Kurzweil to Tascam GigaStudio Translation

Status: Implemented in the current version of Translator.
This translation is only available on the Windows version; it will be available on the Mac version shortly.

Each Kurzweil File translates into a single .gig file - each Kurzweil Program represents a single Giga Instrument within the .gig file. In fact, you could say that the Kurzweil file structure and .gig file structure is virtually identical.

GigaStudio/Sampler can support a Stereo Sample structure - click here for special notes regarding translating into this structure.

GigaStudio/Sampler supports only a specific number of Layers and Velocity Splits - please see the Giga Overview for more information.

Certain Kurzweil CD-ROM’s can conflict with Windows - see the Miscellaneous article Kurzweil CD-ROM Support for more information.

Since the Kurzweil has cohabitated ROM synth sounds and samples for it's lifetime (for ten years), it's files sometimes reference waves from both RAM sample memory and internal ROM; if you have a translation that doesn't sound quite right, or seems to be missing a layer or a velocity range, this is often the case.

Giga lacks a proper Coarse Tuning parameter - it uses a Unity Note parameter to change ptich coarsely. However, when the Pitch Track parameter is turned off, there is no more coarse tuning facility. Click here to see how Translator deals with this.

Kurzweil samplers have the capability for alternative looping modes; Translator compensates for these modes.

Kurzweil "files" (containing collections of programs and samples) can be split up into separate files. Translator supports these automatically by only showing the first file of a split file, and authomatically loading the others in when requested.

Translator supports all types of Kurzweil files - .krz files, .k25 files, .k26 files, and Kurzweil Macro files (.mac). Macro files load into the Kurzweil specific objects contained in Kurzweil files specified in the Macro file.