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Gig Performer® runs on:
64-bit Windows 7 SP1 or later
Mac OSX 10.9 or later (Intel only)
Mac OSX 10.14 to 12.x (Universal)
  • Gig Performer 4 on iMac, Panels view
  • Gig Performer 4 on Mac Book Pro, Panels view
  • Gig Performer 4 running on a laptop

In trial mode, Gig Performer® will be fully functional for 14 days except

1. Occasional intentionally induced audio drop-outs
during which moments the screen will briefly flash red.

2. The Auto Sampler configuration cannot be modified.
To remove these restrictions, please purchase the full version.

Having issues with your ASIO driver on Windows?

Try installing the ASIO4ALL driver or uninstall it if you already have it installed.

 Get notified about Gig Performer® updates

How to update or upgrade from an earlier version of Gig Performer®

Gig Performer ® 4.7 is a free update for existing Deskew Technologies Gig Performer® 4.x customers. Simply download the latest version and install it. Upgrades/crossgrades from Deskew Gig Performer 3 or earlier or from the PA GP4 Unlocked Edition are available.

Community forums

Get answers to your how-to questions - tell us about your rig - share your live performance stories.

User Manual

Online user guide, reference manual and searchable documentation.

Getting started videos

Watch these introductory video tutorials for quick overview of Gig Performer® basics

Optimize your Computer

The Ultimate Guide to Optimize your Windows PC for the Stage

Current Gig Performer® version is 4.7

 View release notes

Download Gig Performer® PDF To ChordPro Utility for Mac and Windows

How to use GP PDF To Chord Pro Tool

 Download Gig Performer® PDF to ChordPro for OSX

 Download Gig Performer® PDF to ChordPro for Windows

Download legacy versions of Gig Performer® below

 Download Gig Performer® 4.58 for OSX – Intel

 Download Gig Performer® 4.58 for OSX – Universal

 Download Gig Performer® v4.58 for Windows

 Download Gig Performer® v3 for OSX

 Download Gig Performer® v3 for Windows

 Download Gig Performer® v2 for OSX

 Download Gig Performer® v2 for Windows

 Download Gig Performer® v1.8 for OSX

 Download Gig Performer® v1.8 for Windows

They Say

  • Gig Performer is known for its user-friendly interface and ability to easily manage multiple plugins and effects

    ChatGPT - https://chat.openai.com

  • Even more than my old DAW, Tracktion 7, Gig Performer is visually/conceptually intuitive, particularly using wire connectors in the racks. And things just plain work, including audio inputs and outputs (like my old Blackbird Onyx Firewire, even in combination with a Focusrite sound card. Low CPU usage means I can use a relatively cheap Mac Mini running High Sierra, which still works with my Mackie Blackbird Onyx Firewire sound board. I had to dumb down the Mini to work with High Sierra, but GP3 worked no matter what.

    Michael M

  • I have found Gig Performer to be a much more solid, performant product, and I love the ability to patch everything together and see it visually.

    Kirk A

  • GP 3 has allowed me to setup my live rig in a whole new way and it super reliable, thx!

    Ronny R

  • I’m coming from a receptor rig. Since receptor was discontinued, I was looking for a stable software alternative. I briefly looked at mainstage, but gig performer just ticked al the right boxes. I ‘m a keyboard player and an audio engineer. So the flexibility is a big plus. I can built complex chains with al my favorite plug-ins very easily. I also like that everything is controllable trough midi hardware. I do not like to look at a screen during a set. I know Gig Performer is running silently in the background, I have my set loaded in and everything just works.

    Jan H

  • GP has set us apart from everyone. Imagine 2 guys who are accomplished musicians (I don’t mean to brag), who can play a gig and sound like a 6-piece band with synchronized lighting and video, at a duo price, all due to GP.

    Stanley S

  • I tried a few others too (including Mainstage) but in all honesty, yours was miles ahead of the others. The sheer flexibility and customisation available suited me perfectly and allowed me to map my midi controllers with absolute ease. The quick and hassle free routing of audio and midi signals was also so easy and trouble free. Reliability was also a concern and GP3 has remained rock solid in use, even when switching connected devices off whilst GP3 is still running, it doesn’t completely crash your machine, it just clearly and effortlessly lets you know what’s happened!

    Sean B

  • I am a organ/keyboard player - so I have midi bass pedals, a piano controller, and a keyboard controller - a lot going on at the same time. Everything works well together and I can just play rather than fuss with the computer.

    Carmine F

  • I tried mainstage and it was complicated. I had a vision for my guitar sound to pass through plugins instead of my pedalboard for live music. Did some research and found Gig Performer. It was works like my pedal board....wires and devices. Truly amazed of the sounds that come out! Thanks for this dream come true!!!

    Eric B

  • In my experience Gigperformer is much more reliable Mainstage. Playing live music is my full time job and Mainstage has failed on me at gigs a number of times. Gigperformer is much more stable.

    Francis M

  • I have been keyboardist for over 30 years and it is very obvious that Mainstage is not a professional solution. CPU usage is unacceptable, Mainstage is unstable and unreliable due to CPU problems (even on most powerful computers). Gig Performer does provide the power, the optimal CPU usage, the versatility to allow me for the first time to switch from complex workstation based keyboards to live rigs with a Mac computer.

    Thomas B

  • We tried MainStage and frankly the deeper we got into it the more frightened we became. We simply were not able to build a stable show and when looking for tech support got nowhere. Fast forward to now and the deeper we get into GP the more excited we get frankly. VERY stable and a terrific community for brainstorming. Where MainStage always felt like it was boxing us into a corner we feel like there are multiple options now for anything we try to set up using Gig Performer!

    Peter D

  • Gig Performer was so easy to get to grips with and I found I had a usable setup within a short time during my first use of the program. I love the way it is customizable and relates to both hardware and software instruments and effects.

    Martin S

  • GP makes it possible to completely trust the software and its integration with my MIDI-controllers so I can focus on playing in the “here and now”.

    Jacob K

  • I’ve been using GP since March 2020, it’s the only app I’ve used that is stable and versatile

    Steve O

  • I love the way Gig Performer let me do anything I can imagine.

    Christophe P

  • This program is so crazy useful. It has a huge future as more people discover it. You get huge value in your first 60 seconds using it and it just ramps up from there.

    Kevin F

  • After 13 years with Mainstage and Ableton Live, GigPerformer gives an actual peace of mind when it comes to stability.

    Mikko P - https://www.mikkopatama.com

  • Man oh man did you guys get this right!!!!! No more Mainstage for me - best change I've ever made switching over. I was able to create over 100 patches in the space of an afternoon. I won't say how long it took when I first started using Mainstage

    winip (via YouTube)

  • GP has absolutely changed how I run my guitar rig and has finally allowed me to run it how I want to rather than how the software wants to.

    Mark Braithwaite

  • After more than 20 years of using a PC to run my keyboards on stage, I finally don’t live in fear of the next patch or song change.

    Andy Myers

  • Yay finally someone with brains developed the vst host from heaven I purchased Gig Performer and OMG. This is by far the best live VST host for live work. Thumbs up big time. Look forward to gigging with this beasty vst host from heaven. Yay.

    Paul Patto - https://www.facebook.com/paul.patto

  • It’s actually CHANGED my studio by giving me the ability to have “physical” control of virtual instruments on the fly without the need for the GEAR.

    Michael Whalen (two-time Emmy award winning composer) - http://michaelwhalen.com

  • I love it when I get a new instrument or tool to use it gives me a fresh outlook and Gig Performer has done exactly that. I now find I am creating more complex sounds for my stage performances and being confident that they will work. Gig Performer was created for musicians who want reliability and a familiar way to create and recreate their sounds on stage it is not just another way to use your plugins for me it has become another instrument. Thank you Gig Performer you are a Great Performer.

    Blue Weaver (The Bee Gees, The Strawbs)

  • Thank you guys for creating a "Musician's Tool" instead of another Engineering Tool

    Bill H

  • Very impressed with Gig Performer. It is so intuitive that probably it doesn't need a manual

    Chris

  • Gig Performer has liberated my best audio plug-ins from the confines of the studio and finally made it practical to bring multiple instances of them to the performance stage. Simultaneous MIDI processing makes a versatile system. I now have one very compact live setup!

    Jim Meyer - http://www.jimmeyer.ca/stick/jimmeyer.html

  • Gig Performer is like a breath of fresh air for laptop performers. Stable, efficient and without all the extra unnecessary features that increase cpu and distract from a smooth playing experience. It’s a lean, mean performing machine and will find a home with many players looking to augment, or completely replace their hardware rigs. P.S. I just made a gig with 50 instances of Uhe Diva in it. Resting cpu = 2%. wow!

    Simeon H. - http://www.simeonharris.co.uk/Simeon_Harris/Home.html

  • Finally, a plugin host that truly addresses the needs of live performers

    Trey Gunn (King Crimson, Robert Fripp, David Sylvan, The Trey Gunn Band) - http://www.treygunn.com/

  • Gig Performer is a game changer for me. Not only can I create any combination of sounds with this but also perform them live with seamless switching. The only limitation with Gig Performer is your imagination.

    Michael Cozzi (Shriekback, Sky Cries Mary)

  • Gig Performer is an amazing tool for my unconventional set up. Allowing me to access the full power of my laptops into my system. It is quickly becoming an incredible asset to my live shows.

    Robert Frazza (Crimson ProjeKCt, Stick Men, Todd Rundgren, Lindsey Webster, U.K., Orleans, Joe Jackson)

  • I was also impressed that it handled midi fx, I wasn't expecting that 🙂

    Mark H.

Scaling Curves

Scaling curves allow you to control the shape of the output of a widget or convert an incoming note velocity to a new velocity. Various predefined curves are available and they can be tweaked as necessary. You can also just draw your own curve as well to achieve the effect you require.

 

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MIDI File Player Plugin

You can load up to 128 MIDI song files in a single plugin instance. Switch from one song to another, mute tracks and/or change their channel numbers. Tempo can be controlled by individual songs or you can use the global tempo and tap tempo to control the BPM interactively.

 

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Favorites and Presets

Create a sound by placing and interconnecting your desired plugins, such as a synth, some effects and perhaps a mixer. Select them all and then save the selection as a named favorite. The favorite will subsequently show up in all plugin insert menus, making it easy for you to recreate that configuration whenever you need it again. This feature is also very powerful for creating your needed sounds on your studio computer and then transferring them to your touring laptop.

 

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Probabilistic Sound Designer

Parameters you select in an open plugin are captured into the Probabilistic Sound Designer dialog window. When you click Randomize, you're only adjusting those selected parameters. Each entry in the PSD dialog has a curve but unlike widgets where the curve controls scaling, in the PSD the curves are used to define the probability of particular values being selected. Make sure the filter cutoff never gets too slow so as to block all sound. Perhaps adjust the max range of the VCA attack parameter so that the sound doesn't have too much delay. Constrain the octave ranges of the oscillators, perhaps ensuring that 1/3rd of the time we select 8' and 2/3rds of the time we select 4'. The possibilities are endless.

 

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More Widgets

Numerous new widgets are included in Gig Performer - a new sustain pedal, plastic knobs, drum pads and more colored sliders. Shapes can be colored with different borders and fill colors and morphed from rectangular to circular. Your creativity is now the limit to creating fabulous front panels in Gig Performer.

 

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MIDI Message Helper

Select MIDI devices by name. Choose the MIDI message type and adjust the appropriate parameters for the specific type

 

  

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Layout management

Gig Performer supports arbitrary resizing. Layout your widgets the way you want - resize the main window and the widgets will grow or shrink as necessary to maintain the same interrelationships. No matter what size screen you have, your front panels will still be neat and usable.

 

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Undo Support

If you move your widgets around and/or resize them, or even delete them by mistake, the Undo facility will correct your mistake. Minor moves to a widget by mistake will no longer spoil your design

 

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Plugin Channel Count

Some plugins support a large number of outputs and they depend on the traditional channel strip to control how many ports should be available.   When you only need a stereo pair, it is convenient not to have a large horizontal block. In Gig Performer, the number of available ports  is controlled by the channel count override, which can be applied to individual plugins and will be remembered when the gigfile is reloaded or if the plugin is saved as a favorite.

 

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Input muting and output fading

Rather than a single audio length tail, Gig Performer 4 gives you the ability to control input muting and output fading separately. Input muting controls how much time it takes for audio input to be silenced when you leave the rackspace. Output fading controls how much time will be taken for audio to fade out when you leave the rackspace.

 

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Faster Plugin Finder

Instead of searching through menus of perhaps hundreds of plugins (you know who you are!), the Quick Plugin Finder makes it easy to find the plugin you need by simply typing partial strings. For example, as shown here, to find the Modartt Pianoteq 7 plugins, it's enough to type pia mod 7 (in any order, by the way)  to restrict the list of available plugins to those matching your query. The Quick Plugin Finder also knows about manufacturers, presets and favorites.

 

  

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Touch Friendly Input

Any entry field can be changed by either dragging your mouse (or finger) up or down, or by using the large popup touchpad where you can just tap on the squares to enter a value. The large popup keypad also does validation so you can't enter an invalid value. You can also just tap the BPM field to pop up a larger view where you can quickly change tempo, tranpose, trigger Tap Tempo and enable Ableton Link, the last allowing you to synchronize Gig Performer with any other application that also supports Ableton Link.

 

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New Tuner Display

The tuner view makes it easy for guitarists to quickly check and adjust their tuning. You can toggle into the tuner view from any other view and toggle right back as soon as you're done. All output will be silenced automatically while you're in tuning mode. You can adjust the concert reference pitch from its default of 440 Hz to suit your own needs. The tuner view fills the entire screen so you can easily see it from a distance.

 

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