I am quite new to all this, and i couldn’t seem to find a specific solution online so have come here. Basically i have some vienna symphonic library sounds as .gig files. and i want to use them in Cubase.
Ive got G-player because apparently this is needed to play the files within Cubase or something?. Basically this is as far as i have got and i need to know how to import those .gig files in cubase and use through G-player so i can start composing.
You’d need a sampler that reads the Giga format. That can be either Steinberg’s own Halion 5 or Kontakt 5. Neither is free and Kontakt is now an industry standard, so that’s what I recommend. Kontakt is also part of Native Instrument’s Komplete collection (currently at version 10), in case you need a wider sonic palette for your projects.
BTW, there might be some free applications that can do that too, but I can’t vouch for their quality/speed/efficiency. Translating from the Giga format isn’t simple, and even Kontakt and Halion sometimes don’t get everything right.
even Kontakt and Halion sometimes don’t get everything right.
You seem to have missed that they already have G Player…a vst specifically and exclusively for playing gigasampler libraries which does so without translating to another format.
Given that I’m not sure what advice the OP needs exactly…I presume you open G-Player as a vst instrument, load a library and that’s it…but it should be covered in the G-Player manual.
Obviously the Performance Tool won’t work, but you ought to be able to play some of the more basic files. However, may I ask why you haven’t upgraded to Vienna Instruments, because it is a far more advanced player and will ultimately give you a much better experience.