EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 07:41 PM 3/10/2003 +1100, you wrote:
>Bob Vandiver wrote:
>
> >
> > Does one get the benefit of 32 bit float after samples have been imported
> > from, say, gig format? Or does the benefit only occur if the samples are
> > imported with 32 bit mode active?
>
>
>As far as Gig conversion goes, all the conversion is doing is extracting 
>the 16
>bit wavs from the gig archive and storing them as 16 bit wavs on disk.
>Gigasampler does not yet support 24 bit audio formats.

That's correct.

An interesting tidbit is that it is possible (with Translator, on Win, so 
far) to create a .gig file that contains 24-bit waves. Giga can load it and 
it dithers it on the fly This means that at least you get to retain the 
information on the file.

But if you resave it in the Giga editor, the 16-bit dithered info gets 
written. This is also the case if you import 24-bit waves into the Giga 
Editor and save it.

How useful this is, I don't know, but at least it could be handy.

Nemesys has stated (at least Jan of last year) that 24-bit streaming on 
their patented system is really tough and perhaps not desirable as it would 
bog down the system too much. They were claiming that their new compression 
schemes solved that problem; however, this was pertaining to v3 and hasn't 
emerged yet.

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User