Has anyone shifted to GPO4 yet?

herbert · #1 10-08-2009, 08:27 AM

Hi ajoteph,

There is a GPO2 under Garritan Studio and a GPO3 under KP2 and KP3. All three sample players are by Native Instruments. GPO4 runs under Aria by Garritan. Each successive player has become more efficient in using computer resources. KP2 and KP3 are worthwhile to get for their plug-ins. Both players are for free. GPO4 has some really good new brass instruments from Project Sam Brass. It has a basic mixer and reverb only, no other effects.

I started off with GPO2 under Garritan Studio and upgraded to KP2, KP3 and now to Aria player with GPO4. I never have had a problem. You can use KP2, KP3 and the Aria player side by side.

I don’t have Sibelius and can’t comment on it.

Herbert

flyingtadpole · #2 10-20-2009, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by herbert

I started off with GPO2 under Garritan Studio and upgraded to KP2, KP3 and now to Aria player with GPO4. I never have had a problem. You can use KP2, KP3 and the Aria player side by side.
Herbert

OK, I've just loaded GPO4, fired up the Aria player but...it doesn't show on Composer. I can't pick it up on config. What am i doing wrong?? Or, is it that I have to run GPO4 and Aria through something like VSTHost? (whereas Garritan Studio will allow direct access for COmposer to earlier GPOs without needing VSTHost)

herbert · #3 10-21-2009, 07:54 AM

Hi,

If you have MidiYoke installed on your computer, you will find Midi Yoke under Tools, Preferences, in the free standing Aria player.

Using VSTHost gives you more possibilities and importantly the ability to export to .wav. You are right,Garritan Studio runs direct under Composer.

Best wishes,

Herbert

flyingtadpole · #4 10-21-2009, 08:19 AM

THank you Herbert. I was trying to use Maple Midi whcih results in a terrible slowdown on my setup. MidiYoke has got the whole thing running very nicely, thank you very much for the pointer.

(Well, it did for a short while, now it's having terrible slowdowns too...Mark, we really need something equivalent to Garritan Studio to be able to run GPO4 without all this tangle of virtual cables! It's a real pain to ahve to xport in midi and feed through sonar to get the VSTs working easily!)

herbert · #5 10-22-2009, 05:49 AM

flyingtadpole – It really should work well. Perhaps you have a problem with your audio interface and its ASIO driver. Does your audio device show up under “Sounds and Audio Devices, Hardware” in “Control Panel”?

Herbert

herbert · #6 10-22-2009, 06:04 AM

Just another thought. Have you set the Aria player “Tools, Preferences” to your audio device and driver? You need an ASIO sound card and an ASIO driver.

Herbert

dj · #7 10-22-2009, 10:49 AM

Herbert said: "You need an ASIO sound card and an ASIO driver."

Or ASIO4All. www.ASIO4All.com.

David

flyingtadpole · #8 10-22-2009, 12:05 PM

Ha! the wrong soundcard clicked in the Aria preferences, thanks Herbert. So we're now working and the only issue I have is this computer is too slow with too little memory to do more than stave by stave with the fatter stuff (but Garritan gave me fair warning!!!)

#9 05-27-2011, 01:03 PM

Hi!

I have just installed GPO. How do I set the voices to use from within Composer?? The patch numbers are all blank on Staff Setup.

Brgds

Danny

Sherry C · #10 05-27-2011, 02:26 PM

Hi Danny,

Using GPO as your MIDI playback device, you set the instruments up in the Aria player. You only have to set the channel numbers in Notation Composer to match the channel number of the appropriate instrument in the Aria Player. (The instrument grid that typically shows up in the Staff Setup is only for GM (general MIDI) sets, which GPO definitely is not

).

So, for example, in setting up the following file that I've opened in Notation Composer, I would want to load a Piccolo in the first slot (with channel 1), a flute in the second slot (with channel 2), an oboe in the third slot (with channel 3), etc.

AriaComposerChannelNumbers.png

Have fun

Sherry

#11 05-27-2011, 03:01 PM

Hi!

OK, so you can't do it from Composer. I suspected as much.

BTW, I see you're using LoopBe. What exactly is that supposed to do?? I followed the instructions you gave in another post, but it broke everything (and crashed my PC). Before that, Composer was already using Aria voices, as far as I can tell. After setting LoopBe up, I could get no sounds whatsoever. I disabled it, and wanted to do a second try to see what the point of it is, and verify that I really am using GPO (I disabled GS Wavetable too, so there's only the ASIO sound card under ports and devices), but now I can't see how to re-enable it, and as I say, I don't fully understand what the point is and if I really need it.

Brgds

Danny