Drag Method

The Drag Method enables you to effeciently convert files in a one operation manner. It is the recommended form of translation, although the other methods work fine as well, and may be more beneficial considering your preferences. It is also the only method which facilitates converting into files stored on proprietary formats, such as Akai, Roland, Emu, etc.

All dragging is done from the RIGHT to the LEFT. It is a simple operation designed to fulfill the important information that Translator needs to know in order to convert files.

• What do I want to convert? (Is it a whole Akai CD? A couple Giga files? What?)
• What format do I want to convert that to? (A SoundFont? Something else?)
• Where do I want to put the converted file? (Should this go in my Giga folder (c:\Gigs)?)

Dragging an object from Right to Left answers all these questions by definition.

Example: Let's say you have an E-mu (or any proprietary drive format, such as Akai, Ensoniq, etc.) CD-ROM in your CD-ROM Drive, and you want to translate that into a GigaStudio file (.gig).

Here are the steps:

• Where do I want to put the converted file? Expand the DOS directories on the left by clicking the "+" signs, and expose the folder where you want to store the new GigaStudio file.
• What do I want to convert? On the Emu proprietary drive, find the Emu Drive, Folder, Bank, or Preset (or multiple objects also) you want to translate. Display it in the Right Pane, then drag the Object from the Right pane to the DOS folder you exposed earlier.
• What format do I want to convert that to? Translator™ will bring up a Emu Export dialog asking you which format you want to translate to. (However, if converting to another proprietary drive, such as Akai, EMu, etc. it already knows what format you want and not bring up the dialog.)
• Choose GigaStudio Instrument, and click OK.
• Translator will start converting the source Object into a GigaStudio .gig file, and will tell you when it is done. Along the way Translator will give you explicit status information.