ReadMe.txt File Information for GigaStudio(R), Version 2.50.48 (C) NemeSys Music Technology, Inc. Jan 4, 2002 IMPORTANT NOTE!!!!: IF YOU HEAR OCCASIONAL POPPING IN THE AUDIO, SEE SECTION 3.(C) below for hard drive special setup ============================================================================== ================================< Contents >================================== ============================================================================== 1. Upgrading from GigaSampler v1.x A. Using GigaStudio 2.5 on Windows 2000 and Xp. 2. Version History 3. Hardware Requirements A. Minimum Requirements B. Audio Card support C. Hard Drive special settings on certain systems D. MIDI interface special requirements on certain systems E. GigaStudio Piano and System Requirements 4. (Win 95 ONLY!) Windows 95 issues A. 10 MIDI port limitation B. Compatibility issues. 5. Registering the GigaStudio 6. Technical Support A. Web address B. Email support C. Telephone support 7. Cache Patch Feature A. Midi Program changes ============================================================================== =======================< 1. Upgrading from GigaSampler v1.x >================= ============================================================================== 1. The installation of the GigaStudio requires that previous version of the GigaSampler be remove or uninstalled from the system. The GigaStudio setup will automatically detect a previous installation of GigaSampler and prompt the user to uninstall before continuing. A. Attention Windows 2000 and Xp users. Version 2.50 or later of the GigaStudio technology is required if you are using the Windows 2000 or Windows Xp operating systems. If you plan to upgrade your Windows 9x/ME system to Windows 2000/Xp, then please uninstall any version of GigaSampler or GigaStudio. After successfully upgrading your operating system, then install the Windows 2000/Xp patch upgrade of v2.5 GigaStudio. NOTE: The download site has two version of the v2.5 patch update: a patch designed to update your GigaStudio on a Windows 9x/ME system, and a patch designed to update your GigaStudio on a Windows 2000/Xp. IMPORTANT INFO for 2000/Xp user HARD DRIVES: Please pay attention to the configuration mode of your harddrive. It is critical to run your harddrives in 'DMA mode'. Furthermore, you should make sure ALL your harddrives are running in 'DMA mode', not just those that hold your Giga samples. We have found that audio is extremely unreliable if any hard drive is configured for PIO mode. The GigaStudio diagnostics will scan your registry and display the current configuration of your harddrive. MEMORY USAGE: The NT family of operating systems, Windows 2000 and Xp, recommends a larger amount of system memory than previous version of Windows (ie 9x/ME) - Xp recommends at least 128Meg, where Windows 9x/ME recommends 32M - 64M. In using the GigaStudio on Windows 2000/Xp, expect to use about twice as much memory as previous version of Windows 9x/ME. SOUNDBLASTER COMPATIBILTY: Under Windows 2000/Xp, the audio driver architecture had changed. Consequently, Microsoft has removed our mechanism for interfacing to a DirectSound card, like the SBLive. Therefore, this current version of GigaStudio, under Windows 2000/Xp, requires a GSIF card. Please contact your hardware vendor for a GSIF-compatible, Windows 2000/Xp hardware driver. Check the NemeSys web site for a list of compatible cards: www.nemesysmusic.com/support/hardware.html At the time of this release the current list of Windows 2000/Xp audio drivers that are compatible with v2.5: Frontier WaveCenter - Beta 5 or later. Dakota - Beta 5 or later. TasCAM US428 - v3.06 or later PCI 822 MIDIMAN Delta Series(1010/AudioPhile/66/44) - see midiman web site SoundScape Mixtreme - V2.1.30.3 or later Echo Layla20/24 - Beta .66 or later Gina/24 Darla/24 Mia Mona Layla24/Mona24 (pcmcia adapter) MOTU 2408 MkII 2408 (FireWire) NOTE: At the time when theese release note were written, the MOTU drivers required that they be installed AFTER the GigaStudio is installed. The GSIF portion of the MOTU driver only enables itself if it detects an already installed GigaStudio. Therefore, if you install GigaStudio on a system that already has the MOTU driver installed, then the GSIF portion of the drivers will not be enabled and GigaStudio can not be used with your MOTU hardware. The easy solution is to reinstall the MOTU driver AFTER you install the GigaStudio. MOTU has mentioned they are working on a utility to enable GSIF portion of their driver, independent of the driver install, and that it would be available as a download. Please check with MOTU for the latest information on this utility. EGO Sys WamiRack - Please check with EgoSys. We have tested a beta version of their driver. It works well at certain buffer settings, but was having trouble at other. They will be cleaning up the driver shortly NOTE: The Wami rack drivers come with GSIF option disabled. You must manually go into the WAMI drivers control panel and enable the GSIF before running GigaStudio. Drivers still under development: (Please check with the manufacturer's) Terratec RME cards - last report - they were slated for the end of 2001 ==========================< 2. Version History >============================ Version History: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GigaStudio v2.50 - Operating System Maintenance Release System > This build supports Windows 95/98/ME/2000/Xp Editor > Added options in the Preferences to control whether region properties are updated after editing or replacing a sample. Turning these off avoids the problem of destroying unity note information after an edit. > Reduced "unmapped region" messages to a single warning on close (remembering that unmapped regions aren't compatible with the 1.0 engine). User Interface > Multimonitor support / Window Size & Position preserved between sessions. > Native File (.gig, .wav, ...) Import from CDRom supported. Bug Fixes: > Loading multiple instruments with the same bank and patch would would show up in the sample with identical bank/patch. This would happen with instruments with the 'Drums' box checked in the editor. > Scarbee's J-String bass would pop at the end of some samples if the notes were held. This was a disk engine issue and has been fixed. > Editor - Fixed "apply" problems in the property pages (unity note, crossfade points) > Editor - Fixed two different glitches dragging in the blue ball window > Editor - Fixed a problem in instruments created by the Combine feature - files were legal to the sampler but could display missing dimensions in the editor. > MSGSRV32 crash at boot up time (Windows 9x/ME only). This was a system dependent problem that happened more reguarly on faster systems. In some cases, you could hit the ignore button a couple of times to get into Windows, other times required a safe mode boot. v2.5 has fixed this problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GigaStudio v2.21 - Maintenance release. Editor > Bug fixed - Just found a strange behaviour in the editor. I selected all regions and all dimensions of a piano and tried to move the "pan" parameter in the grafic mode (with linear edit). When moving one of the edges there is always one value that jumps to top max while dragging the line. The jumping value changes when dragging the edges and seems to be located on the region that crosses the 0 value. > Added seperate check boxes for 'unity note' 'loops', and 'tuning' on the the sample properities page. This is so that a note can be tuned without effecting the unity note. GigaStudio v2.20 - Functionality and Maintenance release. Features added: Improved QuickSound Database functionality > increase performance is system searching. Improvement in searching large disk drives have been measured to be 50 times faster. > File type filters are now supported when creating the database. > Directory filters are now supported when creating the database. > Advanced progress meters when creating the database. > Better local/recursive search functionality. Instrument/performance handling: > Assigned patch numbers are preserved in performances. > Ability to unload all unmapped instruments MIDI Mixer control surface: > The first horizontal slider, defaulted to 'Fine Tune', is now controllable by the '+' and '-' hotkeys on the numerical keypad. Single system performance: > Customizable sequencer priorities: Increase the performance of a sequencer running on the same machine as the GigaStudio. DistributedWave: > Build a gig file directly from the a collections of wave files without using the editor. Use the right mouse button feature. > Apply the Synthesizer's Filter/LFO/EG control over a key-mapped wave files. Label Filter/EG/LFO controls in GStudio Control Surface window. Synthesizer Engine: > Envelope Time Modulation for EG1 Amplitude and EG2 Filter, using an ext. controller, velocity, or channel aftertouch. Independent settings for Attack Decay and Release sections of each EG. Has a real time update feature which changes the envelope time continuously, not just at note-on. The function scales the time of each envelope segment starting with the normal segment setting as a basis, then increases this time dynamically based on the velocity or controller value. > Velocity curve scaling - apply a programmable scale factor to any of the 15 existing velocity curves, giving effectively hundreds of additional velocity curves to choose from. Scale value=20=unity scaling. below 20= increased dynamic range, above 20=less dynamic range upward to saturation. > External controller volume threshold feature, lets you assign a minimum threshold to the external volume attenuation controller (such as aftertouch, etc.). Useful for volume crescendo and expressive dynamics. Similar in function to a threshold knob on a control/volume pedal, except that instruments can now be built hardwired with this functionality. > Added "Inversion" to external filter control (i.e. bi-directional). > Smoother dynamic filter response with external controllers, especially in the low filter cutoff frequencies, especially with relatively simple harmonic waveforms. > Improved filter LFO response. > Faster (more responsive) external control of filter resonance. Editor: > Supports acceleration tags. This feature allows the editor to quickly load very large instruments. > Improved Import & Export of an instrument's wave data * Export an entire folder's of wave files with a single click. * After the wave data has been modified, "Replace All in Folder" will allow you to overwrite the original wave pool data. > Velocity curve scaling (Response tab). > External attenuation threshold (Mix/Layer tab). > Amplitude and filter envelope times modulated via MIDI with separate sensitivity for attack, decay, and release (new EG/MOD tab). > External control of filter cutoff can be inverted (Filter tab). > The editor now save/restore more of its state across sessions - the last edit tab used, the status of the "midi select" option, and the selection of the "blue ball" edit options on the bar at the top of the keyboard. Maintenance: GigaStudio Application: > Reset with the 'Hardware' option or changing the hardware settings would cause the mixer to reset all the effects back to their default states. This has been fixed so that only way you reset the effects is if the 'Mixer' setting is selected. > Editing audio files from within the Studio would fail if your file path or file name had spaces. > Improved recovery modes for lost hardware interrupts. Certain machines with larger memory footprints would experience a periodic audio glitch (this glitch would not show up in a direct-to-disk record, but could be heard from the speakers). The period of the glitch was in most cases every two minutes, and was named the 'two-minute bug'. It has determined that the hardware had dropped a frame of audio due to the system holding off the bus. Build 35 has added some extra recovery code to take care of this situation. > tabs on the window would go 'white' when resizing the app. GSIF interface: > Support for EgoSys' EWDM drivers > Fixed a problem with GSIF_RESET and drivers that tried to dynamically change buffer sizes. > Additional support for DirectSound cards. Stream Engine: > MSG32 would crash on unloading certain instruments with very specific loop characteristics. Distributed Wave: > Stereo wave were being played back as the summed paired. > Changing the properties on the wave files were getting lost. > The load wave title bar and buttons were not properly being displayed. Engine: > Midi parser would incorrectly send Vibrato/Tremolo to the wrong instruments. Editor: > In the sample view, samples are now sorted correctly by pitch even when separated only by minor differences in fine tuning. > After editing or replacing a sample, the region tuning and loop parameters are no longer reset to match the wave properties. The regions can be set to match the edited or replacement wave if elected in the Preferences, but the default behavior is to leave the regions unchanged. > When using the Undo function, dimension and state names could be lost; this has been fixed. > When copying and pasting regions, the crossfade parameters could be lost; this has been fixed. > At least one cause of the infamous "ptbl" error has been fixed. > Unnecessary full saves. This happens when you edit or replace a sample and the new sample is exactly the same size. > Garbage characters may be displayed in instrument and wave pool sample names for .Gig files generated by SConverter. (SConverter fixed for new files, Editor fixed for pre-existing files). NFX Effects: > Only the first 15 channels of midi were available for automation. > Midi Automation dialog box would not properly display drop down lists. > NFX3 would GPF when setting midi automation or displaying midi automation Instrument/performance handling: > Fixed Midi Control Surface performance restoration problem for performances created on GigaStudio96. Miscellaneous: > MSG32 crashed on a quick shut down of Cakewalk with the a performance created by the GM500 set. > On some Windows ME systems, the file monitor utility exhibited a system hang or reboot. > File Monitor now recognizes files with a comma in the filename. > Loaded instrument view did not sort. > Loading a multi instrument file into the system. From the loader window, the instrument doesn't properly get assigned to the right channel. Audition mode and next available channel were incorrect. > Instruments/wav files in the search window would be missing. > 'Link' buttons would not reset -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GigaStudio v2.01 - Maintenance release. The following issues have be fixed 1. The following graphics card caused the application to either GPF or become unstable: STB 4400 Diamond viper 550 Intel i740 NOTE: There may be other cards with the same problems. These are the only ones we have identified. 2. The Editor bugs have been fixed: a. Not all Sound font files were properly converted. b. A VC++ Runtime error would occur whenever the editor was up and the user tried to edit a new instrument from within GSt. c. The editor would always use Port 1 channel 1 for editing. d. Dragging a file on the opened editor would not work. e. Envelop drawing in the velocity split windows show incorrect Decay 1. f. Editing sub-instruments from a .gig file while loaded in the Studio has been fixed. g. Dragging samples from one folder to another folder in the 'wave' windows has been fixed. h. SF2 files with more than 128 instruments are now handled. 3. 24-bit capture to disk would crash the system in msg32.exe 4. Midi Control data was not properly getting restored from a performance. 5. Audio was breaking up at low polyphony on the following audio hardware: Mixtreme SoundScape. EgoSys WamiRack/2496 MidiMan Delta 1010 NOTE: This may not be a complete list of audio hardware which was suffering from this issue. 6. GigaStudio only recognized one of the system's CDROMs. 7. Certain midi controllers were causing the sustain pedal to be lost on channels 2-16. 8. Instrument with Bank 1 and the 'Drum' switch on would show up as a extremely large bank number in the application, and you could not load the instrument onto multiple channels. 9. Instruments with Banks other than 0 would not be properly saved/restored in a performance. 10. 'GPC 3' and 'GPC 4' was improperly labeled on controller surface. 11. Emagic's Logic sequencer would not properly working with the GigaStudio. 12. A memory leak was occurring with v2.0 gig files. Eventually, the sampler would indicate that some non-zero memory usage was occurring even though there were no instruments loaded. 13. SConverter displayed garbage for volume names when a second Akai disk was inserted (Symphony of Voices problem). 14. SConverter may cause GStudio to crash when LiquidGrooves Disque A is converted. 15. SConverter crashes when converting a volume with no programs(Skippy's Big Bad Beats). 16. SConverter generates 0Hz Waves with Miroslav Vitous Acoustic Piano. 17. Dither and Master Attenuation settings were not preserved between Windows sessions. 18. The Conversion from 1.0 to 2.0 now has a progress meter. Also the display properly updates after the conversion. There was bug which left the version displayed on the screen incorrect. 19. Long delay experienced when starting Cubase from within GigaStudio and immediately attempting to regain GigaStudio focus. 20. GSEdit does not maintain RealTime Editing when using 'File->Save' or 'File->SaveAs' (changes after the save have no effect). This does not happen when using the 'Download to GigaStudio' button. 21. SConverter produces bad tuning values for EastWest's Ultimate Piano Collection vol 1. 22. SConverter does not convert all samples in some programs (Liquid Grooves, GrooveControl problem) 23. Manual Refresh is needed for SConverter (and other CDROM functions..AConverter, MultiDiskImport) in case the "Auto Insert Notification" is not checked in the Device Manager's CDROM property page. 24. SConverter produces bad tuning values for Kirk Hunter's Virtuoso Strings. 25. SConverter can't create the temporary directory for on the fly gig conversion in the root directory of a drive. 26. 2.01.26 - CDROM drive letter assignment can be out of date if there is more than one configuration in the registry under HKLM/Enum/Scsi/. 27. 2.01.26 - Restore of a performance that includes the 2nd+ instruments of a multiInstrument Gig File will restore the 1st instrument instead. 28. 2.01.27 - Increased Audio Compatibility (Tascam 822 w/ 2nd sound card) (Soundblaster AudioPCI's new drivers) 28. 2.01.28 - Added QuickSound Control of File Monitoring 29. 2.01.29 - SConverter didn't convert all waves to a stereo gig in a program of the QUpArts' "Heavy Hitters volume 1" disk due to an unexpected naming convention. 30. 2.01.31 - Added QuickSound Configuration Dialogs. - Fixed QuickSound's increasingly long database build time as the database grows larger. 31. 2.01.32 - Added ability for QuickSound to Include/Exclude directories in its profiling and refreshing. 32. 2.01.33 - Fixed 'File Properties Editing' error in Chunk Code. 33. 2.01.34 - Fixed QuickSound 'Local' Config Setting - Fixed QuickSound List so Drives update display (not just directories) - Fixed QuickSound Tree so LocalSamper updates immediately after a rebuild - Added 'Rebuild' and 'Refresh' to QuickSound Context menu 34. 2.01.36 - File Monitoring Fixes (introduced in 2.01.28) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GigaStudio v2.0 - first released version, May 6, 2000 ======================< 3. Hardware Requirements >========================= ------------------------------ -- A. Minimum Requirements -- ------------------------------- As with all software, the GigaStudio's performance is directly proportional to the speed of your PC system. With disk-based sampling the hard disk and CPU speed govern the overall polyphony that can be achieved. **** A PENTIUM III or AMD Athlon CLASS PROCESSOR OR HIGHER IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for optimum performance. The installation of the software will fail if the following minimum requirements are not met by your system: > Windows 95 or 98 > an MMX-enabled processor - All Pentium II's are MMX enabled - All Pentium III's are MMX enabled - AMD Athlon are MMX enabled - All Cyrix MII's are MMX enabled - All AMD K-6's are MMX enabled > At least a 266MHz Pentium II processor, (****RECOMMENDED: Pentium III, AMD Athlon 500MHZ or faster is RECOMMENDED) > 64MB of RAM (128MB or 256MB is recommended) > Hard Drive with 10ms or less access time (9.5ms access or less with 512kB HD cache recommended) 2GB of free space (8GB UDMA 9.5ms or higher recommended) (see C. special considerations below) > CD ROM drive > MIDI interface (see D. special considerations below) > SVGA display (800x600) > sound card with either a Microsoft DirectSound compatible driver or a GIGA Compatible (GSIF) driver. --------------------------- -- B. Audio Card support -- --------------------------- Nemesys requires a sound card with at least one of the following supported: 1. A GIGA Compatible Interface (GSIF) These are generally the best cards for use with GigaStudio. *** if you favorite Sound Card does not have a GIGA (GSIF), call, write, and fax the sound card manufacturer. TASCAM will be happy to help them become GIGA Compatible. Known GIGA Compatible Cards for GigaStudio are: (see www.nemesysmusic.com/gigacard.html for the latest additions) SoundScape Mixtreme (16 ch TDIF + DSP) Echo Layla (12 channels + MIDI) Echo Gina (10 channels) Echo Darla, Darla24 (8 channels) EgoSys Waveterminal (4 channel) EgoSys WamiRack (8 channel + 64 ch MIDI) MidiMan M-Audio Delta 1010 (10x10 + MIDI) MidiMan M-Audio Delta 66 (6x6) MidiMan M-Audio Delta 44 (4x4) Frontier WaveCenter PCI (8 channel 24 bit ADAT lightpipe + S/PDIF + 32 ch. MIDI) Frontier Dakota (16 channel 24 bit ADAT lightpipe + S/PDIF + 32 ch. MIDI) Terratec EWS88 MT (8 channels) Aardvark Direct Pro (4 Mic/line inputs, 6 outputs + S/PDIF + 16 ch MIDI) 2. A DirectSound Interface The GigaStudio has only partial functionality with use of these sound cards. These are generally 2 channel cards which support generic PC functionality. NOTE: DirectSound 'Emulated' cards (Windows WDM Cards) ARE NOT usable with GigaStudio. If you are unsure whether your audio card supports native DirectSound or GIGA Compatible Interface (GSIF), please contact the manufacturer of your preferred audio card. The multi-channel capabilities of GigasStudio require the GIGA Compatible (GSIF) interface in the sound card's device driver. This ensures that the extremely tight, low latency, high bit resolution capability of GigaStudio is supported properly by the hardware. (GSIF) is the fastest, highest performance, multi-client Windows professional audio interface available. The standard Windows API's for audio and all other application level API's such as ASIO are too slow for professional sampling applications!) The special DirectSound capability in GigaStudio is also very fast (depending on the sound card), but limited to only two channels and two channel mixer/effects support. Check www.nemesysmusic.com/gigacard.html for the updated list of GSIF compatible cards. ---------------------------------------------------------- -- C. IMPORTANT!!! Hard Disk special requirements on certain systems -- ---------------------------------------------------------- In addition to the notes below, IF YOU HEAR OCCASIONAL POPPING IN THE AUDIO, try setting the following option for your hard drive: (NOTE: first check with the manufacturer of your hard drive prior to changing this setting to confirm that the high speed DMA mode is supported) a.) Double Click on 'My Computer' b.) Double Click on 'Control Panel' c.) Double Click on 'System' d.) Click on the 'Device Manager' Tab e.) Double click on 'Disk Drives' f.) Double Click on the Drive icon corresponding to your hard drive (i.e. "GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE01") g.) Click on the 'Settings' Tab h.) Place a check in the 'DMA' checkbox (NOTE: some drives may not have this setting available) i.) Click 'OK' (to close the 'Settings' dialog) and 'OK' (to close the 'System' dialog) j.) Click 'Yes' to reboot your computer. We have found this high speed DMA setting to greatly improve disk performance and eliminate occasional popping on systems that exhibited occasional popping. It is recommended to use a reasonably fast and reliable Hard disk (Ultra DMA or Ultra2/Ultra Wide SCSI) with a 512k or larger Hard disk cache (and 9.0 ms access time or less). The access time (9.0 ms or less), Cache Size (512K or more) and RPM (7200 or higher) seems to be a factor in many systems. SCSI does not necessarily provide an improvement over Ultra IDE/DMA/ATA drives. Ultra IDE drives that support the high speed DMA mode seem to provide the best performance. It may be helpful to keep a separate partition for .Gig files, and keep Windows also on a separate partition than the .Gig files. Most current generation hard drives with a 9.0 ms access time and 512K cache should work fine in Pentium III class systems. We have upon occasion seen some problems with drives with less than 512k cache that claim to have 9.5ms access time. As far as drives that PASSED and show reliable operation with no pops: Recommended Ultra IDE: - IBM DeskStar Ultra IDE drives w/ 9.0 ms or less access time - Seagate 7200 RPM Ultra IDE - Maxtor 9ms 5400 and 7200 RPM Recommended SCSI: - Seagate Cheetah and Barracuda, Ultra2 or Ultra Wide Also, if any disk drives have thermal calibration or other control processes that may detract from real time continuous data transfer from the hard disk, there may be audible pops in the audio and use of these drives certainly should be avoided. Some A/V drives that do NOT guarantee data integrity should be AVOIDED. Hard disk 'compression' should be avoided. Periodic disk de-fragmentation is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, please use the Windows de-frag utility, which works fine for GigaStudio performance improvement. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- D. MIDI interface special requirements on certain systems -- -- (See note below in Part 2, MIDI device restriction on Windows 95) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GigaStudio is an extremely high performance software that converts your PC into a world class sampling workstation. Thus, it makes good use of a fair amount of your computer's resources. On some computers it may be necessary to use a professional class MIDI interface in order to maintain reliable performance (not miss notes or have to be reset). Some MIDI interfaces on 'Multimedia' grade cards just aren't able to keep up with much more than medium duty midi. Thus, if you experience any difficulty while using a 'Multimedia' quality MIDI interface, it may be beneficial to upgrade to a professional grade midi interface. ------------------------------------------- -- E. GIGAPIANO and SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS -- ------------------------------------------- The GigaPiano requires special consideration for non-Pentium II system and systems with less than 64 meg of memory. The piano has been designed with two variations: a full-scaled version with release-triggered samples and a light version. Piano System Requirements: This piano contains two load variations to choose from. Select the appropriate one based on your computers memory size, or to conserve polyphony and/or to provide room to load more instruments at once. It may be desirable to install both onto your hard disk to have them available for use in different project situations. The full 1GB piano requires your PC to be at least a Pentium II and have a minimum of 64MB of RAM and 650MB of hard disk space. It includes stereo samples with release and sympathetic resonance using up to 4 voices per note on. The 'light' 600MB piano requires a minimum of 32MB of RAM and 450MB of hard disk space, although additional memory is required to be able to load more than just this instrument by itself. It is stereo with sympathetic and WITHOUT release resonance using two voices of polyphony per note on. SPECIAL NOTE FOR NON-PENTIUM II COMPUTERS OR COMPUTERS WITH ONLY 32MB OF RAM: Only the 'Light' version of the piano should be used and can be installed when you install the program. (Don't worry, this is still a 600MB premium piano!!) See below for instructions on how to extract the 'Light' piano from the piano disk (Disc 2) using the Instrument Editor. To install the Full 1GB piano: 1.) Confirm that the GigaStudio software is properly installed. 2.) Run the GigaStudio Application, startup the Instrument Import Wizard by selecting 'Import' on the Loader (make sure the 'Loader' is visible by clicking on the 'Loader' button) 3.)Follow the online procedure guided by the Instrument Import Wizard. Note that the 'Full' version of the piano has both versions of the piano built into it. After loading the instrument, you can A/B the two pianos (or switch between them during a performance) by using Program Change #1 (0) for the full piano, and Program Change #2 (1) for the light version. A discrete version of the 'Light' (at 600MB it's no slouch either) piano can be handy for both a.) loading more instruments at once along with the piano and b.) for better polyphony performance in heavy polyphony scores. The light piano uses less polyphony (2 voices vs. 4 voices per note) due to not having release triggered resonance samples. It loads into the GigaStudio more efficiently since it has two vs. three velocity levels for both pedal up and pedal down. To extract a discrete 'Light' version of the piano: 1.) Confirm that the GigaStudio software is properly installed. 2.) Insert the GigaPiano CD ROM (Disc 2). 3.) Run the GigaStudio Instrument Editor (from the Start Menu) 4.) Choose 'Open' from the file menu and open the NemeSys_1GB_Grand.gig file on the CD ROM. 5.) Choose 'Save Limited' from the file menu, place a check in all three options and choose 'OK', then type 'NemeSys_Light_Grand' for the filename and 'Save' to a hard disk location with at least 450MB of free space. =========< 4. (Win 95 ONLY!) Windows MidiOut Driver limitation >============= If you have Windows 98, the following restriction DOES NOT apply. A. 10 MIDI port limitation Windows 95 has a known problem with stability upon too many MidiOut drivers installed in the system. In many systems, when the 9th or 10th midi port is installed, the systems hangs upon reboot. Thus, since GigaStudio adds additional midi devices to your system (to enable midi applications to talk to it) it will not install on your PC if it detects 8 or more MidiOut drivers already loaded. We have experienced that the instability is machine dependent, but most likely will result in Windows hanging on reboot. B. Compatibility issues. ATTENTION WINDOWS 95 Users!!!!! The User Interface of the GigaStudio uses a Windows component called COMCTL32. This component has some know bugs in earlier version shipped with Windows 95 and Windows 95 OSR2, which will cause the GigaStudio application to crash in another Windows component called MFC42.dll. On the GigaStudio installation CDROM, there is a patch upgrade which will fix this problem. If you are running the Windows 95 OS, then please run this patch prior to running the GigaStudio. The patch can be found on the CDROM in the folder labeled 'Win95'. The patch is called '40comupd.exe'. Simply run the patch by double clicking on the icon labeled '40comupd.exe'. ======================< 5. Registering the GigaStudio >=================== Please follow the information below to complete the registration. For information on additional Site Key for GigaStudio an accessory software product available only to registered users to allow multiple installations at a fraction of the cost, contact Nemesys at (512)219-9181. To Register, you can choose one of several methods: For all method, please supply * your CD Key # (printed inside cover of manual or on the CD case) A. Online www.nemesysmusic.com: Go to the Registration page and follow the instructions (you have to be connected to the Internet to do this). B. Email GSRegister@NemesysMusic.com: (select/copy from the form below) Email your name, the place you purchased CD Key and Registration #. Upon qualification of your CD Key C. Fax +1 (512)219-9029: You may find it easy to use the 'EZ FAX Registration' form printed below. Fax your name, the place you purchased GigaStudio, your CD Key to the fax number in the Authorization window. Please use the following form for email or FAX: vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Begin message vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv First Name: Last Name: Company: Street: City: State: Zip: Country: FAX #: Telephone: Email: Where purchased: Product Version: CD Key: System Processor: Operating System: Sequencer: WaveEditor: Memory: SoundCard: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ End of message ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ======================< 6. Technical Support >============================= NOTE!!!!: IF YOU HEAR OCCASIONAL POPPING IN THE AUDIO, SEE SECTION 1.(C) above for hard drive special setup TASCAM provides a technical support line for all registered customers of the GigaStudio. Please include your Product CD key (printed on the inside cover of your manual) and your system configuration (CPU, memory, Hard Drive type, etc.) when contacting Nemesys. Before contacting Nemesys, please confirm that your sound card is installed and working properly with another audio application. Check the Web tech support for free updates which may already address your problem. Please note that Nemesys technical support is provided for Nemesys' software products only - not for computer or audio hardware. A. Web address - check this for tips and enhancements www.nemesysmusic.com/troubleshoot.html B. Email support CustSer@tascam.com C. Fax support Nemesys technical support is provided for Nemesys' software products only - not for computer or audio hardware. Technical Support fax number: (512) 219-9029 =============================================================================== ======================< 7. Cache Patch Feature >============================= A. Midi Program changes The GigaStudio supports a feature of Windows called 'patch caching'. This feature is supported by software sequencers such as Cakewalk to allow instruments to be more efficiently handled. This feature is usually activated when a new midi file is loaded into the sequencer. The sequencer will then tell the sampler which instruments are required for this particular score. The GigaStudio uses this information to store instruments on the upper midi channels until the scores requires a particular patch.