MIDI Integration

Gigmeister sends MIDI program changes automatically as you navigate through songs. No more fumbling with patch changes mid-song.

Supported Messages

Message Type	Description
Program Change (PC)	Switch patches/presets
Bank Select (MSB/LSB)	For devices with multiple banks
MIDI Thru	Forward incoming MIDI to another device

Device Configuration

Each user configures their own MIDI devices. This means the keyboard player and guitarist can have completely different MIDI setups, and each receives the correct program changes when the band advances to the next song.

Adding a Device

Go to Settings > MIDI Devices
Tap Add Device
Choose a device type (Generic, Known Device, or MIDI Thru)
Select the MIDI output port
Configure channel (1-16)

Device Types

Generic

Standard MIDI devices that accept Program Change messages. You specify the PC number (or Bank MSB/LSB + PC) directly.

Known Devices (53 Supported)

Pre-configured devices with human-readable program names. Instead of remembering that your Rhodes patch is Bank MSB 0, LSB 2, PC 23, you just pick “Rhodes Mk1” from a list.

Stage Keyboards

Nord Stage 4, Stage 3, Electro 6, Piano 5, Grand
Yamaha CP88, YC Series, Montage
Korg Kronos
Roland RD-2000, FA-08, VR-730
Hammond SKX
Kurzweil PC4
Dexibell Vivo S9

Synthesizers

Moog Subsequent 37, Moog One
Sequential Prophet Rev2, Prophet 6, OB-6
Nord Lead A1, Wave 2
Arturia PolyBrute, MicroFreak
Novation Peak, Bass Station II
Oberheim OBX8
Waldorf Blofeld
Access Virus TI
Korg Minilogue XD, MicroKorg, MicroKorg 2, Prologue, Wavestate
Modal Cobalt8
ASM Hydrasynth
Behringer DeepMind 12
Elektron Digitone, Analog Four
Roland System-8

Workstations

Roland Jupiter-X, Fantom
Yamaha Montage, Montage M, MODX M

Effects Processors

Line 6 Helix
Kemper Profiler
Fractal FM9
Boss GT-1000
Neural DSP Quad Cortex

Drums

Roland SPD-SX
Nord Drum 3P

Host Software

Apple MainStage
Gig Performer
Camelot Pro

Running software instruments live? See Plugin Hosts for the full setup — including driving a host on your laptop from the iPad you perform with.

MIDI Thru

Pass-through device that forwards incoming MIDI messages to another device. Useful for chaining multiple keyboards or routing MIDI through an effects chain.

Song MIDI Settings

For each song, configure which program to send to each device:

Open a song
Go to the MIDI tab
Set the program for each configured device
Enable/disable individual devices per song

If your song uses step-based navigation, you can assign different programs to each step — for example, a piano patch on the verse and a synth pad on the chorus.

MIDI Scenes

Save a snapshot of program changes across multiple devices at once, and recall it on any song with a single tap. Useful when you have a signature sound that spans several pieces of gear — for example, a “ballad” scene that loads a Rhodes patch on the Nord, a string pad on the Roland, and a clean tone on the guitar amp.

Configure the program changes you want across your devices
Open Settings > MIDI Devices > Scenes
Tap Save Scene, give it a name (e.g., “Ballad Pad”)
Apply the scene to any song or song step from the MIDI tab

Scenes are personal — each band member maintains their own scene library. They live alongside your MIDI device list, which is also per-user (see Device Configuration).

MIDI Clock

Gigmeister can act as the clock master, generating 24 PPQN MIDI clock at the song’s tempo, or as a clock slave, listening to clock from an external source device.

Master (default) — Clock is generated internally from the song’s BPM
Slave — Pick a source device in Settings > MIDI Devices > Clock Mode. Gigmeister listens for incoming clock and aligns playback (click track, backing tracks) to the external pulse

Useful when your band already syncs to a drum machine or DAW that owns the tempo.

Map a control to drive Gigmeister hands-free during performance. Go to Settings > Devices and scroll to the Controls section. The same panel maps MIDI and keyboard input, so a MIDI foot controller, a drum pad, or a Bluetooth page-turner pedal all bind here.

Available Actions

Action	Description
Next Song	Navigate to the next song in setlist
Previous Song	Navigate to the previous song in setlist
Next Step	Advance to the next step, or next song if on last step
Previous Step	Go back to the previous step, or previous song if on first step
Play MIDI Clip	Play the current song’s MIDI clip
Stop MIDI Clip	Stop the currently playing MIDI clip
Toggle Click Track	Start/stop the click track
Tap Tempo	Tap to set the song tempo in real-time
Toggle Backing Track	Start/stop the current step’s backing track
Next Page	Go to the next page of the lead sheet
Previous Page	Go to the previous page of the lead sheet

Learn

Tap Learn on the action you want to map
Press a button, footswitch, pad, or key on your controller — MIDI or a Bluetooth pedal
The input is captured automatically — a MIDI CC number, a specific note, or a keyboard key (what a Bluetooth page-turner sends) all work, so you can map actions to drum pads, keyboard keys, or a foot pedal

A keyboard binding replaces the action’s MIDI binding, and the built-in page-turner keyset already covers arrows, page up/down, space, and enter without any mapping — so use Learn when you want a non-default key.

Trigger Options

On Press — Trigger when the CC value goes above 64 (or on note-on)
On Release — Trigger when the CC value goes below 64 (or on note-off)
Any — Trigger on any value change

Platform Support

Platform	MIDI Support
iOS	Full CoreMIDI support via native Capacitor plugin
Desktop (Electron)	Full MIDI support via native APIs
Web (Chrome/Edge/Opera)	Web MIDI API
Web (Safari/Firefox)	Not supported
Android	Beta (Web MIDI API in Chromium)