Alternate Giga Sample Players

**kitekrazy** · 04-05-2009, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by wst3ae

Anyone else have info or additional options?

Thanks,

Bill

GVI. I think you can still get this via retail.

**mosso** · 04-07-2009, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by wst3ae

Anyone else have info or additional options?

Thanks,

Bill

How about MOTU Mach 5? Since Giga disappeared I've been looking at this as a potential solution in the event of Giga being non-functional on a new system...

Martin

**KicknGuitar** · 05-26-2009, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by mosso

How about MOTU Mach 5? Since Giga disappeared I've been looking at this as a potential solution in the event of Giga being non-functional on a new system...

Martin

I am ordering Machfive this week. I finally just got a used mac, and from what I understand Machfive reads giga files, no conversion necessary. I will give a report over the weekend. I think the earlier version, and trying to run it on PC was dissapointing. I must say that the USED mac I got on craigslist for cheap just smokes my PC so far. It was so easy to compose in Gigastudio, and Motu Freestyle. THat was a perfect marriage, so intuitive, no tracks, just compose parts, for anyone unfamiliar with that combo, well, nothing like it for composition. SO, my dream is to get another cheap mac, and put Freestyle on it, and use this mac with Machfive for my giga files, and all the stuff that M5 comes with and what I need to add to machfive. After all, this is about ease of composition, not computers and companies, and tearing our hair out over technology.

**kitekrazy** · 06-06-2009, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by KicknGuitar

I am ordering Machfive this week. I finally just got a used mac, and from what I understand Machfive reads giga files, no conversion necessary. I will give a report over the weekend. I think the earlier version, and trying to run it on PC was dissapointing. I must say that the USED mac I got on craigslist for cheap just smokes my PC so far. It was so easy to compose in Gigastudio, and Motu Freestyle. THat was a perfect marriage, so intuitive, no tracks, just compose parts, for anyone unfamiliar with that combo, well, nothing like it for composition. SO, my dream is to get another cheap mac, and put Freestyle on it, and use this mac with Machfive for my giga files, and all the stuff that M5 comes with and what I need to add to machfive. After all, this is about ease of composition, not computers and companies, and tearing our hair out over technology.

Mach 5 will also run on PC.

**raintalk** · 06-10-2009, 11:06 AM

Cheap basic player Coyotes Forte
http://www.coyotes.bc.ca/ForteDXi.html

**bkkjohn** · 03-16-2010, 12:44 AM

Originally Posted by StudioV

Well, I fired up my GS3 workstation with all the samples in it, and when it crashed ...

I would have been more surprised if you had said you fired up Giga and it DIDN'T crash.

**esz1080** · 05-19-2010, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by cdxman

For your information, G-Player is now available for Windows 32 bit and 64 bit (including Vista and 7). G-Player plays all your Giga files directly without any conversion.

I downloaded the demo version. Looks promising, but missing 2 features ( important to me )

1. Re-assign bank/program number for loaded instruments
2. DEF. It seems that either the CC1 is disabled on the demo version or it is not implemented.

The one I tested was for Win7 on my 64bit.

**mikeroephonics** · 05-26-2010, 07:11 AM

G-Player seems OK, but there are a lot of GUI and keyboard/mouse issues that need to be addressed before
I consider using it. Also, release trigger samples on VSL '+RS' patches seem to play late, causing an audible gap between the sustain sample and the release sample. This is a dealbreaker for me.

Has anyone else had proper .gig playback issues with G-Player? I want to like it, but I'm so used to how Giga v3 ran that it's hard to get used to less-effective methods.

It has potential. However, I think Gary may be our only hope here...lol No pressure!

- Mike

**hoalaocai2** · 07-13-2010, 12:06 AM

Originally Posted by swinkler

I just went to the site and there is a precompiled windows binary you can download. You might have to scroll up a bit to find it.

http://linuxsampler.org/downloads.html#linuxsampler

Steve Winkler

I accept with information: The problem is that Linux programmers are myopic. The user perspective doesn't seem to be considered. It would be nice if the website told musicians that the Linux Sampler can play back sounds from the hard drive, including most Giga format libraries.

**wst3ae** · 07-13-2010, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by hoalaocai2

I accept with information: The problem is that Linux programmers are myopic. The user perspective doesn't seem to be considered. It would be nice if the website told musicians that the Linux Sampler can play back sounds from the hard drive, including most Giga format libraries.

"Myopic"

That's really polite<G>.

The Linux community is not without it's faults, and one of them is assuming, or even requiring a certain level of developer experience, or at least admin experience. That's a pity really, because they do have some really cool tools.

I'm still with the camp that really wants G-Player to work<G>...