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Articles written by Deskew Technologies, LLC employees

Top websites for free audio plugins and how to use them in Gig Performer
In this article I’ll present several websites where you can find and download free VST, VST3 or AU audio plugins, install them and use them in the audio plu...
Thu, 12 Jan, 2023 at 9:47 AM
How to leverage other DAWs’ proprietary plugins from Gig Performer
Many DAWs come with their own collection of proprietary plugins. As an end user, I generally never use proprietary plugins because doing so locks one into a...
Thu, 12 Jan, 2023 at 9:34 AM
Using SampleRobot to import sounds from proprietary plugins to a sampler for use with Gig Performer
Many DAWs come with a collection of (often very good) proprietary plugins for synthesis and sampling. However, proprietary audio plugins have one major disa...
Thu, 12 Jan, 2023 at 9:18 AM
Using Loopback to send audio from one application to another
MacOS has a nice built-in feature called IAC (Inter-app Communication) that allows you to connect MIDI applications together and communicate with each ot...
Thu, 12 Jan, 2023 at 4:02 AM
Audio latency, buffer size and sample rate explained
In this article you will learn: - What is latency? - How do you set your gear and Gig Performer to work for you, not against you? - What is the buffer size?...
Thu, 12 Jan, 2023 at 3:41 AM
OSC Support in Gig Performer
Gig Performer includes a great OSC support. Widgets and plugins can respond to OSC commands from control surfaces and applications that can generate OSC mes...
Wed, 11 Jan, 2023 at 5:18 PM
How to specify plugin locations
If you are running Gig Performer on a Windows machine, your plugins can be installed in arbitrary locations specified by the plugin developer and/or modifie...
Fri, 20 Sep, 2019 at 3:52 PM
How to route different Kontakt instruments in a Multi to different audio outputs
If you have multiple instruments inserted into a single Kontakt instance, you can easily route each instrument its own audio output pair so that you can sub...
Thu, 12 Jan, 2023 at 4:04 AM
Controlling Omnisphere in Live Mode
Omnisphere supports a mode where it can load several sounds simultaneously so that you can switch from one to another with no delay and with the ability to ...
Fri, 20 Sep, 2019 at 3:48 PM
Bypass plugins automatically when volume is off
Gig Performer is pretty efficient in terms of CPU cycles but sometimes plugins use up a lot of cycles even when they’re (apparently) not doing anything. In...
Fri, 20 Sep, 2019 at 2:46 PM