Bill Burgess

I usually don't write reviews. Why? Well because I'm lazy. But I feel this tutorial deserves a response. Bill is hilarious. I laughed out loud several times watching this tutorial. He also does a great job of explaining the software. After watching this tutorial I am able to really create some great music with Ableton. Now I just need the Live with Live tutorial to come out!

I am just through the basic steps but I have to say what an awesome tutorial. I love the upbeat friendly style of the tutor. Great job Mr. Burgess! I am looking forward to more tutorials on Ableton Live. This is an excellent way to learn. Not just from a teacher who may or may not know the software well enough, but from a master who has a massive amount of experience as a musician/producer.

Wonderful, great tutorial! And as many others I'm also waiting to see more of this. Thank you very much!

I really enjoyed this tutorial. It was well structured with great quality, but most of all Bill Burgess has a real enthusiasm for Live and that takes it to the next level. His teaching style is very enjoyable and I hope he does many more MPV Live tutorials in the future. Excellent !

This program has me so excited to perform live as a solo act. Bill Burgess is simply hilarious. Can't wait to use the loopback and playback functions. Curious about the markers from logic. I look forward to growing with mainstage. What a wonderful program. Thanks guys!

What could be better than to have one of Apple's developers of Logic and Mainstage walk you through the software. Bill's great at letting you know how the software thinks and offers a lot of Apple interface knowledge as well. I have been on a Mac since 1989 and thought I knew most of it. He also offers hardware interface solutions which is key to having the software work for you rather than you work for the software in an onstage live situation.

Another Bill Burgess highlight! Humourous, informative and perfectly presented. If you are using MainStage 2 this tutorial is a must. Thank you Bill.

I bought the First Mainstage (version 1) Tutorials and found them extremely useful and Bill has a great voice and sense of humor. So I was a bit hesitant to buy this one but I can truly say i am not disappointed one bit. There are about 5 hours of information here and I am finding as Mainstage 2 is resonibly different to MS1 that we are not just running over mostly what has been taught before. Right from the start there are tons of interesting tips and tricks and insights into how to get the ...

Fantastic... Great job please do more on this subject.

I'm brand new to Ableton Live and started this tutorial with virtually little to no knowledge of the product. Bill Burgess is definitely one of the best presenters I have heard. It never got old. It took me a few days/late nights to get through it all (I paused a lot and followed along in Live) but it was well worth it.

If you are just getting into the program Mainstage you must purchase the tutorial MAINSTAGE 101: Core Mainstage by Bill Burgess. I was in crunch time preparing for a live gig (my first in years after being a studio mole). I was faced with having to perform multiple patch changes for a set of over 20 songs (many requiring multiple patch changes) and having very little time left to set this up before the live show. This tutorial saved my gig! Literally overnight I had a strong hold on Mainstage. ...

Really worth to buy . Best tutorial for Video & Audio Post Production. Buy it , and enjoy it. Regards

I'm seven lessons into Mainstage Core and feel it's really helping me understand a complex and wonderful piece of software. I was first introduced to it while playing live keyboards for a touring musical. At the time I was very impressed with Mainstage. Though I had nothing to do with programming the setup, as a first time user Mainstage was extremely user friendly. Beginning the lessons yesterday, I was able to follow Bill Burgess every step of the way. He's not only very informative, but als...

Bill B. is the perfect instructor because you don't fall asleep while watching the video. He keeps it fun with smart entertaining quips throughout. I've used PT for years but took some neat tricks out of this

Initially I had some trouble with getting ned to work as I am running windows vista 64, crappiest os ever :) That being said this tutorial is amazing!!! The instructor knows what he's talking about, shows lots of cool techniques and is actually a great musician. Finding this combination in a video tutorial is very difficult. Enough said buy this tutorial if you want to learn Live and be inspired.

Bill makes the whole thing fun. His presentation of the material is concise and useful. Thanks for the jump start guys.

A+ to Bill for this tutorial. All was clear except some parts on Warping. I thought there could have been a little more basic Warping info. Maybe it's me, but I am still a little unclear about all the ways Warping could be used. All in all, this is a very informative tutorial and well worth the bucks. When is the next installment on Live 8???

A great refresh with a new instructor that has driving and fun teaching skills...

All & all a great vid, very educational, Ableton is definitively a lot of fun to learn.

Great overview video...

A good starter video for those who are unfamiliar with ableton.

Great menu structure and imformative and easy to understand tutorials, highly recommended as usual!!

Just started on this, and I am at last understanding the rational behind session & arrangement view, and what to use when - big brain block gone! Thanks Bill - I will now begin to use this program properly!

Bill Burgess is not only extremely knowledgeable, but he's hilarious! Our band now uses MainStage at every gig.

I think these tutorials was great, but I missed some using LE without the Complete Production Toolkit or DV Toolkit 2. I know many soundengineers that only got the LE pack. I'm one of them. So It would be great if future tutorials have this. That is why I only rate it 4.

I am about to start Post Production Audio on a TV show using Pro Tools 8. I found these tutorials after googling and realised I had struck gold. They are the best tutorials around by far. Not only covering everything needed, but doing so in a clear and entertaining fashion. So easy to watch and understand and Bill Burgess is a pretty funny guy...I now believe I won't suck. Thanks!

Nice tutorial!!!very usefull for people who want to speed up thing when they are working (shortcut & Work Technics) TY

Bill does an amazing job of keeping this tutorial informative and fun. Worth every penny. Videos #13 through #15 crack me up everytime! I now feel like I'll be able to use mainstage for my sets instead of Ableton Live. Thanks guys, keep it up! Now if I can just get my MicroKontrol to not play notes when I hit the drum pads, I'll be in heaven!

Bill did a fantastic job explaining the ins and outs of this app. Part of using mainstage _is_ unfortunately troubleshooting it as you go, and this video gives great insight into troubleshooting 'on the fly'. I found the authors wit/sense of humor particularly entertaining especially while learning this sometimes frustrating app. those of us who use mainstage live and spend time loving it and 'suffering'(you know) with it will benefit from many of the details bill offers while teaching this...

Basic workflow ... good for entry level work.

Very helpful. I've been searching for post production Pro Tools tutorials for a while. Glad to see these offered on line.

These tutorials were outstanding! Bill took mainstage apart and explained it piece by piece. Plus he had me laughing my arse off on several occasions. Certainly keeps the education process entertaining. My hat goes off to MPV and Mr. Burgess. Keep this stuff coming!

ive rarely come across a tutorial so easy to listen to and watch, its full of 'trade secrets,' and fundamentals; from beginner to the professional, i truly believe this tut is a must have. i for one am waiting for part 2 and wondering how much more can be packed into it, that is not already in part 1. mirek

great tutorial. hope to see a part two in the near future!

Excellent Tutorial. Mr. Burgess really did his homework on this one and puts out an outstanding fully in-depth tutorial that really opens up this brand new mysterious program. I highly recommend this to every performer who has to plug in an instrument or use a mic. The tutorial goes way beyond what is in the manual. In a way I think the manual was thrown together without much thought which is why I never bothered to really mess around with MainStage. This answers many questions I had, and...

Great Video Covers in depth things I didnt know existed very detailed and covers it all even with some un documented things Very Impressed and helped me alot

MAINSTAGE 101: Core Mainstage by Bill Burgess is a great INTRO for anyone who isn't familiar with this amazing program:) I'm a drummer myself, and I recently purchased an Edirol PCR-300 MIDI Controller, and I never thought that I would ever be able to use my MIDI keyboard in a live situation, but after watching only the first 30 or so videos of this 67 videos in total tutorial, I've already booked a studio to practice it out:) Bill Burgess guides you along at a comfortable pace so you can easily...

A great tutorial !!! I mainly use ESX24 into Logic 8 to produce my minimal techno tracks. Redmatica Keymap is a powerfull tool to create my own instruments. Now, I can edit my samples in only one software and transform them in one click in an instrument ready to use in Logic.

Excellent tutorial,i can finally set up and use Mainstages for live performance. well done, a must buy.

So far I've enjoyed. I've only seen 20 of the videos so far but I am learning more of MainStage than before.

This was the 1st video training I have ever purchased and found it a lot more enjoyable and effective than trying to wade through manuals. However, a more task-oriented approach may have served better at times. For example: how to get Mainstage to play sound effect loops simultaneously to playing live keyboards. I've found that some of the trickier set up issues involved how the MIDI keyboard's knobs and buttons are set up, and obviously although dealing with each and every keyboard and manufact...

I enjoyed this tutorial very much. It was concise and very clear in the progression of topics. I like Bill's quirky humor, it added a human touch to the presentation. I found all the topics valuable and value for money is excellent.

Easy to follow and I enjoyed his humorous attitude. It will help me a great deal, as I have watched it once, and will watch it several more times to pick up all that there is to absorb.

I would recommend each and every tutorial related to Logic. It has been an incredible learning aid as well as a great time saver. And saving time allows me to make more music. I honestly didn't use MainStage much because I'm a guitarist. But now I realize how cool and powerful it is. Thanks again to the whole MacProVideo crew!

I have 14 MacProVideo training videos and while I think most all of them are excellent, I enjoyed this one the most by far. Not only is the content excellent (as usual) but a star is born in Bill Burgess. He has a very conversational style - you feel like he's sitting next to you anticipating your questions - and he just cracks me up! I've not finished the entire training yet, but already I'm prepared for a Barney party, a Keith Emerson odyssey, and anxiously waiting for that call from Bono!

I found this tutorial very useful - it encouraged me to use mainstage for performance.

At last - an intelligent demonstration of what this software can do - a pity B. Burgess wasn't at Apple when they were writing the Logic Studio manuals which are severely limited when it comes to MainStage - I have only watched the 3 demo clips, but I will be ordering this bundle. Macbook - OS-X-10.5, Presonus Firebox, Ensoniq TS-10 ( master KB only )

Finally, the help I needed. A great jump start to clear up the concept of it all. Now I can move along without beating my self up. Thanks for everything, David

Thanks Bill, my jaws just drop with the possibilities Keymap offers. Awesome work!

Clear to the point instruction for one of the premier editors of Logics EXS24.This tutorial is a must have for anyone who owns Keymap.Great!

yeah, i purchased the Redmatica Keymap 101: in the middle of the night one evening and thoroughly enjoyed the whole video. Bill Burgess is off the chain he had me rolling though the whole video, i find him very to the point and highly informative and a joy to listen to. Although i having purchase "Redmatica Keymap" i got this tutorial out of curiosity and enjoy the whole thing in one setting. Bill has a way with words that breaks the monotony of just listening to just the tutorial he add emp...