---
name: "gigmerge"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libgig"
version: "4.6.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gigmerge"
---

# gigmerge(1)

Merges several Gigasampler (.gig) files to one Gigasampler file.

## NAME

gigmerge - Merges several Gigasampler (.gig) files to one Gigasampler file.

## SYNOPSIS

**gigmerge** \[ -v \] GIGFILE1 GIGFILE2 \[ ... \] NEWGIGFILE

## DESCRIPTION

Takes a list of Gigasampler (.gig) files as input and merges their content to one new single Gigasampler file. Note: There is no check for duplicate (equivalent) samples yet. That means, if for example 2 input files use the exact same sample, then this sample will exist twice in the output file.

## OPTIONS

- **GIGFILE1**

  filename of input Gigasampler file

- **GIGFILE2**

  filename of input Gigasampler file

- **NEWGIGFILE**

  filename of merged output Gigasampler file

- **-v**

  print version and exit

## SEE ALSO

**[gigextract(1)](/gigextract/1.md),** **[gigdump(1)](/gigdump/1.md),** **[gig2mono(1)](/gig2mono/1.md),** **[gig2stereo(1)](/gig2stereo/1.md),** **[wav2gig(1)](/wav2gig/1.md),** **[dlsdump(1)](/dlsdump/1.md),** **[rifftree(1)](/rifftree/1.md)**

## BUGS

Check and report bugs at http://bugs.linuxsampler.org

## Author

Application and manual page written by Christian Schoenebeck \<cuse@users.sf.net\>