If you can't use same audio device to listen to Gig Performer and external music player at the same time, see the tip below. A Windows customer recently reported a problem where they found that they could not listen to their music with apps like Spotify or Pandora...
Guest blog written by Greg Nelson . Shortly after the turn of the current century, I started to experiment with Virtual Studio Technology. I and was very impressed with various software emulations of organs and synthesizers, and sampled pianos. I started to explore...
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...
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 ->...
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...
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...
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...
MacOS has a nice built-in feature called IAC (Inter-app Communication) that allows you to connect MIDI applications together and communicate with each other. There's nothing built into Windows. However, there are third-party applications like virtualMIDI that do the...
In this article you will learn about some considerations when you are upgrading your computer or your operating system. Suppose you wish to move an existing Gig Performer installation to another computer, or if you need to perform a Windows Restore to revert to a...
You have to set the location of your plugins in Gig Performer, as in the Windows world, audio plugin developers are free to install their plugins anywhere. To do this, follow these steps: Open the Plugin Manager, which can be found under the Window menu in Gig...
Depending on your settings, when you run Gig Performer setup on Windows, you may see a dialog one or more of the following: The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software This file does not have a valid digital signature that verifies...
Turns out it's not! What has happened is that the Green Oak Crystal synth plugin defines about 768 parameters but only a few of them are actually used. The rest are simply unnamed, so have empty strings. Gig Performer only has a small area where plugin parameters are...