If you also use the Garritan Instruments For Finale set that comes with Finale, here is the list of keyswitches for that. Just duplicate one that's already there and edit it to reflect the settings for the articulation you want listed in the two charts mentioned above. NOTE: You'll need to create new articulation settings yourself on that tab for any of the articulations beyond the basics (e.g. Still, this Garritan Personal Orchestra is a special one, including two new Steinways, more Project SAM brass and a lot more strings. Techniques tab of Human Playback Preferences correspond to these settings will save tons of headaches. Make sure your GPO5 articulations listed on the Instr. Same thing with the Garritan Personal Orchestra Keyswitch Triggers chart, also from the Finale manual.
The MIDI Note To Pitch Table in the Finale manual was a lifesaver for me and I keep a printout of it next to my MIDI controller. Also, it's essential that you use the Notation set of GPO5 instruments and not the Standard set (the Notation instruments have an "n-" before their names), as the keyswitch pitches for the Notation set are located two octaves below those of the Standard set, well below the range of the soft keyboard you see at the bottom of the Aria player. I had to re-assign the proper MIDI Notes to the keyswitches I wanted, and then the articulations triggered properly. Techniques tab in Human Playback Preferences. There’s no need to purchase a separate sampler.I had similar issues and the problem turned out to be the Instr. The Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 sound library is AAX, VST, and AU compatible, and is proudly powered by the ARIA Player.
Owners of the previous version of GPO can upgrade for just 49.95.
despite its modest price, this library features some of the best sampled woodwinds I have heard…. Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 can be purchased for 149.95, and is available via download as well as on a USB flash drive. “GPO offers everything you need to get started with computer-based orchestration straight right out of the box….A thoroughly comprehensive orchestral library which omits no instruments of note, and throws in some rare ones….
Create solos, duos, trios, quartets, chamber groups, ensembles, sections or a full symphony orchestra.
The age of the sampled orchestral super-library is upon us, as grandly named titles like Vienna Symphonic Librarys Pro Edition and East West/Quantum Leaps Symphonic Orchestra testify. GPO 5 continues in this tradition by vastly expanding the number of included instruments and offering new techniques, performance spaces and reverbs, and instrument body resonances. Gary Garritan takes on the orchestral behemoths with a small but perfectly formed library packed with extra features.
Garritan Personal Orchestra democratized the creation of orchestral music by making a comprehensive collection of virtual orchestral instruments both accessible and affordable.