Garritan Has Been Sold

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Official announcement by Gary states that Garritan has been sold to Make Music. Effective date not stated. Gary will be working for Make Music as Director or Scientific Research, or something like that.

Significance of it is not clear to me yet, except that I expect that Gary made a bundle of bucks on the deal.

Richard

[Kevin]

I bet he will. Mind you the sounds you get from GPO are not that stunning compared to others. What do you think?

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His products are widely used in professional productions, often to augment small groups who can't afford to hire more performers. There is benefit to the composer, whose music otherwise would not be heard. Possibly you might think a loss to the live performers, but since they would not be hired because of budget, this is open to debate. For amateur productions, I have no quarrel. For professional production, I don't like the idea very much, except for movie sound tracks.

It is a good product for the price. Although I use it exclusively, it is only form creating credible demos. Live performers are so much more live! I have spent quite a few happy hours lately, listening to some of my piano music which was recorded in the UK. Live recordings really bring the music to life. Piano and organ can be made fairly life like, but it would take an impossibly long time to produce all the nuances of a live performer.

Richard

[Kevin]

So in Makemusic buying him out that means no one else can use the software as say Sibelius did? Mind you the new Sib 7 has 36gb of sound files now!!

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As I understand it, it will continue to be compatible with Sibelius and other notation programs and sequencers. My only use for it is with Sonar. You could probably get some confirmation on the Sibelius tech support site. To me, it is purely an academic question, as I will probably never upgrade because my computer is stretched to the limits of it resources, and I have no desire to give up eating in order to buy computer equipment. My system may seem primitive to many, but it does the job that I require of it.

Richard

[Kevin]

So what set up do you have Richard?