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MainStage 101
Core MainStage
Summary
This tutorial is produced by Bill Burgess, the former Pro Audio Product Marketing Manager for Apple. Bill helped develop the MainStage templates and patches!
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- Price
- $39.50 (All Prices In US Dollars)
- Trainer
- Bill Burgess
- Application
- MainStage
- Level
- Level 1
- Platform
- Mac & PC
- Runtime
- 240 minutes
- Status
- Available
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Apr 20th, 2009 by greg castrigano
“ 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! ”
Now if I can just get my MicroKontrol to not play notes when I hit the drum pads, I'll be in heaven! ”
Apr 19th, 2009 by Bill Davidson
“ 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 course. as with many complex apps(like logic, live, et al), much of the important-detail/tip/trick/key command learning happens while learning a completely unrelated topic, so watch the entire series! highly recommend even to experienced users. ”
Mar 29th, 2009 by Ed
“ 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! ”
Mar 9th, 2009 by jason
“ great tutorial. hope to see a part two in the near future! ”
Mar 2nd, 2009 by Josh
“ 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 even gave solutions I never though possible (using Soundflower to route Logic into MS). To top it all off Mr. Burgess is a fantastic teacher with a dry sense of humor and a rough edge to his method who was as entertaining as he was informative. ”
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 even gave solutions I never though possible (using Soundflower to route Logic into MS). To top it all off Mr. Burgess is a fantastic teacher with a dry sense of humor and a rough edge to his method who was as entertaining as he was informative. ”
Jan 30th, 2009 by shane blyth
“ 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 ”
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 ”
Description
If you're practicing music, MainStage is your perfect instrument. If you're a pro, MainStage will help you take your concerts to the next level ...
MainStage is Apple's musical performance tool. Under MainStage's purpose-built interface is Logic's audio engine. This means MainStage gives you real-time access to all of the unique instruments and plugins you've come to love in Logic Studio.
In this 4-hour tutorial by Bill Burgess, you'll learn how to set up concerts, assign knobs & faders from your hardware MIDI controllers to MainStage instruments, build custom patches & sets, and add effects to your sound. Bill also shows you how to trouble-shoot common MainStage problems! If you're looking to get the most out of MainStage, these videos will show you the way.
This is a comprehensive tutorial, but you don't have to watch every video. Use the detailed menus and keyword search functions to quickly find topics of interest. For a full list of this title's topics, see the Table of Contents.
Trainer
Bill Burgess
“
Bill Burgess is the former Pro Audio Product Marketing Manager and Logic Pro Artist Relations Manager for Apple Inc. He's also a brilliant software educator with long experience teaching audio producers how to make music! ”
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: MainStage
Section 1: Getting Started with MainStage
01. Choosing A Concert Template
02. Selecting And Playing Patches
03. Using MIDI Devices with MainStage
04. Using Audio Devices with MainStage
05. Configuring MainStage Preferences
Section 2: The MainStage Interface
06. Understanding the MainStage Window
07. Customizing The MainStage Window
08. Edit Mode
09. Layout Mode
10. Perform Mode
Section 3: Introduction to Patches
11. Map Your Keyboard to MainStage
12. Exploring & Changing Channel Strip Settings
13. Create A Software Instrument Patch From Scratch
14. Add Depth to Your Patch & Export It
15. Create And Modify A Microphone Input Channel
Section 4: Concerts
16. Saving And Reverting Concerts
17. Controlling Volume
18. Concert Wide Effects
19. Using Busses For Control
20. Create New Channels at The Concert Level
21. Customize Your Performance Using The Toolbar
22. Using Tempo in Concerts
23. Tap Tempo
24. Map Tap Tempo & Mute To Your Keyboard
Chapter 2: A Deeper Look At Edit Mode
Section 5: Working With Patches
25. Mapping Patch Changes To Your Keyboard
26. Selecting & Skipping Patches
27. Copy & Paste Techniques For Patches
28. Drag & Drop Plug-Ins Between Patches
29. Sharing Patches Between Concerts
30. Using Channel Strips To Organize Patches
31. Organizing Patches And Settings in The Finder
Section 6: Using Sets
32. Creating New Sets
33. Creating Sets From Multiple Patches
34. Importing & Exporting
35. Sharing Sets Between Concerts
36. Using Sets to Change Tempo
37. Exempt Sets From Concert Parameters
Section 7: Use MIDI To Make Your Patches Musical
38. Turn Your Laptop Into A MIDI Keyboard With Musical Typing
39. Defining Key Ranges, Velocity Sensitivity & Middle C
40. Getting Started With MIDI Controllers
41. Assign A Midi Controller To A Channel Strip
42. MIDI Controller Transform & Input Filtering
43. Assign A Midi Controller To A Plug-In
44. Assigning Parameter Attributes & Patch Change Considerations
Section 8: Layers & Splits
45. Creating Layers & CPU Considerations
46. Defining Key Ranges & Splits
47. Floating Split Points & Transposition
48. Velocity Ranges & Off-Sets
49. Concert & Set Level Over Rides
50. Using UltraBeat Within A Patch
Chapter 3: Layout Mode: Creating Custom Instruments
Section 9: Editing Screen Controls
51. The Theory Behind Screen Controls
52. Grid Resolution, Moving & Resizing Screen Controls
53. Merging, Grouping & Locking Screen Controls
54. Adding, Copying & Pasting Screen Controls
55. Using & Editing Shelf Controls
56. Importing & Exporting Layouts
Section 10: Assigning Screen Control Parameters
57. Default Assignments & MIDI "Pass Thru"
58. Assigning Keyboard Parameters
59. Assigning Knob Parameters
60. Assigning Button Parameters
61. Assigning Drum Parameters
62. Text, Image & Patch Selector Parameters
Section 11: Performance & Advanced Instruments
63. Configure The Tuner & Metronome
64. Play Song Files Within MainStage
65. Wire Virtual Instruments Into MainStage Guitar Rigs
66. Using Logic Within MainStage
67. Using Live Within MainStage
System Requirements
- Macintosh
- Mac OS X 10.3.9 and Above
- G3, G4, G5 or Intel processor
- Quicktime 7 or above
- Windows
- Windows Vista, XP or 2000
- Intel Pentium 4 or AMD processor
- Quicktime 7 or above
- .NET 2 or above
- Please note: N.E.D. is not compatible with 64 bit versions of Windows