GIG PERFORMER BLOG
Why use a computer with Gig Performer rather than hardware
This article is focused on keyboard players and discusses why it is better to use a computer with Gig Performer rather than hardware when performing live. Our community has a large number of great musicians including many serious touring keyboard players and we asked...
How to change sounds and control plugins from your MIDI controller
In this article we’ll show you how to change sounds and control plugins from your MIDI controller. Gig Performer is an audio plugin host for live performance and your live performance command center. Of course, it can be used as your loyal companion on many other use...
How to implement incremental transpose
Suppose you’d like to have a couple of buttons on your MIDI controller that just increment or decrement the global transpose amount. Important note: Gig Performer 4.5 has built-in support to do this. Please check the GlobalTransposeUp and GlobalTransposeDown...
Controlling the global transpose from your keyboard
Gig Performer has a global transpose parameter, normally set to zero. You can of course manually adjust the global transpose by clicking on it and entering a new transpose value directly or by using the UP/DOWN arrows to increment/decrement respectively the global...
Optimize your Mac for a Gig
In this article you will learn how to optimize your Apple Macintosh computer for a gig. Apple computers running macOS have great support for real-time audio and MIDI and typically do not require much optimization - however you may still want to make sure that your...
Questions about rackspaces and variations
Tech note #1 The goal of this article is to simply explain rackspaces and variations for users who are already familiar with the basics of Gig Performer. What exactly is a rackspace? A rackspace is the container for a collection of interconnected plugins representing...
The most flexible MIDI processing
Gig Performer is an audio plugin host for live performance that allows musicians the most flexible MIDI processing and creating very sophisticated live setups. MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface), originally created by Dave Smith (creator of the famed Prophet...
My live keyboard rig
I (David) have often been asked to describe my live keyboard rig which I use with the three bands in which I play: The Security Project Beyond The Wall Reelin’ In The Years . Keyboards . I have four keyboard controllers: Studio Logic SL88 (88 notes weighted) Roland...
The MIDI Channel Constrainer
The MIDI Channel Constrainer is a new built-in plugin in Gig Performer 4 and it allows you to set the MIDI input channel that is allowed through, remap the input channel to another channel, or block all MIDI traffic that goes through this plugin. Learn more about this...
Using MIDI OSC blocks to send MIDI to the Global Rackspace
As of the time of writing, Gig Performer 4 does not support sending MIDI messages from a rackspace to the Global Rackspace or vice versa, you can only send audio data. Although a future version will most likely add this support (legal caveat - no guarantees), there...
How to send Program Change messages out to hardware devices and other applications
In this article we’ll show you how to send Program Change messages out to hardware devices and other applications. Gig Performer 4 introduces improved support for sending out MIDI to your hardware MIDI devices and external applications. For example, Gig Performer 4...
How to create keyboard and velocity splits
In this article we'll show you how to create keyboard splits and velocity splits in Gig Performer. Gig Performer is an audio plugin host for live performance that allows musicians to create sophisticated setups and fully express their artistic needs. Whether you want...