Anyone who says otherwise doesn't know the library well.A data-flow diagram (DFD) is a way of representing a flow of data of a process or a system that aims to be accessible to a computer specialist and non-specialist users alike. For this reason I will never patronize EastWest again. Beware: it requires a dongle that you have to purchase seperately. Note that EastWest is implementing a new player for their libraries. I haven't really been overly happy with the solo woodwinds or strings in this library, though. I often times find myself splitting parts between sustain, marcato, and staccato instruments. That said, it can't play nearly as musical as GPO can in a softer setting. EWQL also produces faster results as it is a more traditional-style library and you do not need to monkey with MIDIccs to change the sound.
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If you're looking for a film score style sound or plan on using a lot of big brass, look more towards EWQL. GPO is not hard to use, it is just different and some of the more advanced controls take a little extra time to use. Also, Garritan has excellent customer service and a very helpful forum community should you require assistance with something. GPO also has more instruments in it's library than EWQL. GPO is excellent for "softer" music and more traditional classical styles. The brass, though, is not well suited to aggressive-style playing. GPO uses what Garritan calls "Ensemble Building" to create different sized sections by loading different instruments. Note that only the strings are section sampled. Excellent solo woodwind and string instruments. Out-of-the-box, GPO sounds very weak, but if you take the time to learn it you can create very nice, lyrical, passages that can more than make up for the sample quality. You do not need to load separate instruments for staccato, sustain, etc. You can do a lot with each instrument in terms of articulations. GPO is designed to be musical, so the library is designed for playability instead of sample quality. These libraries are designed totally differently than eachother. I use both GPO (and most of Garritan's other products) and EWQLSO Gold.īefore doing any buying, ask yourself this: What type of music do you plan on writing? In summary, GPO isn't bad, it has high potential if used correctly, but it takes quite a bit of time to master and can be time consuming to set up. I never tried the other orchestral samples, so I would not know if they would be better or worse.
EWQLSO DFD FULL
To load the full orchestra with all the keyswitches and such, it eats up about 1000-2000 Mb of RAM, and CPU will be hovering around 50% when not playing (FL has a macro to reduce idle time CPU usage). Also GPO seems to be CPU intensive, I have a 5200+ AMD processor and a full orchestra makes my CPU average at 60-80%.Īlthough, GPO has two sets of harps, quite a bit of organs, english horn, some interesting percussion instruments (nothing ethnic), it can be loaded as 32 bit, and other features. I often find that adjusting the attack doesn't give as much dynamic change as I would have hoped.
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EWQLSO DFD MOD
Since mod = expression, Garritan is good to use with a keyboard. Also, mod = expression, velocity = attack, volume = coarse volume. A lot of the instruments are designed for solo instruments to be stacked on top of full ensemble presets, so for instance solo violin + full strings. Of course there are some full string presets and such, but it can sound meh at times. It will sound awesome if you dare take the time to do that, but I don't have the patience for that. In his example lessons, I could swear that he suggests you manually program every player of the string orchestra. Garritan's intended use of the synth is daunting too, it's designed for each and every player to be manually controlled. It might just be my technique, I have only been using for a year now, so I could be wrong. Brass feels very unimpressive, but the solo woodwinds and such are great. I find that it can feel very wimpy, but it is excellent for smooth sonorous passages. Course I use GPO and Abadoss does too I believe.