by David Jameson | Feb 10, 2020 | Gig Performer Blog, OS X, Tips, Tutorials
Gig Performer is designed to be a very flexible audio plugin host to allow you not only to create your sounds but also to perform, in real time, on stage or in a studio. We’re not talking about playing 8 bars with one sound, stopping to switch sounds, and playing...
by David Jameson | Sep 11, 2019 | Gig Performer Blog, Knowledge Base Articles, OS X, Troubleshooting
Gig Performer is notarized by Apple and can be opened in Catalina. As of version 3.6, Gig Performer itself runs perfectly fine in Catalina. You will most likely be prompted to allow access to the Microphone and you must allow this. The prompt is a little bit...
by David Jameson | Aug 18, 2019 | Knowledge Base Articles, OS X
Gig Performer is an audio plugin host that supports AudioUnit (AU) plugins, VST3 and VST plugins. AU plugins are Mac-only: Generally, if you install or update an Audio Unit plugin, you have to log out or possibly even reboot your computer before the updated AU becomes...
by David Jameson | May 26, 2019 | Knowledge Base Articles, OS X
If you’re running macOS Mojave (10.14) or newer (e.g, Catalina, 10.15), you need to give Gig Performer permission to use the microphone (I know – you’re using an audio interface, not the microphone, sigh) otherwise no audio will be received by Gig Performer. The...
by David Jameson | May 1, 2019 | Knowledge Base Articles, MS Windows, OS X
Depending on how particular AU, VST3 or VST plugins needed to be activated, it may be the case that the Gig Performer’s plugin scanner was unable to validate them. There are four main reasons this might happen: The plugin is proprietary, The plugin is 32-bit,...
by David | Sep 20, 2018 | Gig Performer Blog, Knowledge Base Articles, OS X
MIDI Guitar 2 from Jam Origin is a wonderful plugin if you need to convert your guitar sound into MIDI and subsequently to any sound you want limited only by your collection of instrument plugins. I have been using both MIDI Guitar 1 and 2. We were recently in touch...