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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... ]

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... ]

Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 Coming Soon

February 2, 2016 | Garritan Official

At the 2016 NAMM show, we announced that Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 (GPO 5) would be coming soon, and simultaneously placed a “Coming in February 2016” message at garritan.com. We’ve been delighted with the volume of interest (and questions) this advance information has produced. While we will release GPO 5 before the end of February, we [more... ]

Using Your Tablet to Control the ARIA Player

November 16, 2015 | Michelle Jones and Nick Morris

Do you use Garritan sounds and the ARIA Player in your music? What if you could control various parameters in ARIA, in real-time, using your hands on your tablet (instead of clicking with your mouse)? There are many options available on the market for MIDI controller applications for iPad/iPhone, Android, Chrome OS, and Mac/PC, and [more... ]

Introduction to Reverb in the ARIA Player

October 20, 2015 | Michelle Jones

As musicians, we hear the word “reverb” bounced around often. We clap in auditoriums and amphitheaters to test for the ideal acoustic performance environment, but what exactly are we listening for? Reverberation is the prolongation of sound, created by reflecting sound waves. In an electronic environment, we simulate how sounds reflect in an acoustical space [more... ]

Abbey Road CFX Concert Grand Player Perspective

July 22, 2015 | Steven Ruud

In previous Garritan blog posts, Fred Flowerday talked about the Contemporary and Classic perspectives of the Abbey Road CFX Concert Grand. Today I’d like to share my experience with the Player Perspective, which really shouldn’t be overlooked: It’s my favorite when I want to practice or simply escape to my own Abbey Road Studio 1 [more... ]

Exploring Velocity Curves in the CFX Concert Grand

March 26, 2015 | Steven Ruud

The Garritan Abbey Road CFX Concert Grand has been getting some wonderful reviews and now has a list price of $199.95. As a result, we’re hearing from more and more people who are using the virtual piano to great effect, and as a result we plan to offer some tips on using the CFX in upcoming [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... ]

CFX Concert Grand Contemporary Perspective

August 27, 2014 | Fred Flowerday

To complement the woody, organic and nuanced detail of the “Classic” perspective, the team wanted to provide contrasting mic perspectives that gave the piano a bright, modern sound capable of a wide dynamic range with plenty of bite. For this “Contemporary” perspective, members of the engineering team at Abbey Road, known for particularly for their [more... ]

MakeMusic joins Peaksware

August 6, 2014 | Fred Flowerday

Today MakeMusic announced that it will join Peaksware, the umbrella company owned by LaunchEquity Partners, the investment company that took MakeMusic private in 2013. You can learn more about Peaksware and view the press release at http://peaksware.com/. Peaksware is also the home of TrainingPeaks, a complete web, mobile and desktop solution for enabling smart and effective [more... ]

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