Garritan GPO
I just bought Garritan Personal ORchestra 4 -- it's my first "real" orchestra library, so I have a bunch of question on how to get the best out of it:
1. which is the best way to set it up in Sonar? seems like there are two ways:
a) creating a new synth and choosing to create the first synth audio output. consequently, I'll create a new track for each channel I'm using. this allows me to have a separate midi track for each instrument.
b) creating all synth audio outputs. this way I can edit each track with audio effects afterwards, but seems like I have only one miditrack for all instruments.
Or am I missing anything here? I'd appreciate any advice here on how to best set this up.
2. I mainly produce mainstream rock and pop music. any advice on how to make strings sound as good/natural as possible in this context?
thanks!