Using External Audio Interface+plugins for digital mixer?

General discussion about Gig Performer
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Hi everyone,
This is my first post, i have a question about using an external audio interface for example with 8 ins and 8 outs to create a digital mixer with Gigperformer…
My ideal is to use plugins vst or Au for normal use like EQ, Compressor, Reverb, Delay etc
all inside Gigperformer and so for use as a digital mixer for my Duo band performance ( 2 voices and 1 keyboard )
Is this possible, anyone is actually doing this? is this reliable?

Best regards to all

ruifa

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Yes, this is possible
I am using RME UFX II for that

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Hi pianopaul,
if you dont mind and can answer some doubts i have…

What pulgins are you using? Vst ou Au? which are lighter?
which must be a safe value Cpu use in Gigperformer ?
how many channels are you using at same time?
and if you dont mind to send me a screen capture of your panel or wiring so i can understand how its made…
Lot of questions and doubts i have but for now those are important.
Thank you very much!
Ruifa

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I am using 8 channels
And for the channelstrip I am using the ones from Plugin Alliance
EQ, Compressor, Limiter all in one.

And I am using the VST version.

Then on the front I am using Widgets for Vol, Pan and Send-effect

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@pianopaul has answered most of your questions but in terms of AU vs VST, it totally depends on the plugin and how it was implemented. If the developer used a wrapper such as the JUCE library then they are essentially going to be identical. Even if they didn’t, the underlying audio processing algorithms will be identical.

Personally I prefer to use VSTs on my Mac

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Thank you both, dhj and pianopaul :smiley:

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Hi @pianopual, I know this is an old thread, but I’m interested in getting rid of my Behringer XR18 and am curious about using the RME UFX II as a digital mixer. In your post above, are you saying that you control your entire 8 channel mix from within Gig Performer?

Right now I’m using a Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 3rd Gen USB, but I’m only using it for the audio out of all VSTs from Gig Performer.
My XR18 only has one vocal channel going out via USB to my laptop, where I process vocal effects in a separate instance of GP, then back to the Behringer mixer and out to the powered speakers.

So based on your example, could I replace both my Focusrite and Behringer and have full, 100% control of the audio mixing within Gig Performer?

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With RME UFX II you can do all Mixes within Gig Performer.
But keep in mind the latency you get.
So analog Audio Signals get a latency when coming in and again a latency when going out.
But with a buffer size of 128 you get an overall latency of about 3-4 ms, depends on the sample rate you are using.

So for the dry signal of the vocals, I would not route it through Gig Performer, but send it out directly from the Interface (Total Mix to be used).
Then you can process the dry signal in Gig Performer for effects.
So this latency in the effect signal normally does not matter.
EQ and compressor etc you can do in total mix and as total mix is aware of OSC, you can build widgets in Gig performer to control total mix.

But when latency is not a big issue you can process all signals in Gig Performer :wink:

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Thank you for the quick reply, @pianopaul. I’m going to have to give it some serious thought. :thinking: :thinking: