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Re: A funny thing happened on the way to the .gig

2002-09-10 by nozehed

I've had the exact same thing happen here when converting "Voices of 
the Apocalypse" gigasampler choir CD. Plus the dimension doesn't 
convert over cause EXS can't crossfade between zones.


--- In exs-users@y..., Ned Bouhalassa <ned@n...> wrote:
> Funny thing: I downloaded a home-made pan flute that is in .gig 
> (GigaStudio) format. When I opened it in EXS, our favourite 
sampler 
> translated 416 zones! There should have been 74, maybe 104, but 
not 416. 
> Upon closer inspection, I noticed that there was a whole lot of 
doubling 
> going on.
> 
> Has anyone else noticed strange translations from Giga to EXS?
> 
> BTW, I tried converting the same .gig file in my favourite tool of 
the 
> year, CDXtract, but it was not even close: it allowed me to choose 
a folder 
> for the samples and the program, but upon hitting the translate 
button, an 
> .exs file was created but no samples were translated...
> 
> FYI, here's the URL for the file (26 megs) in question: 
> http://62.13.11.115/tjgigs/
> 
> It's called TJPanflute, is in .rar format (compressed - easily 
uncompressed 
> by MacRar http://macrar.free.fr/), and was made by Thomas J.
> 
> I sure wish there was more information on Emagic's website about 
how EXS 
> handles GIGA files.
> 
> 
> Ned
> 
> 
> http://www.nedfx.com
> 
>        Ned Bouhalassa
> 
> n e d @ n e d f x . c o m

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