Perform With Confidence, Creativity and Control

Gig Performer gives musicians real-time control of virtual and hardware instruments and effects from their computers.

If It happens live, Gig Performer makes it simple.

Why Choose Gig Performer?

We built Gig Performer to make preparing and performing your shows, intuitive and fast.

Build Sounds Faster

Connect plugin blocks with wires and leave the channel strip model behind

Seamlessly Integrate Hardware

Move between home, studio, and stage with a few clicks

Rock-Solid Reliability

Developed by musicians, for musicians, with reliability as the primary focus

Cross-Platform Compatibility

Seamless Integration with MacOS and Windows

Gig Performer is designed to work flawlessly on both Windows and MacOS, ensuring you have the freedom to perform on your preferred platform without compromise.

Visual Layout

Faster sound creation

Design your perfect sound faster than in other software by connecting blocks with wires.

Save precious time in preparation, and make last minute changes without breaking a sweat.

Front Panels

Personalized Workflow

Create unique control interfaces using widgets, allowing you to control specific elements of your plugin without opening its editor window.

Stay aware of your important controls with your own custom-built, always-visible, user friendly design.

Organize your set

Organize Sounds Into Songs, and Songs into Set Lists

Sounds

Create your sounds quickly using wiring view

Songs

Put your sounds in performance order

Setlists

Organize multiple performances with setlists

Seamless Integration

Powerfully Blend External Instruments and Software

Play and control hardware and virtual instruments together seamlessly so you can keep all elements of your live performance in sync.

Built-in Resilience

Instant Hardware Replacement

Versatility – Save mappings for hardware devices. Move seamlessly between home, studio, and stage.

Troubleshooting – Quickly diagnose malfunctioning gear. Swap in a replacement with a few clicks.

Backline Gear Simplified – Quickly remap your setup to any backline gear.

Synchronized control

Automate your performance

Focus on performing, while Gig Performer handles the technical details. Gig Performer can automatically change patches, adjust parameter values, send external MIDI messages, and more, all in perfect sync with your performance.

Unparalleled Support

We've got your back

Get the help you need, when you need it. The Gig Performer forum and support channels are highly active, providing quick solutions to your questions. Whether you’re just starting out or troubleshooting an advanced setup, our community and team are here to reduce your learning curve and get you playing faster.

What the Pros Say About Us

“What I love the best about Gig Performer is probably what the majority of people like the best, and that is the way you route everything. It’s so intuitive and straightforward; you just wire modules up by dragging from outputs to inputs. Gig Performer’s a piece of cake.”

Stuart Tilsley
Keyboardist
Magic Carpet Ride

“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 Harris
Textural Guitarist

“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

“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
Keyboardist
Strawbs, Bee Gees, Chicago, Mott the Hoople

“I’m cynical as hell about gear, but I just can’t find anything wrong with Gig Performer. It is the most inventive thing that has come through the music industry in 20 years, and what Deskew has created is a revolution for people who have disabilities. I think it’s very important for people with disabilities who believe they can’t play live anymore to realize there is something out there that lets them still live the dream if they want to.”

Paul Patto
Keyboardist
Bluewolf

“It’s rock solid, has a very small hit on CPU cycles, and offers lots of features. Gig Performer is simple, intuitive, and powerful. And it just works.”

Ashley Moore
Minister of Music
First Congregational Church of Oakland, California

“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 Karlzon
Jazz Pianist, Composer

“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
Guitarist, Audio Engineer

“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.”

“If Gig Performer was around in the 90’s, I’d have a full head of hair left…”

Harvey Jones
Keyboardist

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Michael Whalen
Michael Whalen

Composer

2x Emmy wins
8x Emmy nominated

Chris Broderick
Chris Broderick

Guitarist

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Compare our features

Gig Performer® 5.0

MainStage 3.6

Cantabile Performer 4

Camelot Pro 2.2

User Manual
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User Manual

Fully documented User Manual that describes every program feature.

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Operating System

macOS and Windows

macOS only

Windows only

macOS and Windows

Previous Sounds Sustain While Switching
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Previous Sounds Sustain While Switching

Smoothly transition between sounds when changing rackspaces. Notes from previous rackspaces continue to sound until keys or sustain pedal is released.
Route Audio/MIDI Visually
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Route Audio/MIDI Visually

Easily connect instruments and effects using an intuitive visual wiring interface. Gain a clear overview of MIDI and audio signal flow, and create complex routing setups that are difficult or impossible in traditional channel strip models.

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Visual patch cables

Channel strip

List style routing

List style routing

Plugin Parameter Learning
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Plugin Parameter Learning

Map VST plugin parameters to widgets for control without opening the VST’s GUI.
Access Sounds and Effects Globally
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Access Sounds and Effects Globally

Share common instruments and effects across all songs, saving computer resources and reducing the time spent rebuilding sounds.
Easily Manage Multiple Rigs
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Easily Manage Multiple Rigs

Save and switch between mappings for different hardware devices, enabling you to move seamlessly between home, studio, and stage with just a few clicks.

Limited support

Limited support

Limited support

Predictive Loading
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Predictive Loading

Allows you to load larger gig files even if you do not have sufficient RAM to keep everything in memory.

Limited support

Streaming Audio File Player
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Streaming Audio File Player

Stream thousands of audio files directly from your disk, with minimal RAM usage.

Create and Display ChordPro Charts
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Create and Display ChordPro Charts

Display ChordPro charts with lyrics and chords directly within Gig Performer.

Automatic Lyrics Scrolling
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Automatic Lyrics Scrolling

Synchronize lyrics or chords with your performance using auto-scrolling functionality to keep relevant information visible while you play.
Share Real-time Audio and MIDI with DAW
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Share Real-time Audio and MIDI with DAW

Easily share real-time audio and MIDI data between DAWs or other Gig Performer instances using GP Relayer. Record directly to a DAW or play third-party software instruments live.
MIDI Finger Tap
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MIDI Finger Tap

Play a MIDI file in time with band by using your fingers to step through the song at the right speed. Eliminates need for a click track.

Splits and Layers

OSC Support
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OSC Support

Control Gig Performer remotely from tablets or devices using OSC (Open Sound Control). Synchronize multiple Gig Performer instances. Use Gig Performer to control other OSC-enabled programs or devices.

BUY GIG PERFORMER

macOS

$169.00

requires macOS 10.9* or newer
prices in USD

Windows

$169.00

requires Windows 7 or newer – 64 bit
prices in USD

Mac + Windows

$199.00

requires macOS 10.9*+/Windows 7+ 64bit
prices in USD