It has come to our attention that at least one VST3 plugin from IK Multimedia, their "TR5 Opto Compressor", is “leaking” MIDI. What this means is that even though that plugin has indicated that it does not accept incoming MIDI, it will in fact still respond to MIDI...
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 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...
In this article, you will learn about converting PDF files for use with Gig Performer ChordPro. Background . The ChordPro/Lyric window in Gig Performer does not yet have built-in support for viewing PDF files. However, since it does support images, a workaround is to...
In this article, you will learn what to do if Gig Performer 4 or later can't find or use your Intel plugins on the new Mac M1 processor. Background . Apple recently released a new line of computers using their new M1 ARM based microprocessors, also known as Apple...
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...
In this article learn about system requirements for Gig Performer 4.0. macOS system requirements Intel processors : 10.9 or greater Native Apple Silicon: 11.2 or greater . The Universal version supports both Intel and Apple Silicon natively but only works on...
In this article, we will show you how to hide unwanted plugins. How to disable a plugin If you have a plugin that you never use (and who doesn’t!), then you can disable it in the Plugin Manager. Simply select the plugin and click the Enabled switch to disable it. When...
In this article you will learn about breaking changes in Gig Performer 4. Gig Performer 4 can open gig files created with earlier versions of Gig Performer. For the most part, everything will just work without change. However, there are a few changes in behavior that...
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. These actions are, for example, Tap Tempo, Play/Stop, setting the Master Trim among many others....
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...
Gig Performer’s MIDI In block is not just your everyday block for receiving MIDI events. It can do much more than just receive MIDI messages from an external MIDI device and feed them to connected soft-synth plugins. It has important other functionality that often...