Also,
Chuck, it occurs to me that you may be wondering what Native Instruments' Kontakt has to do with GPO.
GPO is the sample set. It consists of all kinds of sampled recordings of orchestral instruments (i.e., the sounds themselves).
You need software to play back and control those samples, either triggered live from a MIDI keyboard or triggered from a sequencer or other MIDI-capable program -- in our case, Finale.
GPO comes with a customized version of Native Instruments Kontakt software, and it is this software that handles the actual playing back of the GPO sampled instruments.
Garritan Software only has control over the actual recording and design of the library of sampled instruments (which is very fine). They depend on third-party software -- in this case, Kontakt -- to handle the playback. But, unfortunately, Garritan have no control over Kontakt development.
- Darcy ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY
On 17 Jan 2005, at 01:52 PM, Chuck Israels wrote:
Hi Darcy,
Can you explain (at your leisure) to those of us with less understanding of software construction, a little bit about what Native Instruments "port" is. I assume it is what connects the GPO sounds to whatever is going to control them, but those of us who are not deeply into computer culture often wonder why so many things seem to need "extra" pieces in order to function.
No hurry - just an attempt to delve one layer deeper.
Thanks,
Chuck
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