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“Gig Performer runs everything I’ve ever wanted, no hassles. “My main plug-ins are Ivory 2.5 American Concert D, Native Instruments Komplete 11, Omnisphere for pad sounds, GG Audio Blue3 for my Hammond organ sounds, Rob Papen Predator 2, and the Valhalla reverb,” lists Tilsley. Tilsley runs all of his VIs in Gig Performer on the machine, using an RME Babyface Pro interface for output. My mate’s got a MacBook with an i9 and mine does a lot better than just keep up.”

We put it together for about $1,200, and it’s really good.

MAGIC CARPET RIDE CHORDS WINDOWS 10

“It’s a Windows 10 computer with an eighth-generation, six-core i5 CPU, and two M.2 SSDs. “I’ve got a custom PC in 2U of rack space,” Tilsley details. So Tilsley and his brother built a Windows machine rivaling his old hardware box in power and cost. For that, you need something more expensive with a more powerful processor.” “When you’re talking about lining up Synthogy Ivory, Spectrasonics Omnisphere, and a bunch of the Native Instruments virtual instruments to use live, you can’t expect to spend $1,000 on a laptop and have it work.

But as efficient as Gig Performer is, he still questioned whether an affordable laptop would have enough power to run all his plug-ins. “I searched online for a VST host that would run on Windows and found Deskew Technologies’ Gig Performer,” Tilsley recalls. Suddenly, Tilsley needed to find a new way. His cover band, Magic Carpet Ride, plays corporate gigs around Queensland and beyond, but the manufacturer of the hardware-based VST host he had been using to cover his keyboard sounds had abruptly announced it was closing down. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia-April 2019… Stuart Tilsley was at a crossroads.

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