Deskew Technologies has announced a major update to its premium cross-platform live performance audio plugin host for Windows and Mac. Version 5.0 of Gig Performer brings powerful new MIDI and audio automation and recording capabilities.
Gigging keyboardists, guitarists, bassists, drummers, and vocalists everywhere—even front-of-house engineers—have come to rely on Gig Performer to manage and perform with their virtual instruments and effect plugins with confidence and “Own The Stage®.”
Gig Performer’s widespread appeal is due to its easy-to-use functionality that enables gigging musicians to focus entirely on their live performance while powerful underlying technology does all the heavy lifting behind the scenes. The platform provides an intuitive modular design, with customizable controls, visual plugin wiring, instant switching and remarkably low CPU usage. It is exceptionally light and provides rock-solid stability and reliability.
New in Gig Performer v5.0
- GP Relayer: This new plugin relays audio and MIDI between Gig Performer and your favorite DAW, enabling effortless recording of Gig Performer’s output and the use of your DAW’s proprietary audio plugins live onstage.
- Wiring Activity: When a connected instrument is played, virtual MIDI wires flash and virtual audio wires illuminate green, yellow or red, making it easy to determine your setup’s correct signal path connections and sound levels.
- MIDI Rechannelizer: Aimed at hardware and VST users, MIDI Rechannelizer enables you to perform on one channel while simultaneously sending multiple copies of MIDI messages on different channels to external gear and multi-timbral synth plugins.
- Chord Maker: Playing a single note on your keyboard creates complex chords with multiple sounds, freeing up your other hand to perform another dedicated song part.
- Envelope Follower: This powerful built-in plugin lets you use audio volume to automatically control real-time envelope parameters, such as wah-wah effects and audio ducking.
- Timestretch Audio: Gig Performer’s Streaming Audio File Player lets you easily manipulate your audio files’ playback speed and pitch to fit any performance or rehearsal scenario.
- Global Rackspace MIDI: The Global Rackspace now allows you to send MIDI between local rackspaces and the Global Rackspace for flexible MIDI processing.
- MIDI Transposer: A very lightweight plugin to transpose MIDI Messages along a wiring path.
- Song Part Actions: Change widget values, send external program changes and OSC messages automatically.
Gig Performer 5.0 is available to purchase for $169 USD. Users who purchased Gig Performer 4 directly from Deskew in March 2024 or later will receive the upgrade to Gig Performer 5.0 free of charge. Additional pricing discounts for upgrades is available.
More information: Deskew Technologies
