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Garritan Update: August 2017

August 31, 2017 | Jon Tschiggfrie

When Gary Garritan released the original Personal Orchestra in 2004, he set a lofty goal: to “bring the power and majesty of the orchestra to every musician.” Over the ensuing 12 years, the delivery of further sample libraries – each an achievement in its own right – continually reinforced the Garritan name as synonymous with [more... ]

Celebrating 20 Years of Garritan Virtual Instrument Libraries

May 8, 2019 | Scott Yoho

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the first Garritan virtual instrument library. While twenty years at any pursuit is a remarkable accomplishment, in the world of music software it represents several lifetimes. To commemorate this milestone I spoke to the company’s founder, Gary Garritan, about his roots, some highlights of the [more... ]

Peter James Reviews the Garritan Abbey Road Studios CFX Concert Grand

April 19, 2019 | Garritan Official

Peter James is a pianist/keyboardist from Sydney, Australia. He’s a session musician, songwriter, instrumental/film-score composer, sound designer, and touring performing artist. He’s also well known for his work with Hillsong Church – having been a keyboard player and programmer on more than 45 Hillsong albums – and for his software review videos on YouTube. Peter [more... ]

Announcing the Garritan Anthology

January 24, 2019 | Garritan Official

Have you ever discovered – in the middle of a project  –  that you don’t have the right equipment for the job? Whether you’re baking a cake, painting a seascape, or fixing the car, it can be frustrating to not have all the ingredients, colors, or tools at hand. It’s no different with music creation. [more... ]

Using Garritan Libraries and Finale’s Human Playback in Logic Pro X

January 9, 2019 | Jon Burr

In a DAW, Human Playback equals Mix Automation Creating a compelling performance with MIDI data in a DAW depends on the manipulation of Continuous Controller Data (“CC”) and MIDI Key Switches (“KS”) for dynamics and articulation. In Finale, this data is created automatically from score markings when Human Playback is turned on. The conventional wisdom [more... ]

The Lowdown on Updated Installers and Downloads

December 13, 2018 | Jon Tschiggfrie

New Installers Earlier this year I reported that we were in the process of updating all Garritan installers, primarily to support current Macintosh operating systems. That work has been completed, for every library, for some time. Since then, however, we have updated all the installers again, this time to improve compatibility with Finale version 26, [more... ]

Cyber Monday: Free Garritan Library with Finale v26

November 26, 2018 | Garritan Official

Finale version 26 is here! Users and reviewers alike are praising how it automates music creation with articulation stacking, new chord libraries, and slurs that snap into place automatically. Now through the end of the week, you can get a free Garritan virtual instrument library when you purchase, trade up to, or upgrade to Finale [more... ]

Compare Garritan Personal Orchestra with Garritan Instant Orchestra

June 7, 2018 | Garritan Official

Garritan offers two high-quality, affordable orchestral libraries: Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 and Garritan Instant Orchestra. If you’re wondering what’s the difference (or are trying to decide which one would be best for you),  you’ve come to the right place. Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 (GPO 5) gives you everything from pristine solo [more... ]

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