Set List and Loading only what you need

Gig Performer on Mac OS X
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I have a powerful M3 Mac Book Pro with 18g of RAM and it takes a long time to load up all the sounds provided by a NARF sounds (they are great and I recommend them) - the question I am having trouble with is how to I organize my GIG files to create only the samples and songs that I need for my actual gig.

I want to create master gig folder that has all of my samples and rackspaces and sounds for my band and then as it starts to get very large (like nerf) I want to create a smaller gig file that carries only the songs that I will be playing - so I don’t have to wait for the long load up time.

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  1. Export your songs (or just your rackspaces if you’re not using songs)
  2. Create a new empty gig file
  3. Drag the rackspaces you need for a particular show into the gig file
  4. Save gig file
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Thanks for responding so quick! Not sure how to export songs - and where do I export them to? A specific file?

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Are you exporting songs or are you exporting rackspaces?
How to do either of these is described in the user documentation

E.g. Manage setlists contextual menu

Export them all to a folder of your choosing.

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Would Create Gig From Setlist work well in this situation?

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Yes, I was considering moving in this direction. So, as an alternative to David’s suggestion you could also also just work at home in your big Gig File and create the setlist you want for a gig within that.

Then before the gig you use the Create Gig From Setlist option to (like it says) create a gig file with your setlist only.

It should open faster.

Jeff

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So Im going to create a new gig file and start loading all my songs into it that I bought and then start programming all my new songs into the same file.

1 - How do I do that
2 - before I create and new gig file, do I need to set up a global rack space with my midi set up (working on that right now with help from he community)
3 - then what you are saying is that i can make a set list from the gig file (lets call it master gig file). And then copy that set list to a new file that will load leaner?

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You can create a gig file from the actual set list.

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Have you reviewed the documentation and some of the basic video tutorials that are available from our support page?

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Have you actually created some basic rackspaces and made some sounds to become familiar with the basic operation of GP? If not, I would encourage you to do this before you jump into a much deeper area so that you have a decent understanding of how GP works.

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Great idea