Tascam GigaStudio 3.04 Known Issues

TASCAM GigaStudio 3.04 Known Issues

Following are known issues at the time of GigaStudio 3.04 shipping that you may run into:

GigaStudio 3 Application

•GS2 and GS3 cannot be installed on the same machine.

•The GS3 performance file contains many new parameters not found in GS2. If you open any GS2 performances in GS3, save the GS3 versions separately – do not overwrite the GS2 versions unless you have them backed up.

•Performance files do not restore correctly when saved while a DSP Station channel is solo’d. Clear all solos before saving a performance.

•DSP Station Insert FX must be added/re- moved in order – it is only possible to remove the most recently loaded FX.

•DSP Station Dynamics & EQ channel strip FX produce a small click when enabled/dis- abled and their settings are modifying the signal’s gain.

•If a stacked instrument .gsi file is loaded that contains instruments that are already loaded, they will be in the wrong stack or- der.

•GSI performances built when the entire Giga- Piano-II .gig file is loaded, load with extra instances of GigaPulse. The workaround is to load the individual instrument from within the GigaPiano-II .gig file and build your .gsi performance from that.

•In order for the correct sound to always be heard on FX coupled instruments (GigaPulse encoded instruments), the ability to bypass FX in the MIDI Mixer is currently disabled. This is in contradiction to the FX button behavior noted in the GS3 Manual.

•Do not use“Save as…”on a GigaPulse encoded instrument from the GigaStudio Instrument Editor. Doing so may cause the instrument to be unplayable.

•You may notice that the MIDI Mixer meters stick on when GigaPiano-II is loaded but not being played. GigaPiano-II has a sample that is triggered for damper OFF (D#8) and a different one for damper ON (D8). It only sends the note off for the opposite sample when the damper is pressed or released, so effectively there is always a note ON.

•DSP Station channel strip dynamics are not available on non-SSE processors.

•DSP Station channel strip EQs are not avail- able on non-SSE processors.

•Do not change hardware buffer settings while GigaStudio is playing audio. Doing so may crash GigaStudio.

•Sometimes instruments within a Gig file appear in the wrong order. The workaround is to rebuild the QuickSound database.

•If convolution encoded instrument is copied onto a GS3 system without its associated

.gx99 file, a “No Banks Found” error mes- sage will be displayed upon loading the instrument. Always be sure to keep .gx99 files together with their .gig files.

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