Garritan Harps

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lynndavidnewton
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Post by lynndavidnewton » Mon Nov 26, 2018 6:35 pm

Using Finale 25, latest Mac OS.

I'm hoping the general help category is right for this question.

I've started working on putting into Finale a piece i wrote in 1966 for flute, clarinet, harp, and tuba. The harp part includes some extended techniques, although not a great many of them. (So do all the instruments, actually.)

Today I received an ad from Finale offering to throw in a free Garritan library -- including the Harps library, which is the only one I'm potentially interested in -- if I do the upgrade to version 26.

I believe in keeping up to date with software, but I'm afraid I don't see enough different in version 26 versus version 25 to make it worth $149, so I haven't upgraded yet and wasn't really planning on it.

I might conceivably be tempted if I know the Garritan Harps library is sufficiently worthwhile to make upgrading a desirable thing to do.

Any opinions on that?


Hector Pascal
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Post by Hector Pascal » Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:39 pm

I am using Harp 1 KS from Garritan Personal Orchestra 4 in my score at the moment, and it is very convincing in terms of harp timbre across all the registers. I haven't delved in the key switches much, yet. A pro harpist colleague was impressed enough to recently enquire as to the harp sound I use!

I note that GPO 5 has the following harps:
Two chromatic harps, Concert grand harp, Two glissando harps, Two harp harmonics, Two pedal mode glissando harps.

Whilst Garritan Harps has:
SALVI PEDAL HARP 1
Keyswitch, sustain, picked, harmonics, pres de la table, damped

SAVLI PEDAL HARP 2
Keyswitch, sustain, picked, harmonics, pres de la table, damped

VENUS CONCERT GRAND 1
Keyswitch, sustain, picked, harmonics, pres de la table, damped

VENUS CONCERT GRAND 2
Keyswitch, sustain, picked, harmonics, pres de la table, damped

LYON & HEALY HARP
Keyswitch, sustain, picked, harmonics

SALVI GLISS HARP 1
Sustain, picked, pres de la table

SALVI GLISS HARP 2
Sustain, pres de la table

VENUS GLISS HARP 1
Sustain

VENUS GLISS HARP 2
Sustain

LYON & HEALY GLISS HARP 1
Sustain


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I think Garritan do harps really well. I might take advantage of this offer myself, too.
Cheers,
Hector.

lynndavidnewton
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Post by lynndavidnewton » Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:52 pm

Thank you Hector. There's some good information in your reply.

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