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GigaStudio 4 Reference Manual
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Show/Hide Sub-Channels
Because a stacked instrument can contain many sub-channels, it may be useful to collapse a stacked
instrument so that only the Main Instrument channel is visiblein the MIDI Mixer. The black arrow to the
left of the Main Instrument channel field toggles between showing or hiding the stack’s sub-channels.
Instrument Loading via Drag-and-Drop
There are several ways to load instruments into the MIDI mixer via drag-and-drop.
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Drag-and-drop a .GIG or .GSI file from the desktop into a MIDI mixer channel. If the channel already
contains an instrument, the existing file will be detached. To stack files on a MIDI channel, hold down
the Ctrl key while dragging and dropping.
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Drag-and-drop a .GIG or .GSI file from the QuickSound Explorer into a MIDI mixer channel. If the
channel already contains an instrument, the existing file will be detached. To stack files on a MIDI
channel, hold down the Ctrl key while dragging and dropping from Quicksound.
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Drag-and-drop a .GIG or .GSI file from the Loaded Instruments pane into a MIDI mixer channel. If the
channel already contains an instrument, the existing file will be detached. To stack files on a MIDI
channel, hold down the Ctrl key while dragging and dropping.
Unloading Instruments Using the Loaded Instruments Window
Once an instrument is loaded into GVI, it remains loaded in memory (RAM) whether it is presently attached
to a MIDI channel or not. This makes it possible to attach/detach loaded instruments quickly using MIDI
program changes.
However, if you want to reclaim RAM, you need to unload an instrument, not just detach it. This requires
using the Loaded Instruments Window, which shows all instruments currently loaded into GigaStudio
memory.
There are three unload options available by right-clicking on an instrument in the Loaded Instruments
window.
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Unload selected:
Unloads the single selected instrument on which you right-clicked.
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Unload all:
Unloads all loaded instruments displayed in the Loaded Instruments window.
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Unload unmapped:
Unloads all instruments that are not currently attached to a MIDI channel.