EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

From: "Murray McDowall" <murraymc@...>

Gigasampler does not yet support 24 bit audio formats.

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Hi Murray,

I guess that you are referring to the older Gigasampler which is no longer 'in
production'.

Gigastudio, which has been shipping for a couple of years, supports 24 bit
audio...

Danny

From: "Rubber Chicken Software Co." <support@...>

> 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


Open mouth and insert foot...

I was originally referring to Murray's original 'broad' statement. It will read
in 24 bit waves...


Danny

simpsond@...  wrote: 
>
> Gigastudio, which has been shipping for a couple of years, supports 24 bit
> audio...


Well I guess this is correct in one sense  -- GigaStudio will send 24 bit audio
streams from its internal mixer to the outputs or bounce them to disk. 

However, the audio files of which gig files are comprised are 16 bit and the
audio engine only handles sixteen bit inputs -- Garth is of course better
acquainted with the finer points than the rest of us -- I didn't know it could
dither 24 bit files down to 16 bit and then store those cut down samples in a
gig file. 

Nevertheless, my original point -- that GigaSampler/GigaStudio does not have 24
bit libraries -- is not a controversial one. If you read the relevant forums
(eg Northern Sounds, Kontakt users forum at NI) you will find mention that this
feature is promised for Version 3.0 which is due later this year sometime ....
or sometime before hell freezes over anyway.

Regards,
Murray