Rearrange wave pool for best fit. When this box is checked, the Editor will try to match the maximum file size as closely as possible. That is, if the maximum size is 2 GB, the Editor will try to find just the right combination of samples to make each file as large as possible without exceeding the 2 GB limit. You may wish to turn this option on when rendering a final version of your instrument for distribution, because it results in the smallest possible number of output files. However, this option can make saving a very slow process. You will probably want to leave it off during development, when you are making frequent changes to the wave pool and the exact file sizes are not important.

Keep all waves in extension files. When this box is checked, the Editor will always save to at least two files. The main .gig file will contain only the instrument definitions and articulations, while any samples are shifted to the .gx01 (and other extension files 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. Once you have imported all the samples your instrument will use, the wave pool will probably change only rarely, while you continue to make fine adjustments to the instruments. By placing the instrument definitions in a file of their own, the Editor is relieved of the need to save the entire wave pool, even if you make major changes such as adding or deleting new instruments, regions, and dimensions.

Save Limited: [Alt] + [F] + [L]

This is identical to the Save As option, except that the editor will discard all samples that are not mapped to at least one region. Use this option to minimize the size of the output file, but be aware that the discarded samples cannot be recovered.

Merge File… [Alt] + [F] + [M]

This command is only available when a .gig file is already open in the Editor. It allows you to select one or more additional .gig files whose contents will be merged into the current file. All of the instruments from the new file(s) will be added to the current file, with their bank and patch numbers modified if necessary to avoid conflicts. Samples from the new file will also be added to the current file. The Editor compares each sample in the new file with the existing wave pool and removes duplicate samples, remapping instruments as necessary to use the existing copies.

Load Articulation… [Alt] + [F] + [R]

Opens a Giga Articulation file and applies it to the current .gig file.

An articulation file (with the extension .art) contains a set of complete instrument definitions, but no samples. When you load it, the instrument definitions in the current file are replaced by the instruments in the .art file. The original samples remain in place, remapped to the new instruments. For this process to work, of course, the .art file has to have been prepared using the same set of samples as the file you apply it to.

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4 specifications

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