCUSSION: Bass Line* (6 players), Tenor/Quad Drums* (5 players), Snare Line* (8 players), Cymbals, Field Drum

CONCERT PERCUSSION: Basic Orchestral Percussion, Concert Snare*, Concert Toms*, Timpani, Marimba, Chimes*, Glockenspiel*, Xylophone*, Castanets*, Roto Toms*, Police Whistle*, Impact Drum*, Flexitone

KITS & OTHER: General MIDI Set*, Finale Percussion Map*

* These Instruments are from the Tapspace Virtual Drumline 2 library

Garritan are based in the USA and produce high quality, expressive and affordable virtual instrument software. Garritan's titles include Personal Orchestra 4, Jazz & Big Band 3, Reason Refills and Authorised Steinway.

Garritan software reproduces the sounds of the musical instruments in a symphony orchestra, a jazz and big band and a Concert Grand Piano right  from your computer.