What kind of audio and midi interface is required ?



The quality of the audio interface will have a significant effect on the quality of the sound you will hear from your Garritan product. It will also have a substantial effect on performance (both latency and polyphony). Therefore, a good sound card is one of the most important components in optimizing the sound and performance of your Garritan product.


In theory, any audio or sound interface which the manufacturer supports for your operating system and computer, and which has good drivers—should work. However, you are unlikely to get the best sonic results from a sound card designed for computer games or system sounds.

Most computers come with a consumer-grade sound card, and we recommend that you get a good quality sound interface beyond that which is built into your computer. Older SoundBlaster sound cards (which do not support multiple sample rates) and gamer-oriented or home system sound cards may be problematic.


It is not possible for us to test all built-in or third-party sound cards, and some interfaces do have problems on some platforms; so please see the specifications page on the Garritan website if you are considering buying a new sound card to run Garritan's soundware.


Technical Info


A low latency audio interface with ASIO 2.0 or WaveRT(Windows), or Core Audio (Mac), drivers is required for Personal Orchestra to work as a stand-alone program. These drivers are normally installed with the audio interface, or the most recent versions can be acquired from the manufacturer’s website. Contact the manufacturer of your interface for more information. The drivers should be set to a buffer size of 256 samples (optimal) or 512 (more latency, but less CPU load) and 44100Hz Sampling Rate.