What is GP Relayer and how to use it

Oct 2, 2024 | Gig Performer Blog

In this article, you will learn about GP Relayer, a new plugin included with Gig Performer 5 that allows you to relay audio and MIDI between Gig Performer and other applications. These applications can be other Gig Performer instances, DAWs, or other audio plugin hosts.

GP Relayer and Studio One DAW tutorial

The plugin’s name is a nod to the famous album Relayer, the seventh studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes.

Examples of possible use cases are:
– Sending audio and MIDI from one instance of Gig Performer to another,
– Recording audio and MIDI from Gig Performer directly into a DAW,
– Utilizing proprietary synths and effects from DAWs or audio plugin hosts in Gig Performer.
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How to set up GP Relayer to send audio from one Gig Performer instance to another

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The example below shows how use this plugin to send audio from the main Gig Performer instance to the second Gig Performer instance.

First, connect the audio source (in this case, a Streaming Audio File Player) to the GP Relayer plugin in the main instance. Next, in the GP Relayer plugin’s editor window, ensure that “Send” is selected and then choose the desired relay (in this example, Relay #2):

How to use the GP Relayer with multiple instances of Gig Performer

Switch to the second instance. In the GP Relayer plugin editor window ensure that “Receive” is set, and then select the same relay number that you used in the main instance (in this example, Relay #2).

To hear the audio, connect the Relayer outputs to your audio interface’s outputs. Check out our user manual to learn about the elements in this plugin’s window.

NB: multiple sender instances can simultaneously send audio/MIDI via the same relay, and multiple receiver instances will receive the mix of all senders for that relay.
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How to set up GP Relayer and a DAW

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If you want to record Gig Performer’s outputs directly to your DAW, you no longer need any third-party software.

Send audio and MIDI from Ableton Live DAW to Gig Performer via the GP Relayer plugin.

We have the following tutorials to set up GP Relayer inside various DAWs:

– Studio One → LINK
– Ableton Live → LINK
– Cubase → LINK
– Logic → LINK
– REAPER → LINK

For those interested in a video tutorial, check out this YouTube video by Cameron Winters.

If you have any questions or want to share your feedback, please visit this Community thread.

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Nemanja Pudar

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Related topics:
– How to use GP Relayer with a DAW [resources]
– All of Gig Performer 5’s new features (live stream)