Gig Performer 3
User Guide
v. 3.0
January 2019
Version 3 update by Larry the O, Toys In the Attic Communications
Original manual written by Howard Massey
Manual version f4 19Mar19
Copyright © 2016-2019 Deskew Technologies, LLC
All rights reserved.
INTRODUCTION 1
Gig Performer Features (Only Some of Them) 2
Going Above and Beyond: GP Script 5
Basic Terminology 6
Before You Start 9
A Word About Cross-Platform Usage 11
USING GIG PERFORMER 12
Controlling Plugins From Your Midi Controller 12
Using Rig Manager 41
Configuring Audio Plugins 50
Capturing a Performance with the Audio Input and MIDI Recorders 64
The Audio Mixer/Router 69
Songs, Song Parts, and Setlists 83
Controlling Gig Performer Using OSC 94
The Lemur and TouchOSC Templates 96
REFERENCE 103
Quick Rackspace/Variation Finder 103
Toolbars 104
Top Toolbar 104
Bottom Toolbar 106
Connections View 107
Performer View 112
Setlist/Songs View 115
Capture Variation Edits 117
“More…” Menu (Manage Setlists) 118
Song Properties 123
Song Part Properties 124
ChordPro Support 127
Song Lyrics/Chords Editor 128
Song List view 130
Rig Manager 133
Musical Utilities 136
Tuner 136
Metronome 137
Tempo and Time Signature 140
Ableton Link support 141
Recorders 141
Audio Input Recorder 141
MIDI Recorder 144
Plugin Manager 145
Bundled Plugins 148
Audio In 149
Audio Out 149
Gain Control 151
Gain and Balance 152
Gain and Balance (m->s) 153
Audio Mixer/Router 154
Audio File Player 158
MIDI In (OMNI) and MIDI In (OSC) 164
MIDI Filter 173
MIDI Out 176
Widget and Rack editing (Edit Mode) 178
About Widgets and Racks 178
Edit Mode screen 178
Widget types list 181
Widget Alignment and Distribution Tools 183
Widget Properties inspector (Edit mode) 185
Rackspace Properties 188
Variation Properties 189
(...) “More” Menu (Manage Rackspaces/Variations) 191
Tuner View 192
Preferences 193
General 194
Audio I/O setup 197
OSC setup 199
Global MIDI 201
Recording 204
Setlist/Song Settings 205
Advanced 208
Scripting 212
Main Menus 214
File 214
Edit – Performer and Connections views 217
Edit – Setlist/Song view 220
Options 222
Window 223
Help 227
Right-Click/Contextual menus 228
Rack Panel 228
Plugin 228
MIDI Controller 230
Manage Rackspaces contextual menu 230
Manage Setlists contextual menu 230
Keystroke shortcuts 230
Quick Plugin Finder 232
Quick rackspace/variation finder 232
Additional key shortcuts 232
TROUBLESHOOTING 234
APPENDIX A: OSC 236
APPENDIX B – Communications Between Lemur and Gig Performer 237
APPENDIX C – Tap and Tip 239
Creating a Tap Tempo button 239
Tip: Creating Two Instances of Gig Performer with a Single Client ASIO Driver 242
APPENDIX D - LICENSE AGREEMENT 244
