User manual TASCAM GIGASTUDIO 4

[. . . ] TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INSTALLING GIGASTUDIO 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Windows Operating Systems Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 With Other Programs and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Removing a Previous Installation of GigaStudio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Installing GigaStudio 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Installing GigaStudio 4 Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 CHAPTER 2: USER INTERFACE BASICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Selecting MIDI Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] After establishing what seems like a decent loop, vary the Loop Start control and experiment whether moving the loop elsewhere in the file improves the loop quality. Remember, you can always click on Undo if the original loop position was better. Prepare to be frustrated at first, but the more you loop, the better you'll get at the process. GigaStudio 4 Reference Manual 112 CHAPTER 8: DSP STATION Once the MIDI Mixer contains instruments, the DSP Station comes into play. The DSP Station serves the same function in GigaStudio 4 that a mixer does in a traditional studio or DAW: Route, process, mix, and group audio. Furthermore, a GSIF 2 compatible audio interface allows routing external audio into the sound card inputs and from there, into GigaStudio 4's DSP Station. In fact, with this type of setup, the DSP Station can serve as a stand-alone digital mixer. DSP Station Tabs The DSP Station has four main signal routing sections: Inputs, Groups, Aux Returns, and Output Masters. Select these views via the tabs at the bottom of the DSP Station window. Input Tab The DSP Station can have from 2-128 inputs (which you can also consider as 1-64 stereo inputs). You can also add or remove DSP inputs by selecting Configuration > Mixer or by opening the Giga Configuration Manager from the Start menu. The default is 32 DSP inputs (16 stereo). GigaStudio 4 Reference Manual 113 Each DSP Station channel strip has an assigned number pair at the top that identifies the channel strip's input. Each DSP channel represents a stereo pair of inputs However, DSP channels can be "unlinked" for independent mixing control over the left and right signals. The DSP channel numerical labels are fixed, and cannot be changed. Inputs By default, the 16 MIDI Mixer channels of each port patch to the first 32 DSP Station inputs. The right-most side of each MIDI Mixer channel strip shows the DSP Station channel strip to which it is assigned. Example: A MIDI Mixer instrument output that says MX 1:2 means it's a stereo signal and goes to the DSP Station channels labeled '1, 2. ' MX 13:14 would also indicate a stereo signal, and this would go to the DSP Station channels labeled '13, 14. ' The assignments for the MIDI Mixer channel outputs are not fixed, and can be changed to feed any DSP Station input. In fact, more than one MIDI Mixer channel can feed the same DSP Station input. GigaStudio 4 Reference Manual 114 The field directly under the DSP Station channel number defaults to read "Giga, " which is an abbreviation for "GigaStudio Sampler" and indicates that that particular DSP channel is being fed by one or more MIDI Mixer channels. If you have a GSIF 2 compatible audio interface with one or more inputs enabled in the Giga Configuration Manager, then this field lets you select an audio interface input as the signal input to the DSP channel. This feature allows you to use the DSP Station as a stand-alone digital mixer, applying EQ, Dynamics, VST Effects or the rich room models of GigaPulse to any live input! Outputs The bottom of each DSP Station channel strip has a field for assigning that channel's output. The options are either the Output Master channels that connect directly to your hardware outputs, or the inputs to Group channels (described later). These assignments can be changed at any time. For example, if a channel output assignment says H1:2, then it's routed to the first available channel pair of your audio interface; if a channel output assignment says H3:4, then it's routed to the second available channel pair of your audio interface. The maximum number of hardware outputs available in the DSP Station is limited by the number of physical outputs your hardware has. However, you can change the number of available hardware outputs in the `Hardware' tab of the Configuration Manager or by selecting Configuration > Hardware from within GigaStudio (the number of output channels in the Hardware Adapter section). GigaStudio 4 Reference Manual 115 Note: In ReWire mode, the outputs go to either ReWire or Group inputs rather than hardware outputs. See the ReWire chapter for more details. Naming a Channel Strip Click on the field directly above the output field. The background turns yellow, and the name acquires a blue highlight. Type in a name, and hit your keyboard's Enter or Return key. [. . . ] Use the registry (see previous section) to open My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers Take note of the lines that say `midi', `midi1', `midi2', etc. If the gmidi4. dll is after the `midi10' line then there might be an issue with the Operating system, or with old drivers on your system. Go back to this registry setting, and find the first line with `midiX' = `wdmaud. drv'. It might be midi, midi1, midi2, but hopefully it is before midi10. [. . . ]