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Garritan personal orchestra 4th edition includes all the major instruments of the orchestra strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion and keyboards plus quality. Garritan abbey road studios cfx concert grand virtual instrument. I love its individuality and character, but at the same time am not in love with some of its quirks, particularly intonation. The sample library utilized steinway model d concert grand piano handpicked by steinway and recorded at the troy music hall. Awardwinning, worldclass virtual instruments and sample libraries including the cfx concert grand recorded at abbey road studios.
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