• ds07
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Topic: Babyface GSIF 2 Support

Hello,

Just bought the RME babyface. It's great. I was wondering if it currently supports GSIF 2. (I haven't had a chance to install Gigastudio4 on my new laptop and test it.) I couldn't find any documentation online. Is GSIF 2 supported, and if not are there plans to include GSIF2 drivers soon?

I used the RME HDSP PCI cards with Gigastudio for years, and would hate to see this option disappear just because I now work on a laptop...Although many ASIO based samplers are more advanced than Gigastudio and can import Gigastudio files (Konkakt, Motu, etc) none can translate the samples well enough to render Gigastudio useless....

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ds

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Re: Babyface GSIF 2 Support

GSIF support has been stopped long ago, and is no longer found in products that came out after GSIF died.

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3 Reply by ds07 (edited by ds07 2012-06-15 02:01:14)

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Re: Babyface GSIF 2 Support

That's too bad. Perhaps RME could rethink this policy--

There is definitely a group of people out there who have invested alot in and are interested in using their Gigastudio libraries. New soft-synth companies make a big deal about being able to read Gigastudio samples. The trouble is, none of them work nearly as well as Gigastudio. (For example, I own Machfive 3 and have used a demo of Kontakt). There are plenty of posts on message boards of people trying to keep some Gigastudio setup.

The audio interface is a primary issue. In fact, many people turned to RME cards in the first place because they were one of the only companies offering PCI cards with GSIF 2 drivers. Now that laptops are far more powerful, the same people who experienced the quality of the RME card in their desktop setup are now looking for ways top run a similar setup on laptops. Seeing that RME already has GSIF2 drivers for older cards, it's a shame that drivers will not be available for the Babyface....

Anyhow, I'm sure many people hope RME will reconsider this.

DS

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Re: Babyface GSIF 2 Support

Definitely not. We all have moved on since then (2008).

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