Any editing of .gig in GVI ?

[swayzak]

hi

I tried to update my PMI Emperor with .art patch in gvi .... no joy.

That's why I'm going to install GS3 on a partition on the new C2D DAW - for editing (.art updates, Gigapulse etc.).

This has been a bit of a headache, but that's another issue (see my other post).

Am I missing something or can you not update gig files with .art files in GVI ?

swayzak

[JonFairhurst]

That's right. GVI does not have an editor.

I'm really curious to see what the next generation of GS will bring. We can assume full 64-bit support. (Tascam has been fully aware of Vista for quite some time.) I would guess that there will be some non-kernel mode editing as well.

Time to save up for a tree-full of RAM sticks...

[belbin]

That's right. GVI does not have an editor.

I'm really curious to see what the next generation of GS will bring. We can assume full 64-bit support. (Tascam has been fully aware of Vista for quite some time.) I would guess that there will be some non-kernel mode editing as well.

Time to save up for a tree-full of RAM sticks...

That's right. Tascam confirmed 64 bit compatiblity for the 4th gen elsewhere recently. Exciting times.

Belbin

[swayzak]

That's right. GVI does not have an editor.

...

So if one has just GVI (without GS3), then there is no way of updating / patching instruments unless the developer supplies an updated .gig file ... ?

Won't that cause problems for these users ?

[sambasevam]

I simply dont get where Tascam is going with GVI. Kontakt 2 already is much superior to GVI in every way possible. If tascam was going to release something in 2006/2007, they need to compete against Kontakt 2 or other samplers. Instead they release a CUT down version of an already outdated sampler. There's no incentive for people to choose GVI vs. Kontakt2, but I guess to each his own. I mean, comeon folks, you cant EDIT a patch? I read about this in Keyboard magazine when they reviewed GVi, and i was furious. Yeah, i'm not a GVI customer, but what exactly was tascam thinking? :samurai:

[JonFairhurst]

...what exactly was tascam thinking? :samurai:When they started GS3, they had a pretty good plan, but development took much longer than anybody predicted. By the time they released GS3, the market was shifting. GVI was a late response. IMHO, they did exactly the right thing. They limited the feature set and got the product to market. If they had a killer feature plan, but no GVI on the market, that would be much worse.

I would guess that the next gen products will be a strong response not only to K2, but to some of the features showing up in the proprietary players as well. We will see...