Garritan Knowledge Base – MakeMusic Help Center

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Setup & Installation

★ Installing Garritan Libraries
ARIA Player version 2.001 (Apple Silicon Native)
"This card doesn't belong to any installed product" Error When Attempting to Activate Garritan Library
AAX Plug-In For ARIA Player
Garritan Instruments with macOS 11 Big Sur and 10.15 Catalina
Garritan Products and macOS 10.14 Mojave

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Use with Notation Software

Using Finale's Human Playback with Garritan Personal Orchestra 5
Using Garritan Instant Orchestra with Finale 2012 and later
"VST engine failed to start" error message when using Garritan library with Finale
Error when using percussion from Garritan World Instruments
ARIA Player not listed as available Playback Device in Sibelius (Windows)
Configuring Garritan libraries for use in Sibelius

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Use with DAWs

ARIA Player or CFX Player in DAW is Unstable or Crashing (Apple silicon Mac)
Using Garritan Instruments for Finale in other software
Using automation with Garritan libraries
ARIA Player does not appear in Logic X
AAX plug-ins for Pro Tools 11 & 12
Significant latency when using Garritan ARIA Player in Reaper (Windows)

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Loading & Playback

★ Harp Glissandi in Garritan Personal Orchestra(GPO)
"Slot 0: No sound asset loaded" Error When Loading Garritan Sounds
CFX Concert Grand KU100 Mic Stereo Image Reversed
Address space limit reached error
Extra notes are pressed on virtual keyboard in CFX/CFX Lite Player
Unable to load ensembles with Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 (GPO5)

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Sales & Registration

★ Purchase & ownership questions for Garritan libraries
Available Support for Kontakt Based Garritan Instruments.
How to activate a Garritan library
Registration of legacy Garritan products
End User Licensing Agreement for Garritan products
Garritan Orchestral Strings availability

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