In this article: learn more about ChordPro files, how to find them or create your own, and how to use them in Gig Performer. What is ChordPro? ChordPro is a file format that allows you to represent lyrics and chords using text markup that can then be...
In this article I'll present you a new feature that was introduced in Gig Performer v3.80, which allows you to find out which plugin crashed Gig Performer. A plugin may crash any audio plugin host and there can be many reasons why, e.g.: The plugin has compatibility...
In this article I’ll show you how to control your guitar or keyboard effects (or any other instrument effects) by using a Web browser on any computer, laptop, smartphone or device, and OSC in Gig Performer. Previous blog articles covered proprietary applications for your mobile phone...
In this article I'll show you how to use your Android mobile phone or tablet to control your guitar or keyboard effects (or any other instrument effects) by using OSC in Gig Performer. Gig Performer, our audio plugin host for live performance, supports full OSC implementation....
In this article I'll present several websites where you can find and download free VST, VST3 or AU audio plugins, install them and use them in the audio plugin host Gig Performer, on Windows or Mac. Gig Performer doesn't include any audio plugins, and three main...
Gig Performer is designed to be a very flexible host to allow you not only to create your sounds but also to perform, in real time, on stage or in a studio. We’re not talking about playing 8 bars with one sound, stopping to switch...
For users coming to Gig Performer from other 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...
Gig Performer’s MIDI In Block is not just your everyday block for receiving MIDI events. It can do much more than just receive MIDI messages from an external device and feed them to connected soft-synth plugins. It has important other functionality that often relieves you from...
Omnisphere supports a mode where it can load several sounds simultaneously so that you can switch from one to another with no delay and with the ability to leave the old sound audible until you release all notes. Of course, Gig Performer's Patch Persist™ facility...
Gig Performer 2 introduced a programming language, GP Script which, while still evolving, will allow users to extra add functionality into Gig Performer. Let’s see a simple example of GP Script in use. Gig Performer supports Tap Tempo, the ability to measure a sequence of taps and...
By default, Gig Performer saves the values of all widgets using a "last value" algorithm. That means that when you change a widget value and save your gig, then when you reload your gig, that widget will have the same value. This is very convenient but...
The normal way to use Gig Performer™ is to create rackspaces each of which contains a collection of plugins connected together as desired. A rackspace might contain everything needed for a single song or you might use several rackspaces during a single song, switching from...