Hi, if you are serious about orchestral stuff, meaning this will be used for an orchestral piece or where these instruments will be in the spotlight, I'd look elsewhere. They are usable and OK, but there is better. Regarding the ARIA player, it is surprisingly accessible. You can load channels and set outputs without even bothering anything but the jaws cursor. I'm developing a detailed hsc set for it, since I am making some libraries that will run on the ARIA Player, it is still in the works however and not ready for release. But you could get by on basic stuff with just jaws cursoring. Now if you were looking for other things, now that thanks to Steve over at www.vipaudioaccess.com we have some access to Native Instrument's Kontakt. With that you can now access it's own library which has some of Vienna Symphonic Orchestra's older samples (bettter than Garritan IMO), you can get some of East West's older libraries as well (the none-play engine ones), which are awesome, and various other companies have libraries that apeal to one or other area of the orchestral family. ProjectSam, CineSamples, Virtu Instruments, SpitFire and various others. Vienna and East West go without saying :) If you just want something to mask behind other instruments, or to play a supporting part, with careful programming and editing, you can get by with Garritan's Personal Orchestra. Regards, D!J!X! -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Bosher Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 9:38 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Garritan Personal Orchestra 4 with Sonar Hi All, I need some good orchestral instruments and seem to remember people recommending Garritan as the way to go. The info on version 4 talks about the Aria player, so I'm wondering whether instruments are usable with Sonar through a VST plug-in, like Superior Drummer, or is it necessary to use the Aria player, in short, is it accessible? Are there any good alternatives? Best, Peter PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq