Background . Apple recently released a new line of computers using their new M1 ARM based microprocessors, also known as Apple Silicon. These processors cannot directly run applications developed for older Intel processors. To address this issue, Apple uses an...
Background .The RJM GT Mastermind pedal controllers are MIDI pedalboards with a collection of buttons above which are little text displays. The normal way to use this pedal board is to create your banks using their software and define what information each button...
By Brett Pontecorvo .DAWs were created to make recording music faster, easier, and cheaper than the analog recording methods used in the past. It did this so well that what was once too expensive, required too much space, or felt too intimidating for someone who...
The System Actions plugin is new with Gig Performer 4 and is multi-purposed. One important feature is to provide local control many Gig Performer global actions such as Tap Tempo, Play/Stop, setting the Master Trim among many others. If you’re familiar with Gig...
A few Gig Performer users have reported a problem where, after loading a gig file, the fans (laptop fans, not your audience!) turn on, your computer gets hot and your activity monitor or task manager indicates that Gig Performer is using a huge amount of CPU cycles....
The new scaling curve mechanism in Gig Performer 4 replaces the older linear-only scaling that was available in previous versions of Gig Performer. Scaling curves can be associated with widgets and with the Note Velocity values of MIDI In blocks. NB the same mechanism...
So, does it? . Well, gee, it should but there are many thousands of plugins out there, there’s simply no way for us to even find them all, never mind do any serious testing to make sure they work! We don’t know specifically of any plugin that does not work with Gig...
Many Gig Performer users coming from older applications often try to bypass widgets and instead use the plugin’s built-in MIDI learn facility to map a plugin parameter directly to a physical knob or slider on a keyboard or control surface. There are several small...
In this article: learn more about ChordPro files, how to find them or create your own, and how to use them in Gig Performer. What is ChordPro? .ChordPro is a file format that allows you to represent lyrics and chords using text markup that can then be displayed in a...
This comprehensive guide is intended to help musicians optimize their Windows PCs to process audio as fast and as reliably as possible. To get the most from your Windows operating system for digital audio processing, many Windows settings and features need to be...
Plugins crash due to many reasons! Learn how to troubleshoot what AU, VST3 or VST plugin crashed in Gig Performer and see tips how to resolve the issue.
In this article I’ll show you how to control your guitar or keyboard effects (or any other instrument effects) by using a Web browser on any computer, laptop, smartphone or device, and OSC in Gig Performer. Previous blog articles covered proprietary applications for...