TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 121
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 dierent 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 aer 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.