Yes, this is what I wanted to understand, and it is what I imagined. Seems like too many links in the chain, and one weak one......
Someday we'll be thinking of this as primitive. Meanwhile, I'm depending on guys like you figuring out stuff from which I will benefit. (Sound of deep appreciation.)
Here's a request to Mac people out there: Given the time consuming difficulties that old farts like me have getting Quickeys macros to work, (time I need for real music work lest that deteriorate), and given the comfortable expertise on computer stuff shared by some of you, might we consider a way of sharing custom Finale shortcuts and macros (in Quickeys 3.0), whether by emailing them as attachments, or by posting them somewhere. Seems to me the power of some experts could be applied to specific needs this way, and we could then share them. In a time vs $ calculation, I'd gladly pay for a useful set of these, just the way I do for plug ins.
Just a thought.
Chuck
On Jan 17, 2005, at 11:07 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Also,Chuck Israels
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
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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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