--- libgig/trunk/README 2014/05/10 02:06:58 2543 +++ libgig/trunk/README 2014/05/22 12:14:04 2572 @@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ - KORG classes (Korg.h, Korg.cpp): Provides support for sample based sounds used on many KORG synthesizer keyboards. + - Akai classes (Akai.h): Currently S1000, S01, S2000 and S3000 + series are supported. + Beside the actual library there are following example applications: gigdump: Demo app that prints out the content of a .gig file. @@ -37,6 +40,10 @@ korg2gig: Convert KORG sound file to Gigasampler/GigaStudio format. rifftree: Tool that prints out the RIFF tree of an arbitrary RIFF file. + akaidump: Dump an AKAI media i.e. from a CDROM drive as disk image file + to your hard disk drive. + akaiextract: Extracts samples from an Akai disk image, either from a media + (i.e. CDROM or Zip drive) for from a AKAI disk image file. Since version 3.0.0 libgig also provides write support, that is for creating modifying .gig, DLS and RIFF files. @@ -204,7 +211,11 @@ License ======= - libgig and its tools are released under the GNU General Public License. + libgig and its tools are released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). + + libakai and its tools are released under the GNU Lesser General Public (LGPL). + Due to its different license model the Akai support part is built as separate + DLL (.so) file. API Documentation ================= @@ -226,15 +237,21 @@ Trademarks ========== - Tascam, Gigasampler, GigaStudio, KORG, Trinity, Triton, OASYS, M3 and Kronos - are trademarks of their respective owners. + Tascam, Gigasampler, GigaStudio, KORG, Trinity, Triton, OASYS, M3, Kronos + and Akai are trademarks of their respective owners. Credits ======= The initial library (Gigasampler part) was based on the reverse engineering effort of Paul Kellett and Ruben van Royen. We owe current support for the - Gigasampler v3 format to Andreas Persson. Please also have a look at the - ChangeLog for all those who contributed. Thanks to all of you for your great - work! + Gigasampler v3/v4 format to Andreas Persson. Please also have a look at the + ChangeLog for all those who contributed. + + Akai support files are a ported version of Sébastien Métrot's libakai. The + original libakai only supported Mac and Windows. This forked version of + libakai now also supports Linux and other POSIX compliant operating systems + as well. + + Thanks to all of you for your great work! Christian Schoenebeck