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NAME
     korg2gig - Convert sound files from KORG to GigaStudio format.

SYNOPSIS
     korg2gig [-v] [-f] [--interpret-names] FILE1 [ FILE2 ... ] NEWFILE

DESCRIPTION
     This tool takes a list of KORG sound files, used with KORG synthesizer key-
     boards  like  Trinity,  Triton, OASYS, M3 or Kronos, and converts them to a
     Gigasampler/GigaStudio (.gig) file. All input KORG files are  merged  to  a
     single (.gig) output file.

     For  each	KORG "multi-sample" (.KMP) file a separate GigaStudio instrument
     will be created in the output (.gig) file. KORG Sample (.KSF) files  refer-
     enced  by such multi-sample (.KMP) files are automatically detected, loaded
     and written to the output (.gig) file as well. Assignments  of  samples  to
     keyboard regions, sample loops and other minor articulation information are
     converted	as  well.  But note, the multi-sample (.KMP) form is very primi-
     tive. It does NOT save the detailed articulation information of  your  KORG
     keyboard  like  envelopes,  LFO  and filter settings. Those information are
     stored in a separate program (.PCG) file.

     Unfortunately there is  no  support  for  KORG's  program/combinations/bank
     (.PCG)   files  yet.  Have  a  look  at  option   --interpret-names  for  a
     workaround.  Because of this lack of support for .PCG files, you still have
     to adjust the articulation settings in the output	(.gig)	file  afterwards
     with an instrument editor application like gigedit(1).

     If  you  are  explicitly passing KORG sample (.KSF) files as well, and they
     are not referenced by any "multi-sample" (.KMP) file you might have passed,
     then those orphaned samples are added to the output (.gig) file in a  sepa-
     rate  sample group called "Not referenced". That way you can easily distin-
     guish samples in the output (.gig) file which are actually used by  one  of
     the instruments, and the samples that are not used yet.

     NOTE:  This tool might need quite a lot RAM at the moment. Approximately it
     will allocate as much RAM as the expected output .gig file will be in size.
     So make sure you have enough free RAM and/or  swap  space,  otherwise  this
     tool might crash if it cannot allocate the required RAM space.

OPTIONS
      FILE1 [ FILE2 ... ]
	    A  list of input KORG sound (.KMP or .KSF) files. You must supply at
	    least one KORG file. KORG sample (.KSF) files referenced in  the  so
	    called  "multi-sample" (.KMP) file(s) are automatically detected and
	    loaded. So in most cases you would just pass .KMP file(s)  as  input
	    file argument(s).

      NEWFILE
	    Output  file in Gigasampler/GigaStudio (.gig) format. If this output
	    file already exists, korg2gig will abort with an error  message  un-
	    less you specify  -f as argument as well.

      -v    print version and exit

      -f    Overwrite output file if it already exists.

       --interpret-names
	    Try  to guess left/right sample pairs and velocity splits. This is a
	    nasty workaround for the fact that there is no support  for  reading
	    KORG  .PCG	files yet. If you manually named the multi-samples (.KMP
	    files) on your keyboard in a scheme like "PIANO 003-120 -R" it  will
	    interpret  the two hints as a) velocity split range (in this example
	    from velocity 3 to 120) and b) stereo sample pairs (in this case the
	    multi-sample contains the right channel). Of  course  you  can  also
	    omit one or both hints if you don't want to have a velocity split or
	    stereo sample pair for certain instruments or regions.

SEE ALSO
     korgdump(1),  wav2gig(1), gigedit(1), rifftree(1), akaidump(1), gigdump(1),
     sf2dump(1), dlsdump(1)

BUGS
     Check and report bugs at http://bugs.linuxsampler.org

Author
     Application   and	 manual   page	 written   by	Christian    Schoenebeck
     <cuse@users.sf.net>

libgig 4.5.2			   10 May 2014			     korg2gig(1)

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