GigaStudio Compatibility Info, GSIF, and using ReWire

Rain Recording audio workstations have been officially certified by TASCAM to deliver outstanding GigaStudio performance along with world class technical support.

Running GigaStudio

GigaStudio requires it's own driver to work stand-alone with audio hardware. The driver is called the Giga Sampler InterFace or GSIF. Hardware manufacturers have to provide this driver in order to be compatible with the stand-alone version of GigaStudio.

There are two versions:

• GSIF1 allows for low latency playback
• GSIF2 adds the ability to route audio from a recording program back through GigaStudio to use the inbuilt effects.

GSIF Compatible Sound Cards

Here's a list of compatible soundcards and audio interfaces that we deal with regularly that have GSIF drivers. For a full list please use the link below.

• Frontier Designs (GSIF2)
• M-Audio Delta Range (GSIF1)
• MOTU (GSIF1)
• RME (GSIF2)
• Tascam (GSIF2)

TASCAM GigaStudio and ReWire

Version 3 of GigaStudio includes ReWire support which allows it to act as a ReWire slave to a ReWire host program such as Sonar, Cubase or Pro Tools. When in ReWire Slave mode GigaStudio does not require it's own GSIF driver and can operate through the ReWire host using the same audio driver as the host program.

For more information about ReWire and how it works:
http://rainrecording.com/pro/software/gigastudio-rewired/

GVI - Giga Virtual Instrument

Tascam's new GVI version of GigaStudio runs as a VST or RTAS Instrument inside a compatible host such as SONAR, Cubase or Pro Tools. This does not require it's own GSIF driver as the GVI is run inside the hosts audio engine.

Useful Links

http://www.tascamgiga.com
http://rainrecording.com/pro/software/gigastudio-rewired
http://rainrecording.com/pro/software/tascam-gvi-review
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rewire

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