User manual TASCAM GVI

[. . . ] Owner's Manual 091806 Copyright Information Copyright 2006 TEAC America, Inc. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means for any purpose other than the licensee's personal use without the express written permission of TEAC America, Inc. All information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of TEAC America, Inc. The software described in this manual is provided under the terms of a Software License Agreement. [. . . ] These instruments may be loaded or stacked into the MIDI mixer's individual channels using the MIDI Channel drop-down menus. When a GIG file is loaded that contains multiple instruments, all of the contained instruments are loaded into RAM, but only the first instrument is attached to the specified MIDI channel. GSI (GigaStudio Stacked Instrument) files can be either loaded or exported (saved) from within GVI using the MIDI Channel drop-down menus. GSI files are similar to GVI Presets in that they remember much of the GVI interface including loaded instruments, MIDI Mixer settings, audio routing, instrument specific editor tweaks, and GigaPulse tweaks. The main difference between a Preset and a GSI file is that the sampler is reset (cleared) when a Preset is loaded while a GSI file can be loaded into a session that already contains instrument assignments. GSI files can contain multiple instruments either loaded on separate MIDI channels or loaded on a single MIDI channel as a stacked instrument. GSI Files - 34 PRESETS - Preset files are loaded through the Global Load/Save Preset Menu located in the GVI File Management toolbar. Presets recall the entire state of GVI instance including loaded instruments, MIDI Mixer settings, QuickEdit adjustments, GigaPulse tweaks, audio routing, etc. When a preset is loaded, the sampler is first fully reset to its default state before the preset instruments and settings are recalled. *GSP (GigaStudio Performance) files are not compatible with GVI since those files reference multiple MIDI ports and the GigaStudio DSP Station Mixer, both of which are not present in GVI. Transferring configurations between GVI and GigaStudio is done via the GSI file format. 35 STACKING VS. LOADING In this picture, Channel 1 has loaded a stacked instrument with the default name of `Stacked Instrument ­ 0', which contains two stack members (single instruments), Melodica and Dallape Accordian. Channels 2, 3, and 4 each contain single instruments. There are two ways to add instruments to a channel in the MIDI mixer using the MIDI Channel drop-down menus. You can select which mode to use by clicking on a channel's drop-down menu. Loading an Instrument replaces anything currently loaded on a MIDI Mixer channel. The previous instruments are detached from the channel but not "unloaded" (see below). Stacking adds an Instrument to a MIDI mixer channel without detaching any currently loaded instrument(s). When more than one instrument is loaded on a single MIDI Mixer channel, a stacked instrument is created containing all of the currently loaded instruments (stack members). The "Stack" option is not available until at least one instrument is loaded on a MIDI mixer channel. 36 DETACHING VS. UNLOADING There are two ways to remove instruments from the MIDI mixer using the MIDI Channel drop-down menus. Detaching clears the Instrument from a MIDI mixer channel, but it remains loaded in memory (RAM). Therefore, it can be recalled by a program change either into the original channel to which it was assigned, or into an alternate channel. Unloading removes the Instrument from memory altogether. [. . . ] The currently selected instrument layer appears yellow while other layers appear light purple. The active (playable) keyboard range of each instrument can be modified using the triangular brackets located in the lower half of each instrument layers window. First select the instrument layer you wish to modify by clicking in its window, and then move the upper and lower boundary brackets to the desired range. Note regions on the stack that are beyond the range of the currently selected instrument layer will appear on the virtual keyboard with diagonal blue stripes. 58 TEMPLATE TOOLBAR Stack Properties templates store and recall all Stack Properties parameters minus the stack name. [. . . ]