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Tuning Adjust (cents). You can adjust the global tuning of the entire instrument in cent s over a
range of 7 octaves u p or down. Valu es between –50 and 50 are more li kely to be used. is is
handy for tuning instruments fr om dierent libraries to m atch each other. Enter a value from –
8400 to 8400.
• A quarter tone is 50 cents.
• A half step is 100 cents.
• A whole step is 200 cents.
• An octave is 1200 cents.
• 8400 cents is 7 octaves.
Pitch Bend (semitones). Sets the pitch bend range. Legal values are from 0 to 12 semitones.
Piano Release Mode. is checkbox is for Piano samples. On a real piano, you c an step on the
sustain pedal very quickly aer releasing the notes and you will still get some strings resonance.
is checkbox allows th e GigaStudio to emulate that when using pedal dow n samples. (Note that
this mode is for use only with piano libraries that use actual peda l down samples. It’s not n eeded
when the ambience is supplied by GigaPulse.)
First and Last Keyswitch Key. Sets the region of the keyboard which will be used for an y
Keyswitch dimensions in this instrument. Note that the keyswitch range appears in the Keyboard
window as a gray region (purple if a Keyswitch dimension is present) and can also be mov ed by
dragging its edges w ith the mouse.
Initialize these controllers on instrument load. Use this se ction to specify one or two M IDI
controllers to be s et to the value yo u specify whe never this instrum ent is loaded.
Audition sample. Shows the sample currentl y designated as the audition s ample for this
instrument. (e auditio n sample is played in the Qu ickSound Explorer when you high light this
instrument and press the Audition button.) To set the auditi on sample for the current instrument,
right-click on a sample in the sam ple list and choose Set as audition sample.
Dynamic Expression Filter. e second tab of the Instrum ent Properties dialog controls settings
for the Dynamic Ex pression Filter. ese set tings work in conjunction wi th the DEF coe cients
applied to individual regions with in the instrument. S ee page 168 for an explanatio n of these
settings.