Every audio plugin host has its strengths and weaknesses. In the table below - we try to compare Gig Performer® with the most common, comparable audio plugin hosts on macOS and Windows platforms. This page is updated on 2024-06-19 per relevant product user manuals; if...
You may be wondering how to implement side-chaining in your audio plugin host. Quick answer: if you’re using Gig Performer, it’s pretty trivial. Note: At the time of writing this article, we used Gig Performer 3. However, the same concept applies to more recent...
We recently got a question from a user who wanted to be able to switch rackspaces and variations using Note messages on a Novation Launchpad. The Launchpad only produces MIDI Note messages, but Gig Performer expects Program Change MIDI events. What to do? Important...
ward,I’m primarily a guitar player and for years I’ve been searching for a better reverb plugin. I was never overly picky about my delays for some reason but reverbs really change the sound of one's guitar significantly. . Background . I use reverbs with both my...
Guest blog written by Greg Nelson . Shortly after the turn of the current century, I started to experiment with Virtual Studio Technology. I and was very impressed with various software emulations of organs and synthesizers, and sampled pianos. I started to explore...
Omnisphere supports a mode where it can load several sounds simultaneously so that you can switch from one to another with no delay and with the ability to leave the old sound audible until you release all notes. Of course, Gig Performer's Patch Persist™ facility...
In this article, you will learn how to create two Gig Performer instances with a single-client ASIO Driver on Windows.. Background .Gig Performer has built-in support for multiple instances. Creating a second Gig Performer instance is easy. Just select File ->...
In this article learn how to create a tap tempo button in various Gig Performer editions. Gig Performer supports Tap Tempo, the ability to measure a sequence of taps and calculate what should be the current BPM. When we first created that feature, we assumed that...
Gig Performer's Recorder provides a simple way to capture every audio input and output channel to its own wave file. You can then easily post-process these file in a DAW. The feature is particularly useful for FoH engineers who are using Gig Performer to add live...
The use case for the Rig Manager is to isolate the particular keyboards and MIDI controllers (MIDI pedal boards, etc.) from your actual rackspace setups. The fundamental idea is: - you name your physical devices in the Rig Manager, - and you use those names when you...
A much requested feature in Gig Performer was an Audio Mixer, a multi-channel gain control plugin. Instead of creating separate gain controls after each synth plugin, you could use a single plugin to control the gain of multiple plugins. Our plugin comes in 4ch (two...
Gig Performer ships with a built-in programming language GPScript that can be used to develop very sophisticated behavior for live performance. . The Motive . GPScript gives Gig Performer some "open endedness", providing the ability to add features that are not...