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Create a Variety of Moods with Instant Orchestra

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

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 Weekend Challenge – Valentines Day

It’s time for another Garritan Weekend Challenge! In the spirit of Valentines day, we’d like you to compose the perfect valentines day music. Your version of romantic music could be light and funny, or serious with lush strings, or perhaps the classic sultry bass and drums groove fits your valentines day. I invite you to [more... ]

Celebrating 20 Years of Garritan Virtual Instrument Libraries

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... ]

Announcing the Garritan Anthology

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

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

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

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... ]

July 4 Savings on Garritan

To help you celebrate your independence from the tyranny of the same old sounds, we’re offering Garritan virtual instrument libraries at 50% OFF! Here are seven ways to get more bang for your buck: Library Regular Price Sale price Harps $99.95 $50 Classic Pipe Organs $99.95 $75 Personal Orchestra 5 $149.95 $75 World $149.95 $75 [more... ]

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