Any Recommendation for a 64bit Sample Player that supports Giga?

But even better would be a recommendation for a solid Sample Player that can load/play Gigasampler libraries...

You probably won't like the answer... but I'd bite the bullet and get Kontakt (Komplete)
It'll load/play Giga libraries... and (obviously) a whole lot more.

I converted most of my older Giga VSL libraries with Kontakt. It works pretty well for the most part.
I also have SampleLord that I purchased before I got Kontakt. That works for well for many types of files too including Giga but it hasn't been updated for a while.
There's a few others that I can't remember at the moment...

Have been meaning to try this one for awhile:
 
http://soundlib.com/gplayer/
 
 

There is a free gigaplayer called CV Piano-GVI Powered by Tascam. It comes with a free piano that is quite good. This is a free download. I can't remember the link but you should be able to launch a search. It is still out there somewhere because I tipped someone asking for freebie pianos and they found it. They were really impressed with it. Anyway, it comes as a sixteen track player and you can load your other giga instruments. You do have to use ReWire if you want to use it in Sonar. Good Luck!

Thanks Jim... Glyn... JonD...

So sad... I'm so broke. But I can't lose my Will Lee Bass Sample Library. It's still the best set of bass samples I've found anywhere...

Yup... I know the giga format is dead, but if you have a library (I have very little other than the bass), it's like keeping an old instrument for it's value...

I have the Kontakt player on my 32bit system and I can't say I've been very fond of the interface... but if it does the job I'd get used to it. I seem to remember that the player will only load a small subset of library they provide? I might be wrong...

The gplayer looks very interesting... $150 for my bass guitar... Cheap... Too bad I don't even have that! <sigh>... But I will keep that in mind as it would be fine for the bass alone. I know that Kontakt is more versatile as it loads so many formats and still has a life of it's own, but the price stretches me even further... and this player shouldn't need support other than bugfixes (?) as the format and feature set will never change. So it's safe until VST support changes somehow...

Right now my workaround is relatively simple but I'm sure I'll get tired of it fast... I simply do my bass work in Sonar32 and freeze it then switch to Sonar64 for other work.... back and forth as necessary...

I'm overwhelmed with trying to get a new machine setup to replace my 32bit system as I have such a robust setup with an old seriel emagic Unitor8 feeding a JLCooper Synapse and SSL/Soundscape Mixtreme 16 i/o.... I don't want to change that system as it works fine other than being underpowered...

I have another Unitor8 but it seems it will be useless as it's seriel and all I can find online tells me that a seriel2usb connection or seriel PCIe card won't work on my new MacPro (for this gadget) and neither will my Mixtreme 192 (PCI, not PCIe as the Mac supports)... So I'm busy trying to get around all this with no money.

I got a Tascam US1800 which is the only gadget I found with support for Vista64 (a temporary HP, liguid-cooled, 64bit system while building the Mac) so I got it and was immediately sadly disappointed at it's lack of proper monitoring ability... No wonder it's so cheap.... But I'll leave it connected to the HP when I migrate to the Mac and hopefully get a more realistic interface to run under win7 Pro there...

I digress... You can tell I've got a lot on my mind about this situation... ;-)

I'll checkout the Kontakt issues a bit more and keep an eye on the gplayer as it appears either will suffice for the bass library I'm trying not to lose...

Many thanks for the suggestions...

BTW... Have any of you checked out the Linux Player? Any thoughs?

Keni

Just a bump for Keni - I also PM'd you.
My last post was so long-winded (I write 24 minute "songs" too). LOL) you may not have seen the last part - 
In a nutshell, if you are interested I will transfer my VSampler 3.5 license to you at no cost (I am able to run it fine in X1 64 bit). All assuming someone at Maz-sounds/VSampler is still around to do the transfer, of course. 
PM me your contact information if you are interested.

You are more than welcome,Keni! I am running GVI in X1 Expanded on Windows 7 with no problems at all. I will check here to see how it worked for you. I may have to burn some brain cells to remember if there was a certain way to get it to work. I don't think there was any problems as far as I can remember now. There are better pianos out there, I know, but this one is not near as bad as some of the pianos in the TTS. I did like the noise of the dampers and the sustain pedal a lot. It will run your other gigas and that is what's important. Hope it works for you.

I'm so sorry! I went back and checked and I found out I forgot I have Gigastudio 3 from a long time ago. I hardly ever use it anymore. It was GS3 that allowed me to use the library and not the piano. I am so sorry but maybe you will find a use for the piano. I still pull it out from time to time and use it. It's a shame that Garritan bought out the Giga line and I don't see them giving any signs of intent to continue that product. At any rate, I apologize again and hope the free piano is a peace offering. LOL