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CHAPTER 7: LOADING INSTRUMENTS AND PRESETS
GVI FILE FORMATS
There are three main file types that can be used with the GVI platform.
Theses files include GIG files (GigaStudio Instrument files), GSI (GigaStudio
Stacked Instrument files), and Presets that are accessed through the native
GVI Load/Save Preset menu. GIG files would typically be stored on your
dedicated sample drive while GSI files can be stored anywhere on your
system. Presets are automatically stored in a single centralized
location.
The GVI UI defaults to a sixteen channel MIDI Mixer view when initialized.
Not only can you perform basic mixing and routing functions within the
MIDI Mixer, it’s also where you manage what instruments and files are
loaded on each MIDI channel. Following is a more detailed description of
GVI compatible file formats:
GIG Files - GIG (.gig) files can contain multiple (single) instruments and
are arranged in banks. These instruments may be loaded or
stacked into the MIDI mixer’s individual channels using the
MIDI Channel drop-down menus. When a GIG file is loaded
that contains multiple instruments, all of the contained
instruments are loaded into RAM, but only the first
instrument is attached to the specified MIDI channel.
GSI (GigaStudio Stacked Instrument) files can be either loaded
or exported (saved) from within GVI using the MIDI Channel
drop-down menus. GSI files are similar to GVI Presets in that
they remember much of the GVI interface including loaded
instruments, MIDI Mixer settings, audio routing, instrument
specific editor tweaks, and GigaPulse tweaks.The main
difference between a Preset and a GSI file is that the sampler
is reset (cleared) when a Preset is loaded while a GSI file can
be loaded into a session that already contains instrument
assignments.
GSI files can contain multiple instruments either loaded on
separate MIDI channels or loaded on a single MIDI channel as
a stacked instrument.
GSI Files -