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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... ]

Using Garritan in the Classroom – Marshall Shaw

March 5, 2014 | Baseball Beth

5th grade students study composition using Garritan, GarageBand, and Finale. Photo courtesy of Marshall Shaw. March is Music in our Schools Month, and we’re delighted to welcome educator Marshall Shaw to the Garritan blog. Today Marshall tells us how he uses Garritan libraries in partnership with programs like GarageBand, Logic, and Finale, to enhance his lesson [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... ]

More Film Scoring Tips with Instant Orchestra

February 10, 2014 | Scott Yoho

In this month’s installment of “Get to Know IO,” Garritan Product Manager Fred Flowerday shares some more Instant Orchestra tips, again with the emphasis on quickly scoring to video: “As musicians we can often imagine melody and harmony fleshed out for full orchestra, but this can sometimes be a challenge for our clients. With Instant Orchestra [more... ]

MakeMusic Receives 2014 TI:ME Award

January 31, 2014 | Baseball Beth

The TI:ME award, co-sponsored by the producers of the TEC Awards, recognizes companies that have made exceptional contributions to the evolution of music technology use in the modern music classroom. Companies were nominated by members of TI:ME and from the submissions MakeMusic was selected as the recipient by the TI:ME Board of Directors. MakeMusic [more... ]

Get to Know IO: Film Scores Fast with Garritan Instant Orchestra

January 15, 2014 | Fred Flowerday

Welcome to the first installment of “Get to Know IO,” a series of blog posts and videos aimed at getting the most out of the incredibly powerful toolset known as Instant Orchestra. Our goal for the series is to share techniques that will help maximize your creativity with IO. Have you ever had a great theme [more... ]

The Garritan Community Christmas album is here!

December 16, 2013 | Gary Garritan

The Garritan Community Christmas album has become a tradition for our Community. The holidays are a time of giving and, for the past ten years, members of our community from around the world have freely given their time and talent to produce our annual Christmas albums. It’s always astounding to experience the talent and creativity [more... ]

Welcome to the new Garritan Forum!

December 6, 2013 | Gary Garritan

Hello Everyone, We have our new Garritan Forum! Over the past twelve years, we have built a very special community together . The Garritan forum was a unique place for inspiration, collaboration, sharing, learning, good will, and fun. In recent years; with the acquisition by MakeMusic and the uncertain state of Northern Sounds, the community [more... ]

Garritan Weekend Challenge – Holiday Music

December 6, 2013 | Baseball Beth

Welcome to another Garritan Weekend Challenge! We’ll throw out the topic, and you write the music, for no reason other than it’s fun. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Garritan Holiday Album! Since 2004, the Garritan community has celebrated the season by creating an album of holiday-inspired music, free to anyone! Written, produced [more... ]

MakeMusic Cyber Monday Sale: Save 50% on Garritan and PrintMusic Today!

December 2, 2013 | Carol Spenillo

Looking for a MakeMusic Cyber Monday Sale? We’re offering two! Save 50% on Garritan Jazz & Big Band or Concert & Marching Band – Today only $74.95 Are you creating music for band? Whether you’re writing for a jazz combo, big band, marching band, concert band – or something entirely different using band instrumentation – Garritan’s Jazz & Big Band and/or Concert & [more... ]

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