Right.  I went to download it last night and thought "I suppose this is the latest". I will find out, when I install this afternoon.
Michael

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.

 They are terrible at this.

Nice review from DSmolken
http://bedroomproducersbl...al-orchestra-5-review/

It seemed appropriate for me to eat a little humble pie.
I have made some mistakes in my recent posts about the GPO5.01 update released on the 1st of April.
Mea culpa.
My sincere apologies to one and all, including MM, Gary and his employees and contractors.

After considerable extra hunting around the sfz files, I have discovered a lot more about what has been done in the upgrade. Several of the sfz files have been renamed with a 'b' suffix, but in many cases the older files are still present.
So I became confused. Closer attention to detail on my behalf was definitely required.
Excuse = I'm fairly new to this.
Response = then you shouldn't shoot your mouth off, you idiot!

As far as I can see, the 'stereo stage' controls have been inserted into the sfz files for the SAM brass instruments.
So if you are sending cc#103 on or off messages, or cc#36 depth messages, they will be responded to, it appears.
At least, the code is there now within the newly written files.

However, what fooled me (yea, I know, it doesn't take much!), is that the corresponding xml files, which govern the appearance of the controls within the ARIA user interface are not present.

So, although ARIA will respond to the MIDI controllers (it appears), one is unable at this time to affect control from within the ARIA window. My altered GUI would achieve that. So I must set to and complete that.

I am still of the opinion that no changes were made to the samples, and various exchanges of PMs would appear to confirm that.

So ...

If you would like to do the upgrade without re-downloading the whole four and a half gigabytes then, providing that you have the original zip file OR the unzipped files within a separate library (NO, not the installed samples) I can provide you with the "WIN_Garritan_Personal_Orchestra_5.01.exe" file that does the upgrade for Windows.
The file is about 44 megabytes in size.
Sorry I don't have the file for Mac.

Running this file will do the ARIA upgrade and various other bits and pieces PLUS insert the new xml and sfz files BUT it will also reinstall all the samples from the original sample set, a long winded process. It will, at least, save you the download time of the 'complete' library.

The file needs to be unzipped and placed alongside (NOT within) the SamplesData folder/directory usually found within a folder named "Garritan_Personal_Orchestra_5" but NOT the one within the Program Files folder/directory.
It replaces the original GPO5 dot exe file.
 
If you're unclear please PM me.

If you want the file please PM me.

Sadly, if you don't have the original GPO5 SamplesData directory, then you'll have to download it all again. So sorry.

Again, my apologies to all if I misled you.

Regards,
John.

Please note:
E&OE.
You do the upgrade at your own risk.
I am NOT responsible for any upgrades that you may do as a result of this post.

SysExJohn,
Thanks for the update information, and don't be too hard on yourself. Your efforts are appreciated! I think I might wait a while to update GPO5. Perhaps they will continue to make some more improvements? I sure hope they can figure out a way for us to update without having to redownload the whole program.

For anyone interested, the ARIA 1.872 player is now available via the MM/Garritan support web site.
Enjoy!

What the heck, I'm going to redownload the whole shevardnadze.

Fleer,
This morning I decided to rewrite the xml files for the SAM brass. They're now completed.
I'm just about to post a screen shot over there.
 
It affects just three files "brass.xml", "brass_legato.xml" and a new one called "toggle_mute_new.xml" replacing "toggle_mute.xml".
This moves the MUTE on/off control over to the instrument controls section, and inserts the Stereo Stage back where it should be under the equalizer. I think you've seen my contribution over on the NS forum?
The trouble is I don't know whether my files will work on the Mac.
Can you look within the GUI folder, if you have one, and see whether you can find these three files, or elsewhere if not, within GPO5? I don't even know whether the Mac uses xml. I suppose it does?
Regards,
John.

Will do, but it'll have to wait till Sunday, John, have to go to a funeral tomorrow.

Sorry to hear that, Fleer. My sincere condolences.
Anything to do with recent events?
 
Of course I can wait, good of you to participate.
Kind regards,
John.