The system I have is a laptop--an MPC T2300. The key element is the 2gB of RAM. I'd say my processor (Centrino @ 2 gHz) is in the bottom third of the user group.
Some of the demos start with a MIDI file and are then passed to a sequencer/DAW, or are conceived & executed totally in the sequencer/DAW. That helps. The two wind ensemble things I linked to were done entirely in notation--in Overture 4, whose ability to manipulate MIDI data is light years ahead of Finale's MIDI tool. I did not dump them to a sequencer. Finale's HP has been designed to be very GPO-friendly, but to me HP is a black box...one that works pretty well, but a black box nonetheless...With Overture, I can control anything I want either in a separate pianoroll/controller view or directly on-score. A lot of the demos have some processing (separate reverbs for orch. sections, EQ, etc.) done in a sequencer or DAW...that will eat CPU cycles! If you are accustomed to other sound libraries, GPO will represent a bit of a paradigm shift, but a logical one. I enjoy the Garritan libraries immensely, and the user community is first-class. From: Kim Patrick Clow Sent: Mon 11-Dec-06 20:19 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Finale] Garritan Sound Libraries and Finale? On 12/11/06, Williams, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, traditional orch, wind ensemble, and jazz band--all Garritan. Actually, Jazz > NOTE TO KIM: GPO instruments will be bland & unexpressive "out of the box." Human Playback will help to a large extent. If you decide to get GPO, read Darcy's tutorial for GPO and Finale.
Could you fathom a guess then what type of computer set-ups are being used to generate the full symphonic demos I have heard on Garritan's webpage? My hunch is that the people that are creating these files have some really big systems & I guess I can toss the notion that my laptop is going to recreate the Ancient Academy of Music or St Martin in the Fields ;) Thanks much! Kim _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
