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Use host automation rather than MIDI to control plugin parameters

Use host automation rather than MIDI to control plugin parameters

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 mechanism, possibly because that's all that was available to you before you started using Gig Performer. However if you're using Gig...

How to sync Gig Performer to an external MIDI Clock

How to sync Gig Performer to an external MIDI Clock

As of version 1.6, Gig Performer can sync to an external MIDI clock, adjusting tempo automatically based on the rate at which MIDI clock events are received. Note: there is a new blog article that covers Gig Performer 4 and tempo synchronization. Check out this link...

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...

Using Loopback to send audio from one application to another

Using Loopback to send audio from one application to another

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 but there are third-party applications like virtualMIDI that do the same...

Green Oak Crystal – parameter list is empty

Green Oak Crystal – parameter list is empty

Turns out it's not! What has happened is that the 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. Since Gig Performer only has a small area where plugin parameters are...

Using 32-bit plugins with Gig Performer on Mac and Windows

Using 32-bit plugins with Gig Performer on Mac and Windows

----------------- First of all, the bad news is that you can't do it directly. Gig Performer is a 64-bit application and so can only load audio plugins that are also 64-bit. If you are using OS X and you have upgraded to Catalina (OS X 10.15) or newer you will not be...