TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 13
Chapter 2: Creating a Giga Instrument Giga instruments can range from the very simple (an instrument can be made from a single sample) to the
extremely complex. In a ny case, the general pro cedure for creating a n instrument consists of the same basic
steps:
1. Create a new, empty le in the Gi ga Editor.
2. Import the samples your instrument will use. Sam ples are import ed from individ ual .wav les . e
editor will bundle the samples into th e .gig le with the instr ument when you save your work.
3. Create the regions on th e keyboard to whic h your samples will be mapped. A region spans one or
more contiguous notes.
4. Dene dimensions and their splits in the keyboard regions. is is optional, but without dimensions
a region can play back only a si ngle sample. Much of the power of the Giga instrum ent design
derives from the fact that many samples (currently up to 256) can be mapped to a single region,
while MIDI control and intellig ent MIDI rules determine wh ich of those samples will so und at any
given moment.
5. Map your samples into the regions you have created.
In practice, the last three steps are oen combined into a single action. For exam ple, dragging and
dropping a group of samples into the Region Window can a utomatically create a region for each sample,
while simultaneously mapping the samples to the regions. Dropping a second set of samples into the
Velocity Window can automatically create a velocity split in each region, while mapping the new samples to
the upper or lower port ion of the velocity range. For more complex instrume nts, the Instrument Wiza rd
can be used to create multidimensi onal instruments and map m any sets of samples in a si ngle operation.
For the sake of illustration, this ch apter focuses on the simpl er and frankly more tedious w ays to assemble a
Giga instrument. A s you gain familia rity with the Ed itor, you’ll lea rn how to perform many of these tasks
in much more ecient ways.