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Description
Unlock the full potential of your live performances with Deskew Technologies' Gig Performer, an innovative DAW software designed specifically for gigging musicians. Whether you're a solo artist or part of a band, this powerful software provides you with the flexibility to manage your entire setup seamlessly. Gig Performer is compatible with both Windows and macOS, offering intuitive control over your virtual instruments and effects through an easy-to-use interface.
Designed to eliminate the technical hassles of live performance, Gig Performer allows you to create custom rackspaces that house your instruments and plugins. This enables you to switch between complex setups in an instant, ensuring smooth transitions between songs or even sections of a song. The software's robust MIDI capabilities allow you to map controls to your hardware, providing tactile control over your performance.
One of Gig Performer's standout features is its predictive loading technology, which pre-loads parts of your set to reduce latency and ensure that you can deliver a flawless performance without any hiccups. With its powerful scripting language, you can customize the behavior of your setup, making it as unique as your musical style. Gig Performer also supports VST, VST3, and AU plugins, giving you access to a vast universe of sounds and effects.
Key Features:
- Customizable rackspaces for seamless transitions
- Predictive loading technology for reduced latency
- Comprehensive MIDI control and mapping
- Supports VST, VST3, and AU plugins
- Cross-platform compatibility with Windows and macOS
- Built-in scripting language for advanced customization
Owner's manual
Deskew Technologies Gig Performer User ManualProduct specs
| Operating Systems | Mac, Windows |
Videos
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Reviews
Critic Reviews
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Based on 2 Reviews and 2 Ratings
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Absolute Game Changer for Live Musicians (but not only)
I am using Gig Performer since 2018 and would never go back to my previous solution. Coming from only hardware, then using Ableton Live for backing tracks and light control, then using MainStage I discovered Gig Performer.
The flexibility in building signal chains is outstanding. Outstanding - and that is very important - is the support from Deskew and the community. The developers are listening to their users and feature requests are taken seriously.
Sure some concepts you can find in other solutions, but the overall design is superior. Scripting, OSC-Support, Multi-Instances you will not find so clever in other solutions.
What also is very flexible is the Rig Manager. Just a few clicks and you can use a total different controller without the need to adjust complex MIDI mappings.
By the way: With Gig Performer and OSC I can integrate the display of the NI S88 to show the name of the current rackspace on the display of S88. And I can use the Knobs on the S88 to control widgets in Gig Performer and vice versa. This way I can use the S88 to completely control Ableton Live with integrated informations and control from Gig Performer.
You have to see https://youtu.be/Ib3SSDJkl0I
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Premium VST host for live performance
For me, the best features are:
it allows me to switch sounds and presets instantly. For example, when you switch some Neural DSP or S-Gear presets, you can hear a noticeable delay. With Gig Performer's 'rackspace' mechanism, all changes are zero latency.
It allows me to configure audio tails so when I change the preset, so the sound doesn't cut off immediately.
When I practice, I play different songs with different tunings. I use plugins to change tunings and the changes between tunings are instant and glitch free.
It doesn't tax my computer resources. One of my computers is a laptop from 2009 and I can use my favorite guitar plugins there (plus the installer is bundled with the Overould TH-U Essentials plugin).
I can easily record my dry or wet sound (or both at the same time) in mono or stereo. Additionally, I can record any sound for any signal chain. Very good for practicing and see where I make mistakes.
26907
Good writeup! Re: #3, I don't understand how the plugin helps you switch between tunings. I'm not a guitarist, so I'm ignorant. Is the app pitch-shifting your standard-tuning input into drop-D and whatnot?
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@pkennethk Gig Performer is a live VST host and by itself cannot do pitch shifting; it hosts plugins that either have pitch-shifting capabilities, such as NeuralDSP Archetype Gojira or plugins that do pitch shifting such as Aegean Music's Pitch Proof. Gig Performer's 'rackspace' mechanism allows change of the tunings on the fly. For example, in this video there is a comparison between hardware (Digitech Drop Pedal) and the Petrucci plugin hosted on Gig Performer: https://www.youtube.com/live/AvfCb-38KeU?si=xCWc_lF4Vr3ks4xg&t=2916
26907
So the rackspace mechanism allows for seamless switching between groups of hosted plugins, some of which can be sophisticaed stuff like NeuralDSP Archetype that can digitally alter the tuning of live standard-tuning input... do I have that right?
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@pkennethk Yes, conceptually true. Since you are interested in this concept, here is an example that shows how instantly the sounds change. Here are 3 rackspaces (Clean, Overdrive and Made 4 TV) and this Youtuber is changing them instantly with his MIDI pedalboard: https://youtu.be/DbxEraU-sN0?si=dt5Z9YtI9JzY5y_X&t=250
As for the tunings, if you have a dedicated pitch-shifting plugin (such as PitchProof) the best practice (according to my testing) is to put it immediately after the audio input and before any effects (distortion, reverb, delay, etc). Gig Performer includes the 'Wiring view' where you simply wire different plugin blocks, so it is easy to see how the plugin chain looks like. With one guitar I can instantly re-tune it from say D to standard E tuning. This is really great for me as a hobby guitarist, because I can easily play a bunch of songs without needing to have either two or more different guitars with different tunings or buy a 7-string guitar. I can go lower, for example to C tuning instantly. All with the same guitar.
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@nemanja many thanks for the tips!
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In the YouTube video titled "Revolutionize Your Setup: Ditch the Hardware Mic Switch for Gig Performer Virtual Software!" by Rory Townsend TV, Rory Townsend demonstrates his microphone setup using Deskew Technologies Gig Performer. The video highlights how the software allows for seamless microphone switching and routing triggers to a MIDI trigger or sustain pedal, offering significant convenience for live performances.
David Jameson is one of the Gig Performer developers, Ph.D. in computer science, and keyboard player in The Security Project, Beyond the Wall, and Reelin’ in the Years. In this video David explains his keyboard rig for the Reelin' In The Years cover band. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjiphxP5vyQ More details about David's setup: https://community.gigperformer.com/t/david-jameson/7665/5
In this video Ihlo guitarist and producer Phil Monro details the journey of moving away from standalone BIAS Amp/FX and into using Gig Performer as his virtual amp and pedalboard to create a powerful and in-depth bank of patch changes and tones for a live setting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjTqG2GwPjg
Ali N. Askin is a composer and keyboard player from Germany. On his Instragram profile can be seen images of Gig Performer, e.g. https://www.instagram.com/p/CumrgqXsvVv/
Ali shared his orchestra setup in the Gig Performer forum: https://community.gigperformer.com/t/gigperformer-in-the-orchestra/15448
Heath Allyn is known as an extremely versatile character actor, voice actor, writer, and director based in Austin, Texas. He is also an accomplished musician (multi-instrumentalist), singer, and composer. On his YouTube channel, he published a video demonstrating how to use Gig Performer to create a set of Beatles keyboard sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68Il6HgcQgA
Daniel Capo is a composer, arranger and pianist from California. He writes music for games (a notable example is Sims 4 at Maxis, EA) and run is active on YouTube and Twitch channels. In this YouTube video, Daniel is using Gig Performer to host his plugins (see the title and the description of the video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRYfapZ0kWA
Other source includes screenshots and more videos: https://community.gigperformer.com/t/daniel-capo/11909
Whalen stated: “I’m starting to use Gig Performer in the studio. It’s really clean and simple and has a nice workflow. I’m in the middle of doing a new ambient record, and instead of doing most of the stuff in a DAW, I’m doing about 30 to 40 percent of the processing in Gig Performer.”
Source: https://www.mixonline.com/the-wire/gig-performer-revolutionizes-michael-whalens-musical-world
Panu Rauhala is a composer, musician, and producer from Finland. On Panu's homepage can be found this image: https://www.panurauhala.com/
Dedicated thread: https://community.gigperformer.com/t/panu-rauhala/8806
Harvey Jones has been working closely with such musicians as Donna Lewis, Robbie Dupree and Chris Botti. And performing on recordings with Jerry Marotta, Robert Fripp, Sting, Paul Buchanen, Tony Levin and Carla Bley. In this YouTube interview he discusses how he uses Gig Performer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvXhgJryvLo
Frode Berg performed with stars as diverse as Paul McCartney, Phil Woods, Bugge Wesseltoft, Nils Petter Molvær, Anne Sohie Mutter, Luciano Pavarotti, Donna Summer as well as hundreds of other international and national artists. Gig Performer can be seen on 1:11 of this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuGFB7FbVTY More details about Frode's setup: https://community.gigperformer.com/t/frode-agedal-berg/12130
Michael Whittaker is a keyboard player and composer. Michael’s experience in many styles has allowed him to work with many notable artists including Lionel Richie, Jimmy Kimmel Live house band, and Brenda Russell.
In this interview, Michael reported that he was immediately delighted with Gig Performer when he discovered it, and pleasantly surprised at how efficient it was.
Link: https://www.mixonline.com/the-wire/gig-performer-lets-michael-whittaker-go-big
Andy Burton was interviewed in the Backstage with Gig Performer show. Here is the video of that interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB_O_6OTIOU
Additionally, in this video Andy discusses his live rig, where Gig Performer can be seen at 4:43 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUvSqzeDiyw
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