You need an internet connection to activate (but not to actually use) your Gig Performer trial and then again to activate a full license. Once you have activated Gig Performer on your computer, you can run it without an internet connection. Further, as long as you do...
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...
Gig Performer is an audio plugin host that supports AudioUnit (AU) plugins, VST3 and VST plugins. AU plugins are Mac-only: Generally, if you install or update an Audio Unit plugin, you have to log out or possibly even reboot your computer before the updated AU becomes...
One of our users, @progloverfan, posted this helpful tip on our Community forums for Windows users that may be helpful to anyone trying to tweak their PC to make it more efficient. Carefully review your BIOS settings and power management settings. Here’s a copy of...
For users coming to Gig Performer from other audio plugin hosts, there is some confusion as to how to configure Gig Performer so you can use the same set of Program Change (PC) or Control Change (CC) messages for different parts of a song, no matter what song you’re...
It is safe to update Gig Performer, your plugins or your operating system (macOS or Windows) - unless: you’re about to go on tour, or are in the middle of one, or otherwise expect to use Gig Performer in the very short term for a recording session (for example)....
Gig Performer is an audio plugin host that has been shown to be very reliable in terms of its ability to load plugins (VST2, VST3 and AU (Mac only) from pretty much every plugin developer out there. Plugins from all the major developers (Native Instruments, Arturia,...
We use FastSpring to process payments for Gig Performer. As noted on FastSpring website, "Customers that are exempt from paying VAT or GST can prevent tax from being collected on their order by providing their valid VAT ID or GST ID at the time of purchase. For those...
If you’re running macOS Mojave (10.14) or newer (e.g, Catalina, 10.15), you need to give Gig Performer permission to use the microphone (I know - you’re using an audio interface, not the microphone, sigh) otherwise no audio will be received by Gig Performer. The first...
Depending on how particular AU, VST3 or VST plugins needed to be activated, it may be the case that the Gig Performer's plugin scanner was unable to validate them. There are four main reasons this might happen: The plugin is proprietary, The plugin is 32-bit, The...
This issue mostly happens on Windows with incompatible ASIO drivers but it can also happen if a plugin crash due to its inability to handle sample rate changes that occur after that plugin has been loaded. Try one of the following: 1) Stop Gig Performer from...
ASIO4ALL was originally designed to provide low latency support for audio interfaces that did not already support ASIO on Windows systems. However, depending on your configuration, your audio interface and its drivers, ASIO4ALL can either help or hinder. If you are...