Javier Ruiz writes:

> And how it works? Itīs worth the money?

In terms of what's bundled with GPO, you get lots of stuff for the 
money (although I haven't really used the stuff on the 4th CD, except 
for testing Overture).

The samples included are exceptionally good, except for the strings 
(which are pretty limited, but that's of course dependent on what kind 
of string writing you're going to play back). And you're limited to 
"normal" orchestral instruments and sounds, I think the WWW page 
have a list of all included samples.
With GPO, you work a bit differently than with normal sound devices, 
since instrument changes are done by changing channels instead of 
patch changes. And you probably already know about slurs and 
dynamics (GPO dynamics are supported by 2005-HP, GPO slurs are 
not).

When it comes to interfacing with Fin2005, here are 2 issues:
* The dynamic range is not as large as for the SoftSynth, for 
example.
* The "Expression Hairpin Emphasis" setting in HP conflicts with 
GPO, as I see it. This setting does 2 things - controls the dynamic 
range of "hairpin+hairpin" situations (such as <>), and it also controls 
the volume expression on long notes.
The latter is good for "flat" samples, such as the one included in the 
SoftSynth - but since GPO includes its own expression in the 
samples themselves, this can produce absurd-sounding results 
when used with GPO. This HP preference setting should IMO 
absolutely be separated into 2 different ones!


Best regards,

Jari Williamsson


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