Tascam 4 User Manuals

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 file from the Instrument Editor

  8
• Loading a .GIG file 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: Th 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 file

  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
• Th e Bank/Instrument Window

  114
• Th e Sample Window

  122
• Th e Region Window

  130
• Th e 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
• Editing in the Region Window

  172
• Drag Modes

  173
• Changing the Vertical Resolution

  175
• Chapter 10: Macros

  177
• Saving Macros

  177
• Applying Macros

  179
• Copying Macros to other machines

  179
• Editing Macros

  180
• Chapter 11: Intelligent MIDI (iMIDI) Rules

  181
• iMIDI Rules in GigaStudio

  181
• iMIDI Rules in the Instrument Editor

  182
• Using the iMIDI Rule Manager

  183
• Th e Transpose Rule

  184
• Th e MIDI Filter Rule

  185
• Th e Legato Mode Rule

  185
• Th e Repetition Mode Rule

  188
• Th e Pattern Alternator Rule

  188
• Th e Controller Trigger Rule

  192
• Th e 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