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.

Open the user manual while using the ARIA Player

Whether you're using the ARIA Player as a standalone or as a plug-in, help is only a click away. To open the user manual from within the ARIA Player, click the Get Help button on the Settings view.

Technical support

1. 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.
2. 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.

Note: If you are using a Garritan library as a plug-in in a third-party host program, please also contact the host program's manufacturer for support.

Start here! Most problems with the ARIA Player can be resolved by installing the most recent version. Updates are released regularly to fix known problems and improve the software. Be sure to also check www.garritan.com/support for any possible updates that have occurred since the time your sample library was manufactured. The ARIA Player is frequently updated and a more recent version may be available. We always recommend downloading and installing the most recent version of the ARIA Player.

If you're still having trouble or are experiencing a technical problem after updating the ARIA Player, there are many resources available to you at www.garritan.com/support to help solve the problem.

• Join the Garritan Community and talk to a large and active user community.
• Check the Garritan Blog for tips, techniques, and musical inspiration.
• Search the Support Solutions for answers to common technical problems.
• Ask a Question online. You can submit a question at any time, and the Customer Success Team responds within a business day.

If you're still experiencing a problem, see all the ways you can reach us here. If you do need to get in touch with support, the Customer Success Team will ask for the version of the ARIA Player and ARIA Engine you have installed.

Tip: Remember that extensive help is always at your fingertips: simply search this User Manual.

Free interactive orchestration course

We are pleased to make available to you to the Interactive Edition of “Principles of Orchestration” based upon Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov’s celebrated text, open to all without charge.

With Garritan Personal Orchestra 5, you have a fine orchestra at your fingertips. A well-crafted orchestration is a thing of beauty and it is important for a well-rounded musician to possess a basic knowledge of orchestration. As with composing or arranging for a real orchestra, knowledge and experience are essential for producing successful results.

One of the most effective ways to learn orchestration is by listening and simultaneously seeing it on the score. Live playback of the score examples imparts an added dimension to your music beyond simply viewing what’s on a printed page, conveying concepts with immediacy and clarity. In this Interactive Edition we have provided exactly that facility: score excerpts that allow the learner to simultaneously listen and follow visually. There are some 275 animated scores embedded within the relevant portions of the text. The ability to hear various orchestral realizations of the different examples from Rimsky-Korsakov’s works, on-demand, is invaluable and books alone cannot provide this level of instruction.

To get started, go to www.northernsounds.com/forum/. This course is completely free and can be an invaluable resource as your embark on your musical journey.

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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):

• 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

• 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

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• 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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