Articulations in GPO

[bmiranda]

Hi everyone,

i'm thinking about buiyng GPO but first i'd like to know wich articulations are included. Garritan mailed me saying that unlike EWQLSO (where the different articulations are divided in pacthes) you can work on them directly through the keyboard (dinamics, attack, legato...) but what i really would like to know is if, for instance, strings effects, like "col legno", "harmonics", "portamento", "con sordina", etc...are included in GPO.

best regards,
Bruno

[Jeff Turner]

Bruno,

From memory the string samples are: lush, sus/short, short, aggressive short bows, sus/short mutes, downbows, upbows, alternating Up & downbows, pizz., tremolo, tremolo muted, half step trill, half step trill muted, whole step trill, whole step trill muted.

A single keyswitch patch contains all of the above patches EXCEPT lush, short and aggressive short.

Hope that helps,
Jeff

[billp]

Great memory, Jeff.

Also programmable are portamento, legato, release tails, and, in some cases (but maybe not strings...can't remember), vibrato.

[danpowers]

Col legno and harmonics are not included in GPO, but con sordino is.

[Joseph Burrell]

Gary,

For col legno, bartok pizz, ponticello, harmonics, all with a ribbon on...

I'll give you a nice shiny quarter. Puleeze?

[Garritan]

Hi everyone,

i'm thinking about buiyng GPO but first i'd like to know wich articulations are included. Garritan mailed me saying that unlike EWQLSO (where the different articulations are divided in pacthes) you can work on them directly through the keyboard (dinamics, attack, legato...) but what i really would like to know is if, for instance, strings effects, like "col legno", "harmonics", "portamento", "con sordina", etc...are included in GPO.

best regards,
Bruno

bmiranda,
As I mentioned in my email, we designed GPO to "play" articulations on the fly with the use of controllers. Articulations in scores are not separate sounds per se, but instructions directing the player how to play in real time. We try to provide the programming to allow you to do this as much as possible. on the fly with the use of controllers. "Portamento" and "con sordina are provided in GPO.

There are other instances where a totally different sound - such as col legno (with the back of the bow), harmonics and special effects - use different playing techniques. These must be provided by separate samples. We are working on an add-on that will provide these and other effects.

Gary Garritan

[Joseph Burrell]

There are other instances where a totally different sound - such as col legno (with the back of the bow), harmonics and special effects - use different playing techniques. These must be provided by separate samples. We are working on an add-on that will provide these and other effects.

Gary Garritan

... passes out ...

[SteveMitchell]

....We are working on an add-on that will provide these and other effects.

Gary Garritan

Hi Gary:

Uh..do you want my Credit Card number now or later? :)

Stevemitchell

[bmiranda]

Thank you all for your replies!
Gary, do you have any idea of when this add on will be released?

[R. Glenn]

Bruno,

From memory the string samples are: lush, sus/short, short, aggressive short bows, sus/short mutes, downbows, upbows, alternating Up & downbows, pizz., tremolo, tremolo muted, half step trill, half step trill muted, whole step trill, whole step trill muted.

A single keyswitch patch contains all of the above patches EXCEPT lush, short and aggressive short.

Hope that helps,
JeffJeff...I'm a bit confused. Are you saying that there are agressive string samples and muted string samples?

Regarding the up/downbow samples, they do exist...but AFAIK only in the the solo strings...not the string sections?

Gary...nice to hear about a possible sample update, looking forward to it.

Cheers

Rodney

[bmiranda]

I was reading on the GPO website that effects like portamento, slides and also dynamics/expression are created with the keyboard Pitch Bend Weel and the Mod Weel.
Well, my keyboard is a Roland ep-7 and doesn't have Mod weel/Pitch Bend Weel, is there an alternative way to create the mencioned effects without the weels? Or will i not be able to use certain articulations because of this?

[Jeff Turner]

Jeff...I'm a bit confused. Are you saying that there are agressive string samples and muted string samples?

Rodney,

The aggressive string samples were created by changing the programming as far as I know.

I don't know if the muted strings were sampled or programmed. Tom could answer this. The upbow/downbows are included in the section strings. Consult the Update PDF documentation for this.

Jeff

[Haydn]

The section short bows are up/down bow strokes. These are real samples. The up/down in the solo strings are simulated by very the start time of the samples.

The muted strings and aggressive strings are simulated with filtering/flex envelopes. The muted strings are quite close to real sordino samples. Tom really did a good job with these.

There are a couple options if you don't have a modulation wheel. You can draw these in most sequencer programs. The XCustom patches allow you to assign other controllers instead of using modulation. If your keyboard has an assignable slider, then you can program it for CC1-modulation. There are other MIDI controller boxes that have many programmable sliders, knobs and switches that can be purchased for around $200. There are also keyboards available with programmable sliders.