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17                                       provide the necessary extensions for                                       provide the necessary extensions for
18                                       the Gigasampler file format.                                       the Gigasampler file format.
19    
20    Beside the actual library there are four example applications:    Despite its name, libgig also provides support for other sampler file
21      formats as well today:
22    
23      - SoundFont classes (SF.h, SF.cpp):  They provide support for the very popular
24                                           SoundFont v1 and v2 format (.sf2).
25    
26      - KORG classes (Korg.h, Korg.cpp):   Provides support for sample based sounds
27                                           used on many KORG synthesizer keyboards.
28    
29      - Akai classes (Akai.h):             Currently S1000, S01, S2000 and S3000
30                                           series are supported.
31    
32      Beside the actual library there are following example applications:
33    
34      gigdump:     Demo app that prints out the content of a .gig file.      gigdump:     Demo app that prints out the content of a .gig file.
35      gigextract:  Extracts samples from a .gig file.      gigextract:  Extracts samples from a .gig file.
36        gigmerge:    Merges several .gig files to one .gig file.
37        gig2mono:    Converts .gig files from stereo to mono.
38      dlsdump:     Demo app that prints out the content of a DLS file.      dlsdump:     Demo app that prints out the content of a DLS file.
39        korgdump:    Prints out the content of the various KORG file types.
40        korg2gig:    Convert KORG sound file to Gigasampler/GigaStudio format.
41      rifftree:    Tool that prints out the RIFF tree of an arbitrary RIFF      rifftree:    Tool that prints out the RIFF tree of an arbitrary RIFF
42                   file.                   file.
43        akaidump:    Dump an AKAI media i.e. from a CDROM drive as disk image file
44                     to your hard disk drive.
45        akaiextract: Extracts samples from an Akai disk image, either from a media
46                     (i.e. CDROM or Zip drive) for from a AKAI disk image file.
47    
48    Since version 3.0.0 libgig also provides write support, that is for    Since version 3.0.0 libgig also provides write support, that is for
49    creating modifying .gig, DLS and RIFF files.    creating modifying .gig, DLS and RIFF files.
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211    
212  License  License
213  =======  =======
214    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).
215    
216      libakai and its tools are released under the GNU Lesser General Public (LGPL).
217      Due to its different license model the Akai support part is built as separate
218      DLL (.so) file.
219    
220  API Documentation  API Documentation
221  =================  =================
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235    You might also try to run the "Test Cases" coming with libgig (see above),    You might also try to run the "Test Cases" coming with libgig (see above),
236    especially in case you are running on an odd system.    especially in case you are running on an odd system.
237    
238    Trademarks
239    ==========
240      Tascam, Gigasampler, GigaStudio, KORG, Trinity, Triton, OASYS, M3, Kronos
241      and Akai are trademarks of their respective owners.
242    
243  Credits  Credits
244  =======  =======
245    The initial library was based on the reverse engineering effort of    The initial library (Gigasampler part) was based on the reverse engineering
246    Paul Kellett and Ruben van Royen. We owe current support for the quite new    effort of Paul Kellett and Ruben van Royen. We owe current support for the
247    Gigasampler v3 format to Andreas Persson. Please also have a look at the    Gigasampler v3/v4 format to Andreas Persson. Please also have a look at the
248    ChangeLog for all those who contributed. Thanks to all of you for your    ChangeLog for all those who contributed.
249    great work!  
250      Akai support files are a ported version of Sébastien Métrot's libakai. The
251      original libakai only supported Mac and Windows. This forked version of
252      libakai now also supports Linux and other POSIX compliant operating systems
253      as well.
254    
255      Thanks to all of you for your great work!
256    
257   Christian Schoenebeck <cuse@users.sourceforge.net>   Christian Schoenebeck <cuse@users.sourceforge.net>
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