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.TH "wav2gig" "1" "30 Aug 2021" "libgig @VERSION@" "libgig tools" |
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.SH NAME |
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wav2gig \- Create GigaStudio (.gig) file from a set of WAV files. |
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.SH SYNOPSIS |
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.B wav2gig |
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[ OPTIONS ] GIG_FILE WAV_FILE_OR_DIR_1 [ WAV_FILE_OR_DIR_2 ... ] |
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.SH DESCRIPTION |
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Takes a list of wave (.wav) files and / or directories containing wave files as |
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argument(s) and creates one new GigaStudio / GigaSampler (.gig) file for those |
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samples. |
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The created GigaStudio (.gig) file will contain the given input samples. The |
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samples' meta information (as far as available) like root note |
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(a.k.a 'unity note'), fine tune, loop points, loop type and loop play count |
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are automatically extracted from the input wave (.wav) files and applied |
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accordingly. |
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Additionally this tool creates exactly one instrument inside the newly created |
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GigaStudio (.gig) file and tries to automatically map the samples in a |
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meaningful way to that instrument. As the wave (.wav) format currently does not |
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support many of the meta information required for this particular task, this |
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tool tries to guess the required information from the individual sample's name |
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for mapping the samples accordingly. See |
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.BR SAMPLE |
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.BR NAMES |
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below for details on the assumed naming scheme for input sample files and how |
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to override that default naming scheme by providing custom regular expression |
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patterns. |
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.SH OPTIONS |
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.TP |
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.B \ GIG_FILE |
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GigaStudio / GigaSampler (.gig) filename to be created |
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.TP |
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.B \ WAV_FILE_OR_DIR_1 |
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Filename or directory containing wave (.wav) file(s) |
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.TP |
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.B \ WAV_FILE_OR_DIR_2 |
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Filename or directory containing wave (.wav) file(s) |
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.TP |
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.B \ -r |
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Recurse through all subdirectories of provided input WAV directories. |
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.TP |
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.B \ -f |
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Overwrite output GigaStudio (.gig) file in case it already exists. |
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.TP |
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.B \ -v |
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Print version and exit. |
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.TP |
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.B \ --dry-run |
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Scan input sample (.wav) files, but exit before creating any .gig file. |
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.TP |
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.B \ --regex-name1 PATTERN |
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Regular expression for overriding the |
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.BR NAME1 |
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part of the input sample file name scheme. |
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Defaults to '^([^-]+) - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^.]+'. |
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.TP |
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.B \ --regex-name2 PATTERN |
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Regular expression for overriding the |
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.BR NAME2 |
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part of the input sample file name scheme. |
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Defaults to '^[^-]+ - ([^-]+) - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^.]+'. |
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.TP |
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.B \ --regex-velocity-nr PATTERN |
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Regular expression for overriding the |
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.BR VELOCITY_NR |
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part of the input sample file name scheme. |
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Defaults to '^[^-]+ - [^-]+ - ([^-]+) - [^-]+ - [^.]+'. |
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.TP |
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.B \ --regex-note-nr PATTERN |
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Regular expression for overriding the |
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.BR NOTE_NR |
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part of the input sample file name scheme. |
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Defaults to '^[^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - ([^-]+) - [^.]+'. |
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.TP |
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.B \ --regex-note-name PATTERN |
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Regular expression for overriding the |
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.BR NOTE_NAME |
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part of the input sample file name scheme. |
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Defaults to '^[^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - [^-]+ - ([^.]+)'. |
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.SH SAMPLE NAMES |
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By default this tool assumes the following input sample file naming scheme for |
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automatically mapping samples to regions on the keyboard, as well as mapping |
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them to velocity splits adequately: |
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.B 'NAME1 - NAME2 - VELOCITY_NR - NOTE_NR - NOTE_NAME.wav' |
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Which are interpreted in the following way: |
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.TP |
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.B \ NAME1 |
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Primary name of the sample (e.g. "Violin"). |
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This is not interpreted for sample mapping, but it will be used to assemble the |
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final sample name inside the GigaStudio (.gig) file. |
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You may use |
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.BR --regex-name1 |
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to override this part of the naming scheme. |
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.TP |
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.B \ NAME2 |
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Secondary name of the sample (e.g. "Cresc"). |
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This is currently ignored, but might be used in future. |
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You may use |
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.BR --regex-name2 |
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to override this part of the naming scheme. |
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.TP |
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.B \ VELOCITY_NR |
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MIDI Velocity number of the sample (e.g. "18"). |
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This informtion will be used to automatically create velocity splits. |
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You may use |
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.BR --regex-velocity-nr |
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to override this part of the naming scheme. |
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.TP |
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.B \ NOTE_NR |
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MIDI Note number of the sample (e.g. "021" for note a-1). |
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This informtion will be used to automatically map the sample to a region on the |
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keyboard. |
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You may use |
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.BR --regex-note-nr |
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to override this part of the naming scheme. |
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.TP |
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.B \ NOTE_NAME |
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Note name of the sample (e.g. "a-1"). |
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This is not interpreted for sample mapping, but it will be used to assemble the |
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final sample name inside the GigaStudio (.gig) file. |
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You may use |
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.BR --regex-note-name |
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to override this part of the naming scheme. |
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.SH "SEE ALSO" |
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.BR gig2mono(1), |
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.BR gigextract(1), |
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.BR gigdump(1), |
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.BR gigmerge(1) |
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.BR korg2gig(1) |
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.SH "BUGS" |
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Check and report bugs at http://bugs.linuxsampler.org |
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.SH "Author" |
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Application and manual page written by Christian Schoenebeck <cuse@users.sf.net> |