Teac GigaStudio 3 User Manual

TASCAM GigaStudio 3.0 User’s Manual

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Table of Contents

System Requirements 9

GigaStudio Orchestra 3.0 9 GigaStudio Ensemble 3.0 10

GigaStudio Solo 3.0 11

Preparing Your Windows System to Install GigaStudio 3.0 13

GigaStudio 3.0 Software with Windows XP 13 Settings & Requirement 13

Additional Notes 13 Dual Boot Systems 14 DMA Mode Enabled Instructions — Windows XP 14 Removing a Previous GigaStudio Installation – Windows Method 15 Installing GigaStudio 3.0 17 Recommendations 18 Registering GigaStudio 3.0 20 Step-by-Step Review 25 Getting Help 25

Automated Systems 26 Contact TASCAM Registration Support 26 Contact TASCAM Technical Support 26 TASCAM Direct Contact Information 26

User Interface Essentials 27

Selecting Components 27 Resizing Components 28 Floating Components 29 Fader, Knob, & Slider Adjustments 30

GigaStudio 3.0 Conguration Manager 33

First Time Startup Procedure 33 Bounce To Disk 36 Synthesizer Engine Settings 37 Mixer/Disk Engine 38 Hardware 38 ReWire/Plugins 39 Convolution/Modeling 40 Trouble Shoot 40

GigaStudio 3.0 Settings 41

Starting GigaStudio 41 The GigaStudio Settings Manager 41

General Settings 41 Performance/Instrument Loading 43 QuickSound 44

Search Mode 44 Search Properties 44 Results Properties 44 Result Window’s Reset Conguration 44 QuickSound Database Properties 45

Akai Convertor 45

Tutorial 1 - Introducing QuickSound 49

Finding, Loading, & Playing Instruments 49

Finding Instruments 51 Auditioning Instrument 55 Loading Instruments 55

Playing Instruments 58

Tutorial 2 - Working With Performances 61

Custom Default Performance 61 Performance Load/Reset Options 63 Stacking Instruments 65 Linking Ports 67 Step-by-Step Review 67

Tutorial 3 - Routing Audio in the DSP Station 69

Inputs & Groups 69 Aux Busses 74 Groups 78 Step-by-Step Review 78

Tutorial 4 - ReWiring GigaStudio 81

Conguring GigaStudio for ReWire 81 Conguring Multiple Rewire Output Channels 83 Rendering ReWire Tracks to Audio Files 84 How to ReWire GigaStudio 3.0 with Live 2 or Live 3 85 How to ReWire GigaStudio 3.0 with Acid 4.0 85 How To ReWire GigaStudio with Cubase SX 86 How To ReWire GigaStudio 3.0 with Nuendo 87 How To ReWire GigaStudio 3.0 with Pro Tools 88 How To ReWire GigaStudio 3.0 with Sonar 90

Tutorial 5 - QuickEdit 93

Making QuickEdits 98 Step-by-Step Review 100

Tutorial 6 - MIDI Control 101

About MIDI Control 101 MIDI Mixer: Both Control & Controller 101 DSP Station 102 Step-by-Step Review 107

Tutorial 7 - Intelligent MIDI 109

Adding, Initializing and Editing iMIDI Rules 110 iMIDI Rule Usage 111 Transpose Keyboard 111 Filter MIDI 111 Legato Mode Rule 114

Examples 114 Legato Mode Control Panel 116

Saving the Settings 117 Mapping & Creating a Legato Mode Instrument 118

Pattern Alternator 121

Playing & Editing the Patterns 121 Opening the Pattern Alternator window 121

Controller Trigger 128 Release Trigger with Tracking 131 The Rule Builder 132

Design a Custom Filter 133

Add New Filter 134 Modify Existing Filter 134 Filter List 135 MIDI Activity Window 135

Tutorial 8 - Audio Capture Tool 137

Simple Capture Example 139 Step-By-Step Review 140

Tutorial 9 - Distributed Wave 141

Creating a Distributed Wave Instrument 143 Multi-Track Capture and Distributed Wave 145 Step-by-Step Review 146

Menus 147

File Menu 147 View Menu 149 Capture Menu 150 Help Menu 151

Tool Bars 153

Quick Launch 153

Capture 154 Audio Engine 154

Status Bar 157 MIDI Mixer 161

MIDI Port Navigation 161 Loader Channel Menu 162 Stacked Instruments 163 Control Sliders 164

QuickEdit 167

Articulation 168 Envelope Parameters 168 Envelopes 1 (amplitude) & 2 (lter) 169 Envelope 3 170 Attack (sec) 170 EG1 & 2 Modulators 171 Filter 171 LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) 176 Dimensions 177

Dimensions Overview 177 Stereo Split 177 Velocity Splits 177 Sustain Pedal 177 MIDI Controllers 177 Layers 178 Key-Switch 178 Round Robin & Random 178 Smart MIDI 178

Wave Audio View 178 Keyboard View 179

QuickSound 183

Search Field 183 Tool Bar 184 Drive and Folder Tree View 185 Instrument List View 186 Loaded Instrument View 186

Virtual Keyboard 187

Display Options 187 Application Options 187

Distributed Wave 189

Distributed Wave Instrument 189

Audition Panel 189 Keyboard Display 191 Recent Wave Captures 191 Activation Buttons 193

DSP Station Input Channels 193

Narrow/Wide Views 193 Source Input Selection 193 Mute/Solo Function 194 Pan Mode Select 194 Fader Mode (Link Status) 194 Insert Assign Slots 195 Pre Fader Mode 196 Aux Sends 196 Link Status 196 Dynamics 197 Equalizer 198

DSP Station Group Channels 203

Narrow/Wide Views 203 Activation Buttons 203 Source Input Selection 203 Mute/Solo Function 204 Pan Mode Select 204 Fader Mode (Link Status) 204 Insert Assign Slots 205 Pre Fader Mode 206 Aux Sends 206 Link Status 206 On (bypass) 206 Dynamics 207 Equalizer 208

DSP Station Aux Busses 213

Narrow/Wide Views 213 Source Input Selection 213 Insert Activation Button 213 Fader Mode (Link Status) 214 Insert Assign Slots 214

DSP Station Output Masters 217

Narrow/Wide Views 217 Source Input Selection 217

Record Arm Button 217 Fader Mode (Link Status) 218 Channel Output Selection 218 Channel Output Menu (ReWire mode) 218

NFX-1 Reverb 219 NFX-2 Chorus 229 NFX-3 Delay 239 NFX-4 EQ Contour 249 GigaPulse Pro 257 Appendix A - GigaPiano II 277

GPII Design Notes 279

Appendix B - QuickSound 283

Tips and Examples 283

Keyword searching and Tips. 283 Search Criteria 283 Word context 285 Numbers and single characters 285 Playing 286 File Types 286 AutoComplete Mode 287 How Keywords Work 287 Parentheses 288 Case Insensitive 288 Keyword Tips 288 Excluded Terms 289 Ignored Common Words 289 Control Words Ignored as Keywords 289 Rules 291

Appendix C - ReWire 293

Launching and setting up 293 MIDI via ReWire with GigaStudio 293 Recording the Audio via ReWire Channels in the Mixer Application 294 Capture to Wave not Possible in GigaStudio 3.0 ReWire Mode 294 ReWire and VST Instruments (VSTi) 294

Appendix D - Keystrokes 295

Index 297

System Requirements

GigaStudio Orchestra 3.0

Minimum required for GigaStudio to run:

Windows XP SP1 Pentium IV 1.7 GHz Processor or AMD 2100 XP 512 MB RAM Monitor Resolution 1024 x 768 Application Hard Drive Space 100MB MIDI Interface Either: GSIF compatible sound card or ReWire compatible host application

*SSE compatible processors required for GigaPulse

Recommended

Windows XP SP1 Pentium IV 2.8GHz Processor or AMD 3200 XP Processor 1GB RAM Monitor Resolution 1024 x 768 Application Hard Drive Space: 1GB Dedicated Sample Drive with many free GIGS of sample storage space: 7200RPM,

8MB Cache, 8.9 ms Seek time

MIDI Interface Either: GSIF compatible sound card or ReWire compatible host application

*SSE compatible processors required for GigaPulse

System Requirements

GigaStudio Ensemble 3.0

Minimum required for GigaStudio to run:

Windows XP SP1

Pentium III 1 GB Processor or

AMD 1500 XP

512 MB RAM

Monitor Resolution 1024 x 768

Application Hard Drive Space 100MB

MIDI Interface

Either:

GSIF compatible sound card or

ReWire compatible host application

*SSE compatible processors required for GigaPulse

Recommended

Windows XP SP1

Pentium IV 2.8GHz Processor or

AMD 3200 XP Processor

1GB RAM

Monitor Resolution 1024 x 768

Application Hard Drive Space: 1GB

Dedicated Sample Drive with many free GIGS of sample storage space: 7200RPM, 8MB Cache, 8.9 ms Seek time

MIDI Interface

Either:

GSIF compatible sound card or

ReWire compatible host application

*SSE compatible processors required for GigaPulse

System Requirements

GigaStudio Solo 3.0

Minimum required for GigaStudio to run:

Windows XP SP1 Pentium III 1 GB Processor or AMD 1500 XP 512 MB RAM Monitor Resolution 1024 x 768 Application Hard Drive Space 100MB MIDI Interface Either: GSIF compatible sound card or ReWire compatible host application

*SSE compatible processors required for GigaPulse

Recommended

Windows XP SP1 Pentium IV 1.7 GB Processor or AMD 2100 XP 1GB RAM Monitor Resolution 1024 x 768 Application Hard Drive Space: 1GB Dedicated Sample Drive with many free GIGS of sample storage space: 7200RPM,

8MB Cache, 8.9 ms Seek time

MIDI Interface Either: GSIF compatible sound card or ReWire compatible host application

*SSE compatible processors required for GigaPulse

Preparing Your Windows System to Install GigaStudio 3.0

GigaStudio 3.0 Software with Windows XP

GigaStudio 3.0 Orchestra with Windows XP Professional or Home Edition GigaStudio 3.0 Ensemble with Windows XP Professional or Home Edition GigaStudio 3.0 Solo with Windows XP Professional or Home Edition

Note: See the ReadMe.txt le for the most up to date information about system com-

patibility.

Settings & Requirements

• Each IDE drive must have DMA enabled in the “System > Control Panel”. This can be changed in the Device Manager. There are detailed instructions later in this section.

• Pentium 4 systems with HyperThreading technology must have “Intel HyperThreading” in the system BIOS disabled.

• Although not a requirement, removing or disabling startup applications, system utilities (i.e. Norton Utilities) internal and external hardware deices (i.e. tape drives, scanners, TV tuners, non-essential sound or MIDI drivers) may increase the performance of GigaStudio. Remember to keep in mind that the more you demand of GigaStudio, the more GigaStudio will demand of the system.

Additional Notes

• Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) is required. To nd out if you have Windows XP Service Pack 1, right-click on the “My Computer” icon in the Start Menu and select “Properties”. In the General section, it will read “Service Pack 1” below the listed operating system if you indeed have SP1 installed.

• To ensure compatibility, check with the manufacturer of the various system devices you plan to use, to ensure that you are using the latest software or drivers for Windows XP.

• GigaStudio 3.0 Orchestra, Ensemble, or Solo is NOT recommend for installation on systems running Windows 2000, Server 2000, 98, ME, NT, 95, or 3.1.

• Windows XP Media Center Edition has NOT been tested with GigaStudio 3.0.

• While GigaStudio 3.0 may run on Windows 2000, only Windows XP with SP1 has been fully tested and approved by Tascam.

Dual Boot Systems

If you have a PC with an operating system other than Windows XP on it, you may choose to install a compatible operating system on a separate partition or hard drive in order to use GigaStudio 3.0. If you want to use more than one operating system on the same computer hardware, you can use a program such as PartitionMagic to help create a “dual-boot” system.

DMA Mode Enabled Instructions — Windows XP

DMA mode must be enabled for all IDE drives in your system. To do this in Windows XP:

1. Right-click My Computer, located on the Desktop or in the start menu, and choose Properties

2. Select the Hardware tab

3. Click the Device Manager button

4. Locate and double-click the device for your IDE/ATA controller

5. In the IDE/ATA Controller Properties dialog, click the Advanced Settings tab

6. Under Transfer mode, select DMA Transfer mode, if available, and click OK

7. Repeat for any additional IDE/ATA drives

8. Click OK to close the Device Manager dialog

9. Close the System Control Panel

Once you have restarted follow steps 1-5 above once again to make sure “DMA” is in fact still set to enabled. If your computer is unable to keep this setting or your computer doesn’t allow the option for enabling DMA, and you are having problems running GigaStudio, you (or one of your technically-minded friends) may need to change a setting in your system BIOS (Basic Input Output System).

To access your computer’s BIOS you must restart your computer. During the initial startup your computer will tell you which key to press in order to enter the setup program. Typically repeatedly pressing either the [Delete] or [F2] key during the initial stages of the boot process will access the BIOS on “most” motherboards. Refer to your MB manual for manufacturer specic BIOS commands.Press the corresponding key during startup. You should see an “Entering Setup” message. If present, make this change to your computer’s BIOS:

Allow PCI Bus Masters = Enabled

In addition to checking the BIOS if DMA is not available, you can also check in device manager under “Hard disk controllers” and make sure that you have the IDE controller and NOT the ATA controller. If you have the ATA controller you will need to Update the hard disk controller driver to the “standard dual IDE controller”.

Removing a Previous GigaStudio Installation – Windows Method

Before installing your new GigaStudio 3.0 you will need to remove any previous version of GigaStudio from your computer. Be sure that you back up any performance les (.Gsp), articulation les (.Art), and instruments (.Gig) before proceeding. You will still be able to use any of these with GigaStudio 3.0.

Begin by placing the GigaStudio 3.0 Installation CD in your drive and allowing it to spin up and be recognized. If the GS3 autorun does not come up on its own, browse the contents of the CD and click on the Setup.exe le.

If you have not removed your previously installed version of GigaStudio, you will be prompted to do so. It is not possible to proceed any further until you have successfully removed your existing version of GigaStudio.

Consider that you may have performance (.GSP), articulation (.ART), and instrument (.GIG) les saved in the same directory as you GigaStudio installation. Although storing your les in one place is just as good as any, bear in mind that when you uninstall your existing version of GigaStudio, you will lose ALL of the data that is in that folder.

For example, you may have made some special edits to your favorite instruments and saved those as articulation les. If you have ever done this, then you know that you were prompted each time to specify a name and location for those les.

So be sure to check for any les of the types .GSP, .ART, and .GIG by checking visually with the Windows le explorer or using the Windows search tool.

Any .gsp, .art, or .gig les that show up under either of the directories C:\Program Files\Nemesys or C:\Program Files\Tascam will be removed during the un-install process.

Save the folder to a backup location, or select the les within that folder and save them to a backup location. You can then access the les at any time after you installed your new copy of GigaStudio 3.0. Do the same with each of your performances and instruments as well.

1. To uninstall your previous GigaStudio installation, begin by clicking the Windows Start button.

2. Go to the Control Panel item on your Start Menu. Double-click the Add or Remove Programs option in the list.

3. In the installed programs list, select the Tascam GigaStudio item so that it is expanded to show its details.

4. Click the Change/Remove button to remove the previous version of GigaStudio.

Windows will ask you to verify that you want to continue with the removal of the previous version of GigaStudio. When the removal process is complete, you will be prompted to restart the computer. At this point you may want to save any open les and close other any open programs. If you just want to keep working and install GigaStudio 3.0 later you can choose not to restart at this time.

Once the computer has restarted, you have successfully un-installed your previous version of GigaStudio as well as backed up your Giga-related project les. If after this process, Giga still detects a previous version installed, browse your installation disc to the “/Utilities/GigaClean.exe” le. Run this utility, restart your computer, and then install GigaStudio 3.0.

Installing GigaStudio 3.0

Begin by placing the GigaStudio 3.0 Installation CD in your drive and allowing it to spin up and be recognized. Browse the contents of the CD and click on the Setup.exe le. You may be prompted to remove a previous version of GigaStudio. Please see the preceding section on Removing a Previous Version of GigaStudio. GigaStudio 3.0 Installation welcome screen. After reading the welcome, click “next” to continue.

Select the options for GigaStudio content you would like to install at this time. Use the default drive and folder for installation, or optionally browse and select a different location. Click “next” to continue.

The content provided with Gigastudio 3.0 can be installed at this time, or you can wait to install it at another time. To install all or part of the content now, select these options and then assign the drive and folder location for the content to be installed.

Folder destination option for factory instruments:

Folder destination option for factory impulses:

Recommendations

Probably the single most important thing you can do for your system to increase performance and polyphony is to dedicate a separate physical hard drive to your sample content. It is simply not enough to create a separate audio partition on the same drive as your OS and programs. In fact, this is actually a bad idea- this makes the drive’s stylus or head work even harder, since it is simultaneously seeking application data in one partition and streaming audio data from another. A dedicated drive for your content frees up both drives to separately access the program data and the audio data.

If your motherboard has only two IDE or SATA connectors, you would normally connect the system drive to the primary connector (IDE 1 or SATA 1) and the audio drive to the secondary connector (IDE2 or SATA 2). Set each hard drive’s jumper to master. Congure your CD or DVD drive as the slave device on IDE1 or SATA1, and make sure that it is sharing the system drive connection ribbon cable and not the audio drive connection ribbon cable that your dedicated audio drive is connected to. This will insure uninterupted data ow to and from the more critical audio drive. If your motherboard has a separate IDE or SATA controller(s), your setup will be more exible as well as allowing for more physical drives.

The impulse content should ideally be placed on yet another separate drive from the .gig content, or on the system drive with the OS and programs.

Start Installation Screen

Your selections will be displayed here for you to verify that they are correct. If you happen to have made a mistake or just want to change your mind about one or both of the locations you specied, click the “Back” button. Otherwise, click the “Next” button to begin the automated installation process.

When the installer nishes, you will be prompted to restart the computer. At this point you may want to save any open les and close other any open programs.

If you just want to keep working and run GigaStudio 3.0 later you can choose not to restart at this time. You must restart the computer in order for GigaStudio 3.0 to run properly.

Once the computer has restarted you will have successfully installed GigaStudio 3.0 along with any optional content. When you run GigaStudio for the rst time, you will need to make some settings and specify some user information, as well as register the product. See Registering GigaStudio 3.0 instructions on getting through the process as painlessly as possible. See the GigaStudio Conguration Manager section for details on setting up your GigaStudio information with your sound and MIDI hardware installed on your system.

Registering GigaStudio 3.0

Before running GigaStudio, run the GigaStudio License Authorizer utility from the

Start Menu. It is located in the Tascam Program Files group.

Until you have registered your GigaStudio, the status area of the License Authorizer

will state that you need to do so.

Select the Register Product Now ... option. Once you have successfully registered your

copy of GigaStudio 3.0, you will have the option of saving a backup of your license. In the future, should it be necessary, you can easily restore your GigaStudio license from the backup location.

Fill out your personal identication information carefully. This how the Tascam product registration folks will identify you when you register and receive upgrades, additional licenses, and technical support. Your CD Key should be located in the GigaStudio

3.0 packaging. The information in the top section is required, and must complete in order for you to register. The information in the lower section is optional, but could be helpful to TASCAM in any future correspondence with our tech support and customer service departments.

Online Registration

Click “next” to continue. There are two methods by which you may register. Select either the Register at the Tascam Website option, or choose to Register Ofine. It is recom- mended that you use the Register Online option. This will require that your GigaStudio machine is connected to the internet and can receive a conrmation e-mail message.

After selecting Register Online, you will then be presented with the following screen with a set of elds in which you will place your registration key when you receive it in a conrmation e-mail message.

You should also see a web page on your screen as well. This contains a form where your information has been automatically lled into the form. Please double-check to makesure that all the required elds are lled in with the correct information. Click the Submit button at the bottom of this web page.

The status area of the registration window will show that it is waiting on you to enter your registration key. You will receive the key in an e-mail message. You can copy the entire alpha-numeric key and then paste it into the rst eld. It will automatically spread across the appropriate elds for you.

You may want to save your registration information electronically as well as a printed copy. Perhaps your GigaStudio machine is not connected to receive e-mail messages, but you have an ofce machine that is. You can click on the links in the lower portion of the registration screen to open these les:

There are two links here that will launch the le automatically for you. You can than save these to an alternate location, or print them out. Notice that they are located in your GigaStudio installation directory.

Ofine Registration

If your GigaStudio machine is not connected to the internet, or you would prefer to register from a different location where you have internet access, it is possible to register by using the Register Ofine method. When you use this process, you will have the option of saving two les, “registration.txt” and “registration.html” to a oppy disk or another removable and portable storage medium.

There are explicit intructions on this page to help you register ofine. Should you decide to register online, click the Back button and select the Register Online option.

Successful Registration

Upon entering your valid registration key, you will see a conrmation message. If not,

you will prompted to re-enter your key, making sure to enter it correctly.

The product status area of the GigaStudio License Authorizer will display the current

status of your license.

Backup License

As soon as you have successfully registered GigaStudio, you will then have the opor-

tunity to back up your license to a location you specify. The default location is a directory created by the licensing manager at c:\g3LicenseBackup.

If you do not wish to back up your license (not recommended) you can de-select the check box in the back up options section of the conrmation screen.

When you have chosen a location, by clicking the browse button, or using the default location, you will see a message that you have backed up your GigaStudio 3 license with the location shown as a le path.

Step-by-Step Review

Removing a Previous Installation

1. Be sure that you back up any performance les (.Gsp), articulation les (.Art), and instruments (.Gig) before proceeding.

2. Use the Windows Control Panel Add/Remove Programs to completely remove the previous GigaStudio installation from your computer.

3. Restart the computer. You are now ready to begin installation of GigaStudio 3.0.

Installing GigaStudio 3.0

1. Place the GigaStudio 3.0 CD in your drive. If the installation wizard does not start automatically, browse the CD contents and select the “Setup” le to begin the installation.

2. Select the drive and folder location for GigaStudio. The default location will be your system drive. This should be ne for most users.

3. Select the drive and folder location for your .gig content. This should be a separate drive from the system drive containing your OS and programs.

4. Select the drive and folder for your impulse content. This should be on a separate drive from your .gig content. Use your system drive if you do not have a third drive available for impulse data.

Registering GigaStudio 3.0

1. There are two methods by in which you may register. Select either the automatic method at the Tascam website, or choose to register ofine.

2. Fill out your personal identication information carefully. This how the Tascam product registration folks will identify you should you need to contact them for support by phone, fax, or e-mail.

4. If you are connected to the internet and elected to register automatically, you will get a conrmation screen with a links to a text and HTML le containing all your registration data. Save this le to the location you specify for future reference.

5. If registering ofine, your information will be in the text le you saved to your registration backup location. You can print this page for faxing and keep a copy on le with your GigaStudio purchase and license records.

Getting Help

Always have your CD Key available in order to identify yourself as a registered Gigatudio 3.0 user. Have your printed or electronic copy of your registration information handy as well. This will be greatly appreciated by the ne registration folks at TASCAM and will help them register your GigaStudio 3.0 more efciently.

Automated Systems, Registration, Technical Support

http://www.tascamgiga.com

TASCAM International Direct Contact Information

http://www.tascamgiga.com [check for your local tech support ofce location]

You will nd contact information for all departments as well as phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, and mailing addresses for your local TASCAM customer service representatives.

User Interface Essentials

The user interface has many user-denable features enabling you to customize the look and feel of GigaStudio. This design has been optimized for maximum user exibility and workow. While it would be impossible to create a one-size-ts-all interface design, research and end-user requests have greatly inuenced the way the program can be individually customized.

It will be well worth your while to become familiar with the user-denable aspects of the program. As it is with any set of tools, you will nd ways to do the same thing differently, new ways of doing the same thing, and better ways to do things. As your experience increases and your expertise evolves you will be able to rene the look and feel of GigaStudio as you see t.

GigaStudio is made up of many components that can be resized, selected, hidden, and further congured and manipulated in a number of ways.

Selecting Components

At the bottom of the MIDI Mixer Port window are tabs for each of the available Ports. Click on the tab to view the 16 MIDI channels of the selected MIDI Port.

You may also use the keystroke Alt + n where n is the number of the MIDI Port you wish to select. For example Alt + 3 would select the Port 3 view and bring its 16 channel display to the front. For a comprehensive list of keystrokes see the Keystroke Appendix.

The tool bar can be used to select components as well. To switch to the DSP Station view select the button on the tool bar and the DSP Station will be displayed in place of the MIDI Mixer. Note that the tooltip text tells you what the icon button does, when

you hold your mouse cursor over the button.

To bring back the MIDI Mixer, click the MIDI Mixer tool bar icon and the last state of the MIDI Mixer Port 3 view will be displayed in place of the DSP Station.

Using these tool bar buttons it is possible to toggle between the two component

views very quickly.

Resizing Components

Place the mouse cursor over the border between the MIDI Mixer Ports and the QuickSound Loader and it will change to up/down arrows. Click and drag to move the dividing line so that one view increases in size while the other diminishes.

The overall size of a component can be adjusted by placing the cursor over any of its corners. When the cursor becomes a diagonal two-headed arrow, click and drag the component to increase or decrease its size.

Floating Components

It is now possible to “oat” components such as the QuickSound Loader, Virtual Keyboard, DSP Station, and MIDI Mixer. Simply grab a component along its left-hand edge and drag it away from where it is docked and the component will now oat above the rest of the user interface. To oat the DSP Station, select the View Menu option “DSP Station in separate pane”.

For an example, grab the left-hand edge of the Virtual Keyboard display at the bottom of the interface window and drag it away toward the center of the screen.

The Virtual Keyboard component itself can now be resized and placed where it is most useful.

To move a oating object around the screen, grab its title bar and drag it with the mouse. When you nd a suitable place for the component, release the mouse and the object will stick in place until it is moved again or hidden from view.

Perhaps, at times, it would be most useful out of the way. There are several ways of

doing this:

Simply click on the X (standard Windows close function) in the upper right-hand corner of the Virtual Keyboard component to dismiss the component.

Alternatively, you can select the “Keyboard Pane” op-

tion in the View Menu. To recall the Virtual Keyboard,

simply click on the tool bar icon OR select the “Keyboard Pane” option again in the View Menu and it will be restored to its last location.

The same can be done for the QuickSound loader pane. Toggling this window into view only as long as you need it will free up work space. When you are done with a component, simply dismiss it to make more of your screen available for other tasks. It is only a click away whenever you need to use it again.

When using multiple monitors, it can be advantageous to oat several of the interface components and place them onto a different monitor. This can be useful for toggling the QuickSound loader on and to quickly load instruments while watching the MIDI Mixer Port view, tweaking EQ and FX on DSP Mixer inputs, ne tuning GigaPulse parameters, and toggling the Virtual Keyboard on and off to use the mouse to play or simply monitor the incoming MIDI data as the notes are triggered from your sequencer.

All the aspects of the user-dened interface components can be saved in the “Save As…” options of a saved performance. See the tutorial on working with performances and the related reference sections for more details.

If you click the Reset tool bar button in its default state, it will revert the entire GigaStudio user interface back to its power-up default state.

When you have the Reset->User Interface option selected, all the user interface components will be retained after a Reset is selected.

See about more details on the reset options in the related reference section. For more details on the individual components and their particular user interface attributes see the reference section for each component.

Fader, Knob, & Slider Adjustments

When adjusting the various control widgets in GigaStudio 3.0. click directly on the control and drag to move the cursor.

As soon as you drag to move it, the cursor will disappear enabling you to see the widget movement as well as its displayed value. To disable this behavior, simply go the GigaStudio Settings General page. Under the Visual Preference section, un-select the “Auto Hide Cursor” option.

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