That turns your computer into an instrument for live performance. Over 1800 instrument and effect patches more than 750 meticulously sampled instruments 4600 apple loops in modern urban and electronic genres new in mainstage 3. Mainstage channel strips use the channel strip interface familiar from logic pro, with the same structure and many of the same functions as logic pro channel strips. Transform your keyboard, guitar or vocal performance with an enormous collection of plugins and sounds. Or the ones that are in english but got translated, i just turn off the background voices if it has them and sing them in spanish. When a new patch is created, the mainstage interface now properly maintains focus on the patch. The patch is exported to the libraryapplication supportlogicmainstage patches folder. If you want to play keyboard sounds through mainstage, you just need mainstage software from the app store and a keyboard that can connect to a mac. Uncheck the box for provide feedback with sound option. You can customize patches by adding or replacing plugins, editing channel strip and plugin parameters, and adding channel strips to get the sounds you want. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Onoff switch for modulation stability and performance. You can set the transposition for a patch, so that all the channel strips in the patch are transposed by the same number of semitones when the patch is selected. Should you have any other concerns, feel free to message us again.
Troubleshoot mainstage keys rig problems what to do when. Youd chose this when you want to open logic songs or the equivalent and perform with the same instruments as the logic session. Repeat steps 37 for each of the stomp switches that you would like to respond to midi feedback. Drag the patches from the original concert into the patch list. While mainstage is playing, check the controller that you have assigned to that button. After working on it for several months, i am officially moving all of my mainstage blogging, tutorials, and patch design to a separate website. In this course ill show you all the basic functions and techniques youll need to start performing with mainstage. Synth layers for piano 2 allnew mainstage patches to add huge, modern sounds to add to your piano sound.
Check your output cables, and trace your connections from your keys rig to the. It allows you to perform with a laptop, play backing tracks, process vocals, and loop tracks live while accessing the same. Bussing allows several instruments to send audio through a signal effect, reducing cpu usage and creating a more glued sound yes, thats super unspecific. Mainstage 3 sound as great on stage as you do in the studio.
Creative worship sounds provides that worship experience of quality sounds for you creating mainstage 3 patches and logic pro x libraries fully optimized for live performance and studio recordings delivering razor sharp sounds. Press preset button again to exit the control edit menu. The waveform object now reliably shows the waveform when a saved concert is reloaded. Can keylab 88 receive led onoff status from mainstage. When i turn off the instantly silence previous patch it effects the. I have a lot of material archived at and you can find even more material there by other members of our community. With all of this in mind, one of the things i often do after creating a mainstage concert is to take a top down look at my routing.
Mainstage works just like a prograde daw, and its possible to pull off many of the techniques studio engineers use. You will get our newsletter, free patches, and more exclusive contentdelivered straight to your inbox. Ive also run into this problem with mainstage 3 and im unable to find a fix. You can turn feedback protection on or off for individual channel strips in the. I am using an maudio keystation pro 88 midi controller through mainstage for live performances. The majority of patches utilize customsampled waveforms created from such synths as the mighty prophet 12, radias, and. Press the preset button, then turn the data encoder to select setup. Matt vanacoro on apr 14, 2016 in logic pro 3 comments. However, the pad leds often get out of sync with the actual onoff functionality, so that the leds are lit up when the effect is off and vice versa. When youre done with the practice, delete all patches except the ones youll use at the performance. Free mainstage 3 patch this is living hillsong young.
Assigning multiple controllers in mainstage is an invaluable trick. I recommend leaving all the stock patches in the keyboard mainstage template in your project, so you dont have to hunt for the right sound during the set. Learn how to isolate, troubleshoot, and fix issues in mainstage 3. And it is possible to access all patches of mainstage 3 from garageband by simply copying them over to the right folder. Keep reading this mainstage 3 tutorial to find out everything you need to. This responsive feedback makes it even easier to use the nanokontrol 2 with sunday keys or your own mainstage concert. Whether youre performing on stage with mainstage 3 or in the studio recording. One of the most useful studio techniques is bussing. Turn the data encoder to select on, then press the encoder button. Get started with patches in a mainstage concert, individual sounds are stored as patches. Turn feedback protection on or off mm in the attributes tab of the channel strip inspector, select the feedback protection checkbox to turn feedback protection on. Fixes an issue in which the patch browser sometimes did not display the full path when scrolling with the cursor.
Open any office applications such as word or excel. Channel strips are the building blocks of your patches. Ive checked all of my patches to be sure the individual patches are set to not turn off previous patch. Mainstage 3, you should save a copy of the currently installed version as a. Synth layers for piano mainstage patches to add huge, modern sounds to add to your piano sound. If you mix a concert well, this allows you to have a much moreaccurate copy of your performance than a print of a board mix that of menu. When updating to mainstage 3 via the mac app store, the latest version will replace the current version you have installed. Two mainstage settings you want to get right youtube.
As you navigate patches, you will see the led feedback for stomp switches 16 update according to the state of the assigned parameters in the selected patch. How to smooth out your transitions between patches and avoid unwanted jumps in volume. Customization if you would like to configure your own pacer preset for mainstage, you will find some tips below. Newer keyboards can usually connect directly through a usb cable. Your live sets will sound amazing with mainstage 3. In order to turn off this feature, please follow the steps below. If youd like to be on the list, youll get 10 free patches for signing up. Apples mainstage is used for many live performances, tours, and even for. In one patch you might want to have the keyboard make the sound of an. The patch is exported to the libraryapplication supportlogic mainstage patches folder. The problem simply seems to be that if you switch patches with the sustain pedal down, once you release the pedal the sustain off message gets routed to the current patch instead of the. Audio routings are properly preserved when using certain multi output audio units plugins when running in german. Logic pro x mainstage 3 turn your mac into a live rig. Select the set, choose save as set from the action menu in the patch list, then click save.
It has a number of editedoptimized patches for mainstage that require nothing beyond the default instruments and effects of mainstage 3. For detailed information about working in the mainstage window, see. Mainstage tutorial david pfaltzgraff may 10, 2018 hidden plugins, mainstage plugin, mainstage synth, logic plugins, worship patches, mainstage secret plugin, garage band synth, learning mainstage, mainstage tutorial, garageband patch, garageband worship, mainstage sound library, mainstage additional content, mainstage factory preset, free. A great feature of the nanokontrol2 is the lights that will respond and stay lit up based on patch changes in mainstage 3. I send out a free email from time to time about product launches, tutorials, and more. Learn more about mainstage, get free mainstage patches, and resources at. To demonstrate the record function of mainstage, im going to use alittle song i wrote with my producer todd howard while making this course. Worship essentials 2 brings you powerful live performance features and an allnew studio quality patch library, meticulously designed for todays modern worship sound. Lost in all of the other updates today was probably one of the biggest updates weve seen in a long time. Fixes an issue in which audio sent to auxes might be cut off when switching patches while holding notes. Patch designer this feature includes all individual patches from the worship. A good place to start is with my starter concert for mainstage. Suddenly and randomly patches are cutting out on patch changes.
If youre using mainstage and want to learn more about optimizing your live rig, sign up to become a sunday sounds insider today. Reader wheat williams sent us the release notes, which may actually make this the longest post ever published on apple world today. Another great function of mainstage is the ability to record your performances. I am running it on my macbook pro with 8 gb of ram and for some reason i am still experiencing a clickingpopping sound. Overview, mainstage window, patches, channel strips, assignments and mappings, get started with layouts, perform mode, quick help. Creating sounds in mainstage can feel like a guessing game especially if you are designing them in one place, and performing in another. Its actually quite easy to get mainstage and the nanokontrol2 lights synchronized. What is mainstage 3 and how can you become an expert at using mainstage 3. Use feedback protection with channel strips, mainstage help. Hey folks, heres a quick video on how to fix an inverted or backwards sustain pedal in mainstage 3. Mainstage 3 turns your computer into an instrument for live performance.
Keep an eye on the volume, too some patches can be louder than others. Mainstage is not professional software logic pro help. I am using the keylab 88 drum pads as toggled, switched controls to turn on and off different instruments and effects in mainstage 3. In this mainstage 3 tutorial, david discusses how to manage both the actual and perceived volume. Mainstage no longer becomes unresponsive when a sysex dump is being received. When feedback protection is turned on for a channel strip, mainstage alerts you when it detects feedback on the channel. Apple mainstage 3 for mac, which is a musicoriented companion app to logic pro.
First is logic pro x, which has been bumped to version 10. Endless praiseplanetshakers mainstage 3 patch y tutorial. How to make your nanokontrol2 lights respond to mainstage. Whats weird is that it happens randomly with different patches all being involved. Powerful piano controls, the most lush and gorgeous pads youll ever hear, cuttingedge synths, textured effects the possibilities are endless. I am new to mainstage and would like to use mainstage for my churchs live worship. Transpose patches mainstage 3 user guide, mainstage 3 help. Check for any effects or postprocessing being applied to your sounds from the mixer. Cutoff settings in general when i switch patches back and forth.
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