Teac GigaStudio 3 - Manual (Page 178)

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hi-hats.
Layers
You can have several samples layered on top of each other playing together at once.
You can even have individual MIDI control of the volume of each layer or have a MIDI
controller sweep between the layers. (Cross-Fade Layering)
Key-Switch
This original Giga invention allows you to use notes on the MIDI keyboard to instant-
ly switch between various samples. This is often used for orchestral instruments that
have several articulations. You can instantly switch from Long Sustain to Staccato to
Legato to Trills to Tremolo, and so on, all on one MIDI channel.
Round Robin & Random
These dimensions switch the samples automatically each time you play a note.
Round Robin plays a pre-determined sample order while Random triggers the samples
randomly.
Smart MIDI
This Dimension is used for the new MIDI tools in Giga 3.0. These tools include the Pat-
tern Alternator, The Repetition Tool and the Legato Mode Tool.
The Dimension view display all the available pre-programmed dimension controllers
contained in the loaded instrument. In our violin section example instrument we have
the following dimensions.
The first dimension controller listed is Key Down Velocity. We can see that there are
two splits defined for the velocity of the selected region by the yellow (active) and dull
green (inactive) bars.
In addition to velocity, there is a stereo dimension as well as a keyboard dimension
with eight keyswitches. There are two columns with values displayed at the right end
of each of the listed dimensions. These pertain to dimension selection and will covered
in the QuickEdit Virtual Keyboard topic later in this section. Using the scroll bar on the
right side of the dimension window, it is possible to select splits from up to eight differ-
ent dimensions in QuickEdit.
Wave Audio View
The QuickEdit waveform display allows for drag and drop editing of envelopes, filters
and LFOs. Click on a parameter control knob or anywhere within the each of the control
sections and its displayed nodes and graphic envelope will be displayed in the view.
Each control type has a corresponding color and style of line drawn for editing pur-