21 Aug How does Gig Performer™ Compare?
Every application has its strengths and weaknesses. In the table below – we try to compare Gig Performer™ with the most common, comparable applications on the Mac OSX and Windows platforms.
Feature/Benefit
Patch persist
Splits and layers
MIDI filtering
Built-in metronome
Audio file player
Plugin parameter learning
Instant Switching Between Patches
MIDI monitor
Supported Platforms
Host VST2, AU and VST3 Plug-ins
OSC Support
Dynamic Plugin Loading
CPU Usage (4 Instances of Omnisphere® on Comparable Systems)
Visual Control Scaling Display
Plug-in Search
Plug-in Connection
Plug-in Effects Routing
Visual Custom Control Support (Widgets) Per Setup
Scripting support
Rig Management (multiple configuration support)
Record Audio and MIDI Inputs
Variations
Multiple Simultaneous Launches
Visual Custom Control Support (Widget) groups
Includes Audio Mixer Plugin
Built-in guitar tuner
Includes instrument plugins
Ableton Link Integration
Latency Measurement Tool
Songs and Setlist reusing rackspaces/patches
ChordPro Support
Gig Performer®
3.0
Global and local
OS X 10.9 or newer
Windows 7 or newer
~20%
Quick find filter
Visual patch cables
Visual patch cables
Yes. Each song part can be connected to a different rackspace.
MainStage
3.3
Global
OS X only (10.11 or newer)
AU only
~60%
Menu selection
Channel strip
Mixer interface with aux buses
Limited support
Limited support
Limited support
Cantabile Performer (Pro)
Global
Windows only (7 or newer)
VST2 only
Limited support
~30%
Quick find filter
List style routing
List style routing
Limited support
Yes. (No support for individual control aliasing)
Unknown