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Version 1.0.0 (2015-07-17) |
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With this release we added support for new GigaStudio 4 features, for |
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example there are now dialogs for editing some of the new so called |
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"iMIDI rules". These can be used i.e. to trigger notes by MIDI CC and to |
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define a set of legato samples. You may have heard that the GigaStudio |
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software has seen its last version with GigaStudio 4. Tascam officially |
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discontinued this product, its intellectual property has been sold several |
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times among companies and there is currently no way to buy a new copy of |
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GigaStudio anymore. However the GigaStudio format is still under active |
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development with gigedit and LinuxSampler. For the first time ever we added |
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our own extensions to the Giga format: one of it is major new feature |
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called "real-time instrument scripts", which allows to bundle small programs |
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with your .gig sounds, which extend the sampler with custom behavior for |
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specific sounds. You may know such kind of instrument scripts from |
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commercial software samplers. Find out more about this new feature on |
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http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Instrument_Scripts/. Another rather minor |
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extension to the Giga format is support for various other MIDI CCs which |
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were never supported by GigaStudio before. So you can now use any MIDI CC |
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for EG1 controller, EG2 controller and attenuation controller. Obviously all |
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those extensions will not work with any GigaStudio version, they only work |
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with a recent version of Gigedit and LinuxSampler. Gigedit will inform you |
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whenever you are using such kind of custom Giga format extension, so that you |
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are always aware in case your changes are not cross/backward compatible with |
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the GigaStudio software. A load of enhancements have been added to Gigedit |
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in the last six years: Until now you were only able to edit either exactly |
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one dimension region or all dimension regions simultaneously. With this |
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release you may now hold the Ctrl button and select a specific set of |
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dimension region zones in the dimension region selector area (on the very |
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bottom of the Gigedit window) with your mouse. All synthesis parameters you |
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then change, will all be applied to that precise set of dimension region |
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zones. Also managing dimensions have been improved: previously to change the |
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amount of zones of a dimension you had to delete and recreate the dimension. |
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Which was not just inconvenient, but you also had to redefine your synthesis |
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parameters from scratch. Now you can just open the dimension manager dialog |
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and increase or decrease the amount of zones of a dimension with few clicks. |
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Same applies to the dimension type: you may now simply open the dimension |
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manager dialog and alter the type of a dimension with few clicks. |
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When working on complex Giga sounds you certainly noticed that one could |
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easily get confused about which samples are exactly used by which instrument |
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or even whether a sample is actually used at all by any instrument or just |
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left orphaned and wasting disk space. This was also due to the fact that the |
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Giga format does not require unique names for samples. We have worked on |
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resolving this usability issue. In the sample list view you can now read the |
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amount of times a sample is referenced by instruments of your .gig file. If a |
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sample is not used at all, then it will be shown in striking red color in |
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the sample list view. You may also right click on a sample and select |
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"Show references...", a new window appears on your screen which will show you |
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where exactly that particular sample is used by, that is which by which |
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instruments and by which regions of those instruments. Also the other way |
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around has been addressed: when you now edit the synthesis parameters of a |
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particular dimension region, you may now click on the new "<- Select Sample" |
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button and Gigedit automatically selects and displays the respective sample |
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in the samples list view, which you may then might rename to some more |
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appropriate sample name, or you might check by which other instrument(s) that |
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sample is used by, etc. You may now also remove the current sample reference |
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from individual dimension regions (assigning a so called "NULL" sample) by |
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clicking on the new "X" button next the sample reference field on the |
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"Sample" tab of a dimension region; this allows you to define "silent cases", |
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that is a case where no sample should be played at all, for example this is |
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often used for very low velocity ranges of i.e. between 0 and 6. If you are |
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working on .gig files with a large amount of Instruments, then you might also |
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be glad to know that you can finally also re-order the instruments of a file |
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by simply dragging the instruments around in the instruments list view. |
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Another handy new feature for sound designers is the new "Combine" tool, |
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which you can reach from the main menu. It allows you to select two ore more |
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instruments (by holding down the Ctrl key while selecting with mouse click) |
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from your currently open Giga file and combine those selected instruments to |
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a new instrument. This way you may for example create stunning layered |
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sounds, or you may create velocity splits, crossfade sounds by MIDI |
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controller and much more, all with just a few clicks. This may sound like a |
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trivial task, but if you have worked on this before, you certainly noticed |
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that this was often a very time consuming and error prone task before, |
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especially with complex individual sounds which had custom region ranges, |
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custom velocity splits and much more exotic stuff to take care of. The |
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combine tool handles all such cases for you automatically. |
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Last but not least, the interaction of Gigedit with LinuxSampler (in so |
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called "live mode") had been improved: When you click on the "Edit" button of |
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a channel strip in QSampler or Fantasia, Gigedit will be launched with the |
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respective instrument automatically being selected. Vice versa you may now |
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also just select another instrument with Gigedit's instrument list view and |
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LinuxSampler will automatically load and play that instrument on the |
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respective sampler part for you. So no more need to switch between the |
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Gigedit window and QSampler/Fantasia window all the time while working on |
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your sounds. |
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Version 0.2.0 (2009-07-31) |
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When gigedit is running as a plugin in LinuxSampler the gigedit |
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keyboard may now be used to trigger notes. The settings in the file |
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properties window are now editable. A new function for replacing all |
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samples is added. Otherwise this is mostly a bug fix release, and |
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upgrading gigedit and libgig is strongly recommended, as previous |
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versions had bugs that may cause edited gig files to be corrupted. |
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Version 0.1.1 (2007-12-06) |
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Parameter edits can now be applied to multiple regions and dimension |
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regions simultaneously - three checkboxes were added that select if |
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changes apply to all regions and/or all dimension regions. |
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Version 0.1.0 (2007-10-15) |
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Many fixes have been made to make sure that the gig files created by |
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gigedit are working properly in LinuxSampler and GigaStudio. Gigedit |
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can now be run as a LinuxSampler plugin, allowing live editing of |
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loaded instruments. Sample loop parameters and instrument global |
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properties can now be edited. 24 bit samples can be imported. A |
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quick-start document has been added. Lots of other minor fixes and |
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improvements have been done. |
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Version 0.0.3 (2007-03-24) |
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First version of gigedit. The program is renamed from gigview to |
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gigedit as it is now an editor, not just a viewer. Basic support for |
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both editing existing gig files and creating new ones from scratch |
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is provided. |
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Version 0.0.2 (2006-11-05) |
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Quick fix for a thread initialization problem. |
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Version 0.0.1 (2006-11-05) |
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First version of gigview. |