Product Description

Whether you're a professional film composer who needs to produce orchestral mockups at a moment's notice, a hobbyist who wants to create great sounding orchestral music, or a student who is studying the art and craft of orchestration, Personal Orchestra will simplify creative work at a price that won't break the bank. In the studio, at home or on the road, Personal Orchestra is for every musician.Personal Orchestra contains samples of all the major instruments in a symphony orchestra-strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion-as well as instruments not found in other orchestral libraries-a Steinway? concert grand piano, a Stradivarius violin, Guarneri Violin, Gagliano Violin, Wurlitzer and Venus concert harps, Haynes flutes, Heckel bassoons, a Mustel celeste, a Rudolf von Beckerath concert pipe organ, a harpsichord, and many other exquisite instruments. There is everything one needs to create orchestrations of any size! In fact, as a whole, Personal Orchestra has the most expensive collection and highest caliber of orchestral instruments of any orchestral sample library ever recorded!Build ensembles one instrument at a time from individual solo instruments. This allows the user to construct ensembles or sections of any size - solo instruments, duos, trios, quartets, chamber ensembles, small orchestras, or a full symphonic orchestra.Personal Orchestra allows you to create realistic sounding orchestral music quickly and easily, right "out of the box." No confusin... ... Read more

Features

• Comprehensive virtual orchestra for PC and Mac
• Uses Native Instruments Kontakt Player
• Includes several instruments not found elsewhere
• High-caliber sounds and quality

Reviews (1)

Impressive results to be had from comprehensive collection
I am surprised that this is the first review for GPO on Amazon, considering the growing following this collection has.
This is one impressive product - a comprehensive list of sounds, that work very well together.Obviously the samples in more expensive packages are more impressive in their basic sound, but if used with skill it is truly astonishing what can be achieved with this set - one has only to listen to the numerous user demos on their web site to see for yourself.The situation here is that the sum is in fact greater than its parts.
In this price range, there really isn't anything that can compare to it.The quality of the results achievable are good enough for professional use, and in fact it is getting considerable professional application in many different areas.

Anyone looking for orchestral sounds, but unwilling (or more likely unable) to the spend the thousands necessary for the big libraries should take a look at what is being offered here.

Really, bravo to the Garritan team for creating such an impressive library at a price point accessible to almost anyone. ... Read more

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This application allows you to take MIDI files and customize them to suite your taste. Use the playback list function to store and retrieve your compositions. Export your finished files into popular multi-media applications as .WAV or .AIFF file formats. This is MIDI made easy! ... Read more

Features

• Mac
• 16 parts, up to 128-voice polyphony
• 902 tones plus 26 drum sets
• Reverb, chorus and delay effects

Product Description

This innovative virtual instrument puts a top studio drummer at your fingertips! Groove Agent 2 is the long-awaited update to the phenomenally successful Groove Agent virtual drummer. GA2 provides great-sounding, ready-to-go drum rhythms from the past 50 years with an extra focus to hypermodern styles. ... Read more

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iDrum turns any Macintosh computer running Mac OS 10.2 or later into a slamming beatbox ready to lay down your grooves, your way. From ambient downtempo to bangin' hip hop to frenetic drum and bass, iDrum has got your back (beat)iDrum comes with hundreds of dope drum samples arranged into hundreds of iDrum files, each with several preset patterns programmed by some of the best beatmeisters working today. But these beats are just the beginning -- since you can mix and match parts and samples between kits, and even load your own AIFF and WAV drum samples, the possibilities for beat creation are virtually endlessDon't feel like pushing buttons with your mouse? Prefer to bang on things instead? iDrum has you covered. Use record mode to tap out beats on an attached MIDI keyboard, or even using your Mac's computer keyboard! ... Read more

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• Mac

Product Description

The HQ Orchestral is a powerful soft synth that brings an entire orchestra to your fingertips.It offers superior sound reproduction. ... Read more

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• Main Features:
• Plug-In Software Synthesizers: DXi and VST Instruments (Win/Mac)
• Premium acoustic sounds, focusing on Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion and Keyboards
• Realistic articulations such as vibrato, tremolo, pizzicato, and spiccato
• Up to 16-part and 128-voice polyphony

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High-Quality Software Synthesizer for piano, guitar, bass, & drums. ... Read more

Features

• High-Quality Software Synthesizer for piano, guitar, bass, & drums.

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A virtual instrument plugin for MOTU DP4 (MAS), Pro Tools (RTAS) and other Mac OS X audio hosts (Audio Units). MX4 features a unique, hybrid synthesis engine that combines several forms of synthesis, including subtractive, wavetable, frequency modulation (FM), amplitude modulation (AM) and analog emulation. MX4?s flexible programming and advanced modulation architecture provide the intimacy of a vintage synth, the flexibility of a modular synth, and the innovation of a virtual synth. The inspiration for MX4 came from legendary subtractive synthesizers like the Prophet-5, PPG Wave and Moog Modular! Then MOTU took the concept further using today?s powerful computer software technology. The result is a unique, hybrid synthesis engine that delivers both fresh and vintage synths sounds alike. Whether you?re looking for killer synth presets or intense synth programming, MX4 is for you.As a plug-in, MX4 operates efficiently and provides unlimited voices, polyphony and instantiations (subject to the processing resources of the host computer). Playback is sample-accurate with supporting host applications, such as Digital Performer 4. MX4?s 32-bit internal resolution provides wide dynamic range, and it supports all standard sample rates up to 192kHz. Users can work fast and intuitively in a single, efficiently organized window labeled with real-world values like semitones, decibels, etc. All settings are saved with host software projects for instant recall.MX4?s basic sy... ... Read more

Features

• The four variable waveshape LFOs include adjustable symmetry, rate delay, fade and phase.
• All continuously variable parameters, including LFOâs and envelopes, can be modulated by many sources, including track automation, MIDI controllers, LFOâs & envelopes.
• Conversely, each modulation source in MX4 can modulate an unlimited number of destinations simultaneously, with the modulation range independently scaled at each destination.

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BFD gives you your own drum studio,with complete control of 7 real drum kits plus additional hats, snares and cymbals. Every drum is recorded from eleven different mics positioned around the kit and room so you can mix your drums by blending the mic sources just like in a real studio. BFDâs high quality drum sample library has an unparalleled degree of realism. For each type of drum type in each kit, there are a number of different styles of "hits". Each of these "hits" is sampled at up to 46 velocity layers, resulting in drum parts of superior detail and expressiveness.BFD was recorded in the drum room at a top Californian recording studio by professional engineer Steve Duda (NIN, Pitchshifter, A Perfect Circle) using over $50,000 worth of microphones from Neumann, Sennheiser, AKG and others. The drums used range from the 1920s to 2002, and include both classics and rarities. Not only useful as a sound source for your own drum programming, BFD also incorporates a comprehensive library of ready-to-use MIDI Grooves with different styles, feels and time signatures. The library features both programmed grooves and MIDI recordings of real drummers, including top UK session drummer Chris Dagley (Jamiroquai, Lalo Schifrin, Ella Fitzgerald, Eric Clapton, Chaka Khan). ... Read more

Features

• The bottom panel is actually a simple buit-in, 6-voice synthesiser that can be used as a carrier signal to be vocoded
• This synth can be used as a drone with pitches for each of the six voices set using the keyboard graphic
• However, the synthesiser can also be played in real-time using MIDI
• It is also possible to use external audio sources as the carrier signal

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A massive virtual instrument with a huge and exclusive trance sound archive that provides every component you need to make the perfect trance track, including just about every 4/4 percussion combination you can imagine. Over 1GB of diverse material including trance drumloops, epic trance sequences, and arpeggios, plus trance-friendly pads, pad loops, euphoric synth lines and bass loops, effect stabs, snare rolls, and a huge selection of vital trance drumkit sounds. All loops are customizable to fit your tracks and preferred style. This is a good all-around dance collection, and with almost 2,000 samples, the variety of the content is enormous. The bulk of the loops are aggressive drum and percussion loops. There are also plenty of kick-only patterns and other isolated percussion loops. Typical dance piano and guitar loops are provided as well. There are leads, buzzers, basses, pads, ambience sounds, fat analog bass loops, and acid loops all designed to work with the drums tracks.The convenient one-screen interface is based on Native Instruments' Intakt sampler for tremendous sound-shaping abilities without disrupting the creative flow. It includes a first-class multimode filter, an envelope follower, 2 LFOs, effects, and more. The loops can be synced to tempo via the Beat Machine or the Time Machine.The Beat Machine divides loops into their individual hits so they can be played at a wide range of tempos... ... Read more

Features

• Exclusive trance sound archive
• Over 1GB of diverse material
• Almost 2,000 samples
• All loops are customizable
• Includes Intakt sampler

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Superior includes all-new drum kits with even more realism and user control than before, and DFH includes its own audio engine. Includes its own software from Toontrack (VSTi) for Mac and PC. Features 4 double DVDs with 35GB data, 85,000 soundfiles (single hits only, no loops). It's like having the best drums available with the best possible sound 24 hours a day! Beating tool sounds include brushes, drum sticks, rods, and felt mallets. Felt, plastic or wood bass beaters! Customize your drum kit with the instruments of your choice, 60+ cymbals, 5 drumkits, 8 hi-hats, and 17 snares to choose from, all top quality, and some signature instruments not available on the market! Access a massive percussion collection from Meinl with different bongos, congas, tambourines, cowbells, triangles, and much more. There's also a cocktail kit from Yamaha. All sounds are recorded with the best mics and preamps on the market without any pre- or post-processing of the sounds. Each mic has its own designated output channel with natural bleed from the rest of the drums, and every hit is randomized for non-linear performance.The programmable environment as been made as close to a real studio session as possible. All leakage, that is a big part of the sound in a drum recording, bleeds naturally through all mics. Superior lets you choose whether or not you want bleed in each mic, and if you want a bit less bleed (say, for example,... ... Read more

Features

• 4 double DVDs with 35GB of data
• Sounds and mic setup for each plug-in
• Toontrack software
• Huge array of drums, cymbals, percussion
• 3 plug-ins: Superior Drummer, Superior Percussionist, and Superior Cocktail

Product Description

Sonik SynthTM 2 is the ultimate all-around SYNTH WORKSTATION for composing and performing music in a wide variety of styles from R&B to Techno/Electronic to Classic Rock and more. ... Read more

Features

• The sounds in the Sonik Synth 2 make up a full workstation of synth sounds covering the range of today's popular keyboards and sound modules with pianos, bass, drums, guitars, voices and more to a history of analog and digital synth textures like no other
• Not only will it have rich ethereal and atmospheric moving textures but also fat analog flavors of nearly every classic synthesizer brand ever made!
• Included with the plug-in is an 8 gigabyte sound library (over 5000 sounds!) covering all kind of workstation sounds you'd expect from a hardware keyboard or sound module.
• Sonik Synth 2 is an instrument plug-in that works in all major platforms (Cubase, Logic, ProTools, Digital Performer, Sonar and others) on MacOS® X and Windows®. Compatible with RTAS, VSTi, AU, and DXi.
• Sonik SynthTM 2 is the ultimate all-around SYNTH WORKSTATION

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Replete with dozens of fresh, up-to the-minute styles and a battery of quality new drum sounds, Groove Agent 2 offers a raft of the latest drum grooves and styles within the comfortable confines of modern DAW environments supporting the VST, DXi, Rewire or AU plug-in formats.Groove Agent 2 comes with 50% more musical styles and drum kits. The 27 new styles offer an array of the latest grooves in diverse flavors currently in demand such as ultra-slick RnB, Bristol Trip Hop, Old Skool HipHop, Retro Rock, roof-raising Punk and grinding Grunge grooves. Providing the kerosene for the 27 explosive new styles are the 9 new drum kits. The all-new top-quality studio kit offers a highly polished, refined sound while being widely usable for many modern pop and rock productions. Other kit highlights include painstakingly recreated retro drum synths, ultra-hip noisy lofi drums, a diamond-hard metal kit as well as added percussive sounds.Other feature refinements include added output busses, with up to 8 stereo outputs now available within the virtual mixer of the host application. It?s now also possible to bypass the internal Groove Agent 2 sample playback engine and to use Groove Agent as a MIDI player that triggers external samples.The GUI has also been overhauled, with added scales and easier access to vital controls. The new solo button for every group makes it easier to quickly focus on one group of sounds while tweaking and mixing. Groove Agent 2 also offers a new ?Sa... ... Read more

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The Silver Edition of the critically acclaimed Eastwest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra includes 16-bit stereo samples from the Platinum Edition (which is multi-channel), at a fraction of the cost, and was recorded where orchestral instruments sound their most natural - in a state of the art Concert Hall.Listen to the pure beauty of the Symphonic Orchestra and 125 million dollar Concert Hall that were recorded with the Highest-Quality custom built recording equipment, by audio legend - Prof. Keith O. Johnson - recipient of two Grammys, plus eight additional Grammy nominations for his 90 plus Classical Recordings. ... Read more

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• Mac

Product Description

When you're ready to get serious about Bass, this is the instrument! Trilogy is a programmable, sample-based sound module plug-in, that integrates a massive 3 Gigabyte core library of hundreds of brand new, remarkable Bass sounds, with a powerful user interface for creating your own unique patches. The real power of Trilogy lies within its layering concept. Beyond the core library hundreds of incredible new Basses, every patch in Trilogy has two layers that you can tweak individually. You can also immediately mix and match any of the layers in the core library together, and edit each one independently. Imagine the power of combining the sound of a real Minimoog? with a Fretless bass, or a Virus? with a TB-303?, or even adding a Juno? sub-oscillator to an Upright Bass! There are thousands of earthshaking combinations, and you'll never run out of options. Let's look at each of the three sections of Trilogy in detail, since each one has some innovative features: The highly detailed Acoustic Upright Bass is one of the highlights of this instrument. Because of Trilogy's unique interface, you can get a wide variety of gorgeous tones from this Bass. This is made possible because the interface has separate control of the Neumann? U-47 Tube Microphone signal and the Direct Pickup signal, which was sampled through a vintage Neve? 1083 Console. This stunning sounding acoustic is chromatically sampled, with multi-dynamic velocity switching. The hardest velocity in e... ... Read more

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Stylus RMX is a completely new groove-based virtual instrument plug-in for Macintosh and Windows. Stylus RMX is the first product to offer the combined power of Groove Control? with Spectrasonics Advanced Groove Engine (S.A.G.E.?) technology giving users dramatic new control over groove production and performance. Spectrasonics? in-house development team created the new instrument from the ground up, with dozens of new features including the ground-breaking Chaos Designer?, a completely redesigned multi-page user interface, a new core library of sounds, all with a focus on realtime groove creation and performance.New Core library The massive new 7.4 gigabyte core-library in Stylus RMX has thousands of cutting-edge grooves and sounds that were created by Spectrasonics? international sound design team, and produced by Eric Persing. The new core library contains nearly triple the amount of sounds originally offered in the original Stylus, and contains all the original material as well. The new sounds and grooves in Stylus RMX offer a much wider range of modern musical genres than the original Stylus. Mixes of grooves are broken down into individual tracks called Elements for flexibility and infinite combinations. Also new in Stylus RMX are thousands of new Kit modules, as well as user Kit construction. The new sound menus have over 10,000 new single hits, all arranged in organized categories. Users can create their own customized multitrack remix grooves and kits, sa... ... Read more

Features

• Mac
• 8-part Multitimbral
• Built-in Mixer w/ 8 channels
• Easy MIDI Control of all 10,000 parameters

Product Description

vIncludes brush kits, modern and vintage kits, heavy rock kits, dance kits, jazz kits, funk kits, and the list goes on. Plus there is an infinite amount of sounds you can make by producing and processing them to fit your style of music with SamplTank® 2 LEs own built-in DSP effects including master quality tube compression, limiting and parametric eq! ... Read more

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• Studio Drums Capsule includes a nice variety of different makes, such as Yamaha®, Gretsch®, Ludwig® and more.

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Includes the entire orchestral library set. Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion.This virtual repositioning of the listener in a concert hall environment offers a surprising amount of tonal control, virtually eliminating the need for EQ; and the ambient control, using any combination of these 3 stereo tracks, eliminates the need for artificial reverb (which usually sounds artificial).You can create the sound you want. With other orchestral libraries, you get what they give you, and apart from adding reverb and EQ, you have virtually no control over the sound of the instruments. The control of tonality and ambience in the EASTWEST / QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA enables each user to "design" the sound of the orchestra to suit the work that is being created - no other orchestral collection offers this!Use the stage mics for a typical big Hollywood sound; boost certain instruments by adding a hint of the close mics; add in the hall surround mics to create a surround sound mix, or to add natural hall reverb. Finally, you can say goodbye to lifeless, dry studio recordings.In addition to this unprecedented control of tonality and ambience; the real ambience of the hall, combined with the automatic sample switching of up and down strokes that is built into the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS audio engine and interface (included with each volume of the library), has virtually eliminated the machine gun effect when... ... Read more

Features

• INSTRUMENTS AND ARTICULATIONSexpressive vibrato p, f
• expressive vibrato slow p, f
• straight vibrato p, mf, ff upstroke, ff downstroke
• lyrical vibrato slow, fast attack

Product Description

For VST 2.0, DXi, ASIO, AU*, RTAS*, Mac and PC, and featuring over 3GB of evolving soundscapes, dream synth patches, and samples for film composers and sound designers. They are created from scratch by Ian Boddy whose exclusive sound archives and arsenal of vintage and modern synths have been extensively plundered to create the unique and inspiring new library that you will find within this powerful virtual instrument.The whole library is presented within a stunning new state-of-the-art plug-in interface by Native Instruments which combines intuitive handling and a capable architecture with excellent sound quality. Powerful multi-mode filters, envelopes, and LFOs give a wealth of creative possibilities. Integrated high-quality reverb, chorus, and delay effects give each sample life and depth. The clean and intuitive interface doesn't let technology get in the way of creativity. All important instrument parameters can be immediately adjusted, and all the sounds were recorded and processed at 24-bit resolution and 44.1kHz sample rate.* RTAS support and OS X compatibility including support for Audio Units and Core Audio are available as a free downloadable update. ... Read more

Features

• Over 3GB of new evolving and morphing soundscapes, dream synths and samples
• Virtual Synth section includes lovingly multi-sampled/multi waveform analogue synth
• All original samples, recorded at 24-bit resolution
• Easy and intuitive user interface (a version of Native Instruments' superb KOMPAKT sampler)
• Engine is based on KONTAKT audio engine

Product Description

Powered by a special version of Native Instruments' Kompakt Sampler, this virtual instrument features a Steinway grand piano recorded at one of the world's most modern and technically advanced studios - Galaxy Studios in Belgium. The piano was miked with 5 Bruel & Kjaer mics, room mics from Neumann, plus SPL/Brauner Atmos System for the 5.1 recording. Recorded through a Neve Capricorn digital console directly linked to ProTools. Although optimized for full 5.1 surround sound, you can also choose to load a subset (stereo front L/R 1.5GB). You will still be amazed by the sheer quality of the sound. ... Read more

Features

• 6 discrete channels in 16/24-bit/48kHz resolution
• Separate microphone for the LFE channel Mapped in whole tones
• 10 velocity layers provide a natural sound quality over the whole dynamic range
• Sample length up to 40 seconds, hence no loops
• Grand total of approximately 6.5GB of audio samples

Product Description

24-bit orchestral sample library includes 3 simultaneous stereo mic mixable setups (close, stage, and hall) for control of tonality and ambience. Comes with its own sampler that includes sound shaping tools. Its superb sound is the result of many carefully produced sessions in a state-of-the-art concert hall. All the sounds were captured using custom-built recording equipment by audio legend Prof. Keith O. Johnson, with players playing in proper position, with variations on each instrument.Instruments and articulations:6 French horns (sustain p, mp, mf, f, fff; staccato p, mf, f, fff; long staccato fff; portato, mf, fff; portato sfz, mf, fff; sforzando f; legato slides, short and long; legato p, mp, mf, f, fff; rips, short 1 and 2, and long; shakes; stop mutes)Solo Horn (sustain, p, mf.ff; staccato p, mf, ff; portato, mf, ff; sforzando f)4 Trumpets NV (sustain mp, mf, ff; sustain accent mp, mf, ff; legato mp, mf, ff; staccato, mp, mf, ff; sforzando short; forte-piano; slides fast and slow)Solo trumpet (expressive vibrato 1, 2, and 3; non-vibrato mp, mf, ff; staccato double tongue position 1 p, mf, ff; staccato double tongue position 2 p, mf, ff; sforzando portato; slides fast and slow)4 bass/tenor bones (sustain p, mf, ff; sustain accent p, mf, ff; staccato p, mf, ff; portato; sforzando; flutter tongue; crescendo short, medium, and long)Solo Bass/Tenor Bone (sustain p, mf, ff; staccato p, mf, f, fff)3... ... Read more