#Apple mainstage course software

You will need to make sure your MONTAGE and your computer both have the most up-to-date firmware and software components installed. MainStage3 is the version used in this guide. If you are new to Mainstage check out this article from our friends at. You will find over four hours of tutorial videos, tutorial articles and a vibrant forum to ask questions about MONTAGE at. Next level stuff.'Ī solid understanding of MONTAGE is recommended in order to get the most from this guide. MONTAGE also features Pure Analog Circuit, a digital-to-analog conversion technology Phil 'Bad Mister' Clendeninn accurately describes as 'mind numbingly good to your ears. This basic setup guide will assist you in connecting bi-directional MIDI and audio from MONTAGE to MainStage. The built-in USB audio and MIDI interface eliminate the need for an additional audio interface. MS works great for what you are trying to do! I don't know of anything better.The MONTAGE Music Synthesizer is a great instrument to use with Apple MainStage. While a pedal is the quickest if you are playing with both hands, you can of course, use any other button, knob, slider or wheel to make these changes, as long as that control sends a MIDI value when it is moved.

#Apple mainstage course Patch

If you have 2 sounds that go back and forth repeatedly, like arco and pizz strings, instead of creating a dozen patch changes, you can use the techniques Jas described to toggle the sound of a single patch between 2 different 'layers'. You can use pedals for other changes as well. MS handles this flawlessly, so you don't even need a 16th rest to make your change. The way MS will allow you to hold notes from one patch over across a patch change into another patch and play any new notes on the new patch is fantastic! I have several Kurzweils that will do this, but you can often hear the effects glitch as you make the change. You never have to take your hands off the keys this way. It will quickly and seamlessly change patches and a foot switch is the best way to do it. I and another guy I work with do a lot of Pit Orchestra gigs using MainStage. Again, this is how I prefer to use Mainstage in the scenario that you're in, unless there are only a few patches needed for any given performance. This way you can stay in one patch on your controller, and advance through your Mainstage concert patch by patch. My preferred method is to assign a controller to the foot switch, and 'teach' Mainstage to respond to that controller to advance the patches. Though you certainly could, if say, you had only a few patches that you needed for the show. It will also allow you to change patches smoothly while sustaining the previous patch (like a Kurzweil).ĭepending on the controller that you're using, and whether or not you're also using sounds from it, you don't even need to use the program changes from the controller to select the Mainstage patches. The sample headers are all loaded as a part of the Concert. Mainstage will change patches as quickly as you can hit the foot switch. Having programmed more than a few productions on Mainstage, a couple of offerings of advice: No VST, Logic wants AU.technically speaking, you might be able to use a VST wrapper but (and I can only speak for myself) I would avoid that. You just need to think about what you want, when you want it, and plan accordingly. a patch change will work well for that (the technique of assigning specific PC's to direct you to a patch), versus 'split second changes' where you should use the Send/Mute technique WITHIN a patch. When you get down to the details of the testing I can help you out more by describing in more detail if you like.Īgain though, my advice would be to really think about what changes you want 'within seconds' i.e. Or if you already have the plug-in's you're talking about, then try those. The way to test it is to use Logic's own instruments and create a variety of situations which would reflect your needs. You then use a combination of what I outlined before to send the right combination to the out and you should be good to go.

#Apple mainstage course plus

Each of those channel strips would contain the instrument plug-in, plus any effects, that you might need. Essentially, you would create a patch with multiple channel strips. So just so I'm clear in my understanding.as long as you're not triggering an audio sample using Mainstage Playback plug-in (because there may be timing issues there), but you're using a software instrument based on sampled instruments as a plug-in to Mainstage, then yes, you can do it in the way I described (and possibly other ways).