Working with Gig Performer has been a delight, thanks to its efficient workflow. Capturing accurate sounds with Arturia’s plugins was just the beginning; the playability, ease of loading and changing sounds, and logical arrangement of sounds in a gig situation are what truly set it apart.
Managing and loading patches, confusion with samples, dealing with user programs getting overwritten, memory and storage problems, and file management have always been significant challenges when developing sounds for hardware boards. With Gig Performer, these concerns become non-issues.
In creating the 80s Covers Set, my goal was to compile a greatest hits pack featuring songs that a number of us have played at some point in our keyboard playing journey. I aimed to faithfully recreate the iconic sounds of the 80s with the V-Collection’s incredible synth recreations, while making sure they are easily accessible and seamlessly integrated for live performances. I’m excited to make this available to the Gig Performer community and hope it enhances your gigging.
I finished a sound pack of 16 songs in less than half the time it would take me to complete a pack on any other platform so that to me is a testament on how easy it is to learn and use. My Africa sound was done literally the day after I downloaded the software for the first time.
Very efficient user support. This is one of the reasons why I’ll stay away from Apple MainStage and I’ll stick with Gig Performer. Continue the good work!
I made the switch to Gig Performer after having a MainStage crash on a hot day at a festival, even though I had cooling fans, umbrellas, etc. got it up and running after about five minutes, but it was not fun.
My exact same show/setlist in Gig Performer hardly heats up my laptop! And takes less CPU.
And something else I found that you probably noticed, all my VSTs sound better in Gig Performer than they did in MainStage!
I performed about 50 shows this year with Gig Performer. Not a single issue! Not only is Gig Performer rock solid but it easy to use.
And if you’re concerned about older gear, don’t be. I’m using a 8 year old Mac, a 10 year old iPad, Arturia Keylab 61, and a Roland JV-50 as a MIDI controller and back-up if my computer fails. I use my iPad to control GP and lyrics/chords. However the best way is to use GP set lists.
One tip is I put a snapshot button on my Global rackspace and programmed a pad on my Arturia to operate it. This way I can quickly capture any changes I make when playing live.
We are a 60 tribute band and the shows ranges from 100 - 4000 people so reliability and speed are a must. Gig Performer has not only provided both but I’m having more fun playing.
Gig Performer is an amazing tool. Been using it for a while now. Had to make a few last minute changes out on the road recently and was able to do so with ease and predictability.
I actually played somewhere once that had a keyboard with MIDI. So I left mine home and just brought the laptop (figured I would travel light for a change). Found out there was no modulation wheel on the keyboard. I needed to find an alternate way to provide mod wheel to change the speed of the Leslie simulator on my B-3X organ plugin.
No problem!
Within minutes I was able to create the control, link it to the VST, and assign it to an unused knob on my Novation Launch Control XL.
Gig Performer to the rescue! It worked like a charm.
I definitely plan on using Gig Performer for quite a while. And I’m just barely touching the surface of what all I know it can do.
I’ve been transitioning from Kronos to Gig Performer over recent months building all my patches. Used Gig Performer for the first time today at band rehearsal and it performed flawlessly. A few tweaks I need to make before our next gig, but this really is an outstanding piece of software.
From: John S. Hagewood (Facebook)
Love your product. I work in IT as well as with all flavors of music software. Gig Performer is quite possibly the best piece of software I have ever used. Keep up the good work.
I want to express my gratitude for the smart UX and software architecture design choices made by the team at Deskew who built and continue to enhance Gig Performer. In particular, I appreciate the creativity and foresight in designing variations and song parts as kinds of “presets” that are independent from the underlying virtual wiring, and even from the hardware to which the widgets in question are mapped, namely with Rig Manager.
As I explore the visual aspects of performing using TouchDesigner and TouchOSC (unrelated except in name), I yearn for the configurability offered by Gig Performer. From one software engineer and product designer to many others, thank you for such a well-built piece of software.
“At this point, with Gig Performer being a part of my arsenal like everything else, these statements are less impacting. THATS A GOOD THING! It’s like pointing to my toilet bowl every time it flushes and being proud of it. Gig Performer is just that reliable, and part of my life now. Time to worry about something else, because this ain’t it!”
