garritan personal orchestra 5 review sound on sound

Give me one good sound in expanded 32-bit, and I'll print it to audio. I'm an audio guy, kind of like the fat guy with the water wings and nose plug who can do an impressive MIDI cannonball. I'm not a MIDI guy, per se, so I don't perform orchestrally-arranged swan dives off the high board. I'm a Mac user who runs Pro Tools LE on a Digi 001, and I'm only able to get four or five instruments using the Kontakt Player plug-in. Some users of Pro Tools aren't able to get as many GPO instruments running simultaneously, and in general, GPO runs better in Windows than MacOS. With the new update of Logic, GPO seems to be running fine as well, but there were problems early on. So far, GPO has been working well for users of Digital Performer, Sonar and Cubase. Garritan also needed to ensure compatibility with all MIDI sequencers in both Windows and MacOS. Garritan's vision depended on the cooperation of software companies directly involved-Native Instruments, Steinberg, GenieSoft and Plogue. The right hand controls the attack and accentuation of each note, while the left hand controls dynamics and expression via the MIDI controller's mod wheel, and the sustain pedal is used to connect the notes (legato) for smooth playing. To use GPO effectively, users employ real-time articulation control. Unlike other sample libraries, GPO does not include prepackaged ensembles for strings, woodwinds or brass, but it allows the user to create and save these sets. Garritan managed to create an affordable orchestral program by asking the end-user to become personally involved. Furthermore, the entire package requires only 2 GB of hard drive space.

Yet GPO's inexpensive program includes: a full orchestral sample library in 16-bit, 44.1 kHz Native Instrument's cross-platform Kontakt Player (based on NI's Kontakt software sampler) Ambience Reverb (a VST plug-in), GPO Studio (VSTi host application for use with notation programs) Steinberg Cubasis (Windows only) and GenieSoft's Overture SE, a cross-platform notation application. Now that's news, especially when you consider Garritan Orchestral Strings sells for $694, Vienna Symphonic Orchestra's Opus 1 is $1,095, and Miroslav Vitrous Symphonic Orchestra runs a hefty $2,495.

Gary Garritan, owner of Garritan Orchestral Libraries, has just released Garritan Personal Orchestra (GPO), a full orchestral software-sampler program for $249 plus $15 shipping.

Garritan personal orchestra 5 review sound on sound