Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 has been optimized for use with Finale’s Human Playback to simulate the phrasing and feel of a live performance. In addition to the Standard instrument set for use in the standalone ARIA Player and the non-notation software plug-in, Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 contains a separate Notation instrument set. Jul 23, 2021 Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 Team R2R Dec 26 2016 4.28 GB Imagine having a symphony orchestra at your fingertips Garritan Personal Orchestra gives you a complete orchestra – strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion, keyboards and more. Version 5 is a major new update, now with more than 500 instruments to choose from. The Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 software instrument delivers all the major instruments of an orchestra, in an easy-to-use, affordable sample package. You don't even need a sampler to get started, as Garritan Personal Orchestra comes with the Aria player for out-of-the-box music-making.
Thank you for choosing Garritan Personal Orchestra 5. Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 is state-of-the-art software that reproduces the sounds of a symphony orchestra. It has set the standard for orchestral sample libraries.
At its core, Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 contains samples of many meticulously recorded orchestral instruments. Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 integrates a uniquely powerful and high-performance specialized software sampler designed by Plogue Art et Technologie Inc. More than just sampling, the ARIA Player includes specially tailored acoustic programming designed to reproduce the sounds of real orchestral instruments.
There are many uses for Garritan Personal Orchestra 5:
- Music composition and arrangement
- Home and project recording studios to provide symphonic orchestral sounds
- A tool with which to learn orchestration in schools, music colleges and conservatories
- Working on scores and parts before committing to a real orchestra
- When accompaniment is needed for practice
- Rehearsal before a performance
- Live performance
- A portable instrument for playing with friends or on stage
Our goal is to bring the rich sound of an orchestra to as many musicians as we can with the highest degree of realism possible on current home computer hardware. We believe, however, that no matter how technologically advanced software instruments may become, no virtual simulation can ever replace a real orchestra. It is our hope that this software orchestra will lead people to consider working with real orchestras and real musicians.
What's new in GPO 5
GPO 5 is the most significant update to Garritan Personal Orchestra since its introduction in 2004. GPO 5's instrument list includes over 70% more patches compared to the previous version, GPO4. The largest single addition is the Garritan Orchestral Strings, which includes section, small section, and solo patches in a wide variety of bowing techniques and effects, along with new sampled body resonances in many of the solo strings. The following groupings are included in GPO 5 (see Directory of GPO 5 instrument patches for individual patches):
Garritan Orchestral StringsSection StringsViolins
Violins Short Bows- Violins 1 Grand Detache
- Violins 1 Marcato
- Violins 1 Martele
- Violins 1 Portato
- Violins 1 Sautille
- Violins 1 Spiccato
- Violins 1 Staccato
- Violins 1 Sul Tasto
- Violins 2 Grand Detache
- Violins 2 Marcato
- Violins 2 Martele
- Violins 2 Portato
- Violins 2 Sautille
- Violins 2 Spiccato
- Violins 2 Staccato
- Violins 2 Sul Tasto
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Violins Additional Techniques- Violins 1 Col Legno Loose
- Violins 1 Col Legno Ricochet
- Violins 1 Col Legno Tight
- Violins 1 Harmonics 1
- Violins 1 Harmonics 2
- Violins 1 Heavy Vib
- Violins 1 Less Vib
- Violins 1 Pizz Loose
- Violins 1 Pizz Snap
- Violins 1 Pizz Tight
- Violins 1 Ricochet
- Violins 2 Col Legno Loose
- Violins 2 Col Legno Ricochet
- Violins 2 Col Legno Tight
- Violins 2 Harmonics
- Violins 2 Heavy Vib
- Violins 2 Less Vib
- Violins 2 Pizz
- Violins 2 Pizz Loose
- Violins 2 Pizz Snap
- Violas Grand Detache
- Violas Martele
- Violas Martele Agg
- Violas Portato
- Violas Spiccato
- Violas Col Legno
- Violas Col Legno Loose
- Violas Harmonics
- Violas Heavy Vib
- Violas Less Vib
- Violas Pizz Loose
- Violas Pizz Snap
- Violas Pizz Tight
- Cellos Grand Detache
- Cellos Marcato
- Cellos Marcato Agg
- Cellos Martele
- Cellos Portato
- Cellos Spiccato
- Cellos Staccato
- Cellos Col Legno
- Cellos Col Legno Loose
- Cellos Col Legno Ricochet
- Cellos Harmonics
- Cellos Heavy Vib
- Cellos Less Vib
- Cellos Pizz
- Cellos Pizz Loose
- Cellos Pizz Snap
- Cellos Ricochet
- Basses Grand Detache
- Basses Staccato
- Basses Staccato Agg
- Basses Col Legno
- Basses Pizz
- Basses Snap Pizz
- Basses Sustain Heavy Vib
- Full Strings Film Score
- Full Strings Long Gentle
- Full Strings Long Gentle 2
- Full Strings Short Grand Detache
- Full Strings Short Portato
- Ambient Noise
- Basses FX
- Cellos FX
- Strings Tune-up
- Violins FX 1
- Violins FX 2
- Violins 1 KS
- Violins 2 KS
- Violas KS
- Cellos KS
- Basses KS
- 3 Violins Grp 1 Col Leg
- 3 Violins Grp 1 Detache
- 3 Violins Grp 1 Pizz
- 3 Violins Grp 1 Spiccato
- 3 Violins Grp 1 Staccato
- 3 Violins Grp 1 Sustain
- 3 Violins Grp 2 Col Leg
- 3 Violins Grp 2 Detache
- 3 Violins Grp 2 Pizz
- 3 Violins Grp 2 Spiccato
- 3 Violins Grp 2 Sustain
- 6 Violins Col Leg
- 6 Violins Detache
- 6 Violins Detache Short
- 6 Violins Pizz
- 6 Violins Spiccato
- 6 Violins Staccato
- 6 Violins Sustain
- 3 Violins Group 1 KS
- 3 Violins Group 2 KS
- 6 Violins Group 1 KS
- 4 Violas KS
- 3 Cellos KS
- 2 Basses KS
- Violin 1 Col Legno
- Violin 1 Detache
- Violin 1 KS
- Violin 1 Lush Forte
- Violin 1 Martele
- Violin 1 Pizzicato
- Violin 1 Sfz
- Violin 1 Spiccato
- Violin 1 Staccato
- Violin 1 Vibrato
- Viola 1 KS
- Viola 1 Pizz
- Viola 1 Snap
- Viola 1 Spiccato
- Viola 1 Trem
- Viola 1 Vibrato
- Cello 1 Detache
- Cello 1 KS
- Cello 1 Pizz
- Cello 1 Snap
- Cello 1 Spiccato Short
- Cello 1 Trem
- Cello 1 Vibrato
- Bass 1 KS
- Bass 1 Pizz
- Bass 1 Snap
- Bass 1 Spiccato
- Bass 1 Vibrato
- SAM Trumpet Section Marcato
- SAM Trumpet Section Staccato
- SAM Trumpet Section Sustain
- SAM Trumpet Solo Marcato
- SAM Trumpet Solo Staccato
- SAM Trumpet Solo Sustain
- SAM Piccolo Trumpet Solo Marcato
- SAM Piccolo Trumpet Solo Staccato
- SAM Piccolo Trumpet Solo Sustain
- SAM French Horn Section Marcato
- SAM French Horn Section Staccato
- SAM French Horn Section Sustain
- SAM French Horn Solo Marcato
- SAM French Horn Solo Staccato
- SAM French Horn Solo Sustain
- SAM Trombone Section Marcato
- SAM Trombone Section Staccato
- SAM Trombone Section Sustain
- SAM Trombone Solo Marcato
- SAM Trombone Solo Staccato
- SAM Trombone Solo Sustain
- SAM Bass Trombone Solo Marcato
- SAM Bass Trombone Solo Staccato
- SAM Bass Trombone Solo Sustain
- SAM Tuba Solo Marcato
- SAM Tuba Solo Staccato
- SAM Tuba Solo Sustain
- Sopranos KS
- Sopranos Aah
- Sopranos Ooh
- Soprano Aah Solo NV
- Soprano Aah Solo Vib
- Altos KS
- Altos Aah
- Altos Ooh
- Tenors KS
- Tenors Aah
- Tenors Oh
- Basses KS
- Basses Aah
- Basses Oh
- Boys Choir KS
- Boys Choir Aah
- Boys Choir Eeh
- Boys Choir Ooh
- Children KS
- Children Aah
- Children Eeh
- Children Ooh
- Full Choir KS
- Bass Drum additions
- Cymbals additions
- Percussion Toys additions
- Orchestral Toms
- Timpani 2 KS
- Timpani 3 KS
- Concert Grand Harp 1 KS
- Pedal Mode Glissando Harp 1
- Pedal Mode Glissando Harp 2
- Concert D Grand Piano
- Glass Armonica 2
- Intimate D
- Resonant B
- Custom Organ Console
- Full Organ 2
What the Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 package includes
This Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 library includes the following:
Note: Make sure to get the latest ARIA Player update. Periodic updates are always being made. Log in to your account at www.garritan.com/support to get the very latest.
- The “Garritan ARIA Player” installer file that contains the ARIA Player software and the ARIA Player User Manual.
- The “Garritan Personal Orchestra 5” installer file that contains the Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 sample library and Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 User Manual.
If you have not received an activation key card by e-mail, a unique serial number is provided so that you can register the product and receive a key card. Don’t lose this—store it in a safe place! You may have received this serial number through a reseller if you purchased a download version from them.
Before you begin the installation, make sure you have read the End User License Agreement. By installing the software, you are indicating that you agree to the terms of the license.
Reading this manual is 'instrumental'.
The goal of this manual is to help you learn how to use the instruments of Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 and how to use the controls to play the instruments. Although many dislike reading manuals, if you wish to get the most out of this new library it is essential to read this manual. Doing so will help you understand how to use this software library. The operation of many of the essential features is not immediately obvious and we realize that many users are not music technologists.
The ARIA Player has a separate manual that gives complete instructions for its usage. Please refer to the separate ARIA Player User Manual for information about installing and using ARIA Player. The ARIA Player User Manual is an important part of the documentation.
We’ll do our best to make it easy for you to use this manual and to provide information about the various instruments and modes of control. And, of course, by no means can performance and technique be taught from this or any other manual. Individual study and research will enhance your ability to use this library.
Getting started
You can use any of the Garritan libraries on their own, for live play with a MIDI keyboard or other MIDI controller, or as a plug-in with a notation program or DAW. All of the Garritan libraries are accessed through the ARIA Player and can be used interchangeably with each other. The first step to bringing your music to life with the Garritan sounds is to learn to use the ARIA Player. This will give you control over basic functions such as mixing and panning, as well as instrument-specific performance techniques such as bowings, articulations, vibrato, special effects and much more.
The ARIA Player user manual will guide you through the basics of the ARIA interface and controls. For more information about each library and the instrument-specific controls, refer to the library-specific guides. You will find all of these manuals in the library installation folder on your computer.
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Instrument patches are selected and loaded into instrument slots. They can be turned on or off with Solo/Mute buttons or controlled with volume sliders. Volume is controlled via sliders for each patch. After patches are loaded there are various ways of controlling them.
There are two basic ways to load instruments: manually load instrument patches into slots one at a time, or use ensemble presets.
You can load up to sixteen instruments for each instance of the ARIA Player (slots 1 through 16). For more slots, call up additional instances of ARIA in your sequencer or notation program. The number of instances is limited only by the power and resources of your computer and host program.
- Click an instrument slot. A list of the available ARIA Player banks appears.
- Hover over GPO and follow the menus to choose an instrument patch.
If you want to clear a slot, choose empty instead. Choose reload to restore the default parameter settings for the loaded instrument.
Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 also includes a collection of useful, pre-configured combinations of patches for the convenience of the user called ensemble presets. Loading an ensemble can give you a head start to setting up a useful collection of ready-to-play patches. For a more in-depth discussion of ensembles, see Ensembles.
- Click the instrument slot where you want to begin loading the ensemble instruments.
- In the ensemble panel, click below the word ENSEMBLE. A list of the available ensemble presets appears, grouped by library.
- Hover over GPO and choose an ensemble preset from the list. The instruments contained in the preset are loaded, starting in the active instrument slot.
To clear a preset's instruments from the slots, click the first instrument slot where the ensemble was loaded and choose empty from the ensemble panel.
You can use the virtual keyboard at the bottom of the ARIA Player to play and audition instruments.
- Click the instrument slot where the desired instrument is loaded. The on-screen keyboard displays the playable range for that instrument.
- Click a note with your mouse. The clicked note is highlighted and the note sounds.
Clicking a note towards the bottom of the key plays the note with greater key velocity (like pressing a key harder), and clicking a note towards the top of the key plays the note with less key velocity (like pressing a key more softly).
Note: Each ARIA Player slot has an assigned MIDI channel. MIDI channel assignments can be chosen by clicking on the assignment number for the slot. This will bring up the drop-down menu shown on the left, from which you can click on the desired MIDI channel. The same MIDI channel can be assigned to more than one slot for combinations and mixtures.
Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 can be launched by itself and played live via MIDI keyboard or other MIDI controllers. The standalone version of the Garritan ARIA Player effectively makes your computer, audio hardware, and MIDI keyboard into a virtual instrument that can be played independently of other programs, making it ideal for practicing, silent play, and live playing. The limitation is that you can usually play only one instrument at a time. Unlike using the ARIA Player as a plug-in within a sequencer, your recording ability is limited and you cannot edit your performance (though you can use various audio software programs for this).
- Ensure that your MIDI controller is connected to your computer.
- If your controller is a USB MIDI controller, simply connect it to your computer using a USB cable.
- If your controller uses MIDI connectors, connect it to your MIDI interface using standard MIDI cables, then connect the interface to your computer.
- Choose Tools > Preferences. The Preferences dialog box appears.
- In the Input MIDI Devices list, ensure that your controller appears and is selected. Click OK.
Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 Instrument List
Tip: If you want to load a MIDI file and render it using GPO 5, refer to the ARIA Player User Manual.
When used as a plug-in, Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 is not a standalone program but rather a virtual instrument module that can integrate seamlessly with many popular music software programs (assuming that the program supports such virtual instrument plug-ins). These are called “plug-ins” because they are modular software programs that run inside a “host” music program, such as a sequencer or DAWDigital audio workstation. A DAW is a program that operates as a virtual studio for recording, editing, and playback. DAWs vary widely in their capabilities. Common examples include Steinberg Cubase, Apple Logic Pro, and Avid Pro Tools..
- Ensure that the ARIA Player plug-in appears as a virtual instrument plug-in in your sequencer or DAW.
There are four versions of the ARIA Player plug-in. The ARIA Player VST plug-in has a single stereo output, compared to the ARIA Player Multi VST plug-in's 16 stereo outputs; additionally, there is a 32-bit and 64-bit version of each.
- Create a track and set it to use the appropriate ARIA Player plug-in.
- Open the ARIA Player plug-in assigned to the track and load the desired instrument patch(es).
Be sure to take note of which MIDI channel is assigned to the slot(s) where you are loading instruments.
- Using your desired tool, assign MIDI data to the track. When playback is rendered, this MIDI data will be sent to the ARIA Player plug-in on the specified MIDI channel.
For more information about creating instrument tracks for virtual instrument plug-ins and MIDI controller automation, refer to your sequencer's or DAW's help resources.
Notation programs such as Finale allow you to easily create and print sheet music and play back your score with your computer. Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 can be used directly from within Finale (or other notation programs that are capable of hosting virtual instrument plug-ins). Features like Human Playback™ within Finale provide an advanced set of algorithms to enhance and “humanize” the playback of notation files which might otherwise sound mechanical and unnuanced. Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 has been optimized for use with Finale’s Human Playback to simulate the phrasing and feel of a live performance.
In addition to the Standard instrument set for use in the standalone ARIA Player and the non-notation software plug-in, Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 contains a separate Notation instrument set. This set of patches is programmed with important differences that make the patches more compatible with the way notation programs handle MIDI data. These programming differences are:
- Legato mode. Controlled by CC#68 rather than CC#64. This difference applies to all sustaining string and wind instruments.
- Pitchbend range. Extended to +/-12 semitones for all instruments.
- Keyswitches. Reside in the bottom octave of the MIDI keyboard (between C-2 and B-2) for all instruments.
For more information about using Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 with notation, please refer to the instructions in your notation program’s manual regarding the loading and operation of virtual instrument plug-ins. Some notation programs may not support software virtual instrument plug-ins.
GPO 5 includes a new patch named Custom Organ Console. This patch gives you the ability to play up to 12 stops at once through a single instrument slot. Each registration slot can be controlled by three dedicated MIDI CC controllers: one controller per slot to choose which organ stop is loaded in that slot, one controller per slot to enable or disable that stop, and another controller per slot to adjust the relative volume of that stop (similar to drawbars on an electric organ). In many notation programs, you can create elements that trigger these controllers. Example instructions are provided below for Finale.
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- Create a document that includes an organ instrument.
- In the Score Manager, select Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 for the organ instrument's Device.
- From the Sound drop-down menu, select Custom Organ Console.
- Choose MIDI/Audio > VST Banks & Effects (Windows) or Audio Units Banks & Effects (Mac).
- Next to the Bank that includes the organ instrument, click the pencil icon. The ARIA Player appears.
- Select the instrument slot where the Custom Organ Console is loaded and click the CONTROLS button. The Controls view appears, with several default organ stops already loaded into several of the registration slots.
- Select the initial organ registration for the document, including the corresponding On/Off buttons and the volume sliders for each registration slot.
- Close the ARIA Player and Banks & Effects dialog box to return to your document.
- Choose the Expression tool.
- Double-click a measure in the organ staves where you want to make a change to the registration. The Expression Selection dialog box appears.
- Select the Miscellaneous category and click Create Misc. Expression.
- If you want to include a marking for printing the score, type the appropriate label in the Text box.
- Click the Playback tab.
- From the Type drop-down menu, select Controller.
- Next to Controller, type the number of the MIDI CC controller you want to edit:
- MIDI CC#50–61: one controller per registration slot to choose which organ stop is loaded in that slot. These slots are organized into three rows by high, mid, and low registers, roughly equivalent to Positiv, Great, and Pedal divisions.
- MIDI CC#70–81: one controller per registration slot to enable or disable that stop.
- MIDI CC#36–48: one controller per registration slot to adjust the relative volume of that stop (similar to drawbars on an electric organ).
- Under Effect, next to Set to value, type the number corresponding to the appropriate value:
MIDI CC# Value Effect, Row 1 Effect, Row 2 Effect, Row 3 50–61 0–2 empty empty empty 3–5 Flauto Octava 4' 2' Copula Maj 8' Pedal Forte 6–8 Principal 4' Forte Comb Pleno Pedal 9–11 Forte 8' 4' 2' Plenum Dulzian 16' 12–14 Strings 8' 4' Ripieno Comb Pedal Rauschpfeife IV 15–17 Flute 8' Principal 8' Pedal Trompette 8' 4' 18–20 Nasat 2 2-3' Quintadena 8' Pedal Bar Pln Rd 21–23 Koppelflote 4' Pleno Comb Pedal Bar Plenum 24–26 Flutes 8' 4' 1' Prinzipal 8' Pedal Posaune 32' 27–29 Crumhorn 8' Bar Plenum plus Reed Contre Tromp 16' 30–32 Gemshorn 8' Baroque Plenum Choral Bass 4' 33–35 Great Clarion 4' Brustwerk Tutti Mix IV 36–38 Great Octave 4' Hauptwerk Tutti Nachthorn 8' 39–41 Great Spitzflote 4' Hauptwerk Mixture Octave 8' 42–44 Swell Rohr Schalmei 4' Scharf IV Tromp 8' 45–47 Choir Clarinet 8' Symphonic Plenum Bourdon 16' 48–50 Choir Gemshorn 8' Choir Vox Humana 8' Fagotto 16' 51–53 Stopped Flutes 8' 4' Great Principal 8' Principal 16' 54–56 Quintadena 8' 4' Great Tromp en Cham 8' Contre Bourd 32' 57–59 Renaissance 8' 4' Swell Trompete 8' Contre Fagotto 32' 60–62 Diapason 8' Great Cornet IV Bass Comb 63–65 Harmonic Flute 1 8' Great Flute Harm -- 66–68 Harmonic Flute 2 8' Great Mixture IV -- 69–71 Clarinet 8' Blockwerk -- 72–74 Pianissimo Comb Pleno Comb -- 75-77 -- Ripieno Comb -- 78-80 -- Fortissimo 8' -- 81-83 -- Gamba 8' -- 84-86 -- Forte Comb -- 87-89 -- Strings Comb -- 90-92 -- Tutti Comb -- 70–81 0–63 Registration slot off 64–127 Registration slot on 36–48 0–127 Volume - Click OK and Assign.
- Repeat steps 10–17 for any other changes. Remember that you can reuse expressions that you've already created.
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