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rtcstudio · 2nd June 2002

I give it my highest rating. I have loaded most of my Roland Sample library into it, and it emulates the Roland Filters very acurately. New libraries that are giga compatible are easy to load and use.

GigaStudio is very intuitive, with all kinds of cool features like a mixer, DSP functions (eqs etc.).

Giga 96 has two layers of 16 midi channels each. Each midi channel can have up to 4 patches for really thick sound.

Hard disk streaming makes it possible for incredibly HUGE samples, full length with no looping.

It will integrate seamlessly with your sequencer on the same computer. It has a Sequencer button on its panel to invoke your sequencer program. At that point, GigaStudio becomes a giant sampler module for use in your sequencer.

I use Giga with my Fujitsu Pentium III 1.2 Ghz laptop. I use an Echo Audio Mona Laptop 24bit cardbus interface that has 8 ADAT I/O, spdif, and 4 analog in/6 analog outs. I use a Granite Digital firewire drive to hold all my music stuff, including my Giga Library.

If you have any more questions, I'd be glad to answer! It's well worth the money, I could not imagine NOT having it now.

2nd June 2002	#2
rtcstudio Gear Head Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 31	I give it my highest rating. I have loaded most of my Roland Sample library into it, and it emulates the Roland Filters very acurately. New libraries that are giga compatible are easy to load and use. GigaStudio is very intuitive, with all kinds of cool features like a mixer, DSP functions (eqs etc.). Giga 96 has two layers of 16 midi channels each. Each midi channel can have up to 4 patches for really thick sound. Hard disk streaming makes it possible for incredibly HUGE samples, full length with no looping. It will integrate seamlessly with your sequencer on the same computer. It has a Sequencer button on its panel to invoke your sequencer program. At that point, GigaStudio becomes a giant sampler module for use in your sequencer. I use Giga with my Fujitsu Pentium III 1.2 Ghz laptop. I use an Echo Audio Mona Laptop 24bit cardbus interface that has 8 ADAT I/O, spdif, and 4 analog in/6 analog outs. I use a Granite Digital firewire drive to hold all my music stuff, including my Giga Library. If you have any more questions, I'd be glad to answer! It's well worth the money, I could not imagine NOT having it now.