I am a MainStage (MS) user for 13 years and am exploring Gig Performer (GP) to see if it could overcome certain shortcomings found in MS. I am now creating a single rackspace
to replicate a patch in my MS setup to learn the ropes and to understand the design/architecture differences between the 2 platforms.
In MS, the stock Playback plugin plays audio files and can be set to sync to the metronome by bar or beat. Say I have a tambourine loop for the chorus of a song. I set Playback to loop, and to sync to bar. Towards the end of the song verse, within a bar’s length before the chorus, I press a button on the MIDI controller, and the loop would start playing right at the start of chorus.
In GP4 Audio File Player (AFP), I enable sync. I also enable the GP metronome but have the Play/Stop button in stop state. With such a setting, the AFP would play/stop per the metronome play/stop state. There seems to be no way for the AFP to start/stop playing lane/s at a certain part of the song of my choice.
Would like to know if the above MS Playback behaviour can be achieved in GP4 AFP.