[Fmpro] URLs for GigaStudio being dropped by Tascam

[Dana]

Add another Vision fan to the list.  I still have it on my ancient 
PowerMac 7500, and every now and again I break it out to retrieve some 
old sound files.  Good times, good times.



Christopher Alpiar wrote:
> OH Man I really really loved Vision. I was so bummed out to use  
> cakewalk or performer after opcode bit the dust :(
>
> Christopher Kennedy Alpiar
> Cinematic Composer
> 937.294.0900 (Dayton Studio)
> 310.339.9603 (Los Angeles)
> 877.294.0912 (Toll Free)
> www.alpiar.com
>
> On Jul 23, 2008, at 8:25 PM, Fernando Rivas wrote:
>
>   
>> Seems like natural selection has claimed another victim.  It was a  
>> matter of
>> time before Gigastudio hit the ropes.  I've never trusted Tascam and  
>> heard
>> many negatives after Gigasampler evolved into Gigastudio. This will
>> certainly be difficult for many composers using the PC based system.
>> Something similar happened with Mac when Opcode's Studio Vision bit  
>> the dust
>> and we had to move to Logic or Pro-Tools or (yeeeks!) Cubase.  These  
>> days
>> it's important to stay flexible on what platform one uses as much as
>> possible because the only certainty is that by the time you get used  
>> to
>> something - it will die and something new will come along.
>>
>>
>> On 7/23/08 7:34 PM, "Christopher Alpiar" <chris at alpiar.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=1738
>>>
>>> http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62021
>>>
>>> http://community.sonikmatter.com/forums/index.php?s=83e41654f08bf4042f7c0131d6
>>> 045a92&showtopic=40706&pid=245325&start=0&#entry245325
>>>
>>> http://forums.oreilly.com/content/Audio-Community/358/Tascam-Discontinues-Giga
>>> -Studio/
>>>
>>> http://vi-control.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9940&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=
>>> asc&highlight=
>>>
>>> http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/07/23/gigastudio-is-dead-leaving-sampler-us
>>> ers-high-and-dry/#comment-527787
>>>
>>>
>>> Christopher Kennedy Alpiar
>>> Cinematic Composer
>>> 937.294.0900 (Dayton Studio)
>>> 310.339.9603 (Los Angeles)
>>> 877.294.0912 (Toll Free)
>>> www.alpiar.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 23, 2008, at 7:24 PM, Les Mizzell wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>>> Tascam is dropping the full GigaStudio product line.
>>>>>           
>>>> Holy crap!' Do you have a url to the press release for this please?
>>>>
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