Hi all, I know that some of you have been using GPO and I was wondering if the earlier problems that had been mentioned, have been resolved as yet. I believe there was a graphical bug? I am thinking that it looks like pretty good value and just want to make sure that the compatibility issues are minimal. Regards, Matt _____________________________________________________ MATT MCKENZIE-SMITH MUSIC • AUDIO DESIGN • PRODUCTION PO Box 10395, Adelaide 5000, South Australia. Ph.+61 416 197 883 _____________________________________________________

Matt McKenzie-Smith wrote: > Hi all, > I know that some of you have been using GPO and I was wondering if the > earlier problems that had been mentioned, have been resolved as yet. I > believe there was a graphical bug? > I am thinking that it looks like pretty good value and just want to > make sure that the compatibility issues are minimal. > Regards, > Matt Hi Matt, "Pretty good value" is a vast understatement IMO. Try "Incredible" and yes, they have fixed the GUI bug. Run, don't walk to pick up this piece. Cheers MT

> I know that some of you have been using GPO and I was > wondering if the > earlier problems that had been mentioned, have been resolved > as yet. I > believe there was a graphical bug? > I am thinking that it looks like pretty good value and just want to > make sure that the compatibility issues are minimal. > Regards, > Matt The graphical bug is the same one talked about and experienced by many Kontakt users in general. Supposedly this problems has been fixed by Emapple in the Logic Pro update. -steve --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.634 / Virus Database: 406 - Release Date: 3/18/2004

>> I know that some of you have been using GPO and I was wondering if the >> earlier problems that had been mentioned, have been resolved as yet. I >> believe there was a graphical bug? >> I am thinking that it looks like pretty good value and just want to >> make sure that the compatibility issues are minimal. On 4/5/04 3:14 AM, "Steve Schow" <steve@...> wrote: > The graphical bug is the same one talked about and experienced by many > Kontakt users in general. Supposedly this problems has been fixed by > Emapple in the Logic Pro update. This problem is a Kontakt problem ; it has been fixed in Kontakt 1.5.3 Best Cyril Blanc Independent Quantum Leap Symphony orchestra forum (QLSO) for Mac http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qlso/"; A6 Andromeda forum : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A6_andromeda/"; Petition : ³Support of the APPLE LaserWriter 300 in MAC OS X² http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Ap1c1/petition.html

While I would second my voice to the quality of the Garritan Library, I haven't been so happy with the performance of the "kontakt player" that you comes with the GPO. I'm not referring to the "GUI bug" but to some other irritating issues: Any time I load an instrument patch within GPO, the midi channel for that instrument is set to 1 (within the kontakt player of the GPO). I have to manually switch it over to "omni" in order to get it to respond to the midi either from my keyboard controller or the midi data on the track. This setting gets lost every time I switch patches, and I have to select "omni" again. Gets quite annoying when you're auditioning patches... There's some real weirdness with volume control. Unlike any other software instrument I own, teh GPO kontakt player seems think that the mod wheel on my keyboard is for volume changes - which wouldn't be such a problem with, except for the fact that it always assumes that its volume should be next to nothing until told otherwise. This means that every time I load a new patch, switch to another instrument in Logic, or even when I close and then open the song in Logic, the GPO kontakt player sets itself to minimal volume. I then have to go and fiddle with the mod wheel to send the midi data to the player so it will "wake up" and put itself where I want it. I don't mind so much that it listens for volume data from the mod wheel, I just wish I could have the instruments default to full value, and if I don't ever touch my mod wheel, they shouldn't change! Isn't anyone else using GPO bugged by these bugs? - Israel Curtis LogicPro 6.4.1 / OSX 10.3.3 / G52x2

You could make yourself a little transformer that copies the note velocity to mod wheel value. But yes, it bugs me as well. Running GPO through their standalone VST thing allows to turn that off. I wish I could do that for Logic as well. U.

israelcurtis wrote: > There's some real weirdness with volume control. Unlike any other software instrument I > own, teh GPO kontakt player seems think that the mod wheel on my keyboard is for > volume changes - which wouldn't be such a problem with, except for the fact that it > always assumes that its volume should be next to nothing until told otherwise. This means > that every time I load a new patch, switch to another instrument in Logic, or even when I > close and then open the song in Logic, the GPO kontakt player sets itself to minimal > volume. Isreal, This is a Logic "feature" It always resets CC1 data on re-start or stop. This needs to be offered as an option IMO. To not be able to defeat this behavior is annoying to say the least. you can workaround though. Just print an initial CC1 value into the event list or suchlike. PS, I agree about the midi channel defaults but I'm not sure why they keep resetting on your rig. I set mine to 1, 2 etc. and the selections stay put. Cheers MT

Oh, by the way the link to the page with the workaround files is. http://www.garritan.com/troubleshooting.html

> There's some real weirdness with volume control. Unlike any other >software instrument I own, teh GPO kontakt player seems think that > the mod wheel on my keyboard is for volume changes - which wouldn't >be such a problem with, except for the fact that it > always assumes that its volume should be next to nothing until told >otherwise. On the Garritan website there was a workaround posted by Peter Delano in the form of a Logic song file. However I have been unable to succesfully load this file. Actually there are 2 files, and neither load for me. Has anyone else tried these?

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "xavdav" <xtrad@y...> wrote: > > There's some real weirdness with volume control. > Actually there are 2 files, and neither > load for me. Has anyone else tried these? Same here. These are probably PC not mac files.