You da man, John. Give 'em the good noose.

Not sure it's a good idea, Fleer.
 
Just been to the site again and it's SO busy (or faulty) I can't get in.
 
Maybe wait until Monday?
 
"You da man"? Now just what on earth does that mean?
A bit long in the tooth for that, old bean, at the tender age of 70.
It's remotely possible, but highly unlikely, that I might have been "da man" 50 years ago, but now?
Nah!
 
Well, the cat's out of the bag, as it were, so I might as well post it here.
GPO5.01 is out.
Login as usual and you'll find your original GPO5 download.
Only it isn't, it's 5.01 masquerading as 5.
Yup, you'll have to download all four and a half gig of it.
The most obvious update is ARIA player up from 1.860 to 1.872 and the engine to match.
Been through all the GUI's and all the sfz file dates and can't find any changes.
The highest dates are typically mid to late January. Can't see anything newer than that.
Don't think I missed anything.
Can't tell whether any samples have been updated, because the update date is the unpack date.
Seems a huge download just for a player update.
 

While it is admirable for MakeMusic to get out an update quickly, they as a company are not good at informing their customers what is going on. They should be sending emails out to all registered customers informing them of the update (with instructions of how to update.). A big alert should be posted on their forum page. Yes, they do have a blog, Facebook and Twitter page, but they don't appear to carry the same information.
I don't look forward to having to download and install the whole program again.

John, 70? You da man for sure. I'm getting there soon enough, 50-ish now, so do wait up for me.
As for Garritan, I tip my hat to you. You really da man in their forum and at NS too, knowledgeable and quite helpful. Great skills and eye for detail.
Still, this update is very fresh, which is why Garritan probably hasn't communicated yet. Also, like Mack I'm hoping there will be a point update without having to download the whole shevardnadze.

Well, I am glad you both shared that here, regardless of MakeMusic's moves or lack of them.
Thanks!
Michael

Been doing some testing and found out that the mods they say are in the update ain't there, as far as I can see.
 
In the blog they say that the stereo stage has been inserted for all new brass instruments:
http://www.garritan.com/b...ra-5-made-even-better/
Only I can't see them, and I'm sure I'm not going THAT blind or daft (well, maybe the latter).
Filled in a bug report asking where the updates are.
 
Just realised, the blog was posted yesterday, and yesterday was?
You got it, All Fools Day.
 
70? Well actually a little poetic licence. 69 with a birthday in some months.
Wait up? Sorry, no can do. I seem to be in some kinda rush to get to 80.
Don't know why.
 
"Quite helpful"? only "quite" helpful?
I'm the life and soul of the party, man!
Always bending over backwards to contribute.
 
Eye for detail? Apprentice at BAC contributing to building VC-10s and BAC1-11s from '64. Very strict on detail.
Started programming in assembler in 1967. RCA301 mainframe.
20 years with ICL.
Finished my career writing and delivering technical courses for Inmarsat on SatComms.
Maybe that's it?
 
Yup, with GPO5.01 I'd wait a while until they get their knickers out of a twist.
Don't know how much time I wasted yesterday pratting around with this "update".
 
If all they're doing is changing the GUI and how the samples are played, why can't they save us the time, and them the bandwidth, and just post the Windows or Mac update program. That has all the xml and sfz embedded within it.

We're in your expert hands, John.
Lead, and we shall follow!

Fleer
We're in your expert hands, John.
Lead, and we shall follow!

Hmm!
Not sure that's a good idea, Fleer.
Ever heard anything about being "led up the garden path"?

... and smell the roses?

Mack
While it is admirable for MakeMusic to get out an update quickly, they as a company are not good at informing their customers what is going on. They should be sending emails out to all registered customers informing them of the update (with instructions of how to update.). A big alert should be posted on their forum page. Yes, they do have a blog, Facebook and Twitter page, but they don't appear to carry the same information.
I don't look forward to having to download and install the whole program again.

I complained of this exact point to their rep at another forum.  If I hadn't seen that thread, I wouldn't have known about the update.  I found the update announcement on their blog page.  Nice, if you're subscribed, but who knew to subscribe to their blog?  (Of course, I am now).
 
Also, I suggested they put the file version on their download page.  As it is now, all you know is your downloading GPO 5.