[LAU] Building gigasamples

[Dave Phillips]

Julien Claassen wrote:
>
>   I was wondering, if it would be possible to create a stripped down 
> commandline version of gigedit to bild a complete gigasample library 
> of a preorganised .gig file and a directory of .wav-files. I've come 
> across this sort of thing several times now. You get a sample library 
> made up of a lot of .wav-files, a .nki file and an empty .gig-file 
> shell. The only thing needing to be done is open the gig file, choose 
> the right directory and click import, or however it is called.
>   Would it be possible, within reasonable amount of time and work, to 
> implement such a mini special gig-builder for the CLI. I'm thinking of 
> something like:
> gigbuild <file.gig> <wav-basedir>
>  

Hi Julien,

I agree, this would be a great addition to the LinuxSampler world. I've 
created a couple sets of GIG files with Gigedit, it would have been a 
lot easier with your suggested utility. I'd also be inclined to do more 
conversions if I had such a tool.

Best,

dp