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Choir Tips in Garritan Personal Orchestra 5

September 9, 2016 | Nick Morris

I’m really excited about the new choir sounds in Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 (GPO 5). In the past I’d typically write choral music on the piano (because I didn’t have access to a lot of vocal samples), so these additions are really welcome. GPO 5 breaks the choir down into Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass, [more... ]

Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 Made Even Better

April 1, 2016 | Garritan Official

In just the few weeks since Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 was released, we’re received some incredible feedback on the new library, and have seen glowing video reviews from Todd Urban, Tony Cliff, and Time+Space, the latter having also interviewed Garritan founder Gary Garritan about the new virtual instrument library. You’d think the Garritan development team would all be [more... ]

Blending Textures with Instant Orchestra

April 29, 2014 | Scott Yoho

Are you familiar with the orchestration technique that sounds like one ensemble is melding into another? This effect is easily accomplished in Instant Orchestra through the use of Blending Textures, a set of instrument patches designed to seamlessly fade from one orchestral texture to another. The mod wheel on your MIDI keyboard is the slick [more... ]

Garritan Weekend Challenge – April Fools

March 28, 2014 | Baseball Beth

What better way to celebrate April Fools day than with a Garritan Weekend Challenge celebrating Joseph Haydn and PDQ Bach? If you’re not a music history buff, you may be scratching your head at the connection. Haydn is famed for his sense of humor. His compositions contain many little musical jokes within their measures. Haydn’s [more... ]

Create a Variety of Moods with Instant Orchestra

March 6, 2014 | Scott Yoho

I thought I had a great idea for a Garritan ad: “Instant Orchestra includes more moods than a bus full of teenagers.” While not everyone found this appropriate, it’s true. By simply selecting from a wide variety of presets identified by mood, you can begin creating powerful music — across a broad spectrum of emotions — [more... ]

Z-Fest Film Festival Trailer Contest

February 21, 2014 | Baseball Beth

The Z-Fest Film Festival is an annual event in Minnesota where dozens of teams write, shoot, produce, and show short films. The films are around seven minutes long and cover a wide range of subject matter. There is always something for everyone. Every team submits a film and a 30 second trailer. Before the first screening, [more... ]

Garritan Instant Orchestra Sale

October 10, 2013 | Baseball Beth

Announcing a Sale on Garritan Instant Orchestra Offer expires 10/31/2013 Now, for a limited time, we are offering Garritan Instant Orchestra downloads for $134.96 – that’s 25% off our everyday price. You may have heard about this library and asked yourself what the difference is between Garritan Instant Orchestra and Garritan Personal Orchestra 4 (GPO4). [more... ]

Garritan Interviews Composer Simon Malherbe

September 12, 2013 | Baseball Beth

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/93204847″ params=”color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Composer Simon Malherbe has written music for film, television, and most recently, the free gaming iOS app “Drifter!” Today, Simon takes a moment from his busy composing schedule to talk with MakeMusic Inc. about his trade, and why he chooses Garritan sound libraries. —– MM: Tells us [more... ]

Using Garritan in Pro Tools 10

August 16, 2013 | Erin Vork

Welcome to the first in a series of blog posts that will discuss using Garritan libraries in other software programs. Garritan libraries are designed for use in DAWs or Notation programs, and many MakeMusic employees do just that. If you’ve never used a VST, Audio Units or RTAS plugin in your favorite DAW or Notation [more... ]

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