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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
       keyboards 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  instru-
       ment  will  be  created	in  the	output (.gig) file. KORG Sample	(.KSF)
       files referenced	by such	multi-sample (.KMP)  files  are	 automatically
       detected, loaded	and written to the output (.gig) file as well. Assign-
       ments  of samples to keyboard regions, sample loops and other minor ar-
       ticulation information are converted as well.  But note,	the multi-sam-
       ple (.KMP) form is very primitive. It does NOT save the detailed	artic-
       ulation information of your KORG	keyboard like envelopes, LFO and  fil-
       ter 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  af-
       terwards	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 separate sample group called	"Not referenced". That way you
       can easily distinguish samples in the output (.gig) file	which are  ac-
       tually  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, oth-
       erwise 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 unless 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),  gig-
       dump(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 4.4.1			  10 May 2014			   korg2gig(1)

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