[Linuxsampler-devel] [linuxsampler-devel] Re-saving file as gig v3?

[Andrew C]

Hey all,

I'm trying to combine some instruments together in a gig file, but when I
do I get the message

"You are currently using a .gig file in old v2 format. The current combine
algorithm will most probably fail trying to combine instruments in this old
format. So better save the file in new v3 format before trying to combine
your instruments."

I assume if I just re-save the file using 'file -> save as', gigedit will
re-save it as a gig v3 format file?

Thanks,

Andrew.

[Christian Schoenebeck]

Post by Andrew C
I assume if I just re-save the file using 'file -> save as', gigedit will
re-save it as a gig v3 format file?

No, gigedit won't do that automatically. That behavior is intentional. Because
otherwise the gig file would no longer load in older GigaStudio versions
(talking about the original software on Windows). So you must go the file
properties in gigedit, then switch the combo box from v2 to v3 and then save
the gig file. After you did that, combining your instruments should work just
fine.

BTW you only get that warning message if the combine algorithm would need to
use a feature that is only available with Gig format v3 (i.e. if the
instrument would exceed the v2 limitation of max. dimension regions).

Also when you create instruments from scratch, gigedit will create them as v3
format by default. So you only have v2 format gig files if you got them from
somewhere else (i.e. commercial gig library, downloaded from a shop, etc).

CU
Christian