Gigapack series

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Gigapack series

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Gigapacks with their CDs

Information
Manufacturer(s): Sound&Vision

Distributor(s): Best Service

Release date: 1993 (Gigapack)
1994 (Gigapack 2)
1995 (K2xxx version)

Original price: £279(each)
¥26,800(each)

Format(s): S-7xx
K2xxx

Status: Discontinued

Credits

Gigapack was a CD-ROM sample series with 2 CDs each one, the name come from the combination of the 2 CD capacity (550 megabytes each one aproximately, that make 1.1 gigabytes in total).

Content[edit | edit source]

Gigapack[edit | edit source]

CD-ROM A[edit | edit source]

  • 317 Bass Drums
  • 507 Snare Drums
  • 385 Hi-hats
  • 90 Cymbals
  • 259 Toms
  • 40 Different Drummachines
  • 305 Percussion sounds
  • 900 Drum loops
  • 93 Percussion loops
  • 54 Drum Fills
  • GS Standard Drum Kits (Dance + Real Kits)

CD-ROM B[edit | edit source]

  • Peter Siedlaczek's Classical Choir
  • 147 Synth-basses
  • 20 Basses (acoustic and electric)
  • 523 Synthezisers (Microwave, K2000, JD800/990, Wavestation, TB-303/MC-202, Minimoog, etc.)
  • 55 Synth Pads (synth, flächensounds)
  • 25 Syn-voices + vocoders
  • 10 B-3 Organs
  • 29 Pianos + E. Pianos
  • 32 Guitars (Acoustic, E-Guitars and distorsion)
  • 11 Brass (Classic brass, horns, trumpet, flutes...)
  • 8 Orchestral strings (strings, violins, pizzicato, harp)

Gigapack 2[edit | edit source]

CD-ROM A[edit | edit source]

  • HALLELUJAH
  • Guitar licks (Pop, Rock, Funky, Wah-wah, Reggae)
  • Brass (Brass sections, saxophones)
  • Pianos (Micro-piano)
  • Synths (Morpheus, Dance synths)
  • Synth basses (minimoog, SH-101, DX7, Multisamples)

CD-ROM B[edit | edit source]

  • CR-78 analogue drumloops
  • Shouts (vocal hooks, electronics)
  • Analogue synth-drums and percussion
  • Special FX (analogue and industrial)
  • Dance FX (dancefloor, Kraftwerk-like, metal on metal)
  • Bombastic FX
  • Atmosphere (Acxel Resynthesizer, sound collages)
  • Real FX (nature, traffic, action, war, atmospheres)

Versions[edit | edit source]

The Best of Gigapack I & II for K2000[edit | edit source]

Released in 1995, is a selected compilation of both original Gigapacks for Kurzweil K2xxx samplers in 2 CDs. Includes the best of HALLELUHJAH.

CD-ROM A[edit | edit source]
  • 450 Brass samples
  • 825 Choir samples
  • 179 Synth pad samples
  • 314 Piano samples
  • 103 String samples
  • 990 Dance syn samples
  • 892 Synth samples
  • 93 Voice samples
CD-ROM B[edit | edit source]
  • 907 Bass samples
  • 842 Drum loops
  • 1082 Drum machine samples
  • 605 Bass drum samples
  • 134 Cymbal samples
  • 554 Hi-hat samples
  • 377 Perc samples
  • 89 Rim samples
  • 699 Snare drum samples
  • 473 Tom samples
  • 1175 Guitar samples
  • 115 Organs

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Notable uses[edit | edit source]

Music[edit | edit source]
Television/Streaming[edit | edit source]
Movies[edit | edit source]
Videogames[edit | edit source]
  • Koji Kondo, various The Legend of Zelda titles.[1][2]

Tsunku, “Rhythm Tengoku”

Other[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]