KVR Audio

memyselfandus · Post by **memyselfandus** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:46 am

http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=1738

TASCAM Marketing Manager Jeff Laity confirmed today on an industry news site that Tascam has ceased development of GIGASTUDIO and GIGASTUDIO related products as of July 21. Sales and support for the products will continue through December 31, 2008.

ughnonumus · Post by **ughnonumus** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:56 am

memyselfandus wrote:http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=1738

TASCAM Marketing Manager Jeff Laity confirmed today on an industry news site that Tascam has ceased development of GIGASTUDIO and GIGASTUDIO related products as of July 21. Sales and support for the products will continue through December 31, 2008.

What a bunch of idiots!

I new I wasted almost $500, once Kontakt threw DFD into the mix. In fact, I'm surprised that these guys lasted as long as they did with it.

Yeah, I'll be on the lookout for more Tascam software products.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:02 am

ughnonumus wrote: Yeah, I'll be on the lookout for more Tascam software products.

It's hilarious, click on the "software" link and it reads "no items to be displayed"......

memyselfandus · Post by **memyselfandus** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:25 am

Just noticed Brents post from earlier.

ughnonumus · Post by **ughnonumus** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:30 am

memyselfandus wrote:Just noticed Brents post from earlier.

No biggie! It's just you, yourself, and us in here.

memyselfandus · Post by **memyselfandus** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:32 am

Dr.Wu · Post by **Dr.Wu** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:51 am

wow-so no mac version of GVI i suppose.
Well at least that means that certain products that i found interesting will now becoome available in Kontaktformat!

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:57 am

I'm really having a hard time getting my head around this even though I don't have giga.

They announce (er, at least I thought) a bunch of new shit at winter namm. Then, without even actually seeing it through, they ditch? Where is tascam located? Is is the economy?

It just sounds "extra" dodgey to me

Or is it tas"scam" is living up to its' name?

ughnonumus · Post by **ughnonumus** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:04 am

hibidy wrote:I'm really having a hard time getting my head around this even though I don't have giga.

They announce (er, at least I thought) a bunch of new shit at winter namm. Then, without even actually seeing it through, they ditch? Where is tascam located? Is is the economy?

It just sounds "extra" dodgey to me Or is it tas"scam" is living up to its' name?

Dude- I had no idea they made these announcements!

I've got v2.5 lying around somewhere...wasted a lot of money on this thing. I ended jumping on the good ship Kontakt, once it was announced it would handle disk streaming. (I believe Giga was the only one to do this, which pretty much put it on the map.)

Yeah, Nemesys sold that dino(saur) at the right time. Perhaps, I should have sold mine when I got Kontakt?

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:08 am

not to take off topic, but kontakt really is the only "REAL" game in town now.........right?

ughnonumus · Post by **ughnonumus** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:12 am

hibidy wrote:not to take off topic, but kontakt really is the only "REAL" game in town now.........right?

I believe there are a few decent samplers that stream. However, the bulk of the sampling market aims at the Kontakt customer base.

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:40 am

ughnonumus wrote:
I believe there are a few decent samplers that stream.

The streaming isn't Kontakt's biggest advantage, though it works completely transparent here.
Scripting is the magic thing.
Cheers,
susiwong

A.M. Gold · Post by **A.M. Gold** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:44 am

Didn't Giga 4 come out like 3 months ago? Larry Seyer has released a bunch of GVI stuff too.

I'm sure it will resurface.

Cyrosis · Post by **Cyrosis** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:43 am

A.M. Gold wrote:Didn't Giga 4 come out like 3 months ago? Larry Seyer has released a bunch of GVI stuff too.

I'm sure it will resurface.

Larry has even said he has hundreds of impulse responses for Gigapulse unreleased, has been waiting for Tascam to give him a green light. I don't think any of that means it will resurface necessarily, but it can't hurt to have some big names behind it.

A.M. Gold · Post by **A.M. Gold** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:47 am

Sales must be abysmal.

Tascam Ceases Giga Development as of July 21