Garritan library templates! For GPO and JABB

The videos are a great help, Thanks!

However, having loaded the GPO template I assume that I have also to download some additional software but I cannot find the link. Also when I had tripped over the link (now lost again) it appeard that the software was NOT free. Am I looking in the wrong place?

Best Wishes,
Ray T

[Sherry C]

Hi Ray,

Originally Posted by maximise

The videos are a great help, Thanks!

I'm glad that you (and others) are finding them useful

However, having loaded the GPO template I assume that I have also to download some additional software but I cannot find the link. Also when I had tripped over the link (now lost again) it appeard that the software was NOT free. Am I looking in the wrong place?

The link to the Garritan website is www.garritan.com and you are correct that it is not free I only included the templates because we do have a lot of users who also have some of the Garritan libraries, Personal Orchestra (GPO) and the Jazz and Big Band (JABB) being two of the favorites. Folks who have those libraries can use the .not template files that I created to quickly set up Musician or Composer to match the ensemble templates that are included in GPO and JABB.

They are not free, but they are probably the best "bang for the buck" libraries to get really excellent instrument sounds for backing tracks or even just for really nice play-along sounds for practicing with Notation Musician or Notation Composer. I have some, and use them for making backing tracks for musicals and such. With some massaging of the performance parameters in Notation Composer, you can get some really realistic sounding performances.

ttfn,
Sherry

[homeboy26]

Sherry
thanks and I am sure this is really good stuff.......but I think I would get the idea better from a personal demonstration for a couple of hours.

My breins, she is not verkink as fast as wunce woz!

Anytime you are in OZ and available for a Tutorial Booking ...please let me know!

Cheers

Poppa

[Sherry C]

Hi friends,


I was reminded by a user query that I should update this thread for the later versions of our software


Here is the full listing of where to unzip the .not Template files, depending on what version of Musician or Composer you have.

v 2.6.3 (which is now considered obsolete and no longer supported)

C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Notation\Templates\


v 3 (latest release is 3.1.4)
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Notation_3\Templates



v 4 (latest release as of this date 4.0.2)
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Notation_4\Templates




After unzipping the files and putting them in the above folder(s), you should see them show up when you use "Create new" in Notation Composer.

If you are unable for any reason to copy these template files into the above folders or they don't show up properly in Create New, you can always simply unzip them into any folder, use File/Open in Composer to open them, and then immediately use File/Save as Template to save it to the Template folder for future use. You can then continue to work with the open file, changing the key signature, etc, just as you normally would any .not file (which is really all it is). You'll have already saved a "template" copy for using again later.


Enjoy!
Sherry