Giga Preferences

Type
Giga format 2.0 (GigaStudio only) allows for 8 layers, and supports extra LFO's and crossfading. Giga 1.0 (Gigasampler 1.0) only writes 4 layers maximum per Region.

Translator is the only program that writes true Giga 2.0 files that do not need to be resaved within Giga.

Perform Upgrade to Version 2.0 routine
Anyone can write true Giga 2.0 files, but only Translator handles the complete task of making a standard Giga file. First, it registers the .gig file with Giga itself so it shows up within Giga's Quicksound database. Next, it calls Giga itself to write the acceleration tag necessary to load the file quickly within Giga. It sometimes is necessary to turn this phase off, as Giga sometimes is picky about what gets written into it's files. Turning this off does not change the translation of the file, it preserves it, the only side effect will be that Giga loads it a little more slower. You can always resave this within Giga.
Default: checked

Restrict Incoming Sample Names to DOS naming convention
Default: checked

Remove Roland Prefix for incoming Roland samples
Default: unchecked

Snappier attack
Default: unchecked

Immediate Sample Name Read
On .gig files, Translator has to step through the whole .gig file just to get the sample names to display. On large .gig files, this can take some time. Checking this enables just a generic name ({Sample 4}) to appear so this isn't necessary. Translator will make the actual name appear if you click on the {Sample} shown after it's displayed. This is simply a time-saving measure.
Default: unchecked

Fade out non-looped samples (last 16 samples)
Sometimes sample files have some extraneous information at the end of the file. This is usually not heard on hardware samplers because their output filters are usually clamping down on the outputs at this time. Giga is more responsive, so this appears as a click on non-looped sounds. This feature, when checked, applies a 16-sample fade-out envelope to the data.
Default: checked

Eliminate extension if name is 28-31 chars long
Default: unchecked

Transfer Internal Comments to WAVE in all cases
When you export .gig wavesamples to WAVE files, this forces the internal comments of the .gig file - not just the sample - to be written into the WAVE file.
Default: unchecked

Purge unused samples in translated .gig files
Default: unchecked

Giga ->; prompt for long names
Default: unchecked