Recently reviewed in Music Tech Magazine, Garritan’s Personal Orchestra 5 brings a much needed update to previous versions and includes 70 percent more patches overall, the addition of Garritan Orchestral Strings, updated ProjectSAM brass patches, an extended choir, new Steinway pianos, a new harp and a custom organ console. At the heart of GPO5 is the ARIA Player which is easy to unlock once the software is installed, simply drag a registration card onto the player. You won’t need an extra sample player and it functions either standalone or as a plug-in for your DAW. “GPO5 offers a great value for money, highly efficient orchestral library with a fast workflow and respectable sampled instruments.” Music Tech Magazine
Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 is available as a download copy from inta-audio.com.
Music Tech’s Verdict
Overall rating 9/10. “If you compose or arrange orchestral music that’s eventually going to be played by real musicians in the time honoured old-fashioned way, then Garritan’s Personal Orchestra is really all you need. It provides super fast workflow and an accurate-sounding rendition with easy controls and built in mixing facilities”. Music Tech Magzine
Positives
- complete sampled orchestra
- efficient ARIA player
- self contained – sounds, EQ, reverb, mixer
- great value for money
Negatives
- fixed string vibrato
- a few bugs [that are being sorted]
