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...
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...
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...
In this article you will learn how to optimize your Mac computer for a gig. Apple computers running macOS have great support for real-time audio and MIDI and typically do not require much optimization. However, you may still want to make sure that your performance is...
Tech note #1 The goal of this article is to simply explain rackspaces and variations for users who are already familiar with the basics of Gig Performer. What exactly is a rackspace? A rackspace is the container for a collection of interconnected plugins representing...
Gig Performer is an audio plugin host for live performance that allows musicians the most flexible MIDI processing and creating very sophisticated live setups. About MIDI MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface), originally created by Dave Smith (creator of the...
I (David) have often been asked to describe my live keyboard rig which I use with the three bands in which I play: The Security Project Beyond The Wall Reelin’ In The Years . Keyboards . I have four keyboard controllers: Studio Logic SL88 (88 notes weighted) Roland...
The MIDI Channel Constrainer is a plugin that allows you to set the MIDI input channel that is allowed through, remap the input channel to another channel, or block all MIDI traffic that goes through this plugin. You can learn more about this plugin block in the User...
As of the time of writing, Gig Performer 4 does not support sending MIDI messages from a rackspace to the Global Rackspace or vice versa, you can only send audio data. Although a future version will most likely add this support (legal caveat - no guarantees), there...
In this article we’ll show you how to send Program Change messages out to hardware devices and other applications. Gig Performer 4 introduces improved support for sending out MIDI to your hardware MIDI devices and external applications. Gig Performer 4 MIDI...
In this article we'll show you how to create keyboard splits and velocity splits in Gig Performer. Gig Performer is an audio plugin host for live performance that allows musicians to create sophisticated setups and fully express their artistic needs. Whether you want...
In this article we explain how to create a custom metronome with visual feedback using the System Actions plugin. Introduction . The System Actions plugin is one of the new built-in plugins in Gig Performer 4. This plugin allows you to control various Gig Performer...