I've noticed that since MakeMusic took over Garritan, the yearly holiday sale has disappeared. I've been getting regular emails urging me to buy their products, but no sale price in sight. The Garritan "Ultimate Collection" isn't really a bargain for anyone who's already got a couple of their libraries.

While I'm a big fan of GPO, I found the JABB to be pretty disappointing, and have been standoffish about IO. I've already got Miroslav, which as a number of "orchestral elements".

This morning I got an email warning that there are "Two days left to buy Garritan Instant Orchestra at 2012 prices".

So if you've been on the fence about IO, I guess now's the time to buy since MakeMusic's policy seems to be "more money for the same old product".


-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?