Laurie if you are looking for a good GM hard synth with really good sounding saxes the look at Ketron’s SD2: http://www.ketron.com/specs_descrit.asp?mod=SD2

If you are looking for the best sounding sax synth then look at the Samplemodeling sax package: http://www.samplemodeling.com/en/products_saxophones.php

I am saving for the Samplemodeling package and hope to have it in a month or two.

I do have Garritan’s Jazz and Big Band I also am a little disappointed in it. I have yet to get a convincing sax sound out of it.

One thing to remember with any midi instrument you should learn about midi continuous controls (CCs), pitch wheel and modulation wheel. As Matt has already mentioned if you expect BiaB right out of the box to write a good sounding sax part you will be disappointed. However you can take BiaB’s sax part, add some CC and wheel(s) data you can get some convincing parts. These controls/wheels are needed in any midi instrument IMHO.

If you are just starting out you may want to use Realtracks. You can learn midi as you go along but if you want realistic sounding sax out of the box then Realtracks are the only way to go.

I hope this helps.

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