TTS Announcements
Text-to-speech (TTS) announces the current song or step name through your earpiece during performance. Useful when navigating songs hands-free with a foot pedal or when using auto-advance with song steps.
Song Announcements
Section titled “Song Announcements”When enabled, Gigmeister speaks the song title as you advance through a setlist. This is especially helpful when:
- Navigating with a foot pedal and you can’t look at the screen
- Playing in dim lighting where the screen is hard to read
- Using in-ear monitors where a spoken cue is more natural than a visual one
Enabling
Section titled “Enabling”- Go to Settings > Personal > Audio
- In the Voice Announcements (TTS) section, toggle Announce Song Changes on
Once enabled, every time you advance to a new song in a setlist, the title is announced.
Step Announcements
Section titled “Step Announcements”When using song steps with auto-advance, Gigmeister can announce the upcoming step name before it arrives. This gives you a heads-up that a section change is coming.
Step announcements require the click track to be running and the step’s auto-advance transition timing set to On Measure Boundary — without those, step TTS does not fire.
Enabling
Section titled “Enabling”- Go to Settings > Personal > Audio
- In the Voice Announcements (TTS) section, toggle Announce Step Names on
Announcement Styles
Section titled “Announcement Styles”Choose how step announcements are delivered:
| Style | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Just Name | Speaks the step name (e.g., “Chorus”) |
| Count-in + Name | Counts in, then speaks the step name (“1, 2, 3, Chorus”) |
| Name + Countdown | Speaks the step name, then counts down (“Chorus in 3, 2, 1”) |
Per-Step Override
Section titled “Per-Step Override”Each individual step can override the global announcement setting:
- Use global setting — Uses whatever you configured in Settings
- Always announce — This step is always announced, even if global announcements are off
- Never announce — This step is never announced, even if global announcements are on
Set this on the step’s Announce row in the Song Automations tab of the song editor.
Audio Output
Section titled “Audio Output”TTS announcements play through your device’s default audio output. If you’re using in-ear monitors, the announcements come through your earpiece alongside click tracks and backing tracks.