TASCAM GigaEditor 4 Manual 99
Physically, Giga instrument les are limited to 2 GB i n size, but Giga instrum ents can be much larger th an
this because they can span multiple les. You don’t need to be concerned with the 2 GB limit when
working in the Editor, because when you save your work the Editor will automatically divide it into
multiple les as necessary. Wh en Giga spans les in this w ay, the rst le wi ll have the usual .gig extensio n,
while subsequent les are given the extensions .gx01, .gx02, etc. All of the les in the set will have the same
name and reside in the same dire ctory. For example, if you s ave a 5 GB instrument to a le called
“Violin.gig” you’ll normally nd that the editor has created three les:
C:\MyGigs\Violin.gig
C:\MyGigs\Violin.gx01
C:\MyGigs\Violin.gx02
To open this le set, just open Violin.gig as you normally would. When you open Violin.gig, the
“extension” les will automatica lly be opened a long with it.
e Save As dialog contains several o ptions that control the creation of extension les:
Maximum le size. is is the absolute maximum size, in megabytes, of any single output le. It applies
to the main .gig le and also to any extension les. e default is a shade und er 2 GB, but you can enter a
lower value if you need to. For example, suppose you have a 1 GB instrument that you'd l ike to distribute
on a pair of CDs (because a 1 GB le is too large for a single CD). By ente ring a maximum le size of 500
MB or so, you can save your instrum ent as a pair of les, eac h small enough to t on a CD.
You'll notice that the actual le sizes are usually a bit less t han the maximum you specify . is is because
the le sizes are adjusted a bit t o avoid splitting instruments or samples across le bou ndaries.