Workflow: Create Gig Performer Presets from Plugin Presets

• Workflow: Create Gig Performer Presets from Plugin Presets
  • Step 1 - Insert your plugin
  • Step 2 - Open your plugin
  • Step 3 - Select and tweak your plugin Preset
  • Step 4 - Save GP User Preset
  • Step 5 - Use your GP User Preset
  • Drag and Drop Presets onto the Rackspace
  • Updating Your Preset
  • GP Directory Arrangement
  • Personalise your Directories

Plugins can have hundreds or even thousands of presets. We want some useful presets to be easily available within Gig Performer when creating Rackspaces.

This workflow uses the Hammond B-3X virtual instrument from IK Multimedia

The workflow can be used with other instrument plugins, audio effects plugins and MIDI plugins.

Step 1 - Insert your plugin

In a rackspace, insert your plugin. Optionally, connect it to MIDI In and Audio Out because this just makes it easier to check things.

Step 2 - Open your plugin

Double click it to open the plugin editor. This will of course look different for each plugin.

Step 3 - Select and tweak your plugin Preset

Select the preset that you want to convert to a Gig Performer Preset.

Make any changes that you want to store as a Gig Performer Preset.

Step 4 - Save GP User Preset

At the top-right of the editor, click the “…” elipsis and select “Save GP User Preset…”. Then enter the name for your preset. The name is often just the same as the preset name in the plugin, but you can make it anything.

RECOMMENDATION: use a descriptive name that is easy to understand later when you’re using the preset - maybe many moons later.

Step 5 - Use your GP User Preset

Finally, let’s use the Preset we just created.

1. In a Rackspace, insert a plugin (e.g. right click)
2. Under “User”, select “GP User Presets”
3. Select the Supplier, Plugin and finally the preset file
4. Wire the preset into your Rackspace

Drag and Drop Presets onto the Rackspace

You can drag any of the .gpp files onto the Rackspace including .gpp_internal, gpp_audiounit, gpp_vst, and gpp_vst3.

Updating Your Preset

You can change you preset by:

1. As in step 4, use “Save GP User Preset…”
2. Overwrite an existing Preset file

NOTE: this doesn’t automatically update the preset where it is used in other Rackspaces. You need to find each use of the Preset then replace it with the Updated Preset you just overwrote.

GP Directory Arrangement

Gig Performer does a good job of arranging the preset files in a default structure.

The default Gig Performer Presets directory is:

MacOS: `/Users/Username/Documents/Gig Performer/Presets`
Windows: `C:\Users\Username\Documents\Gig Performer\Presets`

Under that directory, Gig Performer creates a sub-directory for each plugin supplier (aka the Manufacturer).

And under that supplier directories, GP creates a sub-sub-directory for the specific plugin.

And in the sub-sub-directory, GP stores a .gpp... file with the name you provide. In fact, there several types of .gpp file depending upon which plugin type you are using - see the GP doc on file extensions

File Type	Description
gpp_internal	saved presets of built-in GP plugins are stored in this format
gpp_audiounit	saved presets of AU plugins are stored in this format
gpp_vst	saved presets of VST plugins are stored in this format
gpp_vst3	saved presets of VST3 plugins are stored in this format

Personalise your Directories

But you can store the .gpp files in any directory structure you want. This helps quickly put together new Rackspaces.

My preference is to split Instruments, Audio FX and MIDI presets into separate directories. Then under those directories, I have categories such as Bass, Piano, and Brass for Instruments then Reverb, EQ etc for Audio FX

For tribute bands, you might want to have a directories such as The Smiths, Foals, and The Doors.

Find what works for you.