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.TH "wav2gig" "1" "30 Aug 2021" "libgig @VERSION@" "libgig tools"
.SH NAME
wav2gig \- Create GigaStudio (.gig) file from a set of WAV files.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B wav2gig
[ OPTIONS ] GIG_FILE WAV_FILE_OR_DIR_1 [ WAV_FILE_OR_DIR_2 ... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Takes a list of wave (.wav) files and / or directories containing wave files as
argument(s) and creates one new GigaStudio / GigaSampler (.gig) file for those
samples.

The created GigaStudio (.gig) file will contain the given input samples. The
samples' meta information (as far as available) like root note
(a.k.a 'unity note'), fine tune, loop points, loop type and loop play count
are automatically extracted from the input wave (.wav) files and applied
accordingly.

Additionally this tool creates exactly one instrument inside the newly created
GigaStudio (.gig) file and tries to automatically map the samples in a
meaningful way to that instrument. As the wave (.wav) format currently does not
support many of the meta information required for this particular task, this
tool tries to guess the required information from the individual sample's name
for mapping the samples accordingly. See
.BR SAMPLE
.BR NAMES
below for details on the assumed naming scheme for input sample files and how
to override that default naming scheme by providing custom regular expression
patterns.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \ GIG_FILE
GigaStudio / GigaSampler (.gig) filename to be created
.TP
.B \ WAV_FILE_OR_DIR_1
Filename or directory containing wave (.wav) file(s)
.TP
.B \ WAV_FILE_OR_DIR_2
Filename or directory containing wave (.wav) file(s)
.TP
.B \ -r
Recurse through all subdirectories of provided input WAV directories.
.TP
.B \ -f
Overwrite output GigaStudio (.gig) file in case it already exists.
.TP
.B \ -v
Print version and exit.
.TP
.B \ --regex-name1 PATTERN
Regular expression for overriding the
.BR NAME1
part of the input sample file name scheme.

Defaults to '^([^-]+) - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^.]+'.

.TP
.B \ --regex-name2 PATTERN
Regular expression for overriding the
.BR NAME2
part of the input sample file name scheme.

Defaults to '^[^-]+ - ([^-]+) - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^.]+'.

.TP
.B \ --regex-velocity-nr PATTERN
Regular expression for overriding the
.BR VELOCITY_NR
part of the input sample file name scheme.

Defaults to '^[^-]+ - [^-]+ - ([^-]+) - [^-]+ - [^.]+'.

.TP
.B \ --regex-note-nr PATTERN
Regular expression for overriding the
.BR NOTE_NR
part of the input sample file name scheme.

Defaults to '^[^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - ([^-]+) - [^.]+'.

.TP
.B \ --regex-note-name PATTERN
Regular expression for overriding the
.BR NOTE_NAME
part of the input sample file name scheme.

Defaults to '^[^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - ([^.]+)'.

.SH SAMPLE NAMES
By default this tool assumes the following input sample file naming scheme for
automatically mapping samples to regions on the keyboard, as well as mapping
them to velocity splits adequately:

.B 'NAME1 - NAME2 - VELOCITY_NR - NOTE_NR - NOTE_NAME.wav'

Which are interpreted in the following way:

.TP
.B \ NAME1
Primary name of the sample (e.g. "Violin").

This is not interpreted for sample mapping, but it will be used to assemble the
final sample name inside the GigaStudio (.gig) file.

You may use
.BR --regex-name1
to override this part of the naming scheme.

.TP
.B \ NAME2
Secondary name of the sample (e.g. "Cresc").

This is currently ignored, but might be used in future.

You may use
.BR --regex-name2
to override this part of the naming scheme.

.TP
.B \ VELOCITY_NR
MIDI Velocity number of the sample (e.g. "18").

This informtion will be used to automatically create velocity splits.

You may use
.BR --regex-velocity-nr
to override this part of the naming scheme.

.TP
.B \ NOTE_NR
MIDI Note number of the sample (e.g. "021" for note a-1).

This informtion will be used to automatically map the sample to a region on the
keyboard.

You may use
.BR --regex-note-nr
to override this part of the naming scheme.

.TP
.B \ NOTE_NAME
Note name of the sample (e.g. "a-1").

This is not interpreted for sample mapping, but it will be used to assemble the
final sample name inside the GigaStudio (.gig) file.

You may use
.BR --regex-note-name
to override this part of the naming scheme.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR gig2mono(1),
.BR gigextract(1),
.BR gigdump(1),
.BR gigmerge(1)
.BR korg2gig(1)

.SH "BUGS"
Check and report bugs at http://bugs.linuxsampler.org
.SH "Author"
Application and manual page written by Christian Schoenebeck <cuse@users.sf.net>
1	schoenebeck	3990	.TH "wav2gig" "1" "30 Aug 2021" "libgig @VERSION@" "libgig tools"
2	schoenebeck	3980	.SH NAME
3			wav2gig \- Create GigaStudio (.gig) file from a set of WAV files.
4			.SH SYNOPSIS
5			.B wav2gig
6			[ OPTIONS ] GIG_FILE WAV_FILE_OR_DIR_1 [ WAV_FILE_OR_DIR_2 ... ]
7			.SH DESCRIPTION
8			Takes a list of wave (.wav) files and / or directories containing wave files as
9			argument(s) and creates one new GigaStudio / GigaSampler (.gig) file for those
10			samples.
11
12			The created GigaStudio (.gig) file will contain the given input samples. The
13	schoenebeck	3990	samples' meta information (as far as available) like root note
14			(a.k.a 'unity note'), fine tune, loop points, loop type and loop play count
15			are automatically extracted from the input wave (.wav) files and applied
16			accordingly.
17	schoenebeck	3980
18			Additionally this tool creates exactly one instrument inside the newly created
19			GigaStudio (.gig) file and tries to automatically map the samples in a
20			meaningful way to that instrument. As the wave (.wav) format currently does not
21			support many of the meta information required for this particular task, this
22			tool tries to guess the required information from the individual sample's name
23			for mapping the samples accordingly. See
24			.BR SAMPLE
25			.BR NAMES
26	schoenebeck	3990	below for details on the assumed naming scheme for input sample files and how
27			to override that default naming scheme by providing custom regular expression
28			patterns.
29	schoenebeck	3980
30			.SH OPTIONS
31			.TP
32			.B \ GIG_FILE
33			GigaStudio / GigaSampler (.gig) filename to be created
34			.TP
35			.B \ WAV_FILE_OR_DIR_1
36			Filename or directory containing wave (.wav) file(s)
37			.TP
38			.B \ WAV_FILE_OR_DIR_2
39			Filename or directory containing wave (.wav) file(s)
40			.TP
41			.B \ -r
42			Recurse through all subdirectories of provided input WAV directories.
43			.TP
44			.B \ -f
45			Overwrite output GigaStudio (.gig) file in case it already exists.
46			.TP
47			.B \ -v
48			Print version and exit.
49	schoenebeck	3990	.TP
50			.B \ --regex-name1 PATTERN
51			Regular expression for overriding the
52			.BR NAME1
53			part of the input sample file name scheme.
54	schoenebeck	3980
55	schoenebeck	3990	Defaults to '^([^-]+) - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^.]+'.
56
57			.TP
58			.B \ --regex-name2 PATTERN
59			Regular expression for overriding the
60			.BR NAME2
61			part of the input sample file name scheme.
62
63			Defaults to '^[^-]+ - ([^-]+) - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^.]+'.
64
65			.TP
66			.B \ --regex-velocity-nr PATTERN
67			Regular expression for overriding the
68			.BR VELOCITY_NR
69			part of the input sample file name scheme.
70
71			Defaults to '^[^-]+ - [^-]+ - ([^-]+) - [^-]+ - [^.]+'.
72
73			.TP
74			.B \ --regex-note-nr PATTERN
75			Regular expression for overriding the
76			.BR NOTE_NR
77			part of the input sample file name scheme.
78
79			Defaults to '^[^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - ([^-]+) - [^.]+'.
80
81			.TP
82			.B \ --regex-note-name PATTERN
83			Regular expression for overriding the
84			.BR NOTE_NAME
85			part of the input sample file name scheme.
86
87			Defaults to '^[^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - ([^.]+)'.
88
89	schoenebeck	3980	.SH SAMPLE NAMES
90	schoenebeck	3990	By default this tool assumes the following input sample file naming scheme for
91			automatically mapping samples to regions on the keyboard, as well as mapping
92			them to velocity splits adequately:
93	schoenebeck	3980
94	schoenebeck	3990	.B 'NAME1 - NAME2 - VELOCITY_NR - NOTE_NR - NOTE_NAME.wav'
95	schoenebeck	3980
96			Which are interpreted in the following way:
97
98			.TP
99			.B \ NAME1
100			Primary name of the sample (e.g. "Violin").
101
102			This is not interpreted for sample mapping, but it will be used to assemble the
103			final sample name inside the GigaStudio (.gig) file.
104
105	schoenebeck	3990	You may use
106			.BR --regex-name1
107			to override this part of the naming scheme.
108
109	schoenebeck	3980	.TP
110			.B \ NAME2
111			Secondary name of the sample (e.g. "Cresc").
112
113			This is currently ignored, but might be used in future.
114
115	schoenebeck	3990	You may use
116			.BR --regex-name2
117			to override this part of the naming scheme.
118
119	schoenebeck	3980	.TP
120			.B \ VELOCITY_NR
121			MIDI Velocity number of the sample (e.g. "18").
122
123			This informtion will be used to automatically create velocity splits.
124
125	schoenebeck	3990	You may use
126			.BR --regex-velocity-nr
127			to override this part of the naming scheme.
128
129	schoenebeck	3980	.TP
130			.B \ NOTE_NR
131			MIDI Note number of the sample (e.g. "021" for note a-1).
132
133			This informtion will be used to automatically map the sample to a region on the
134			keyboard.
135
136	schoenebeck	3990	You may use
137			.BR --regex-note-nr
138			to override this part of the naming scheme.
139
140	schoenebeck	3980	.TP
141			.B \ NOTE_NAME
142			Note name of the sample (e.g. "a-1").
143
144			This is not interpreted for sample mapping, but it will be used to assemble the
145			final sample name inside the GigaStudio (.gig) file.
146
147	schoenebeck	3990	You may use
148			.BR --regex-note-name
149			to override this part of the naming scheme.
150
151	schoenebeck	3980	.SH "SEE ALSO"
152			.BR gig2mono(1),
153			.BR gigextract(1),
154			.BR gigdump(1),
155			.BR gigmerge(1)
156			.BR korg2gig(1)
157
158			.SH "BUGS"
159			Check and report bugs at http://bugs.linuxsampler.org
160			.SH "Author"
161			Application and manual page written by Christian Schoenebeck <cuse@users.sf.net>