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How to remember the global transpose between gigs

How to remember the global transpose between gigs

In this article, you will learn how to remember the global transpose between gigs. If you would like a particular gig file to always start with the global transpose set to some non-zero value, there’s a very easy way to do this: 1. Insert a widget in your Global...

Working with panels and widgets

Working with panels and widgets

In this article, you will learn about panels and widgets and useful tips for designing your panels. Before we start, if necessary, please check out user manual topics to become familiar with Panels, Widgets and other basic terms in Gig Performer. Some musicians don't...

The Magic of the Shift key

The Magic of the Shift key

,In this article we will learn about various features in Gig Performer that are available using the Shift key. In many places, when you hold down the Shift key while performing some action, Gig Performer will behave slightly differently in response to that action....

Program Change Management

Program Change Management

In this article we’ll show you how to manage various features in Gig Performer related to program change events. About Program Change messages . A program change is a MIDI message traditionally causes hardware synths to change to a different preset (or "patch"). It is...

Clever ways to optimize your plugin usage

Clever ways to optimize your plugin usage

In this article you will learn about tips and tricks to optimize your plugin usage. Or community forum is a great knowledge resource. Here and there we stumble upon many that can help reduce one's CPU and RAM usage. We decided to compile some of these tips in this...

Working with TouchOSC and Gig Performer [guest article]

Working with TouchOSC and Gig Performer [guest article]

In this guest blog article you will learn how our community member Thomas Lisi (@NanoMalefico) is working with TouchOSC and Gig Performer. TouchOSC next generation, with the integration of scripts inside it, for me won the best place on the podium among the...

How to use multiple instances in Gig Performer 4

How to use multiple instances in Gig Performer 4

In this article you will learn how to easily use more than one instance in Gig Performer. What is multi-instance support? .Multi-instance support means that you can run an application multiple times on the same computer, with each such "instance" operating...

How to change sounds and control plugins from your MIDI controller

How to change sounds and control plugins from your MIDI controller

In this article we’ll show you how to change sounds and control plugins from your MIDI controller. Gig Performer is an audio plugin host for live performance and your live performance command center. Of course, it can be used as your loyal companion on many other use...

How to implement incremental transpose

How to implement incremental transpose

In this blog article, we will show you how to implement incremental transpose. Suppose you’d like to have a couple of buttons on your MIDI controller that just increment or decrement the global transpose amount. Important note: Gig Performer 4.5 has built-in support...

Controlling the global transpose from your keyboard

Controlling the global transpose from your keyboard

Gig Performer has a global transpose parameter, normally set to zero. You can of course manually adjust this value by clicking on it and entering a new transpose value directly or by using the UP/DOWN arrows to increment/decrement respectively its value. The new value...