Garritan Personal Orchestra Soft Synth (Macintosh and Windows)

Contains samples of all the major instruments in a symphony orchestra.

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30 People rated this product : * * * * * * * * * * 7 out of 10

5 People wrote reviews

* * * * * * * * * * 9 out of 10

"excellent for orchestral, great price point, must be authorized on hard drive/system. missing ilok. cpu hungry for many instance"

Feature:
the Kompact player helps to keep the loading of sounds quick. i would recommend one the player per group, as an example: put all the strings to one stereo instance of the plugin, then another instance for horns,etc. the steinway sound btw is excellent as well as the orchestral sounds

Value:
i would give it a 10 if I could authorize on ilok, but that choice is not available.

Desirability:
if you do orchestral, you want this,

Sound:
excellent sound, very realistic, responds well, expressive, must get used to the use of the sustain and mod wheel as you'r,e practice will help alot. Recommendation: get 2G RAM on your computer. dont' use a computer pre 2005, don't use wet sounds, keep to dry sounds,

Ease of Use:
easy to use once you practice with the mod wheel and sustain. make sure you upload the latest!

Support:
slow turnaround when I wanted to re-authorize my hard drive on another computer.

Overall:
10 if I could have ilok authorizaiton.

Submitted: 4/13/2006

Style of Music: christian contemporary, worship, folk, rock, r/b

* * * * * * * * * * 2 out of 10

"Spend a little more $$$ for something better."

Feature:
Sparse. Bare-to-the-bones. Too few options to deal with system incompatibilties.

Quality:
Pure crap! It crashed within minutes after installing it. It only ran smoothly in spurts. It wouldn't work at all with my ASIO sound card.

Value:
It's not worth the headaches for the money you save.

Desirability:
Ugly farting duckling.

Sound:
Not bad. Some sounds are above average but not great.

Ease of Use:
Pain in the a**. With such a basic layout and few features, you would think that it would be a cinch to use. Instead it's clumsy and illogical like most of Kontakt plugins.

Support:
No help at all fixing my problems.

Overall:
I will DEFINITELY replace it.

Submitted: 4/11/2006

Style of Music: Pop, Jazz

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Highest Quality Sounds
Personal Orchestra contains samples of all the major instruments in a symphony orchestra-strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion-as well as instruments not found in other orchestral libraries-a Steinway concert grand piano, a Stradivarius violin, Guarneri Violin, Gagliano Violin, Wurlitzer and Venus concert harps, Haynes flutes, Heckel bassoons, a Mustel celeste, a Rudolf von Beckerath concert pipe organ, a harpsichord, and many other exquisite instruments. There is everything one needs to create orchestrations of any size! In fact, as a whole, Personal Orchestra has the most expensive and highest caliber of orchestral instruments of any orchestral sample library ever recorded!

Unique Feature: "Ensemble Maker"
Build ensembles one instrument at a time from individual solo instruments. This allows the user to construct ensembles or sections of any size - solo instruments, duos, trios, quartets, chamber ensembles, small orchestras, or a full symphonic orchestra.

Easy to Use
Personal Orchestra allows you to create realistic sounding orchestral music quickly and easily, right "out of the box." No confusing list of articulations, no complicated set of controls, and no steep learning curve. Just load an instrument and play. Personal Orchestra makes it easy to express your musical ideas in record time. And it's compact enough to run on a laptop computer for the musician on the go. Imagine orchestrating on the beach, or in a plane or anywhere you can take your laptop computer!

Intuitive Controls
The controls in Personal Orchestra are streamlined and standardized, so you can become familiar with the library quickly. This optimized system allows you to master all the instruments with relative ease and confidence. Advanced functions, such as alternating bow strokes and automatic variability, help you produce more realistic sounding performances with minimal effort. Personal Orchestra allows you to express your musical ideas quickly and easily.

Universal Format
Personal Orchestra will run on Mac OS and Windows platforms, either as a standalone program or as a plug-in (supporting VST, DXi, RTAS, and OS X AudioUnits). Personal Orchestra instruments will also load into KONTAKT, Native Instruments' flagship sampler. The entire orchestra can be loaded on a single PC or laptop and is designed to run completely in RAM.

Expandable
Personal Orchestra will offer new feature sets and will expand as your needs grow. Add-on instruments, features and enhancements will be offered so your investment is protected as technology progresses.

"An Orchestra for Every Musician"

Whether you're a professional film composer who needs to produce orchestral mockups at a moment's notice, a hobbyist who wants to create great sounding orchestral music, or a student who is studying the art and craft of orchestration, Personal Orchestra will simplify creative work at a price that won't break the bank. In the studio, at home or on the road, Personal Orchestra is for every musician.

Technical Info

Recommended Requirements (for Kontakt Player & Sound Library)
2 GB of free hard disk space.

CD-ROM or DVD Drive.

Windows XP, Pentium 4 /Athlon 1.8 GHz or better is recommended.

Mac OS X or higher, G4 733MHz or better is recommended.

The Kontakt Player needs a soundcard for playing the sounds of Personal Orchestra. Standard DirectSound, MME or ASIO drivers required; Windows-compatible MIDI hardware if required.

A MIDI interface is required if you are using a MIDI keyboard, another MIDI controller or an external sequencer. The MIDI interface integrated in many sound cards can also be used.

To play the entire orchestra, we recommend 1 GB of RAM. There is a direct correlation between the number of instruments that can be loaded and the amount of available RAM. Loading the entire orchestra requires 1 GB of RAM. The more RAM available the better.

Note: The Kontakt audio engine is designed to make use of the processing power of your computer's CPU. The powerful and complex algorithms of the Kontakt Player work best on modern and fast CPUs. Please also observe the systems requirements of your host application.

Audio Samples

A whole orchestra at your command! High-quality samples of major orchestral instruments--piano, strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion--with complete playback control via the included Native Instruments KONTAKT player. Runs standalone or as a VST, DXi, RTAS, or AU plug-in. Includes notation software, Cubasis VST for PC, and more!

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