In this article you will learn about one of the best practices for software based setups: don’t mix plugin formats from the same company. For example, you can use the VST version of plugin A and the VST3 version of plugin B and the AU version of plugin C but if you’re inserting plugin A, then always insert the VST version of plugin A.
Let's start from first principles. Let's assume you have at least a basic wiring configurations that looks something like this but when you play your keyboard there are no sounds. NB: If you have Gig Performer 5 (most likely available in June 2024) you may be able to...
Touring musicians who don't bring their own controllers and instead depend on the use of back-lined or rented keyboards sometimes run into a problem where Gig Performer doesn't work properly even though it was "just fine" when they rehearsed with their own...
The Temporary Startup Options dialog is a new feature in Gig Performer 4 that allows you to change certain settings when you first open Gig Performer: Changes in this dialog will not be permanent, i.e. when you start Gig Performer again, all changes will be reverted...
Background . Apple recently released a new line of computers using their new M1 ARM based microprocessors, also known as Apple Silicon. These processors cannot directly run applications developed for older Intel processors. To address this issue, Apple uses an...
A customer noticed that Gig Performer seemed to be responding poorly at times and after investigation discovered that under some circumstances it looked like Gig Performer was writing many many megabytes of data to the hard drive when changing from one rackspace to...
A few Gig Performer users have reported a problem where, after loading a gig file, the fans (laptop fans, not your audience!) turn on, your computer gets hot and your activity monitor or task manager indicates that Gig Performer is using a huge amount of CPU cycles....
If USB MIDI Port names keep changing on your Windows computer when you attach your MIDI controller, unfortunately, this is a well-known issue on Windows, all the way back to Windows XP. The solution to this issue is described here. and involves the use of a freeware...
Plugins crash due to many reasons! Learn how to troubleshoot what AU, VST3 or VST plugin crashed in Gig Performer and see tips how to resolve the issue.
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...
It's usually convenient to have Gig Performer load the last gig file automatically at startup and there's a general option that controls this behavior. However, occasionally you may need to temporarily prevent automatic gig file loading. One reason is because you do...
Symptom: After downloading the trial version of Gig Performer, a blank dialog pops up and there's nothing to click on. Background: This issue has only been reported a couple of times. From our investigation, this appears to be some kind of incompatibility between GPU...