Original Message 1/10                 Date: 11-Nov-02  @  04:59 PM   -   Interesting product

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Egosys 'Gigastation' - hmm... sampler card system with 8 analog outs and something they call: 'GIGAWIRE' - Like rewire it routes the sampler into VST etc like with rewire.

The package has the main sampler card with 8 (4 x stereo) analog out's and s/pdif OUT

the second card is the midi breakout card (doesn't actualy insert into a slot, but uses a free pci case slot as it's locator)

There are 4 midi sockets adapters which plug In to those 4 midi ports. (2 IN - 2 OUT)

Also you get a bunch of disks (dunno if any are sounds yet), and a stereo to 2 x mono 1/4" lead

well, there it is, ASIO drivers & WDM is with it... Only drawback I can see is NO INPUT, but if you don't require recording, or want to use a PC as a stand-alone sampler then fine.

Dunno what formats it reads either yet... anyways, looks interesting. But why there is no audio IN I dunno

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Message 2/10                 Date: 12-Nov-02  @  08:45 PM   -   RE: Interesting product

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no audio in on a sampler????

shrug, is it getting that bad for SW users!?

Stickin' with my trusty A3K

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Message 3/10                 Date: 12-Nov-02  @  11:41 PM   -   RE: Interesting product

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its for gigasampler format, isnt it? you cant make your own with it anyway afaik.

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Message 4/10                 Date: 13-Nov-02  @  02:21 AM   -   RE: Interesting product

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Sounds like Samplecell revisited.

H- no in there either

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Message 5/10                 Date: 13-Nov-02  @  02:30 AM   -   RE: Interesting product

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yeah, I've never heard of people even editing gigasampler sounds, let alone creating them from scratch. I tried to go in once just to change some envelope times and even that was way too complicated for me to care about.

Some of those programs with 8-way velocity switching and samples for each note can get really damned crazy! Best to use it as a rompler... a crazy wicked good rompler.

psylichon

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Message 6/10                 Date: 13-Nov-02  @  10:11 PM   -   RE: Interesting product

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Damn! You can't do your own samples in Gigasampler? Why use it? Just for precontructed sounds?

Sigh...

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Message 7/10                 Date: 13-Nov-02  @  10:34 PM   -   RE: Interesting product

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you can, it's just a bit fiddly, plus the damn thing is a hungry beast which runs as a seperate app. now if this card can do the dsp for gigasampler then ...

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Message 8/10                 Date: 14-Nov-02  @  01:15 AM   -   RE: Interesting product

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well, people buy it for the libraries. yes, a'la samplecell. But, oh, those libraries...

There is nothing better for acoustic piano. Hands down. No question. I've heard the 5-disc vocal collection is unbelievable, too.

psylichon

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Message 9/10                 Date: 14-Nov-02  @  04:12 PM   -   RE: Interesting product

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it imports akai btw.

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Message 10/10                 Date: 14-Nov-02  @  06:06 PM   -   RE: Interesting product

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yeah that Giga Akai converter opened up a whole new world for me... I bought some s/h Akai sample discs, and now I have loads of sounds....

one bad thing about that Akai convert... I've noticed that sometimes Giga doesn't like when you convert something from Akai format, and then try to go in and edit it, such as adding a filter mapping to it... sometimes it fouls it all up, and you just get a terrible screeching noise...

win some, lose some.

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