Garritan Cfx Presets
Suk Harian
I've been playing my Garritan CFX full version recently on my Windows 10 Pro machine. And, I've piddled around with settings and want to save a preset. But, I am not permitted by my computer. It gives me the following message:
As far as I know, I am the administrator, as it is my computer and I have to log in to start it up. And, when I install software and it asks me whether I want to allow the software to make changes to the computer, I am always able to authorize it in the usual manner.
I haven't used Windows for years but I remember on Windows you have to run an application as an Administrator in order for the application to be able to write in protected folder as the Program Files. In order to do that, when starting the application, you should right click on it and select "run as Administrator"
You better not start applications with Administrator privileges unless you know what you are doing. The actual problem is you are trying to save your preset under the Program Files folder which isn't a good idea. Just select another destination for it, e.g. the desktop, your user folder, etc.
I just created a preset and saved it in a folder on my desktop. And, when I click on the preset to get the dropdown menu, I can click on "Load", and it opens a search browser from which I can find the preset in the folder on the desktop and load it.
Now, I would like to have the preset appear in the "User" section of that dropdown menu to save the searching, or better, to be able to set the preset I created as the "Default" preset so it gets loaded automatically. But, my Garritan and computer seem to be Satan possessed, now, and just do what they feel like doing instead of what I tell them to do.
Specifically:
If I use that "Load" option in the dropdown menu, Garritan will load the details of my preset, BUT, continues to display the name of the previous preset in the preset window. I cannot get that "Preset" window to display the name of the preset I am using, WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTION:
I just discovered that when I do manage to get my user preset loaded and operating, and, follow the instructions for making that setting the default, the little "Preset" window still only displays the name of the most recently displayed preset.
I tried to "Empty" the preset in the hopes that if I attempt to set as default a preset that has no name, maybe it would prompt me to name it and display that name in the "Preset" window, But, that did not work, either.
The limited good news is that I have achieved the partial goal of having Garritan load my user created preset as the default preset upon opening Garritan. However, the "Preset" window just remains blank. The file name I gave the preset file does not appear.
Hi. I never had those problems, because I usually had Garritan in a Reaper track with the preset preloaded.
However, I have tried now to replicate your problem, and it does seem that Garritan does not work well with presets saved into a location other than the expected one.
So, try the following:
Like vagfilm said, when I click the presets field and select load from the context menu that pops up, it shows me the user's CFX settings folder under AppData/Roaming. Not sure what you are doing. Works fine here. The Program Files folder is protected by UAC. Never store user files there. In the end, store it where you want it. Preferably in a folder that gets backed up.
I have all my music related software in a folder outside of program files (c:\music). No administration problems this way and you can easily create exclusions in the antivirus and whatsnot. There may be some security downside to this, but since it is a music-only laptop, I am not worried. But the Garritan standalone is indeed not well programmed.
Sadly true. I recently tried Garritan CFX in Cubase. Previously I thought the sound disruptions due to visible VST GUI are only present in Reaper. But no, it's also there in Cubase. (win 10 pro - though I can't remember if that applies to the standalone, too)
Instrument patches are selected and loaded into instrument slots. They can be turned on or off with Solo/Mute buttons or controlled with volume sliders. Volume is controlled via sliders for each patch. After patches are loaded there are various ways of controlling them.
You can load up to sixteen instruments for each instance of the ARIA Player (slots 1 through 16). For more slots, call up additional instances of ARIA in your sequencer or notation program. The number of instances is limited only by the power and resources of your computer and host program.
Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 also includes a collection of useful, pre-configured combinations of patches for the convenience of the user called ensemble presets. Loading an ensemble can give you a head start to setting up a useful collection of ready-to-play patches. For a more in-depth discussion of ensembles, see Ensembles.
Clicking a note towards the bottom of the key plays the note with greater key velocity (like pressing a key harder), and clicking a note towards the top of the key plays the note with less key velocity (like pressing a key more softly).
Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 can be launched by itself and played live via MIDI keyboard or other MIDI controllers. The standalone version of the Garritan ARIA Player effectively makes your computer, audio hardware, and MIDI keyboard into a virtual instrument that can be played independently of other programs, making it ideal for practicing, silent play, and live playing. The limitation is that you can usually play only one instrument at a time. Unlike using the ARIA Player as a plug-in within a sequencer, your recording ability is limited and you cannot edit your performance (though you can use various audio software programs for this).
There are four versions of the ARIA Player plug-in. The ARIA Player VST plug-in has a single stereo output, compared to the ARIA Player Multi VST plug-in's 16 stereo outputs; additionally, there is a 32-bit and 64-bit version of each.
In addition to the Standard instrument set for use in the standalone ARIA Player and the non-notation software plug-in, Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 contains a separate Notation instrument set. This set of patches is programmed with important differences that make the patches more compatible with the way notation programs handle MIDI data. These programming differences are:
GPO 5 includes a new patch named Custom Organ Console. This patch gives you the ability to play up to 12 stops at once through a single instrument slot. Each registration slot can be controlled by three dedicated MIDI CC controllers: one controller per slot to choose which organ stop is loaded in that slot, one controller per slot to enable or disable that stop, and another controller per slot to adjust the relative volume of that stop (similar to drawbars on an electric organ). In many notation programs, you can create elements that trigger these controllers. Example instructions are provided below for Finale.
The Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 installation includes a collection of useful, pre-configured ensembles for your convenience. Each ensemble preset loads a selection of instruments along with pan, level, and other settings. The ensemble presets are located in the Presets folder in the Garritan installation directory. For more information on ensemble presets, refer to the ARIA Player User Manual.
Just as hardware synthesizers and softsynthA piece of software that simulates the sound of a musical instrument. Softsynths can be used to play back existing MIDI sequences or to act as a live virtual instrument. Abbreviation of software synthesizer. plug-ins are designed to simulate musical instruments, Ambience allows you to simulate the reverberationThe audio phenomenon that occurs when a sound is reflected and absorbed by surfaces in a physical space. Reverberation effects are used to add depth and realism to audio recordings. Commonly abbreviated as reverb. of a cathedral, concert hall, and many other spaces. Ambience has a number of performing space presets from which to choose. These presets have been custom-made and it is recommended that you begin with these presets. Presets include Ballroom 1 & 2, Cathedral, Church, Concert Hall 1 & 2, Jazz Club 1 & 2, Parlor, Piano Hall 1 & 2, and Recital Hall 1 & 2. You can also edit these presets or experiment with the various settings to customize the acoustical environment as needed.
For individual instrument patchesA particular instrument sound, often containing multiple samples. The term is borrowed from physical synthesizers in which cables were used to connect sound modules. Also referred to as program. and most ensemble presets, Ambience reverb is turned on by default and to deactivate it you must click the on/off switch (/) located in the Effects view. For ensemble presets in the Garritan Classic Pipe Organs and Garritan Harps libraries, Convolution reverbA sampled reverb effect included with the ARIA Player. Like a sample library consists of actual recordings of a musical instrument, Convolution consists of actual recordings (known as impulse responses) of the reverberation of a physical space. is on by default and Ambience off. It may not be necessary to use Convolution reverb when using Ambience or vice versa. Additionally, there are some situations where you may want to use both Ambience and Convolution reverb to exaggerate a certain space or element.
In order to easily load your preset from the Preset menu, save your preset to the default com.Garritan.Ambience folder. The com.Garritan.Ambience folder is the default location for user-created ambience presets for all of your ARIA engine products.
The Yamaha CFX (you brought up) is a different real world piano model to the C5.
CFX being the top of the range . C5 being much more common and thus more famous, as heard on thousands of recordings.