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TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 9
This window is very similar to the Open dialog in other programs, but there are a few features that are
specific to GigaStudio:
e Recent dropdown list contains a list of the most recently used folders. Selecting a folder in this list
causes the window to jump directly to that folder.
e Sample name box lists all of the samples in the currently selected instrument le. Select any sample in
this list and click the Play button to hear that sample. If you are working with instrument les containing
large numbers of samples, the dialog may respond slowly as it reads the sample names out of each le. To
work around this problem, uncheck the Descriptive wave names box. e names are replaced by simple
numeric indexes.
e Audition button plays the audition sample for the currently selected le. (e “audition sample” is a
sample designated by the instrument developer as being representative of a given instrument. Users of your
instrument will hear this sample when using the audition feature of the QuickSound Explorer.)
e Maximum le size box, and the checkboxes underneath it, are used when it is necessary to split an
instrument into more than one physical le. For details, see the note about large .GIG les on page 99.
Loading a .GIG file into the sampler
Aer you open a .gig le in the Editor, you must load it into memory if you want to hear it. is is
accomplished by pressing the Load button on the toolbar:
The toolbar also specifies which MIDI port and channel will be assigned to the loaded instrument. By
default, the first file you open is assigned to port 1, channel 1, but you can modify these settings using the
toolbar.
When the le is loaded, the LOADED indicator turns bright green.
At this point you can play the rst instrument in the le either from an external MIDI controller, or by
right-clicking in the Region Window keyboard. If there are multiple instruments in the le, you can select a
dierent instrument onto the assigned MIDI channel by clicking its name in the Instrument Window.