The Garritan Personal Orchestra Sibelius Edition includes all of the sounds of the highly acclaimed GPO, but it uses a special version of Kontakt that integrates directly into Sibelius.
There are a lot of great sample libraries out there, but trying to get them to work with a notation program such as Sibelius can be a real challenge. Even when you get them working, you have to work with MIDI control messages to select the correct instruments and adjust playback parameters such as attack, or velocity. This can be time consuming and frustrating to say the least. By integrating these sample libraries directly into Sibelius, the GPO Sibelius Edition offers an extremely easy way to get the best playback possible - it is as easy as selecting the instrument you want from a drop list, and Sibelius does the rest. It even takes care of adjusting the attack and velocity based on the articulations and dynamic markings on the page. In other words - it "reads" your music just like a musician - instead of you having to program a computer!
Obviously we are strongly in favor of software that thinks like a musician and doesn't require a computer science degree, and this Sounds Collection from Sibelius is perfect in that regard! Understandably, since it is designed to integrate into Sibelius, you won't be able to use it with other programs, such as Sonar or Cubase. This is really the only disadvantage of an otherwise excellent collection.
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