Gigasampler...how exactly do I use it?

[odiwgal]

I have Cakewalk PA 9.0 and I also have Gigasampler with some of the sample CDs. This thing looks really cool, and being a guitarist, the idea of using MIDI to do a bass line, for example and including that in my Cakewalk project really opens up possibilities. Thing is, I'm not totally sure how to use it. After playing around a little, it seems that I can have a midi track in Cakewalk that will "play" the Giga sounds, and "capture" that as a WAV file...then subsequently import that WAV into my project as audio. Is that how you do it? If so, I'm cool there. But, I have the GS disk called "Whole Lotta Country" which has sounds of fiddles, steel guitars, etc. and they are not single notes...but rather licks and fills, etc. How do I use those? Do I simply "string them together" to for a complete tune? And what if the sampled lick is the wrong speed...or the wrong key? Can I change that?

ANY information on how to really get a hold on using GS would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks.