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TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 3
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: About the GigaStudio 4.0 Instrument Editor..............................................................................................5
What’s New? ......................................................................................................................................................................5
Launching the Instrument Editor ................................................................................................................................. 6
Opening a .GIG le from the Instrument Editor ......................................................................................................8
Loading a .GIG le into the sampler............................................................................................................................9
Anatomy of a .GIG File .................................................................................................................................................10
Chapter 2: Creating a Giga Instrument...........................................................................................................................13
Creating a New File ........................................................................................................................................................14
Importing Samples .........................................................................................................................................................14
Creating a Region ...........................................................................................................................................................23
Creating a Dimension....................................................................................................................................................27
Mapping Samples to a Region......................................................................................................................................29
Hearing Your Work .......................................................................................................................................................31
A Faster Way To Work .................................................................................................................................................31
More About Sample Mapping .....................................................................................................................................37
Chapter 3: Tutorial: Creating a Multi-Dimensional Instrument ..............................................................................39
Creating the velocity split .............................................................................................................................................40
Mapping the Samples.....................................................................................................................................................42
Playback Monitoring......................................................................................................................................................44
Adding a Second Dimension .......................................................................................................................................46
Changing the Order of Dimension Splits..................................................................................................................48
Changing the Dimension Controller .........................................................................................................................49
Chapter 4: Tutorial: Advanced Drum Kit.......................................................................................................................58
Kick Drum........................................................................................................................................................................58
Snare Drum......................................................................................................................................................................64
Toms ..................................................................................................................................................................................68
Cymbals.............................................................................................................................................................................71
Hi-Hats..............................................................................................................................................................................75
Chapter 5: e Instrument Wizard..................................................................................................................................83
Preparing the Samples ...................................................................................................................................................83
Using the Instrument Wizard: A Simple Mapping.................................................................................................84
Using the Instrument Wizard: A Complex Mapping.............................................................................................89
Load Status .......................................................................................................................................................................94
Separating Parameters from .GIG le........................................................................................................................95
Chapter 6: Main Menu Commands .................................................................................................................................97
File Menu..........................................................................................................................................................................97
Edit Menu.......................................................................................................................................................................101
MIDI Menu ....................................................................................................................................................................111
View Menu .....................................................................................................................................................................111
Window Menu...............................................................................................................................................................113
Help Menu......................................................................................................................................................................113
Chapter 7: Editor Windows and Context Menu Commands ..................................................................................114
e Bank/Instrument Window.................................................................................................................................114
e Sample Window....................................................................................................................................................122
e Region Window ....................................................................................................................................................130
e Waveform Window .............................................................................................................................................136
e Dimension Windows...........................................................................................................................................138
e Articulation Window...........................................................................................................................................149
Chapter 8: Articulation Parameters Reference............................................................................................................150
Dynamic Expression Filter (DEF).............................................................................................................................168
Chapter 9: Editing Parameters in the Region Window .............................................................................................172