100 TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual
Rearrange wave pool for best t. When this box is checked, the Editor will try to match the maximum le
size as closely as possible. at is, if the maximum size is 2 GB, the Editor wil l try to nd just the right
combination of samples to make each le as large as possib le without exceeding the 2 GB limit. You may
wish to turn this option on whe n rendering a nal versi on of your instrument fo r distribution, because it
results in the smallest possible numb er of output les. How ever, this option can make s aving a very slow
process. You will probably want to leave it o d uring developm ent, when you a re making freq uent changes
to the wave pool and the exact le sizes are not important.
Keep all waves in extension les. When this box is checked, the Editor will always save to at least two les.
e main .gig le will contain only the instrum ent denitions and arti culations, while any samples are
shied to the .gx01 (and o ther extension l es as necessary).
Why would you use this option? One reason is that it can greatly reduce the time it takes to save your work
during editing. Onc e you have impo rted all the sam ples your instru ment will use, t he wave pool wi ll
probably change only rarely, whil e you continue to make ne adjustments to the inst ruments. By placing
the instrument de nitions in a le of their ow n, the Editor is relieved of the need to save th e entire wave
pool, even if you make major cha nges such as adding or d eleting new instruments, regi ons, and
dimensions.
Save Limited: [Alt] + [F] + [L]
is is identical to the S ave As option, except that t he editor will discard all sam ples that are not mapped to
at least one region. Use this option to minimize the size of the output le, but be aware that the discarded
samples cannot be r ecovered.
Merge File… [Alt] + [F] + [M]
is command is only ava ilable when a .gig le i s already open in the Edito r. It allows you to select o ne or
more additional .gig les whose contents will be merged into the current le. All of the instruments from
the new le(s) will be added to the current le, with their bank and patch numbers modied if necessary to
avoid conicts. Samples from the new le will also be add ed to the current le. e Editor compares eac h
sample in the new le with the existing wave pool and removes duplicate sampl es, remapping instruments
as necessary to use the existing copies.
Load Articulation… [Alt] + [F] + [R]
Opens a Giga Articulation l e and applies it to the curre nt .gig le.
An articulation le (with the extension .art) contains a set of complete instrument denitions, but no
samples. When you load it, the inst rument denitions in th e current le are replac ed by the instruments in
the .art le. e or iginal samples remain in place, remapped to the n ew instruments. For this process to
work, of course, the .art le h as to have been prepared usi ng the same set of samples a s the le you apply it
to.