User Manual

155A User’s Guide to Garritan World Instruments
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank many people from around the world who have been writing us for more sounds,
particularly world instrument sounds. It is encouraging to know there are so many people interested
in world music and world instruments.
Producing Garritan World Instruments would not have been possible without the combined help,
talent, and support of many extraordinary people. I am grateful to those who have contributed and
would like to thank them all.
First I would like to thank Chad Beckwith, Tom Hopkins, and Markleford Friedman who pro-
grammed the instruments and transformed these samples into expressive, playable instruments.
A world of thanks to the many musicians who have played for this collection—for enduring the re-
lentless scales, sore ngers, numb lips, and meticulous playing to produce these samples. anks to
the players: Jay Easton, Bruce Hamilton, John Bonica, Andy Jones, Gene Nery, and the other musi-
cians who played in this collection. ere are too many musicians to name.
Some of the sounds contained herein originated from the R.A.W. collection by Herman Witkam
and many thanks go to Herman for providing those sounds. And thanks to Jack De Mello of the
Mountain Apple Company for some of the Hawaiian instrument sounds. A big thank you to Petr Po-
lolanik, who recorded many of the Eastern European instruments in the Czech Republic, and many,
many thanks to Cristina Malaia for providing many of the Doru Malaia Ethnic Drum and Percussion
sounds. ank you, Vipin Venugopalan, for recording some of the Indian instruments in Mumbai.
And thanks to Dan Kury for recording the Native American ute, and to Jeannot Welter and Clive
Romney for recording a number of ne instruments in this collection.
e custom-made ARIA sample engine for Garritan World Instruments was developed by David
Viens of Plogue Art et Technologie Inc. David Viens and his team took up the task brilliantly, and
brought forth the super-charged and technologically stunning ARIA sample engine used for this
project. anks also to Sebastien Beaulieu, Eric Patenaude, and Pascal Maheux for assisting with the
development of the engine. And a special thanks to Max Deland for helping manage this project. I
wish to thank Magnus Jonsson for providing a special edition of Ambience reverb. anks to Conex-
ant for providing the Endless Wave technologies.