Using the ARIA Player

Once installed and activated, you can load the instruments of Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 in the ARIA Player. There are several ways to use Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 with the ARIA Player: you can play it “live” as a standalone application or as a plug-in within a sequencer or notation program.

For complete information regarding the ARIA Player, visit the ARIA Player User Manual.

The ARIA Player standalone

If you have installed the standalone version of the ARIA Player, you can find it in your Applications folder (Mac) or Start menu (Windows). ARIA will attempt to determine the best audio playback configuration to use on your machine. You can access ARIA’s playback system by choosing Preferences on the Tools menu.

To use a MIDI keyboard with Garritan Personal Orchestra 5, make sure to have the device drivers installed and the unit turned on before starting the ARIA Player Standalone. Your MIDI control device should appear in the MIDI Input Devices menu of the Preferences dialog.

The Ensemble Presets allow you to use pre-configured or user-created templates, saving a significant amount of setup time. You can also load instruments in each slot and click File > Save to save the custom preset. Clicking File > Save As Default saves all settings and instruments that are currently chosen so that they automatically load each time you start the program.

The standalone ARIA Player also features a MIDI and audio recording system located on the bottom of the screen. With these controls, you can load existing MIDI files for the ARIA Player to play back using Garritan samples. You can also record yourself playing live.

The ARIA Player plug-in

Depending on your system and the options you selected at installation, you may have one or more of these plug-in formats available.

Remember that when GPO 5 is being used through the ARIA Player plug-in, the host program controls your MIDI and audio setup, including input devices, sample rate, and buffer size.

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