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A nice review of Scott A. Simpson:
Gig Performer (GP) was developed by gigging musicians and is very much oriented to the end user.
GP runs on both Mac and Windows machines, does not require a ton of processing power, and is extremely stable.
Splits and layers are very easy - no MIDI channels to worry about, split and layer as much as you want.
I did a lot of sequencing and MIDI work back in the late 80s and early 90s and then took a long break to raise a family. Got back into live playing and MIDI again about 6 years ago and had a pretty steep learning curve with all the new gear, VSTs, and new software. GP has been one of the easiest to get started with, but I’ve yet to become a power user because I just don’t need to do everything that it can do. It pretty much will do anything you want it to do.
The tech support and online community are fantastic too! You’ll find answers for everything in one of those two places.
Best of luck!
(source: Keyboard Players in Cover Bands FB group)
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I have an MSI GE75 Raider gaming laptop with 32gb RAM. I use a powered USB hub so the laptop doesn’t need to supply power to the keyboards (Arturia) or my interface (Focusrite). Airplane mode on wifi, Win11, laptop connects to the internet only for updates and occasional instrument authorization.
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In the interim, I did further investigation of the alternatives to Gig Performer and I am now convinced that it is the way to go. I’m very impressed by the depth and breadth of its functionality, compatibility with other software, flexibility and the way it minimizes the demand on computer resources. Also very impressed by the degree to which you are constantly updating the program based on user feedback. But possibly the most important factor is the level of support provided both by your company directly and by your user community across using a variety of Web vehicles. I won’t name names (though it will be clear which product I’m referring to), but the alternative platform I was most closely considering pales in comparison to this level of support, not even offering a user manual to guide one in the learning process.
New Gig Performer user: steveinjersey
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I use Gig Performer as the host for all my virtual instrument plugins and samplers. I started out with MainStage like most people do, but Gig Performer came along the way and just completely blew it out of the water! The flexibility that it provided for my needs was a perfect match!
(From this YouTube video)
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I found an interesting story here ; I’ll quote just one part of the story – see below.
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Here’s one more piece of this overall arc which I feel is pertinent. I had purchased Gig Performer a few years back, but it was at the same time I was terribly busy. I didn’t really dive in. In recent months however, I began opening it up, as a way to get back to playing piano, without opening the DAW. It just seemed more direct, and it is. Soon though, with 25 years worth of accumulated VI’s and VST’s available inside Gig Performer, I started rediscovering things I never dove into enough before. Top of that list is the Arturia Collection and mainly, the Jup-8 and Eternity Delay. Before long I was patching with Gig Performers modular interface, routing things in all sorts of relatively complicated ways. Ways which would be nearly impossible in hardware, at least without buying even more of it. Some of these setups, just like picking a fave piano and routing delay and reverb, but also filtering on the delay, and overdrive, and delay to the reverb, but also reverb to the delay, etc. I’m also able to readily assign midi CC’s to a desk-full of hardware controllers, playing fun little improv jams of reflective synth and piano stuff. It’s incredibly fun and I feel truly connected in the moments I doing that stuff. Then I look over my shoulder at all the hardware sitting there, and again think something to the effect of “What have I done?”. How much time and money have I wasted?
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I often have the same thoughts….and smile!
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Ken Lerch
MainStage to Gig Performer user here. I use an older MacBook Pro with 8 GB of RAM and have had no issues with Gig Performer, even running two instances - one for guitar amp modeling and one for keys. Gig Performer is so much more powerful and flexible, especially for our whole band, that the two really can’t even be compared. I have not looked back since switching from Mainstage!
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Kevin Brown
I was interested in MainStage a few years back so I went to a Facebook forum on MainStage. I watched for about a year. The narrative was always the same , “ something didn’t work live.” Or memory problems. Etc. I realized you need to know a lot about Macs and do much programming. But complaints galore.
I actually left the group stating interesting app but seems buggy etc. yea I was reflected fast had to leave fast after that comment. So later I read many forums and realized I almost never see anybody complain about Gig Performer. “ rock solid is the word I see over and over. So I’m sold. I went through the 14 day trial.
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