Important note: this article applies to Gig Performer versions before v4.5. Gig Performer 4.5 can record both inputs and outputs channels. Check our user manual or watch this video to learn more). .When you click on the Record button in Gig Performer, it records your...
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I see these kinds of questions across the Internet, because users want to know if they can use their old laptop for gigging or to see how well Gig Performer does work with fewer resources. These are the main reasons I decided to write this article. In 2009, I bought a...
Introduction Many DAWs come with their own collection of proprietary plugins. As an end user, I generally never use proprietary plugins because doing so locks one into a particular eco-system and also makes it difficult to collaborate with other musicians who have a...
Gig Performer is an audio plugin host for live performance and session musicians, but you don’t have to use Gig Performer just for music! Although Gig Performer’s primary purpose is as a plugin host (AU, VST3, VST host) for live performing musicians, due to its...
One of the most often asked questions I hear from guitarists is “why would I use VSTs (plugins) and a computer for my rig?” They typically argue that computers are Expensive Prone to crash Ruined by spilling beer on them Too complicated to use Etc. Interestingly, I...
Gig Performer is designed to be a very flexible audio plugin host to allow you not only to create your sounds but also to perform, in real time, on stage or in a studio. We’re not talking about playing 8 bars with one sound, stopping to switch sounds, and playing...
Gig Performer is not a plugin chainer. Gig Performer is an audio plugin host for live performance and session musicians, the part of your instrument. It looks like this or it looks like that... . ….therefore it is the same as this or the same as that! My bicycle has...
Gig Performer's visual "connect anything to anything else" approach has been praised by our users. They find it simple and easy to modify and follow what's going on. This is especially important for live situations and particularly for musicians who want to focus on...
Gig Performer is notarized by Apple and can be opened in Catalina. As of version 3.6, Gig Performer itself runs perfectly fine in Catalina. You will most likely be prompted to allow access to the Microphone and you must allow this. The prompt is a little bit...
Guest post by Gig Performer user Jim Erwin— Keyboard player with The Suburbans . Best Practices (okay... my practices) for deploying VST Plugins on Windows .I've seen multiple approaches to installing VST plugins on Windows. After a number of years of building new...
Many DAWs come with a collection of (often very good) proprietary plugins for synthesis and sampling. However, proprietary audio plugins have one major disadvantage. They lock you into the DAW in which they live. If you ever need to share your tracks with others, or...
Input and output ports in Gig Performer blocks . If you’re already a Gig Performer user, you know that you can easily route audio and MIDI between AU (Mac only), VST3 and VST plugins by just connecting them visually. However, you may have wondered why some plugin...