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Meet Garritan Director of Programming Chad Beckwith

May 6, 2016 | Garritan Official

Where do Garritan sound libraries come from? Does Gary Garritan create them all by himself in a secret laboratory hidden somewhere in the Pacific Northwest? Is the Yeti involved? No one has ever known – until now. Starting today we’re going public and introducing the people behind the virtual instruments, starting with Chad Beckwith (pictured [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... ]

Todd Urban Reviews Garritan Personal Orchestra 5

March 8, 2016 | Garritan Official

Good news travels fast! Just last week we released Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 (GPO 5), and already this week Todd Urban, of Urban Sound Studio, has released a YouTube video review of GPO 5. Todd’s review offers a great glimpse inside of GPO 5, relevant both for those new to GPO as well as those [more... ]

Introducing Personal Orchestra 5

February 29, 2016 | Garritan Official

Today we launched Personal Orchestra 5, a major update to the acclaimed sound library. Garritan Personal Orchestra (GPO) democratized the creation of orchestral music by making a comprehensive collection of virtual orchestral instruments both accessible and affordable. GPO 5 continues in this tradition by vastly expanding the number of included instruments (it’s 5 times bigger) [more... ]

Using Garritan Keyswitches

January 16, 2015 | Steven Ruud

Musicians know there is more than one way to produce sound out of any instrument. When studying orchestration and arranging, we learn the idiosyncrasies of each individual instrument and how to best leverage them. Garritan libraries have a number of instruments that use multiple techniques – a violin can bow or pluck, a cello section [more... ]

Garritan Weekend Challenge – Piano

July 10, 2014 | Baseball Beth

The piano is a very special instrument to me. Here are a few reasons why: First love: For many of us, the piano was the first instrument we learned to play. Versatility: It is an instrument that can be anything composers need it to be. Character: Acoustic pianos are easy to find in our communities, [more... ]

Garritan in Logic: Multiple ARIA Channels

June 30, 2014 | Baseball Beth

Planning to use Garritan instruments in Logic X or Logic 9? In an April blog post we shared two short, silent videos (best viewed in full-screen mode) demonstrating the steps to use one Garritan instrument in a project. This might be great if you’re using our CFX Concert Grand virtual piano. But what if you’re using [more... ]

Garritan Weekend Challenge – Halloween Edition

October 25, 2013 | Baseball Beth

Welcome to the Halloween edition of the Garritan Weekend Challenge. You’ve guessed it, your challenge this weekend is to write 30 seconds of music that belongs in a horror film. From spooky, to action, to eerily sarcastic, this genre pretty much covers it all. Of course to accept the Garritan Weekend Challenge, there is no purchase [more... ]

The Music & Sound Retailer

November 12, 2012 | Carol Spenillo

The Music & Sound Retailer nominated MakeMusic’s Garritan Instant Orchestra for best product in the Software/Multimedia category. “Our goal for Garritan Instant Orchestra was to offer a completely new type of sound library, designed to create orchestral music very quickly and easily. We wanted to provide an empowering experience where almost any musician can sound [more... ]

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