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100 TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual
Rearrange wave pool for best t. When this box is checked, the Editor will try to match the maximum le
size as closely as possible. at is, if the maximum size is 2 GB, the Editor will try to nd just the right
combination of samples to make each le as large as possible without exceeding the 2 GB limit. You may
wish to turn this option on when rendering a nal version of your instrument for distribution, because it
results in the smallest possible number of output les. However, this option can make saving a very slow
process. You will probably want to leave it o during development, when you are making frequent changes
to the wave pool and the exact le sizes are not important.
Keep all waves in extension les. When this box is checked, the Editor will always save to at least two les.
e main .gig le will contain only the instrument denitions and articulations, while any samples are
shied to the .gx01 (and other extension les as necessary).
Why would you use this option? One reason is that it can greatly reduce the time it takes to save your work
during editing. Once you have imported all the samples your instrument will use, the wave pool will
probably change only rarely, while you continue to make ne adjustments to the instruments. By placing
the instrument denitions in a le of their own, the Editor is relieved of the need to save the entire wave
pool, even if you make major changes such as adding or deleting new instruments, regions, and
dimensions.
Save Limited: [Alt] + [F] + [L]
is is identical to the Save As option, except that the editor will discard all samples that are not mapped to
at least one region. Use this option to minimize the size of the output le, but be aware that the discarded
samples cannot be recovered.
Merge File… [Alt] + [F] + [M]
is command is only available when a .gig le is already open in the Editor. It allows you to select one or
more additional .gig les whose contents will be merged into the current le. All of the instruments from
the new le(s) will be added to the current le, with their bank and patch numbers modied if necessary to
avoid conicts. Samples from the new le will also be added to the current le. e Editor compares each
sample in the new le with the existing wave pool and removes duplicate samples, remapping instruments
as necessary to use the existing copies.
Load Articulation… [Alt] + [F] + [R]
Opens a Giga Articulation le and applies it to the current .gig le.
An articulation le (with the extension .art) contains a set of complete instrument denitions, but no
samples. When you load it, the instrument denitions in the current le are replaced by the instruments in
the .art le. e original samples remain in place, remapped to the new instruments. For this process to
work, of course, the .art le has to have been prepared using the same set of samples as the le you apply it
to.