#GARRITAN STEINWAY REGISTRATION#
GPO uses the normal Native Instruments challenge-and-response-style registration tool, although this isn't too intrusive. The stand-alone version of Kontakt Player supplied with GPO. This is a trend that most sample developers are following these days - East West/Quantum Leap's Symphonic Orchestra uses Native Instruments' Kompakt Player, for example - as it provides a better way of copy-protecting the sample content, tying it to a specific software application that can be registered and authorised. Unlike Garritan's previous libraries, which supplied sample content for a sampler you would already own, like Gigastudio or EXS24, GPO has its own sample player based on Native Instruments' Kontakt Player. Now, in theory, arrangements can be tested on a system that doesn't cost the earth, helping the new generation of would-be Gustav Mahlers to avoid elementary musical blunders. As budding composers have traditionally found it almost impossible to hear their orchestrations played, this is an important development. However, the US maestro still remembers his days as a struggling, impecunious musician (is there any other kind?) and has vowed to make a product within the reach of everybody, including music students and educators. Ironically, it was Mr Garritan himself who started the trend for large orchestral libraries - his Orchestral Strings (released in August 2001) contained 8GB of samples, a staggeringly large figure at the time. The last claim at least is beyond dispute - the library retails in the UK for only £179. By squeezing the entire orchestra into a 2GB package and giving users the tools to play it effectively, Garritan Personal Orchestra (or GPO) aims to combat 'sample bloat' and restore 'simplicity, sanity, and affordability'. For one man, this has all gone too far: US sample supremo Gary Garritan, the brain behind GigaHarp and Garritan Orchestral Strings, adopts a 'small is beautiful' philosophy with his latest title. While these collections are bigger and better than their predecessors, their huge sizes (235GB and 67GB respectively) demand more computer resources, more disk drives, more MIDI ports, and more hunting through lists of performances to find the right sound.
#GARRITAN STEINWAY PRO#
The age of the sampled orchestral super-library is upon us, as grandly named titles like Vienna Symphonic Library's Pro Edition and East West/Quantum Leap's Symphonic Orchestra testify. Gary Garritan takes on the orchestral behemoths with a small but perfectly formed library packed with extra features.
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