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  • Page 1 TASCAM GigaEditor 4 GigaStudio 4 Instrument Editor User Manual...
  • Page 2 TEAC America, Inc. Th e software described in this manual is provided under the terms of a Software License Agreement. Th e Software License Agreement specifies the terms and conditions of use. TASCAM, NemeSys, GigaStudio™, GigaStudio Instrument Editor™, GigaSampler™, and GigaSampler Instrument Editor™ are trademarks of TEAC America, Inc.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    The Sample Window...122 Th e Region Window ...130 The Waveform Window ...136 Th e Dimension Windows...138 Th e Articulation Window...149 Chapter 8: Articulation Parameters Reference...150 Dynamic Expression Filter (DEF)...168 Chapter 9: Editing Parameters in the Region Window ...172 TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 4 The Repetition Mode Rule...188 Th e Pattern Alternator Rule...188 Th e Controller Trigger Rule...192 The Release Trigger With Tracking Rule...193 Th e Rule Builder ...194 Th e Mando-Tremolo Rule...197 Th e Mono Mode Rule...198 Appendix ...209 PerfUtility ...209 TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1: About The Gigastudio 4.0 Instrument Editor

    (the parameter value list and the “blue ball” graph). The control panel for the Mono Mode iMIDI rule has a new tab with a graphical editor for the Portamento Reshaping Filter, which like the DEF was previously accessible only by editing an initialization file. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 6: Launching The Instrument Editor

    Launching the Instrument Editor There are several ways to open the Instrument Editor depending on your situation. Opening the Instrument Editor from GigaStudio To open the Instrument Editor from GigaStudio, click on the Launch Giga editor toolbar button. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 7 1. You can launch the Editor from the Windows Start Menu. 2. You can launch the Editor by double-clicking a shortcut on the desktop. 3. Last but not least, you can launch the Editor by double-clicking on a .gig file in the Windows Explorer. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 8: Opening A .Gig File From The Instrument Editor

    1. Go to the File Menu and choose Open… [Alt] + [F] + [O] or [Ctrl] + [O] 2. Use the Open Instrument File dialog to navigate to your .gig file. 3. Select the file and click on the Open button. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 9: Loading A .Gig File Into The Sampler

    At this point you can play the first instrument in the file either from an external MIDI controller, or by right-clicking in the Region Window keyboard. If there are multiple instruments in the file, you can select a different instrument onto the assigned MIDI channel by clicking its name in the Instrument Window. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 10: Anatomy Of A .Gig File

    . Each dimension split can be assigned a unique sample to play. Samples are imported from standard .wav files. . Each dimension split also contains a unique set of over 100 articulation parameters • defining envelopes, filters, and the like. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 11 Banks are the top level of the Giga heirarchy. Instruments Regions TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual A GigaStudio file can contain up to 128 instruments, each assigned to a bank. By default, all instruments are assigned to bank 0, but banks can be numbered from 0 to 16383.
  • Page 12 .wav files. Each dimension split is assigned a unique sample to play back. (We’ll refer to the process of assigning samples to splits as mapping the instrument.) A single sample can be assigned to multiple regions without additional overhead. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 13: Chapter 2: Creating A Giga Instrument

    For the sake of illustration, this chapter focuses on the simpler and frankly more tedious ways to assemble a Giga instrument. As you gain familiarity with the Editor, you’ll learn how to perform many of these tasks in much more efficient ways. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 14: Creating A New File

    For example, if you’ve sampled a trumpet at three different dynamic levels and two different attack styles, you might create six folders with names something like this: Trumpet ff legato Trumpet mf legato Trumpet p legato Trumpet ff staccato Trumpet mf staccato Trumpet p staccato TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 15 Creating sample folders You can start importing samples into this folder or you can create new folders. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual When you create a new .gig file, you will always find a “default” sample folder in the Sample Window.
  • Page 16 Window, but the samples will be imported to the currently selected folder. 3. When you select a sample, the sample’s properties are displayed, including its word size and sample rate, length in seconds, and size in kilobytes. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 17 TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 4. Select a sample or a group of samples and click on the Open button to import the samples into the folder. (To select multiple samples, click while holding down the SHIFT or CTRL keys.) 5. The samples will now appear in the Sample Window.
  • Page 18 2. Select a directory and click OK to import the directory into the Sample Window. Any .wav files in the directory (or .dxl files, which are accelerated Giga samples) will be imported. Other types of files are ignored. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 19 Often the most convenient way to import directories and samples is to drag and drop them directly from the Windows Explorer into the Sample Window. You can drag samples from the Windows Explorer to any folder in the Sample Window: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 1. Here we are dragging to the folder named “Import Sample Folder”.
  • Page 20 In this example, we put some Kick samples in the “Import Sample” folder where the crash samples are. Th en we put some Snare samples in the “Default Sample Group” folder. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 21 Drag and drop a folder or several folders from the desktop into the Sample Window. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 3. All the folders and their samples are now in the Sample Window. Th is is the fastest way to import a large number...
  • Page 22 Trumpet legato ff 61. wav Trumpet legato ff C#4.wav 4. Click on the check boxes to open or close the folders to display or hide the samples. Now the samples are imported, organized and ready to be mapped into instruments. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 23: Creating A Region

    To create our first region we’ll use the Region Window, shown above. For a full discussion of this window’s features, see page 130. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 1. Place the mouse under the note where you want to create a region, and right-click. In this example, we’ll create a region on Middle C.
  • Page 24 When we create velocity splits later, they’ll appear in this window. 1. To move a region, grab it in the middle so that the mouse turns into a little hand. 2. Then drag the region to the left or the right. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 25 A single region can be stretched up to the full range of the MIDI keyboard. (Regions are not allowed to overlap, so a region this large would be the only region in the instrument.) TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 1. To resize a region, grab one of the edges with the mouse so that the mouse turns into a left-right arrow.
  • Page 26 3. You can then move all these regions at once by dragging on any one of the regions. 4. You can also select non-contiguous regions by holding down the CTRL key while selecting regions with the mouse. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 27: Creating A Dimension

    In this illustration, the Velocity dimension has no splits and is inactive. To create velocity splits, click on the header bar at the top of the window. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 5. These non-contiguous regions can then be moved around the Region Window. They will maintain their relationship with each other wherever you put them.
  • Page 28 Because velocity splits are such a common feature of sampled instruments, you can tell the Editor to add a certain number of velocity splits automatically whenever you create a region. The setting is in the preferences: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 29: Mapping Samples To A Region

    First, consider what happens if you simply drag the “ff” sample and drop it on the region in the Region Window: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 1. Select Edit-Preferences from the main menu. 2. In the Preferences dialog, find the section called Velocity splits for manually created regions.
  • Page 30 (You can see this in the Velocity window, where the “ff” sample is named in all four of the splits.) This isn’t exactly what we want. The solution is to drop each sample directly on its own split, as shown below: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 31: Hearing Your Work

    Grab one or more samples with the mouse and drop them into the Region Window. You can also drop an entire sample folder (which is one reason we encouraged you earlier to organize your samples into folders): TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 32 C. Since regions cannot overlap, only one sample can be mapped to any given note. Assign a unique pitch to each sample (in the sample properties) and try again. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 33 We’ll start this example like the previous one, by dragging a folder full of samples into the Region Window of an empty instrument. Th is time we’re building a piano with six velocity layers. The samples for all 88 keys of the softest velocity layer are in folder “Velocity1:" TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 34 The drop maps the samples across the keyboard according to their pitches. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 35 The editor assumes you are dropping unpitched samples and turns off pitch tracking in the mapped splits. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual This option would replace the samples in the existing split with...
  • Page 36 By repeating the same simple action with the remaining folders, we can quickly create a six- layer instrument. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 37: More About Sample Mapping

    A split can be mapped to the “null sample”. This allows you to have the equivalent of a silent sample without having to actually map a silent sample to the region. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 1. Right-click on the Velocity Map and choose “Map...
  • Page 38 However, the bottom three samples have been removed. Since this is now a mono region, the splits can only be mapped to mono samples. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 39: Chapter 3: Tutorial: Creating A Multi-Dimensional Instrument

    Th is variant of the Round Robin dimension advances to the next split when a key is struck in any region. (Th e basic Round Robin dimension described above advances only when a key is struck in its own region.) TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 40: Creating The Velocity Split

    Open the Instrument Editor and create a new blank instrument. Creating the velocity split First we will take a region and add some velocity splits to it. 1. Create a region and put it on E2. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 41 “Loud” for now. Th en click OK to close the Dimension Controller dialog. Now the Velocity Map is divided horizontally to represent these two velocity splits. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 2. Click on the header at the top of the Velocity window.

  • Page 42: Mapping The Samples

    Drag and drop the Bass-Sustain f E2 (this is the forte/loud sample) to the top split in the Velocity Map. 1. Import the two Bass-Sustain folders into the Sample Window. Th ese are in the “Editor Tutorial Files” directory for this chapter (How To Create Dimensions). TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 43 5. Click the Download button on the toolbar to load the instrument. 6. Th e Load Indicator Light will turn green when the instrument is loaded and ready to play. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 4. Choose Save or Save As in the File menu, and...

  • Page 44: Playback Monitoring

    1. Right-click in the Sample Window and enable Jump to selected region at the bottom of the menu (clicking the menu option turns the feature on or off). This feature will highlight any samples which have regions selected. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 45 5. Go to the top right of the Region Window and click on the MIDI Select button to turn this feature on. Th e button will light up. MIDI Select enables regions, dimensions and velocity splits to be automatically selected by incoming MIDI data. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 46: Adding A Second Dimension

    Velocity window, but to keep it simple, use the top one. 1. Import the two Bass-Staccato folders into the Sample Window (Bass-Stac f and Bass-Stac p). 3. On the Control Source menu, choose “(1) Mod wheel” TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 47 Wheel split. Th e Velocity window shows that the original Sustain samples are still mapped to the upper Mod Wheel split: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 4. That will create a second split in the Split Names section. Rename the splits to “Sustain” and “Staccato” from top to bottom.

  • Page 48: Changing The Order Of Dimension Splits

    1. Right now, in the Mod Wheel dimension split, the Sustain samples are on the left (Mod Wheel down) and the Staccato samples are on the right (Mod Wheel up). TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 2. Click on the Mod Wheel dimension’s...

  • Page 49: Changing The Dimension Controller

    Using the same tutorial instrument, we’ll now try switching between the Sustain and Staccato samples using controllers other than the Mod Wheel. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 3. Click on the Down button to move the Sustain split below the Staccato split.
  • Page 50 1. Click on the header of the Mod Wheel dimension split to start the Dimension Controller dialog. 3. The dimension controller is changed to the Sustain Pedal. 1. Once again, click on the dimension window header to start the Dimension Controller dialog. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 51 2. This time, change the controller to “Keyboard” and click OK. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 3. Now the dimension has been changed to “Keyboard,” also known as Keyswitch. 4. A Keyswitch dimension works in conjunction with the keyswitch region of the keyboard, which is normally drawn as a gray rectangle.
  • Page 52 While it’s usual for each split within a dimension to be mapped to a different sample, it’s also possible to map some or all splits to the same sample. This can be useful because each split will still have its own set of envelopes, filters, and other articulation parameters. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 53 In this example, we will create a simple two-way layer and put a Mod Wheel crossfade on it. 2. Create a region at E2 again. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 1. Start with a new blank instrument and import the Sustain Sample Bass note directories into the Sample Window.
  • Page 54 Set the Control source to “Layer”. Type in a Description and name the Split names to Soft and Loud. Click OK. Select the Soft dimension split and drag “Bass-Sustain p E2” to the velocity map. 5. Now we have a Layer dimension split with Soft on the left and Loud on the right. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 55 Click in the value field for “Attenuation controller” to see a menu of options. The default is “None.” Change this to “(1) Mod wheel” because we want the Mod Wheel to continuously control the volume of both layers. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 56 Layer 1 will gradually fade to Layer 2 as the Mod Wheel rises through the middle part of its range. Up to 128 layers are supported. 12. Save the instrument and load it to a MIDI channel. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 57 TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 58: Chapter 4: Tutorial: Advanced Drum Kit

    Sample window from getting too cluttered. Th e final result should look like the screen shot at left. Now we are ready to start creating a drum kit. 1. In the Preferences, set the velocity split count for manually created regions to 4. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 59 At this point it would be nice to hear the results as we edit the Kick drum parameters and velocity split points, so click the Download button. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 2. Right-click under C2 in the Region Window and choose “New region”...
  • Page 60 The blue arrow will move to the velocity levels you play in real time. This will help in adjusting the Velocity Split points to be able to see them as you play. 6. Choose the Save As option. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 61 13. In the Parameters Window, click the header bar and choose “EG1 (amplitude)” from the context menu. This will bring up the Amplitude Envelope category of parameters. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 11. Drag the velocity split point to adjust the splits until they sound and feel right.
  • Page 62 Envelope 1 Release Time has been selected. The parameter you select in the Parameters Window will be automatically selected here as well. By dragging the blue dot on the Kick Drum region, you can adjust the Release Time here. Edit parameter TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 63 Filter. Between these two things, you can get a smooth transition from soft to loud. Feel free to experiment with the other filter settings. The final step for the Kick Drum is to create a second region so that we have two keys to trigger (like a double kick setup). TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 64: Snare Drum

    22. Now we have two identical regions of the Kick Drum on C2 and D2. The new region is an exact copy of the original one, including the sample mappings as well as the parameter edits that we made above. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 65 4. Select the Right Snare region (F2). Drag and drop the Right-Hand Snare samples from the Sample window to the four velocity splits using the right mouse button. Snare Right v4-ff Snare Right v3-f Snare Right v2-mf Snare Right v1-p TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 66 7. In the Dimension Controller dialog: • Set the Control source to Mod Wheel. Enter “Snare Switch” in the Description. • • Rename the Splits to “Snares On” and “Snares Off”. • Click OK. 6. Click on a Dimension header bar. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 67 11. Click on the Download button to hear the latest results. Play the Snare samples while moving the Mod Wheel back and forth. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 8. Th e result is a labeled dimension switch. 9. Select the Left Snare region and then select the “Snares Off”...

  • Page 68: Toms

    • • There are Snare On and Snare Off samples. With the Snare On samples, the snare drum buzz is heard when the toms are hit. Mod Wheel Back: snares ON Mod Wheel Forward: snares OFF TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 69 Rename the Splits to “Snares On” and “Snares Off”. Click OK. • TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 1. Create three new regions, one for each Tom. Put them on notes G2, A2, and B2. Th e regions should automatically have four velocity splits as before with the snares, based on the Preferences setting.
  • Page 70 Map the “Tom-Floor Snares On” samples using the right mouse button. 5. Now the Toms have a labeled dimension switch. 6. Select the G2 region. This will be the Floor Tom. 7. Select the “Snares On” dimension. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 71: Cymbals

    Now play the Toms while moving the Mod-Wheel back and forth. You should hear the snares turning off and on. Cymbals The Cymbals are fairly straightforward. • There are four sets of samples: Ride, Ride Bell, Crash, and Splash. • They are all stereo. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 9. Select the “Snares Off” dimension.
  • Page 72 2. Give the velocity split points a rough adjustment as in the past examples. Set a Release Time of 5 seconds. 3. Select the C3 region in the Region Window. Map the “Ride Tip” samples using the right mouse button. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 73 Play the cymbals and tweak the velocity split points and release times if needed. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 4. Select the D3 region in the Region Window. Map the “Ride Bell” samples using the right mouse button. 5. Select the E3 region in the Region Window.
  • Page 74 9. Select all four of the cymbal regions. 10. Select all the velocity splits. Now when we edit a parameter, the new value will be applied to all of the splits in all of the regions. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 75: Hi-Hats

    We are going to get fancy with the Hi-Hat. Th e Sustain Pedal will do several things at once: Switch between Open and Closed Tip and Edge Samples • • Trigger one of the Foot Closed Samples • Cut off the Open Samples using a Key Group assignment TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 76 Rename the Splits to “Hi-Hat Open” and “Hi-Hat Close”. • Click OK when you are done. 4. Select the G3 region. This region will have the Hi-Hat Tip samples. 2. Click on a Dimension header bar. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 77 Map the “Hi-Hat Tip Open” samples using the right mouse button. Map the “Hi-Hat Tip Closed” samples using the right mouse button. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 5. Select the “Hi-Hat Open” Dimension Split. 7. Select the “Hi-Hat Close” Dimension Split.
  • Page 78 Map the “Hi-Hat Edge Open” samples using the right mouse button. 9. Select the A3 region. This region will have the Hi-Hat Edge samples. 10. Select the “Hi-Hat Open” Dimension Split. 12. Select the “Hi-Hat Close” Dimension Split. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 79 Map the “Hi-Hat Foot” samples using the right mouse button. 16. Click on the Download button to save the changes and hear the results. Play the Tip and Edge Hi-Hat regions while triggering the Sustain Pedal. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 80 This will bring up the iMIDI Rule Manager. iMIDI Rules are discussed more fully in a later chapter. For now, select “Controller Triggered” from the list of available rules, and click the Add button. 18. Right-click in the Instrument Window and choose “iMIDI Rule manager…” from the context menu. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 81 Th e last step is to assign all the Hi-Hat regions to the same Key Group so that they will cut each other off. This will cause the Sustain Pedal to choke the open samples, just like the real Hi-Hat. 22. Select all three Hi-Hat Regions and then right-click with the mouse. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 82 Next, we’ll look at a tool for creating more complex instruments. 23. Choose Properties from the context menu. 24. Set the Key group to 1, and click OK. Make sure the instrument is saved and loaded so you can play it. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 83: Chapter 5: The Instrument Wizard

    Editor to figure out the unity note. Piano Velocity-4C4.wav Piano Velocity-460.wav Note: The Instrument Wizard can also simply map the samples out in alphabetical order as well. This works for sound effects, percussion and other non-melodic instruments. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 84: Using The Instrument Wizard: A Simple Mapping

    Start with a new instrument and import the 4 Tutorial Electric Piano folders into the Sample Window. Th ese can be found in the “Editor Tutorial Files” directory for this chapter (How To Use the Wizard Tool folder-EP). TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 85 Click the Next button to proceed to the next step. The other option would stretch non-chromatic regions. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 4. Select the checkbox “Create Regions every” and set it to 1 half step. This will create chromatic regions, one for every note on the keyboard.
  • Page 86 9 Fill in the Description and the Split Names. 10. Click on the “Reserve space for stereo” checkbox. (Stereo samples use up one of the eight available dimensions in a region.) TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 87 Click on the Next button to finish the Instrument Wizard. The Instrument Wizard instantly maps out the whole instrument across the keyboard. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 11. Assign the folders on the left (one at a time) to their corresponding velocity split on the right.
  • Page 88 (When a “missing” sample is equally distant from both of its neighbors, the higher sample will be stretched down to cover that note.) TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 89: Using The Instrument Wizard: A Complex Mapping

    In this example we’ll use the Bass Ensemble samples to create a complex keyswitch instrument with two velocity splits. This will demonstrate the need for good labeling of the dimensions and splits. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 1. Start again with a new .gig file and import the Tutorial Bass Folders into the Sample Window.
  • Page 90 Click on the Split Names button for the Keyswitch dimension, and name the splits as shown. These are named for each type of articulation. Click OK when finished. 7. Click on the Split Names button for the Velocity dimension, and name the splits as shown. Click OK when finished. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 91 Move on to Step 4 of the Instrument Wizard. Here is where the naming comes in real handy. This would just be a matrix of numbers otherwise. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 9. Map the folders on the left to the splits on the right.
  • Page 92 A Keyswitch dimension with four splits, each a different articulation • A two-way Layer dimension that adds the Tremolo samples • A two-way Sustain Pedal dimension that changes to the Staccato samples The Descriptions and Split Names are meticulously labeled. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 93 Here are the dimensions of the finished instrument: This will allow a 4-way Keyswitch between Sustain, 8th Note, Quarter Note, and Pizz articulations. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual Here is what you would see if you don’t enter descriptions and state names.

  • Page 94: Load Status

    LOADED light is green and the RELOAD light is off. If there are more multiple instruments in the .gig file, select the one you want to hear and play it. This is like making a patch change and happens instantly. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 95: Separating Parameters From .Gig File

    Doing a complete full save can be time consuming if you are dealing with large .gig files. Th is problem has been solved with the ability to separate the instrument parameters from the samples. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual Th e .gig file is not loaded. You need to click the Download Th e .gig file is loaded.
  • Page 96 • This is most useful for large .gig files. It’s probably not worth the effort for smaller files, which would reload fairly quickly regardless. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 97: Chapter 6: Main Menu Commands

    [Alt] + [F] + [O] or [Ctrl] + [O] Opens an existing .gig file. Th is command is similar to the File-Open command in most Windows applications, but the file dialog has a few special features: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 98 [Alt] + [F] + [A] Saves the current .gig file to a new location. When you are saving a file, several extra options are enabled toward the bottom of the file dialog. These pertain to saving large .gig files. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 99 You'll notice that the actual file sizes are usually a bit less than the maximum you specify. This is because the file sizes are adjusted a bit to avoid splitting instruments or samples across file boundaries. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 100 .art file. The original samples remain in place, remapped to the new instruments. For this process to work, of course, the .art file has to have been prepared using the same set of samples as the file you apply it TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 101: Edit Menu

    This will undo your most recent edit. • Selecting this again will “redo” the edit that was “undone”. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual The Edit Menu is where you will find the various editing commands. Many of these commands can be accessed with the computer keyboard.
  • Page 102 Another method is to click on the item once with the mouse to highlight it. Then click it a second • time to put the name in edit mode (two slow clicks, not a fast double-click). [Alt] + [E] + [S] This is one of several ways to import samples into a .gig file. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 103 .gig file. [Alt] + [E] + [F] This handy feature allows you to batch convert ALL the samples in a .gig file to various bit rates, compression settings and channel conversion settings. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 104 24 bit samples before importing them into the GigaStudio, you can uncheck this box. Disk acceleration compression with no loss of quality. More disk acceleration compression with 20-bit More disk acceleration compression with 18-bit Disk acceleration compression with no loss of quality. This TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 105 This powerful feature enables you to combine two or more instruments into a single instrument. The source instruments retain their identities as components of a Giga dimension in the new instrument. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual to begin the conversion. The result of the process for each sample...
  • Page 106 Crossfades are specified in Giga by editing four articulation parameters: the fade-in start and end points and the fade-out start and end points. Th e Crossfade Editor is a convenient graphical alternative to editing these four parameters numerically. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 107 The fade-in and fade-out points for each band will be applied globally to the corresponding instrument. [Alt] + [E] + [I] This command brings up the File Information Window. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual Th is mode is used to apply crossfades to a single instrument which...
  • Page 108 (usually with the extension .gx01, .gx02, etc.) [Alt] + [E] + [R] This is where you setup the various preferences for the Editor. It’s a very important section to get to know. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 109 Some wave editors insert a default unity note which may not be correct. If you want the pitch expressed in the file name to override any setting inside the file, check Use the filename even if the .wav file contains a different unity note. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 110 Controls whether your samples will be automatically transposed Controls what happens when you edit a sample in an Controls what happens when you use the Replace This refers to the "Recent" list in the File Open dialog, TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 111: Midi Menu

    You can free up screen space by disabling any of these items. Toggle them on and off by clicking on the item in the menu. A checkmark will appear beside enabled items. [Alt] + [V] + [T] TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual By default, you can drag samples out of the...
  • Page 112 "accelerated wave - click to display". Clicking anywhere in the window will cause the wave to be drawn normally. When the Envelope Preview button is pressed, the waveform is drawn as if the amplitude envelope (EG1) were already applied to it. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 113: Window Menu

    .gig files open. Help Menu Options on this menu will bring up the Editor’s help file, take you to the TASCAM web site, and launch the About box which displays information about the version of the software you are running.

  • Page 114: Chapter 7: Editor Windows And Context Menu Commands

    This is where you toggle between multiple instruments to move or copy regions between instruments. This is where you manage your Instruments and Instrument Banks. This example shows two banks containing a total of three instruments. A .gig file can contain up to 128 instruments. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 115 In this example, we will change this instrument to Bank 3. This will create a new Bank and move the instrument into it. This is how you create new Banks. Deleting a Bank TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 2. Now the instrument is in Bank 3. The new bank is created automatically.
  • Page 116 2. From the Edit menu, select Cut bank or Copy bank. Either command will place a copy of the bank on the clipboard. Cut deletes the bank from the file; Copy leaves it in place. 3. The same commands are available on the right-click menu. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 117 An Instrument is what loads to a MIDI channel in the GigaStudio. • GigaStudio files can have many instruments within them. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 1. Go to the Edit menu and choose Paste bank. You can also use [Ctrl] + [V] on the computer keyboard.
  • Page 118 Cut instrument or Copy instrument with the mouse. 4. A progress window will come up showing that the samples are being copied. 1. Select the bank you wish to paste into with the mouse. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 119 (To delete unused samples from a .gig file, use the File- Save limited command.) TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 2. Select Paste instrument from the Edit menu or use [Ctrl] + [V] on the computer keyboard.
  • Page 120 6 dB boost checkbox. Th is will cancel out the Attenuation setting. Th is also cancels out any 6 dB boost settings on individual regions. Th is is where you assign the Bank and Patch (or Program Change) This allows a global attenuation setting for the whole instrument. If TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 121 See page 168 for an explanation of these settings. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual Sets the region of the keyboard which will be used for any Use this section to specify one or two MIDI...

  • Page 122: The Sample Window

    Region Window, the Velocity Window, or any dimension window to which a controller has been assigned. A single red wave icon is an ordinary mono sample. A double wave icon is a stereo sample. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 123 When a folder is selected, some of the commands will be different as noted in the descriptions below: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual A tiny letter “A” indicates that this is the Audition Sample for the currently selected instrument.
  • Page 124 When you click on a sample, you can see its properties in the window on the right. You can also play any selected sample by clicking the Play button. • Click Open to import the samples into the Editor. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 125 Any regions mapped to the sample you replace will be remapped to the new sample. Replace all samples in folder (folder only) This command allows you to replace all the current samples in a folder with new versions. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 126 This command will export all the sample folders in the .gig file to the specified root directory as wave files. Subdirectories are created as necessary and the samples are organized on disk as they are in the .gig file. Mark as audition sample In this mode, a This mode is useful when TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 127 Use this command to rename some or all of your samples according to rules you specify in the Rename Samples dialog. You can replace all occurrences of one string with another, and/or append an automatically generated suffix based on the sample's unity note or position in the file. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 128 Choose one of these options to specify how samples should be ordered within each folder. The currently selected menu option will display a check mark; checking one option automatically unchecks the other. When sorting by pitch, both unity note and fine-tuning are considered. Jump to selected region TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 129 MIDI keyboard and manipulating MIDI controllers. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual When you change the region selection (in the keyboard window) or the split selection (in any of the dimension windows), the sample view is always updated.

  • Page 130: The Region Window

    This red line indicates where Middle C (MIDI note 60) is. The red line is always just to the left of Middle C. By default, middle C is named C4. You can choose a different octave numbering system in the Preferences (Edit-Preferences on the main menu). TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 131: Parameter Editing

    Editing parameters in the Region Window has its own chapter beginning on page 172. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual This gray region represents the area of the keyboard reserved for use by the Keyswitch dimension.
  • Page 132 Copy or Delete, are applied to both the orange focus region and all of the yellow selected regions. Stretching and Moving Regions Regions are stretched by grabbing the left or right edge and dragging with the mouse. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 133 Check the “Retune regions when dragging” box in the Preferences if you wish to preserve the pitch of each note. The Region Context Menu Right-click on a Region and you will be presented with the Region context menu: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 134 If these note ranges are occupied, then the regions will be placed on the closest empty note ranges. • When pasting to the same instrument that the regions were copied from, the regions will also be placed on the closest empty note ranges. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 135 Th e settings in the Transpose dialog reset to zero each time they are applied, so that you are always transposing and fine tuning from where you left off. Th e range is +/- 127 half steps and +/- 50 cents. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 136: The Waveform Window

    Envelopes View When an envelope parameter is selected in the Parameter Window, the corresponding envelope is drawn in the Waveform Window. You can edit the envelope by dragging its breakpoints with the mouse. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 137 Waveform Window. You can edit the LFO rate by dragging the breakpoint. The LFO display is color coded: • The amplitude LFO is drawn in yellow. • The filter LFO is drawn in violet. • Th e pitch LFO is drawn in blue. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 138: The Dimension Windows

    If we clicked in the right-hand side of the Mod Wheel dimension window, the velocity window would then show the names of the four samples that would sound when the Mod Wheel is in its upper range. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 139 A vertical divider line in the middle of the velocity window indicates a stereo region. This is true even when there are no velocity splits: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual • Samples are mapped here and sample names are displayed here.
  • Page 140 Force to mono or Force to stereo in the context menu. When going from Stereo to Mono, the dialog window will give you the option of which side’s articulation to keep (the left and right sides of a stereo sample each have their own articulation). TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 141 Samples can be assigned (mapped) by dragging them from the Sample Window to a Velocity Split in the Velocity Map. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual Velocity Split points are displayed by horizontal divider lines. Th ese are adjustable by dragging them with the mouse.
  • Page 142 The order of the mapping is determined by the “Wave drop” option in the Preferences. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual Maps samples These...
  • Page 143 Velocity Window header bar when different splits are selected. Use these buttons to change the order of splits within a dimension. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual Click on the header bar at the top of the Velocity window to open the Dimension Controller dialog.
  • Page 144 Th is makes the envelope display more intelligible but may mean that velocity splits are not displayed at their true positions. Right click in the Velocity dimension window to bring up the context menu. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 145 This brings up the Dimension Controller dialog, which we’ve seen previously in the section on the Velocity Window. Here we’ll just note that a long list of controllers other than velocity is available. Apart from that, the dialog works just as it does when launched from the Velocity Window. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 146 Th is special type of dimension typically has two splits and is used with sounds that have been divided into separate sustain and release samples. When a note on is received the first split is always played. The sample mapped to the second split is played at note off. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 147 Alternator, Repetition Mode, and Legato Mode. Logic in the iMIDI rule will determine which split plays at any given time. Dimension Split Examples TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual A two-way mod wheel split. A two-way sustain pedal split. A four-way keyboard switch split. Playing keys in the keyswitch region will select among the different articulations.
  • Page 148 You can achieve any of these combinations by highlighting (in orange or yellow) the regions and splits you want to select. Right-click on an active dimension window to bring up the context menu. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 149: The Articulation Window

    The buttons (see the previous section) can simplify things here. The next chapter describes each articulation parameter in detail. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual lock is turned on (sticking with mode allows you to edit at the individual buttons are there when you need them.

  • Page 150: Chapter 8: Articulation Parameters Reference

    All of these parameters can be adjusted from the Parameters Window and also by dragging the parameter indicators in the Region Window. Most but not all of them are also viewable and adjustable in the Waveform Window. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 151 The Sustain level is adjusted as a percentage of full amplitude (0 to 100). After the first decay dies down, the sample audio will sustain for a period of time depending on the Decay 2 settings. This setting determines the volume level of this sustaining portion. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 152 Choose the MIDI controller to use from the list of standard MIDI controllers. Modulation invert Reverses the action of the MIDI controller when set to “Yes”. Attack/Decay/Release modulation depth The response of these individual parameters is set here. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 153 “wah-wah” effects. GigaStudio includes three discrete LFOs for Amplitude, Filter, and Pitch. The following explanations apply to all three of these with one exception: the Pitch LFO does not have a “Flip Phase” switch. LFO frequency (Hz) TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 154 The alternate controller for the amplitude LFO is Breath Control (MIDI CC 2): Th e alternate controller for the filter LFO is Foot Control (MIDI CC 4): The alternate controller for the pitch LFO is Aftertouch: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 155 When Synch is enabled, the LFO cycle will stay in synch for all the notes no matter when they are triggered. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 156 This option is only available when the Filter type parameter is set to “Lowpass.” When used with certain resonance settings, Turbo LPF can generate high amplitude resonant frequency oscillations. Proceed with caution when editing at loud volumes. This could be damaging to your speakers. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 157 When set to “Yes”, inverts the response of the Cutoff controller. Minimum cutoff Places a limit on the lowest filter cutoff frequency when using MIDI cutoff controller. The low range of the MIDI controller will start with this value. Range is 0-127. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 158 Key tracking When set to “Yes”, scales the cutoff frequency based on key position relative to the assigned Breakpoint value (see next item). Keytrack breakpoint Adjust this value to set the breakpoint for the filter keyboard tracking. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 159 • • 2 - Medium high • 3 - Medium • 4 - Medium low • 5 - Low This setting works in conjunction with the Velocity curve parameter (above) as shown in the following diagrams: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 160 Velocity curve set to “Linear”: Velocity curve set to “Non-linear”: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 161 The next section is concerned not with the filter, but with the way simple volume responds to keyboard velocity. Use these parameters to adjust the instrument to suit your playing style and the “feel” of your MIDI keyboard. Velocity split point The maximum velocity for which this split will sound. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 162 Refer to the previous section for diagrams of the response curves. Th e velocity split point is also visible in the velocity dimension window. Modifying the velocity ranges is one way to adjust the feel of the instrument. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 163 With faster settings, the release trigger will be quiet or even silent unless you let up on the note quickly. The range is 0 (fastest) to 9 (slowest). Mix/Layer Settings This section includes attenuation and crossfade layering settings, and several important miscellaneous parameters. Attenuation TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 164 For example, this allows a MIDI controller to set the volume from “full volume to soft” instead of “full volume to silent”. Sets the pan position by a value from -64 (hard left) to +63 (hard right). Pitch track TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 165 Crossfade settings These settings cause the sample to fade in and out at the specified values as the Attenuation Controller (see above) is swept across its range. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 166 This is useful to soften the attack of a sample or if there is a pop at the beginning of a sample. The Sample Start Offset is also viewable and adjustable in the Waveform View (the blue marker): TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 167 These parameters set the loop points for the sample. Set them to zero (the default) for unlooped samples. The loop points are also visible and adjustable in the Waveform View window. Th e green marker is the loop start and the red marker is the loop end. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 168: Dynamic Expression Filter (Def)

    The Global DEF settings are listed below: This checkbox enables the filter. The effect may not be audible immediately depending on the settings of the filter coefficients in the region articulations (see DEF Filter Coefficients section below). order, morphing filter for adding TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 169 This option allows you to load a preset DEF configuration from a file. Several factory preset profiles are installed with GS4 and can be found in the following directory: C:\Program Files\Common Files\TASCAM\Giga\profiles\Dynamic Expression Note that DEF preset files store information from the region articulations as well as the instrument global part of the DEF definition.
  • Page 170 (pp, mf, and ff) were designed to correspond to the dynamic range of an instrument and represent the minimum, median, and maximum DEF settings as defined by the filter modulation sources: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 171 CC value of 0 , 64, and 127 respectively. Once you have effectively dialed in settings for all three sets of filter coefficients, you can then enable other modulation sources in the instrument Properties dialog. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 172: Chapter 9: Editing Parameters In The Region Window

    Editing in the Region Window First, select the parameter to be edited by highlighting it in the Parameter List: Alternatively, you can select the parameter from the header bar just above the keyboard: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 173: Drag Modes

    The three drag modes are: Drag all selected regions In this mode, the blue markers for all selected regions move in unison, applying a uniform increase or decrease across the keyboard. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 174 This mode preserves the basic shape of the current settings, while applying a “bend” that is centered on the region where the drag occurs. Use this mode to make subtle modifications to an existing keyboard scaling. Before After Before After TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 175: Changing The Vertical Resolution

    The scale for the axis is displayed at the right side of the Region View. The scale changes depending on the parameter being displayed. For many parameters, you can change the vertical resolution by moving the slider beside the scale: Lower resolution Higher resolution TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 176 Some articulation parameters have a very limited range (for example, those that can only be set to “Yes” or “No”). When a parameter like this is selected, rescaling the vertical axis isn’t practical and the slider will be disabled. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 177: Chapter 10: Macros

    Parameter Window. Once you have selected the region, there are two ways to save the settings as a Macro. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 1. Right-click on the selected velocity split and choose Save articulation as macro from the context menu.
  • Page 178 You can also do a combination using the [SHIFT] key combined with any other key. The hot key will instantly apply this macro to any and all regions and splits that are selected in the Editor. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual box.

  • Page 179: Applying Macros

    It is very easy to transfer your collection of macros to another machine. This transfers the whole list and overwrites the existing macros of the machine you are copying them to. The macro file is named “GsEditMacros” and can be found in the Tascam program files folder, typically c:\Program files\Tascam\GigaStudio 4 To copy your collection of macros to another machine, just copy this file from here and put it in the same folder on the other machine to replace the one that is there.

  • Page 180: Editing Macros

    Macros may also be deleted using the Articulation macros dialog. Changes and deletions made in this dialog are not applied until you click OK, so if you make any mistakes, click Cancel and your macros will remain in their original state. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 181: Chapter 11: Intelligent Midi (Imidi) Rules

    .gig file. Th e rule is then applied to the instrument whenever the instrument is loaded. iMIDI Rules in GigaStudio To use iMIDI rules in GigaStudio, first load an instrument: In the Loaded Instrument Panel, right-click on the loaded instrument and choose iMIDI Rule Manager… from the context menu. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 182: Imidi Rules In The Instrument Editor

    The instrument needs to be opened in the Editor and loaded to a MIDI channel. Otherwise, the iMIDI Rule Manager will be disabled. Right-click on the instrument and choose iMIDI Rule Manager... from the context menu. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 183: Using The Imidi Rule Manager

    Depending on the rule, you may get an initialization dialog. Fill in the necessary details and click OK. See the sections on the individual rules for details of the initialization settings. The example configuration dialog below is from the Pattern Alternator rule: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 184: The Transpose Rule

    Next we’ll discuss each of the available iMIDI rules in detail. The Transpose Rule This rule is very simple. It transposes every MIDI note by a given number of half steps, up to two octaves in either direction. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 185: The Midi Filter Rule

    To avoid connecting the notes, you lift off a note before triggering the next note. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 186 Press the trigger note once the last note is played. The release trigger sample will play when you let up. This is how typical sampled instruments sound. There is no Here we use the longer portamento slides. You don’t want to TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 187 One way to go about this is to create individual instruments for each articulation (sustain, release, etc.) and then use the Combine Instruments function to assemble them in the proper order. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual Th ese keys provide alternate sustaining samples when pressed.

  • Page 188: The Repetition Mode Rule

    25. Legato Down 9 (major 6 26. Legato Down 10 (minor 7 27. Legato Down 11 (major 7 28. Legato Down 12 (octave) 29. Default Sustain 30. Alternate Sustain 1 31. Alternate Sustain 2 32. Release Trigger TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 189 6. p-f-p swell 7. Tremolo 8. Pizzicato Add the Pattern Alternation rule using the iMIDI Rule Manager. The configuration dialog for this rule looks like this: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 190: Editing A Pattern

    To change a pattern, click on any of the numbers and use the Up or Down arrows on your computer keyboard to change its value. Use the Left and Right arrows to select other numbers in the pattern. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 191 You can change between patterns using either a MIDI controller or a key switch. The key switch method is similar to a Key Switch dimension: assign an otherwise unused area of the keyboard, and when you strike a key in this area the corresponding pattern will be selected. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 192: The Controller Trigger Rule

    For example, you can have the Mod Wheel trigger a note at its halfway point with a value of 64. Determines whether the controller triggers the MIDI note when it moves upward or downward across the trigger point. You can trigger the note from both directions by defining two triggers. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 193: The Release Trigger With Tracking Rule

    It can track the voice parameters such as the amplitude envelope and base the release trigger playback volume based on the position of the envelope. • It can also track both the parameters and the signal level. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual This checkbox and the Velocity setting next to it are used with...

  • Page 194: The Rule Builder

    It’s the equivalent of having a built-in high end MIDI processor. The Rule Builder enables library developers to create custom MIDI responses and filters for their instruments. The Rule Builder dialog is shown below. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 195 For all the other controllers the data will be in MIDI control numbers. (0-127) Set a minimum and maximum value. Use the incoming MIDI data window at the bottom of this • window to help figure out what Notes or MIDI controller numbers to use. Incoming MIDI: Data-2 TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 196 This works like before and overrides the values entered here and lets whatever values are in the Incoming Data-2 section determine the range instead. Add New Filter Click to add the current filter to the Filter List. You can add several filters at once, each with their own custom settings. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 197: The Mando-Tremolo Rule

    Once the Smart MIDI Processor Dimension has been created, you can assign the Mando-Tremolo rule to your instrument. Th e samples are played back in the same order that they are sequenced within the Smart MIDI Processor Dimension splits (alternating up and down stroke samples is a good idea). TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 198: Th E Mono Mode Rule

    The Mono rule is configured using the dialog seen below: After instantiating the rule from the GigaEditor, use the above configuration panel to determine the mode you wish to use for your instrument. All three modes share some common features: TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 199 MIDI channel controllers can be assigned to Continuous Controller #5 (Portamento Time), replacing the default Volume, Tune, or Pan control. It is also possible to control portamento time using an external controller transmitting Continuous Controller #5 data. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 200 (formant shifts) resulting from the pitch and dynamic transposition of samples. In other words, the PRF filter continuously morphs the frequency response of notes as they are stretched beyond their natural pitch and dynamic range. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 201 If you are working in the Editor, PRF profiles can be saved permanently into a .gig file instrument. If you are working in GigaStudio however, PRF profiles can only be saved into a .gsi (GigaStudio Instrument) or .gsp (GigaStudio Performance) and are not stored in the original .gig instrument. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 202 Selects the low (fastest) limit of the slide rate for this instrument (0-127) Maximum Up Slide Limits the upward slide range by 'n' notes, “0” implies there is no limit Maximum Down Slide Limits the downard slide range by 'n' notes, “0” implies there is no limit TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 203 ‘Upward Tuning Reference’ value. – Controls the target filter settings for the Upward Short Interval which is fixed at three semitones. – Controls the target filter settings for the Downward Short Interval which is fixed at three semitones. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 204 (between 4 and 11 semitones) will be filtered by a composite of the ‘Up Short’ and ‘Up Long’ filter set parameters (morphed). Please see Chapter 9 on editing parameters in the Region Window for more specific details on adjusting region specific values. pianissimos and softer TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 205 On the other hand, at the fastest rate the glissando is practically instantaneous. Start with a setting of 20-30 for most instruments that can do quick bends/slides. The clarinet example would benefit from a speed range of about 25-70. Settings lower than 10 are useful for performing trills! TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 206 F4 key. Instrument Behavior: Normal Mode Region Layout Dimension 1 (Round Robin –optional) 2 (Smart Midi Processor) 3 (Release Trigger – optional) Primary Sustain (P) Target Sustain (TS) Secondary Release (SR) Transitional (T) TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 207 NOTES: The round robin dimension is an optional dimension that allows the instrument to vary samples and/or articulations as the user plays the instrument. For example, if the instrument was played with a bowing technique then the designer might want a separate set of samples for the up and down bows. TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...
  • Page 208 G3 Down G3:TS is terminated G3 Primary release trigger (if it exists) Primary Sustain (P) Target Sustain Up (TSu) “Hammer on” Secondary Release (SR) Transitional (T) Target Sustain Down (TSd) “Pull off” F3 down E3/F3/GE Up TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual...

  • Page 209: Appendix

    PerfUtility is a command line utility found in the GigaStudio program directory (typicaly c:\Program Files\TASCAM\GigaStudio 4). Th e utility is designed to aid developers in migrating their content to the latest version of Giga technology. It can be run from a script file, facilitating batch processing of a large number of files.
  • Page 210 <string up 63 characters long> -company <string up 63 characters long> e.g. PerfUtility -convert d:\tascam\gig\MyFolder -comments "Giga 4 converted performance" -author "Joe Bibbo" -company "TASCAM" This will convert all the performance files in the specified folder to the latest version.

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