GARRITAN ORCHESTRA FULL
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Gary Garritan specialises in harp sampling (he is a harpist after all) and so we expected the new Grand Concert Harp to be up to scratch – it produces a magical crystal-clear tone, and even features an authentic pedal mode on the seven white keys in an octave great for glissandi. But with today’s computers, resource management is less of an issue, and GPO5 now has more bowing techniques than some of the higher end dedicated string libraries.Īpart from common articulations like Sustain, Pizzicato, Staccato and Marcato, the large section contains Heavy Vibrato, Grand Detache, Martele, Potato, Col Legno, Sautille and Sul Tasto.

GARRITAN ORCHESTRA FULL

Super Strings The number of instruments now included has increased dramatically in this new version, due mainly to the inclusion of the Garritan Orchestral Strings, which includes sections, small section and solo patches in a wide variety of bowing techniques.ĭue to the original Garritan philosophy of providing an affordable full orchestral library with a light footprint, string articulations were kept to a minimum in previous versions. Ambience has a comprehensive set of controls and the convolution has a large number of presets suitable for all kinds of spaces, rooms and halls. That said, if you’re prepared to put in some extra work, highly convincing mock-ups are also possible.Įffects Both algorithmic (ambience) and convolution reverbs can be applied in the Effects page. It provides a super-fast workflow and an accurate-sounding rendition with easy controls and built-in mixing facilities. And 2015’s Orchestral Suite from UVI has 60 classical instruments.ĭo you really need this? If you compose or arrange orchestral music that’s eventually going to be played by real musicians in the time honoured old-fashioned way, then Garritan’s Personal Orchestra is really all you need. At £76, the often-overlooked HALion Symphony Orchestra is a real steal at the moment: again, a simple interface and a full symphony orchestra at your disposal.

It also contains a range of effects should you wish to add flanging and chorus to your symphony orchestra – useful, but not essential. It, too, contains a full symphony orchestra including solo strings, and has a straightforward user interface. The settings page handles the more advanced technical details such as performance monitoring, rendering settings, tuning and so on.Īlternatives Miroslav Philharmonik 2 from IK Multimedia is a good alternative to GPO5. Each instrument appears with its own particular set of relevant controls, has a dedicated channel strip in the mixer and can be treated with either convolution or algorithmic reverb in the effects page. There are four main pages – controls, mixer, effects and settings. It’s amazingly efficient and loading sounds is fast and easy using a simple drop-down menu system. No extra sample player is needed and it functions either standalone, or as a plug-in for your DAW.

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You simply drag a registration card onto the player. 16 new impulse presets have also been added to the convolution reverb.Ĭentral to GPO5 is the ARIA Player and after installing the software, unlocking it couldn’t be easier. The long wait is now over, though, and GPO5’s instrument list has 70 per cent more patches overall the addition of Garritan Orchestral Strings updated ProjectSAM brass patches an expanded choir new Steinway pianos a new harp and a custom organ console. Since then, updates have been few and far between and as good as it is, it was beginning to look and sound a little long in the tooth compared to its competitors – the strings in particular needed updating.

It first appeared as a Kontakt Player instrument, but was updated in 2009 as GPO4, with its own built-in ARIA Player developed by Plogue Art Et Technologie. Garritan’s highly successful Personal Orchestra has been selling steadily since 2004.

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