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Article Preview :: Will Gigasampler make a comeback?

Published in SOS July 2009

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The ‘Giga’ sampling platform may be coming back from the dead, with the news that developer Gary Garritan has acquired it from Tascam. PC Notes reports.
Martin Walker
There was a lot of doom and gloom following TEAC’s announcement last year that they would cease further development of Gigastudio and related products, because so many musicians and third-party developers had invested so much money and effort in the Giga format.
In a surprise move on 1st April, which was assumed by many people to be an April Fool stunt, Gary Garritan announced that he had purchased the Giga Technology assets from Tascam, along with the rights to the Giga trademarks. However, once Tascam confirmed that after “reviewing over 20 companies” they considered Gary the best candidate to carry on development of the Giga platform, the news began to be taken rather more seriously.
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