Garritan Personal Orchestra & Human Playback Tutorial
Garritan virtual instrument libraries are acclaimed for their unprecedented realism and control over playback. Whether you use Garritan Personal Orchestra Finale Edition with the integrated Aria Player, the full version of GPO (with Kontakt 1 or 2), or Garritan Jazz and Big Band (JABB), these Garritan instruments are seamlessly integrated into your Finale documents using the latest audio plug-in technology.
Finale's Human Playback is designed to take maximum advantage of the power and flexibility of Garritan instruments. Hairpins, articulations, expressions, and performance techniques like pizz. and arco are automatically interpreted. Human Playback uses the expressive potential of the Garritan instruments to bring your score to life.
This tutorial guides you through the process of setting up your Finale scores for use with Garrtian instruments. In Part 1, you will learn how to use Finale's Setup Wizard to configure new scores for Garritan instrument playback, and how to convert your existing scores for use with Garritan instruments. In Part 2, you will learn more about some of the advanced features of Finale 2009, Human Playback, and Garrtian instruments, and how you can use them together to create the most realistic and nuanced playback of your score.
This tutorial assumes that you are already somewhat familiar with the basics of Finale 2009 - using the Setup Wizard, entering music, creating custom expressions, articulations and smart shapes, using the playback controls, etc. If you are unfamiliar with these subjects, a run through the Finale Installation and Tutorials guide is highly recommended.
Throughout this document, you will see Macintosh screen shots that refer to AU, or Audio Units. In the Windows version of Finale, the equivalent dialog boxes refer to VST instead. The functionality is the same in both versions. Similarly, when a menu item like AU/VST Instruments is referred to, this is shorthand for Audio Units Instruments in the Mac version, and VST Instruments in the Windows version.
If, after reading this tutorial, you still have questions about any aspect of Finale, Human Playback, or GPO Finale Edition, you can contact MakeMusic Customer Support on the web at http://support.makemusic.com.
If you have questions about the full version of Garritan Personal Orchestra or Garritan Jazz and Big Band, you can contact Garritan Customer Service at support@garritan.com. There are also extremely helpful online support forums for both Finale and Garritan instruments:
After finishing this tutorial you will be equipped to get the very best results from Finale, Human Playback, and Garritan instruments.