If you experience an issue where one of the notes on your keyboard stopped working or you are getting a stuck note, please check: - the properties of all of your widgets in the rackspace. (the MIDI Assignment List window is helpful here), - the Global MIDI controls....
Knowledge Base Articles
After updating Gig Performer, some of my plugins were not found
A customer reported that after updating Gig Performer, some of his plugins were not found.. Scenario .Gig Performer is running fine on your Windows computer. Then, you notice a Gig Performer update is available. BUT before you update, you uninstall your current...
How to create two Gig Performer instances with a single-client ASIO Driver on Windows
In this article, you will learn how to create two Gig Performer instances with a single-client ASIO Driver on Windows.. Background .Gig Performer has built-in support for multiple instances. Creating a second Gig Performer instance is easy. Just select File ->...
The upgrade has been aborted – cannot update Gig Performer
If you see the prompt that a Gig Performer update/upgrade is available but the update fails to install, perhaps with a message such as, “Something went wrong”, then there is most likely a permissions problem on your computer which is preventing the program to update....
Toggle MIDI plugins on/off in the same rackspace without getting stuck notes
In this article, you will learn how to toggle MIDI plugins on/off in the same rackspace without getting stuck notes Gig Performer allows you to distinguish between NoteOn and NoteOff events in our MIDI Filter plugin: Why is this interesting? Well, turns out it gives...
Using Recall Value On Load and Also recall on Activate widget options
By default, Gig Performer 3 saves the values of all widgets using a "last value saved" algorithm. So, when you change a widget value and save your gig, and afterward you reload your gig, that widget will have the same value. In some performance situations, you may not...
Learning Superior Drummer 3 parameters
A customer reported that Gig Performer would not learn mixer faders in Superior Drummer 3 (SD3). Thanks to some help from Toontrack which we greatly appreciate, we discovered that SD3 requires an extra step. You cannot simply move any parameter in SD3 and have it...
All gig files gone after update – Gig Performer also rescanned all plugins
A customer, understandably panicked, contacted us to report an issue. After installing the latest update, when he ran Gig Performer he just got an empty rackspace. Also, Gig Performer started a complete scan of his VST and AudioUnit plugins as if the update turned...
Use host automation rather than MIDI to control plugin parameters
In this article, you will learn why you should use host automation rather than MIDI to control plugin parameters.. Background .If you're trying to control a plugin parameter directly from your physical hardware, you may be tempted to use the audio plugin's MIDI...
How to sync Gig Performer to an external MIDI Clock
In this article, you will learn how to sync Gig Performer 3 and earlier to an external MIDI Clock. Note: there is a new blog article that covers Gig Performer 4 and tempo synchronization. Check out this link for more information. The guidelines in this article apply...
NSInternalInconsistencyException Couldn’t posix_spawn: error 35
In a crash report recently received, we noted that the message was as follows: Application Specific Information: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'Couldn't posix_spawn: error 35' We have absolutely no idea what...
How to route different Kontakt instruments in a Multi to different audio outputs
In this article you will learn how to route different Kontakt instruments in a Multi to different audio outputs If you have multiple instruments inserted into a single Kontakt instance, you can easily route each instrument its own audio output pair so that you can...