ok. first problem is that you can't compare GPO Finale to GPO Studio. You need to make sure you're using the FULL version of GPO as an AU plugin..the normal FULL GPO player...not the Kontakt2 player with FinaleGPO. (for the sake of a fair comparison).
If you do that..the difference SHOULD be nil. THey are the same players being hosted either by Finale or by GPO Studio. There might be some difference about how much you can control the send to reverb..I have a feeling GPO STudio provides more control that way. but otherwise..should be exactly the same.... ah well..not entirely true. GPO STudio will be using the VST versions of the player..not the AU version...I think...(don't quote me on that..I'm not sure about the mac). But it should not make a difference. If it does, then Gary Garritan needs to be told. -steve On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 21:27:53 -0500, "Randolph Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Darcy James Argue wrote: > >Not all hosts are equal. For instance, on Mac the external host > >(Garritan Studio) uses VST while Finale (which as of Finale 2006 > >requires no external host) uses AU. Garritan Studio also requires > >extra system resources compared to loading the instruments directly > >in Finale. For these reasons, Garritan Studio does not perform as > >well (on Mac). > > Sorry to be a stick in the mud, but I'm finding that the "received > wisdom" about Garritan Studio (v, 2.00) being a poorer performer than > the AU is just not what I'm finding on my system. > > Even though what you say makes sense and is what I would have guessed > the reality to be, it just doesn't seem so when I test it. > > Where is it documented that the AU in Finale 2007 is a better > performer than Garritan Studio 2? > > My ears tell me that Garritan Studio does a better job of rendering > the MIDI data and it even sounds better. The AU gives me stuck notes, > accents that are way too loud and has a rougher sound in the solo > violin part that I'm testing, for example. (I do recognize that > something can sound better, but not be a more efficient user of > system resources.) > > But here is the kicker: I just tried using a program called "Do I > Need More Memory?" which tells me how much RAM is being used at any > given time as well as the number of pageouts. When I use both > Garritan Studio and Finale 2007, the memory usage program says that I > don't need any additional RAM. (I have 1GB RAM on a 13.3 GHz PPC G4 > Powerbook.) When I restart the computer and load the same > instruments, using the same parameters, into the AU, the program says > I need 44MB more. I'm trying to be as scientific as possible by > keeping the independent variables the same. > > I'm not trying to argue for the sake of argument (as we sometimes get > on this list). I really want to find out what works and sounds > better. So, let's keep an open mind and run these programs through a > variety of tests. We may have to rethink our assumptions after all! > > -Randolph Peters > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ----------------------------------------------------------------- |"Music is a manifestation of the human spirit Steve Schow | similar to a language. If we do not want such [EMAIL PROTECTED] | things to remain dead treasures, we must do our www.bstage.com | upmost to make the greatest number of people | understand their secrets" -- Zoltan Kodaly ----------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
