KVR Audio

Zycat · Post by **Zycat** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:13 pm

Is there any alternatives to Gigastudio and GVI for playing .gig files?

spacefox · Post by **spacefox** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:35 pm

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2662.html

LijEyasu · Post by **LijEyasu** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:43 pm

It depends on the version of the GIGA files. Pre-v3 files can be converted with a variety of tools such as CDXextract, Kontakt, etc. V3 files can only be played with either GigaStudio 3 or GVI.

Zycat · Post by **Zycat** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:29 am

Samplelord looks interesting. Can it do "Stacked instruments" with keyswitching like Giga can? How well does it load Giga files?

chrisby · Post by **chrisby** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:45 am

Vsampler imports/plays .gig files...

Gregjazz · Post by **Gregjazz** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:49 am

Samplelord is pretty nice, especially the latest update.

I usually just convert the .gig files using Extreme Sample Converter.

Zycat · Post by **Zycat** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:55 pm

So which one's better? Samplelord or VSampler?

dougsyo · Post by **dougsyo** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:27 pm

Zycat wrote:So which one's better? Samplelord or VSampler?

Based on history the last two years, I expect SampleLord (and EXSC) will be better-supported than VSampler (which is all but an abandoned product).

Doug

spacefox · Post by **spacefox** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:00 pm

Zycat wrote:Samplelord looks interesting. Can it do "Stacked instruments" with keyswitching like Giga can? How well does it load Giga files?

samplelord.com wrote:- supports Dimensions, Keyswitching, Cycle Ribbon, Cycle Random, Crossfading, Controller Switching, Controller's crossfading.

I haven't tested the keyswitching myself.
SampleLord is nice. No-nonsense player, streams all formats from disk (VSampler converts them first, AFAIK) and has great support. Well worth the asked price, in my opinion.
The demo is filly functional - so you can check if it supports what banks you have.

Zycat · Post by **Zycat** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:50 am

Alright, seems like Samplelord wins.

Although, I don't find anywhere in Samplelord that allows me to build my own keyswitches.

Anyway, do you think the bundle (Samplelord + Extreme Sample Converter) worth it? I'm not sure if I want to convert anything though, since most of my files are either in Kontakt or Giga (and I don't want to convert my Giga files)

tERMoBLUe · Post by **tERMoBLUe** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:50 am

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2068.html

chickeneps · Post by **chickeneps** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 6:45 pm

LijEyasu wrote:It depends on the version of the GIGA files. Pre-v3 files can be converted with a variety of tools such as CDXextract, Kontakt, etc. V3 files can only be played with either GigaStudio 3 or GVI.

This is incorrect.

Giga3 files can be converted with Translator (www.chickensys.com), and Kontakt2 does open Giga3 files.

SergeD · Post by **SergeD** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:04 pm

Zycat wrote:Samplelord looks interesting. Can it do "Stacked instruments" with keyswitching like Giga can? How well does it load Giga files?

Making keyswitching would be a big asset.

SergeD

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:06 pm

chickeneps wrote:
LijEyasu wrote:It depends on the version of the GIGA files. Pre-v3 files can be converted with a variety of tools such as CDXextract, Kontakt, etc. V3 files can only be played with either GigaStudio 3 or GVI.
This is incorrect.

Giga3 files can be converted with Translator (www.chickensys.com), and Kontakt2 does open Giga3 files.

What about GS3 instruments using iMidi rules and embedded GigaPulse convolution?

/Yoss

chickeneps · Post by **chickeneps** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:40 pm

Yes to the former and no to the latter. There's some research in getting the GigaPulse things pulled out but I think they are protected.

Alternatives to Gigastudio and GVI for playing .gig files?