Garritan Personal Orchestra
For Windows 98 SE/ME/2000/XP and Macintosh OS X
 


$199
On Sale for $189


Features
Instrument List

System Requirements

The Overture SE version included in
Personal Orchestra has the following limitations:

No lyrics
No tablature
No customization of engraver settings or libraries
No font substitution like Jazz Font
No Chord, Guitar, or Jazz symbols
One score open at a time
Each score is limited to 32 tracks
Contains samples of all the major instruments in a symphony orchestra. Strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion-as well as many others.
Create great sounding music.

Features

An All-In-One Orchestral Package
Personal Orchestra includes a comprehensive orchestral sample library, Native Instruments' KONTAKT player, GenieSoft's Overture SE notation program and AMBIENCE Reverb.

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, 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. It even includes multiple solo instruments. Everything one needs to create orchestrations of any size!

Unique Feature: "Ensemble Maker"
Personal Orchestra lets you construct ensembles and sections of different sizes from specially designed solo instruments, each comprising a unique set of samples. This feature allows you to build duos, trios, quartets and larger ensembles and sections as you see fit.

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.

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.

Instrument List

Keyboards & Harps

Steinway Concert Grand Piano
Duo 1 & Duo 2 Pianos
Concert Pipe Organ (7+ Stops & Pedals)
Harpsichord (3 Stops)
Celeste
Harp 1 (Venus)
Harp 2 (Wurlitzer)
Glissando Harp Package

Strings
Solo Stradivari Violin
Solo Gagliano Violin
6 Violins for Ensembles
12 first Violin Section
10 second Violin Section
Solo Viola
3 Violas for Ensembles
10 Viola Section
Solo Cello
3 Celli for Ensembles
8 Celli Section
Solo Double Bass
3 Basses for Sections
7 Double Bass Section

WoodWinds
Piccolo
Solo Flute
3 Flutes for Ensembles
Alto Flute
Bass Flute
Oboe (Two Soloists)
3 Oboes for Ensembles
English Horn (Two Soloists)
Solo Bb Clarinet
3 Clarinets for Ensembles
Eb Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
3 Bass Clarinet for Ensembles
Contrabass Clarinet
Solo Bassoon (Two Soloists)
3 Bassoons for Ensembles
Contrabassoon (Two Soloists)

Brass
Solo C Trumpet
3 Trumpets for Ensembles
Hall Trumpet (forte overlay)
Piccolo Trumpet
French Horns (Two Solo Horns)
6 Horns for Ensembe
Hall Horn (forte overlay)
Solo Tenor Trombone
3 Trombones for Ensembles
Hall Trombone (forte overlay)
Bass Trombones (Two Solo)
Tubas (Two Solo)
Hall Tuba (forte overlay)
Solo Contrabass Tuba

Percussion
Timpani
Wind Machine
Grand Symphonic Marimba
Vibraphone
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
Tubular Bells
Bass Drum (adjustable fundamental)
Snare Drum
Orchestral Cymbals
Gong & Tam-Tam
Crotales
Triangles
Mark Tree
Cowbells
Hand Bells
Assorted Percussion Toys

System Requirements

Win98 SE, Win ME, Win XP, Win 2000, MAC OS X
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 (Windows version) 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

 

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