Tascam GigaStudio to Akai S5000-Z Series Translation

Giga Files and Instruments have several properties which make them a little more difficult to translate into other formats.

Large Size
Although not all .gig files are large, some are. Fortunately, the S-5000 can handle up to 256mb memory, and the Z-Series up to 512mb, so most Giga files can be handled.

However, if you want to limit the size of loaded Instrument size, you can by going to Options-Single Sample Mapping and changing the parameters there. Translator will proportionally truncate sample for the Giga file to fit. If a loop carries over in a truncated space, the loop is turned off. Translator has a sophisticated algorithm that truncates the samples, preserving the smaller ones and placing the truncation burden on the larger ones. The algorithm also looks ahead and if any "dimensions" will be ignored, it simply deletes the samples and relieves some of the burden that way.

The A-B-C-D Parameter
Giga has the under-used "A-B-C-D" parameter - this is a function where

Typically this is a modulation parameter where parameters A through D are incrementing figures between 0 and 127.

Giga is not the only format that has this - again, Ensoniq had it in 1988, and Emu and Roland use them also.

This format does not support this. This parameter is simply ignored; it's not the optimum solution, but it's the only one, since generally you don't want to ignore the sample reference.

Compression
Some Giga libraries are compressed. Translator completely supports the decompression of these waves, so this is not an issue in Translator.

Otherwise, Giga is a pretty normal format.