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Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 Sound Library
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. Also included are a wide variety of instrument-specific articulations and techniques, performance spaces and reverbs, and instrument body resonances, all engineered to provide incredible realism and authenticity to your music.
“…GPO offers everything you need to get started with computer-based orchestration straight right out of the box….A thoroughly comprehensive orchestral library which omits no instruments of note, and throws in some rare ones…. despite its modest price, this library features some of the best sampled woodwinds I have heard…. its samples are well chosen, versatile and expressive.”
-Sound on Sound Magazine
“Pretty amazing!… A few years ago, if you’d told me that I could own a beautifully-sampled, truly portable symphony orchestra, I would have thought you were nuts. But today it exists. The Garritan Personal Orchestra is a composer’s dream. Not only are the patches eminently playable, but with my Powerbook and Korg Micro Kontrol, I can write orchestral music anywhere. I love it.”
-JJ Abrams
“With the need for high quality orchestral software packages growing every day, the Garritan Personal Orchestra is a worthy contender, especially considering what you get for the paltry price tag…. it is the quality of the instruments that drives this package. Each instrument is perfectly represented, a true feat when compared to the price tag most MIDI instrument packages of this quality carry….” Winner of Front Line Award
-Game Developer Magazine
“For years I have been blessed by the fact that I work on projects where I am able to hire live musicians, but I still need to create mock ups of my scores to present to directors for approval. I found that Garritan Personal Orchestra is the perfect software tool to use when creating these orchestral mock-ups. I am able to concentrate on the composing instead of getting sidetracked in spending time searching through my collection of libraries.”
Hummie Mann
You can produce breathtaking orchestral music
Garritan Personal Orchestra 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 and offering new techniques, performance spaces and reverbs, and instrument body resonances. The result empowers you to produce truly inspiring symphonic sounds with a much higher level of realism.
Create ensembles of varying sizes with individual instruments
Enjoy the highest quality collection of orchestral instruments ever sampled. All of the major instruments of the orchestra are included: strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion, and keyboards.Build your orchestra one instrument at a time, exactly as you wish. Create solos, duos, trios, quartets, chamber groups, ensembles, sections or a full symphony orchestra.
Play divisi and separate lines for each instrument; be free from fixed-size section samples.
Experience each instrument’s own individual character and nuance; they are individually expressive and can interact with each other just like genuine players.
Select from a collection of pre-configured instrumental combinations for your convenience.
Choose from over 500 Instrument Patches
GPO 5 is more than five times larger than its predecessor. View the instruments below:
Keyboards, Harps, and Choirs
Percussion Instruments
Stringed Instruments
Woodwind Instruments
TRUMPETS
Solo piccolo trumpet, Three first trumpet players, First trumpet solo, Three second trumpet players, Second trumpet solo, Solo and three trumpet players with straight mute, Two trumpet overlays, Three SAM trumpet players, SAM trumpet section, SAM trumpet solo, SAM solo piccolo trumpet
TROMBONES
First bass trombone solo, Second bass trombone solo, SAM bass trombone solo, Three SAM trombone players, SAM trombone section, SAM trombone solo, Two trombone overlays, Three trombone players, Trombone solo, Solo and three trombone players with mute
FRENCH HORNS
Three first French horn players, First French horn solo, Three second French horn players, Second French horn solo, Three French horn overlays, Solo and three French horn players with mute, Three SAM French horn players, SAM French horn section, SAM French horn solo
TUBAS
Contratuba solo, SAM tuba solo, First tuba solo, Second tuba solo, Two tuba overlays
KEYBOARDS
Celesta, Two Concert D grand pianos, Two Studio B grand pianos, Two glass armonicas, Harpsichord, Five pipe organ mixes and combinations, Nine individual pipe organ stops, Custom pipe organ console with 74 individual stops
HARPS
Two chromatic harps, Concert grand harp, Two glissando harps, Two harp harmonics, Two pedal mode glissando harps
CHOIRS
Two soprano articulations, Soprano solo with and without vibrato, Two alto articulations, Two tenor articulations, Two bass articulations, Three boys choir articulations, Three children’s choir articulations, Full choir
UNPITCHED
Basic orchestra percussion, Bass drum, Cymbals, Orchestral quad toms, Percussion accessories, Snares, Wind machine
PITCHED
Crotales, Glockenspiel, Handbells, Two marimbas, Three timpani, Tubular bells, Two vibraphones, Xylophone
SOLO STRINGS
Nine violin solo techniques, Five viola solo techniques, Six cello solo techniques, Four bass solo techniques
VIOLINS
Solo Stradivari Violin, Solo Gagliano Violin, Solo Guarneri Violin, 9 Violins for Ensembles, 1st Violin Section (12 Players), 2nd Violin Section (10 Players)
VIOLAS
Solo Viola, 3 Violas for Ensembles, Viola Section (10 Players)
CELLOS
Solo Gofriller Cello, Solo Montagnana Cello, Solo Pierray Cello, 9 Cellos for Ensembles, Cello Section (8 Players)
BASSES
Solo Double Bass, 3 Double Basses for Sections, Double Bass Section (7 Players)
SMALL SECTIONS
Six first 3-violin group techniques, Five second 3-violin group techniques, Seven 6-violin group techniques, Three 4-viola group techniques, Three 3-cello group techniques, Three 2-bass group techniques
SECTION STRINGS
Two violin sections sustaining bow strokes (10 violins and 22 violins), Eight first violin section short bow strokes, Eight second violin section short bow strokes, Eleven first violin section additional techniques (col legno, harmonics, pizzicato), Nine second violin section additional techniques (col legno, harmonics, pizzicato), Viola section sustaining bow strokes, Five viola section short bow strokes, Eight viola section additional techniques (col legno, harmonics, pizzicato), Cello section sustaining bow strokes, Seven cello section short bow strokes, Ten cello section additional techniques (col legno, harmonics, pizzicato), Bass section sustaining bow strokes, Three bass section short bow strokes, Four bass section additional techniques (col legno, pizzicato), Five full strings, Six strings section effects
FLUTES
Solo Flute, 3 Flutes for Ensembles, Piccolo, Alto Flute, Bass Flute
CLARINETS
Solo Bb Clarinet, 3 Clarinets for Ensembles, Eb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, 3 Bass Clarinets for Ensembles, Contrabass Clarinet
DOUBLE REEDS
Solo Oboe (Two Soloists), 3 Oboes for Ensembles, English Horn (Two Soloists), Solo Bassoon (Two Soloists), 3 Bassoons for Ensembles), Contrabassoon (Two Soloists)
Personal Orchestra’s Ensemble Presets
Not listed above are the dozens of powerful ensemble presets that offer additional options and flexibility.
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