Is there a way to stop the playing of a midi file (using foot switch) and then start again without going back to the start? This is the behaviour of the Streaming Audio file player, can this be changed for midi file player?
I’m trying to use a midi file instead of my DAW to run some instruments live, and onstage want to be able to stop ad hoc and continue. Otherwise it means programming in pauses and having to stick to these every night.
I see this question was asked in August 2021, but I see no response or replies.
Thanks, please do! As someone who has played live on stage with drum machines, sequencers etc since the 80s, I find it rather a large omission in this software. Especially as the audio player by default operates that way. One is far less likely to stop and start an audio file in this manner. My choice at the moment would be to use Relayer and run Studio One with a start / stop function, but as I’m not getting the best stability with Relayer I’m probably going to have to create audio files with breaks…not ideal.
I appreciate you need more information to track down bugs. But having spent an hour or so in frustration before finally solving the issue by removing the Relayer plugin, I am not exactly chomping at the bit to re-create that particular set-up, having changed the .gig to move on from the errors and continue evaluating GP to see if it suits my needs.
If it happens again of course I will do as has been suggested and try and make a diagnostic report.
However, I am a short attention span person, get easily distracted and frustrated when software doesn’t work as it should. So I rarely have the patience to stop and think, ooh, I should create an error report.
This is premium priced software and whilst the community support here is amazing, not everyone is able to contribute to the bug solving - I’m on day 3 or 4 of the demo, and have run into two significant shortcomings that would compromise my using it live, for the moment. I’m more concerned with knowing how I can use the software safely. The fact that I couldn’t duplicate a not particularly complex Rackspace : two reverbs, two delays, two channel strips - all plugins by major manufacturers that never cause me problems in Studio One, Logic, Mixbus 32C 10 or Pro Tools, was of great concern. My first thought was not - how do I get the designers behind this software to iron out these bugs, but, how can I use this onstage if it does this ? At 200€ I expect software to work pretty flawlessly. Maybe I’ve been unlucky, but my setup (fast Macbook Pro, SSD, plenty of memory) that runs my DAWs without issues shouldn’t be stopping me.
Don’t get me wrong - I’m loving this software! But that’s tempered with a little bit of doubt - if I replace my physical mixer and other pedals etc with GigPerformer, it has to be rock solid. Once I make the change I’ll be out there with just the MacBook, 8 channel interface and a FBV pedalboard. It’s gotta work!
I’ve been here for years, and have seen many new users come onto the forum with concerns and suggestions right away—and eventually they all come around to understanding how the app works and most, if not all, of those initial complaints fade away. There are scores of accomplished professional musicians here with very complex GP setups, and that would just not be the case if the app weren’t ‘rock solid’.
A word of advice: Since you have a few weeks to evaluate and are enjoying the software, take some time to ‘walk before you run’ and learn more about how to use the app in general first, rather than trying to instantly jump into direct translation of a setup from another app into GP. Learning some basic tasks, learning some remedial scripting can go a long way towards understanding how things can and do work here.
This is a much different paradigm than other apps like Mainstage, and it does take a little time to re-orient your thinking into a place where you’re not looking to copy/paste one setup to another. You may find along the way that this new paradigm presents you with options for setup that didn’t even exist in the other app, and you get an opportunity to re-design your setup in a more efficient and useful manner.
“walk before you run” - hmmm, how is it possible to evaluate the software without creating a working environment that is in some way representative of how I intend to use the software? I have no issues with using the app in general, once I got around the fact that the manual didn’t really work for me, and found appropriate videos, I was up and running with basic functionality very quickly.
I’m not looking to emulate other apps. Point of fact. Whilst I am very familiar with MainStage (used it years ago, abandoned it for probably the same reasons the creators of GP took on their task) I’m certainly not trying to copy/paste one setup into another. I’m simply looking for solutions to live performances incorporating multi-media. I was drawn to GP to see if it will work for a very large project I’m planning for next year - and in the process decided it may well serve to replace my “normal” live rig, mixer, effects pedalboard etc. So those are the “basic tasks” I’m been asking it to perform.
As to learning some remedial scripting…really!!! This is not open-source software, it’s a premium-priced commercial package. Whilst for some users getting into the scripting may be a useful and fun packed adventure, for me it is the antithesis of what I expect from any software in 2024. I want it to work out of the box. Yes, the paradigm is different (there were similar issues when I moved from Sibelius to Dorico), but we’re smart people aren’t we? We can handle that. Of course I’m looking forward to finding options I didn’t know I needed and weren’t available in other apps, but for now I’ll settle for the not un-realistic demands of what I know I need right now. As I’ve said before, maybe I’ve just been unlucky with my particular set-up, my MacBook. Maybe there are plugins or other apps causing problems with GP (the Relayer didn’t work properly with Studio One 6 Pro), and I’m tempted to buy another MacBook just for live use, stripped down to basic apps I need for the job.
I really do like the paradigm of GP. I’m enjoying playing with it. And if I can find enough time during the 14 day trial to really put it through its paces that’d be great. I’m busy producing 2 albums and writing a folk-rock opera - fault finding GP is not at the top of my list of priorities.
In the meantime my feature request for a stop and continue midi player is a reasonable one I think!