Thank you guys so much. I'm composing and conducting a musical but a majority of the performance is going to be on keyboards playing orchestral sounds. this was a very helpful intro for MainStage and answered my main questions!!! excellent content. I am going to subscribe.
I'm now on my way with much gratitude to you! A beautiful walk through...succinct and concise. Thankyou so very much. Deeply appeciate your time and effort to invest in the education of others. Cheers 😉
If you’re on a tight budget you could pair an M1 Mac Mini with an ASUS Zen Screen and have a great set up. The Mini has way more ports than a MacBook too. I’ve the 16GB model and it handles everything I throw at it.
Just getting back into playing at church after 8yrs. And my concern would being able to layer say Piano/Pads or Strings, but also being able to adjust bringing in said layers as needed.
Please do a video showing how to incorporate external modules into a MainStage concert. Show how program changes and other cc midi commands can be sent to external modules and then blended with internal vst’s and MainStage/logic sounds. Thank you.
Hey guys. I've been running MainStage/Logic on this 2011 17" MacBook Pro for years. I still use the original equip I bought back in 2012. My used Novaton SL61 mk2 I bought from Guitar Center is probably the oldest, yet it's still going strong. This 17", the laptop I am on now, is limited to OS 10.13.6 because of the CPU through. Even my 2013 iPad, used with the Logic remote connected to show more mixer channels, I still use. I guess I'll have to upgrade someday. Yet, so far, so good! Peace...Guy
It seems crazy that with all this information about Mainstage, I can't find out if I can run Mainstage on Ipad alone. Anybody know if this is possible?
I'm looking for clear information: Can Mainstage work in a composition studio environment on a second Mac computer as a HOST for AU instruments? My studio scenario: MacPRO 5.1 Mojave (central, DAW Nuendo or Logic Pro) and a second iMAC computer (with Mainstage). MIDI connection is via ipMIDI (20 ports x 16 Midi Ch) or via native IAC. In short, is it possible to define 16 instrument strips with separate MIDI channels (1-16) on one PATCH in Mainstage? Defining 16 PATCHs - each with a different MIDI port, and therefore placing 16 keyboard pictures in the LAYOUT tab is quite difficult and impractical.
Hiya David, just a quick one to say hello from North Wales (UK) and thanks a lot for these tutorials mate. I'm not religious but I came across your content after buying a 2020 Macbook Air recently, with the intention of using it - MainStage particularly - for live gigs with my band, etc. I've used Logic for years but MainStage is a very different and confusing ball game, I was surprised by how difficult I found getting my head around even just some of the most basic functions tbh. I don't often comment on YT vids but your stuff has been *massively* helpful to me, so it seemed only right that I should thank you. So err..... thank you :) Kindest regards from sunny (yeah ok) Wrexham, Maff :D
Hi Matt, glad we could help! MainStage can be frustrating when you are just starting out. We do also have a free mainstage basics course if you need more tips: sundaysounds.com/pages/mainstage-basics-course
How come i cant see the patchlist furthest to the left? I can only se the patchlist that is visable in performance mode.(the one in black,white and yellow) I catn figure out how to add a new patch… I asume something has changed reacently?
Brother I have old version mainstage 3. 3,5 but now when I’m trying to play my patches in new M2 Mac mini with old version only Kontakt sounds are showing empty multi ???? All the required libraries I have installed and they are coming in the rack … brother please help me
Regarding the Sound creation with Main Stage I wonder if it is possible to use other (non apple) sound libraries with Main Stage such as KONTAKT LIBRARIES etc?
I BOUGHT MAINSTAGE 3 on my Mac book Pro I SADLY CANNOT GET IT TO MY I PAD VIA AIR DROP OR LOGIC OR I CLOUD I AM FRUSTRATED IT DOESN’T SHOW UP IN THE APP STORE ON MY I PAD pro OS 16.4.1 HELP
What about output? How do you get your sound out of your USB audio interface and into the room? I tried plugging a ¼ inch instrument cable between my UA VOLT 276’s output, and the input jack of my Boss Katana, and it sounded shrill and awful. Obviously, I tried to dial in a clean and uncolored sound on the amp. It sounds great when I connect my UA VOLT to my Presonus powered studio monitors. Do you just take your studio monitors on the road with you, instead of an amp? Or do you plug straight from your USB audio interface into the house’s sound board? If you go this route, how do you get a little stage monitoring of the sounds coming through your computer and USB audio interface? Thanks!
Thanks for your comment. The vast majority of folks run their audio interface output to the soundboard directly, either via a cable, into a stage box, or similar. If you need some monitoring on stage most churches rely on either stage wedges or an in-ear monitoring system. Hope that helps!
does sunday keys come with references to actual songs? I am looking for something to pick to match the songs we have without spending my week trying to figure out the right sound for this weeks set.
David, thank you for such informative content. My children have been our organists at church for 3 years now and I am attempting to build a practice organ for them at home. Can you give me some pointers for Mainstage. I need to connect two midi keyboards and a midi pedalboard to Mainstage and I need to be able to set organ registration individually to the three midi devices. Is that possible?
I'm wondering - is there a way where I can use Logic Pro X's live loop, have a dedicated hardware mapped for triggering the loops, but then route (clock sync as well) that into Mainstage and use Mainstage purely for playing my live keys? I would setup all the patches in MainStage. I don't want to use Mainstage's playback as i find it's not very good, also I'm creating like a 25-30min non-stop set where I'm going to be doing mash-ups of different songs and require the flexibility of live loops?
Great video David. Glad I bought it Saturday. Thank for help getting it to work with my mid-2012 MacBook Pro 2.3 Quad core intel i7 16gb memory. Glad M1 isn’t required.
I have already connected my keyboard to audio interface with the USB-MIDI cable, also interface connected to computer through USB Here comes a question, in my church, our sound system is using wireless transmitter to make instruments connected to mixer, and I plug transmitter into the output of interface, but there's still no sound come out from speakers, what should I do to fix it out? Could Sunday Sounds or someone help me ? thanks.
If you plug in an amp instead of the wireless transmitter , is there audio mainstage output coming out of the Jack? Might need to check mainstsge audio settings? Good luck
It can have a bit of a learning curve if you have never used software for your keys sounds. We have a free MainStage Basics course here: sundaysounds.com/pages/mainstage-basics-course
You showed how to connect the keyboard to the computer but not the Nano controller. Also showing how to assign these 2 peripherals in the settings menu would be helpful.
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Best tutorial on mainstage, compact and useful God bless
I am a heathen and this video really helped thanks
Sin duda el mejor tutorial de MainStage: simple, directo y efectivo. ¡Muchas gracias!
Thank you guys so much. I'm composing and conducting a musical but a majority of the performance is going to be on keyboards playing orchestral sounds. this was a very helpful intro for MainStage and answered my main questions!!! excellent content. I am going to subscribe.
Yes, I agree - absolutely BEST tutorial about Mainstage.
I'm now on my way with much gratitude to you!
A beautiful walk through...succinct and concise. Thankyou so very much.
Deeply appeciate your time and effort to invest in the education of others.
Cheers 😉
Thanks for mentioning we need a Mac, right off the bat. The other videos that I wasted an hour watching, did not mention that.
If you’re on a tight budget you could pair an M1 Mac Mini with an ASUS Zen Screen and have a great set up. The Mini has way more ports than a MacBook too. I’ve the 16GB model and it handles everything I throw at it.
You don’t need a new Silicon chip Mac to run this. I run a live rig more sophisticated than this with Logic Pro on a 2012 Macbook I5. Works perfect
Please if I have a Windows how can I use it
@@ernestessakaofficiel You can't. MainStage only runs on mac OS computers. Not Windows.
Thank you for explaining in full detail. As a beginner I benefited.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart
This answered all my question and unasked question ever
Just getting back into playing at church after 8yrs. And my concern would being able to layer say Piano/Pads or Strings, but also being able to adjust bringing in said layers as needed.
Really Really Great Tutorial Thank you!
Please do a video showing how to incorporate external modules into a MainStage concert. Show how program changes and other cc midi commands can be sent to external modules and then blended with internal vst’s and MainStage/logic sounds. Thank you.
Thanks for the video, I learned a lot from it.
Blessings
Found this video, really helpful and eh I was already subscribed, top man! God bless! ;D
Hey guys. I've been running MainStage/Logic on this 2011 17" MacBook Pro for years. I still use the original equip I bought back in 2012. My used Novaton SL61 mk2 I bought from Guitar Center is probably the oldest, yet it's still going strong. This 17", the laptop I am on now, is limited to OS 10.13.6 because of the CPU through. Even my 2013 iPad, used with the Logic remote connected to show more mixer channels, I still use. I guess I'll have to upgrade someday. Yet, so far, so good! Peace...Guy
You can upgrade your existing macbook with open core.
I’ve encountered a problem which is that I can’t connect the thing using a usb because my Mac does not have a usb
It seems crazy that with all this information about Mainstage, I can't find out if I can run Mainstage on Ipad alone. Anybody know if this is possible?
Incredible thank you!! really great work on this
I'm looking for clear information: Can Mainstage work in a composition studio environment on a second Mac computer as a HOST for AU instruments?
My studio scenario: MacPRO 5.1 Mojave (central, DAW Nuendo or Logic Pro) and a second iMAC computer (with Mainstage). MIDI connection is via ipMIDI (20 ports x 16 Midi Ch) or via native IAC. In short, is it possible to define 16 instrument strips with separate MIDI channels (1-16) on one PATCH in Mainstage?
Defining 16 PATCHs - each with a different MIDI port, and therefore placing 16 keyboard pictures in the LAYOUT tab is quite difficult and impractical.
Thanks a bunch for that video, it's awesome!
This video is great 👌 I'll save it for later
Brother, Thank You!!!!
Hi .. How to solve the unexpected note off command not kicking problem in mainstage? İt couse a disaster during performance .. thank all
Hiya David, just a quick one to say hello from North Wales (UK) and thanks a lot for these tutorials mate. I'm not religious but I came across your content after buying a 2020 Macbook Air recently, with the intention of using it - MainStage particularly - for live gigs with my band, etc.
I've used Logic for years but MainStage is a very different and confusing ball game, I was surprised by how difficult I found getting my head around even just some of the most basic functions tbh.
I don't often comment on YT vids but your stuff has been *massively* helpful to me, so it seemed only right that I should thank you.
So err..... thank you :)
Kindest regards from sunny (yeah ok) Wrexham,
Maff :D
Hi Matt, glad we could help! MainStage can be frustrating when you are just starting out. We do also have a free mainstage basics course if you need more tips: sundaysounds.com/pages/mainstage-basics-course
How come i cant see the patchlist furthest to the left? I can only se the patchlist that is visable in performance mode.(the one in black,white and yellow)
I catn figure out how to add a new patch…
I asume something has changed reacently?
Very helpful video. Thank you!
Brother I have old version mainstage 3. 3,5 but now when I’m trying to play my patches in new M2 Mac mini with old version only Kontakt sounds are showing empty multi ???? All the required libraries I have installed and they are coming in the rack … brother please help me
Regarding the Sound creation with Main Stage I wonder if it is possible to use other (non apple) sound libraries with Main Stage such as KONTAKT LIBRARIES etc?
I BOUGHT MAINSTAGE 3 on my Mac book Pro
I SADLY CANNOT GET IT TO MY I PAD VIA AIR DROP OR LOGIC OR I CLOUD I AM FRUSTRATED IT DOESN’T SHOW UP IN THE APP STORE ON MY I PAD pro OS 16.4.1 HELP
What about output? How do you get your sound out of your USB audio interface and into the room? I tried plugging a ¼ inch instrument cable between my UA VOLT 276’s output, and the input jack of my Boss Katana, and it sounded shrill and awful. Obviously, I tried to dial in a clean and uncolored sound on the amp. It sounds great when I connect my UA VOLT to my Presonus powered studio monitors. Do you just take your studio monitors on the road with you, instead of an amp? Or do you plug straight from your USB audio interface into the house’s sound board? If you go this route, how do you get a little stage monitoring of the sounds coming through your computer and USB audio interface? Thanks!
Thanks for your comment. The vast majority of folks run their audio interface output to the soundboard directly, either via a cable, into a stage box, or similar.
If you need some monitoring on stage most churches rely on either stage wedges or an in-ear monitoring system. Hope that helps!
Thanks!
I was wondering if this will open prerecorded file, to where I can add effects? Thanks
does sunday keys come with references to actual songs? I am looking for something to pick to match the songs we have without spending my week trying to figure out the right sound for this weeks set.
Hi...
How to connect Guitar with MainStage and play MainStage Sounds... ?
Please help...
David, thank you for such informative content. My children have been our organists at church for 3 years now and I am attempting to build a practice organ for them at home. Can you give me some pointers for Mainstage. I need to connect two midi keyboards and a midi pedalboard to Mainstage and I need to be able to set organ registration individually to the three midi devices. Is that possible?
Will this work with non worship music?
I want to purchase the templates you made
Audio Connections: Why do you need to split the minijack? Will a minijack to jack (only one) work for stereo?
How do u delete the display items?
I'm wondering - is there a way where I can use Logic Pro X's live loop, have a dedicated hardware mapped for triggering the loops, but then route (clock sync as well) that into Mainstage and use Mainstage purely for playing my live keys? I would setup all the patches in MainStage.
I don't want to use Mainstage's playback as i find it's not very good, also I'm creating like a 25-30min non-stop set where I'm going to be doing mash-ups of different songs and require the flexibility of live loops?
Is intel Mac book pro not compatible?
This was very helpful
does it HAVE to be a mac? wahat about like windows or dell? are the latest of those computers not good enough? thanks !
There are other alternatives for PCs like Gig Performer and Ableton Live to host your VSTs
Great video David. Glad I bought it Saturday. Thank for help getting it to work with my mid-2012 MacBook Pro 2.3 Quad core intel i7 16gb memory. Glad M1 isn’t required.
Hello David can you please make a tutorial like this for Ableton Live also
is it possible to use midi files you have triggering the sounds from main stage?
Thank you! Could you pls recommed some reources for MS semples?
Superb tutorial! Does MainStage come with its soft instrument patches, or is it using the Logic Pro's sets? Thank you for sharing.
MainStage and Logic share the same instruments and effects library
@@SundaySounds Thanks.
I’m currently looking for a MacBook pro that’s not too expensive so I can begin using this program
Thank you.
Great video , thanks 👍
What do you think David - Mainstage vs Ableton Live??
Not working with Logic Remote
Hello! I’m having trouble connecting my Yamaha motif es6 to my iMac. I’m trying to use Sunday sounds can somebody help me?
Most Yamaha keyboards require a driver to be installed, check your models user manual for midi connections.
No mainstage for pc 🥺
I have already connected my keyboard to audio interface with the USB-MIDI cable, also interface connected to computer through USB
Here comes a question, in my church, our sound system is using wireless transmitter to make instruments connected to mixer, and I plug transmitter into the output of interface, but there's still no sound come out from speakers, what should I do to fix it out?
Could Sunday Sounds or someone help me ? thanks.
check MainStage preferences and make sure audio output is set to your interface
If you plug in an amp instead of the wireless transmitter , is there audio mainstage output coming out of the Jack? Might need to check mainstsge audio settings? Good luck
@@djorlando57 I'll try it. thanks!
@@SundaySounds got it. thanks!
Good job 👌👍. thank you
You can run AUs live in this like Gband or Logic, yes?
You can use Garage Band or Logic, but those are designed more for recording, MainStage is focused on live performance.
@@SundaySounds Thank you! I meant, can I use my 3rd party synth plug ins with Mainstage and intermingle them with the Mainstage sounds? Thanks
Hi David. Mainstage must use macbock computer?..
Correct, MainStage is developed by Apple and only available on Mac.
Thank you!
Hey guys, How can someone get this on a Windows PC, or Is the application limited to iOS only?
Its limited to Macintosh computers. Not made for iPads or Windows machines.
Is there a phone number I can call??? I am playing tomorrow at church
is it hard to use main stage
It can have a bit of a learning curve if you have never used software for your keys sounds. We have a free MainStage Basics course here: sundaysounds.com/pages/mainstage-basics-course
Does it really gotta be MacBook Airr
yes
lol
You showed how to connect the keyboard to the computer but not the Nano controller. Also showing how to assign these 2 peripherals in the settings menu would be helpful.
the process is the same for the nanokontrol2, connect it to your computer and assign to workspace controls in layout mode.
How about us pc user? Give us justice, what should we do
Ableton Live
Can someone please help me
❤️❤️❤️👏
you should do this for ableton live users
What I don't like is that it heats up my MacBook
facts bro
Watched at 2x speed. Problem solved.
I wish you understand that there are people who cannot afford Macbook or Apple devices. Please do make vedios for Abelton.
he still kept the under ten minutes in the title lol
if you get your videos in spanish you help more people and church but you have to traslate the audio not subtittles