GPO5 now has the strings from the original orchestral strings.  The Steinway B piano is worth the price of the library.  The SAM brass has sonic morphing between the velocity layers so you don't get the double sample sound that cross-fading has. 
 
Jim

wst3
GPO was my first complete orchestra library... I purchased it based on their first offering, Garritan Orchestral Strings. They were two very different products, and it isn't like I expected the exact same quality, but the difference was really disappointing!
 
I still own GOS, and Strad and Gofriller. I keep a copy of Kontakt 2 Player for the two solo instruments, I've pretty much given up on GOS.

IF - and I am very skeptical - they can deliver even most of GOS and the two solo instruments I'll upgrade, but I'm not holding my breath!
 
 

Me too! My first. I'd upgrade to GPO5 for cheap but maybe I'll wait and see what you think. IDK, and I have too much useless stuff already.
 
J

If you look on soundcloud you can listen to examples of it. Overall I think it sounds much better. There are still some parts that sound off, but the strings sound much better. A lot of it sounds better than expected. I won't be throwing out my kontakt libraries, but I think for $50 its a great upgrade. Check out some of the sounds.
 
https://soundcloud.com/garritan/short-soundtrack-excerpt-1
https://soundcloud.com/garritan/nutcracker-overture-small-sections
https://soundcloud.com/ga..an/cellos-and-orchestra

dsurkin

pentimentosound If GPO4 to 5 is only $37.95 euros that's like $41+ and seems pretty cheap to upgrade, but that might be just the Pre-order deal. [snip]

For a U.S. purchaser, you would order it excluding VAT, and the price is EUR 31.62. That's $34.14 in today's exchange rate.
I just saw a post on the Garritan forum that says the upgrade price here in the U.S. will be $49.95. That's still a good price.

This 31 Euro price is imaginary.  The post from pentimentosound is already the VAT excluded price so you can't reduce it further.  37 Euro for the non-Vat upgrade price using the code NAMM10 (before Jan 31st), is as cheap as you can expect

It seems odd that there's no mention of GPO5 on the Garritan store page (at Make Music). Has anyone found out if it's available now? Is Feb 1st the release date? Is this the PreOrder phase? or the Pre- preorder phase? LOL
 
Sid    Did you already get it downloaded?
 
Michael

It's pre-release order. If you order before the release date which is February 1, you get the 49.95 price. At release the price will jump up, theoretically. TimeSpace ask for my GPO 4 serial number to confirm I am a registered Garritan user. They say they will send a confirmation email containing my registration number for GPO 5 within 24 hours. I should be receiving that most anytime now. I still can't download until February 1!

Here's the link for the Time-Space GPO5 Upgrade offer:
 
http://www.timespace.com/product/GPO5UP-120/6/gpo5_upgrade/garritan_personal_orchestra_5_upgrade_%28download%29.html
 
I just made the purchase.  Just as Sid stated, I got an email confirmation and a request for my GPO4 registration number.  Assuming it all goes as it should, they'll send the serial # within a day or two, and the GPO5 download will be available next week. 

I am wondering if it can run on a off line PC?
 
 

GPO 4 has run fine all this time not being online!

Sidroe
 
GPO 4 has run fine all this time not being online!

I sent in a question to TimeSpace and they confirmed what you are saying Sid, you will be able to activate off-line just like PO4! Same process. This is good news to me.