Mar 5

Mar 5 How to Make Pads Decay Faster

Eric Barfield

How-To

How to adjust the decay on synths and pads.

Apr 30

Apr 30 Ask Patch Foundry: Details about the Nord Stage 3 Worship Collection

Eric Barfield

How-To

I got this kind email from Omar this week:

I feel that by looking through the (Nord Stage 3 Worship) collection I’ve been able to see your way of thinking and playing and that’s been very valuable. I thought about some questions as I continue playing through the collection.

Apr 30

Apr 30 How To Find Missing Samples In MainStage

Eric Barfield

How-To

Marvin writes me this week:

One of the patches won't play it opens a window trying to find its contents. How do I find it?

Hi Marvin! I use a few samples from MainStage’s Sound Library in the Worship Collection and other packs that aren’t by default downloaded. Here’s how to download them:

Apr 30

Apr 30 Two Ways To Transpose Using MainStage 3 and Nord Stage 3

Eric Barfield

How-To

Two ways to transpose MainStage, using MainStage or a Nord Stage 3.

Jan 23

Jan 23 How to Assign a Knob to Control a Parameter in MainStage

Eric Barfield

How-To

MainStage makes it easy to assign knobs, buttons, and faders to control a parameter. Here’s how:

Sep 4

Sep 4 MainStage Tutorial: Splitting Two Sounds Across Your Keyboard

Eric Barfield

How-To

One of the handy features of MainStage is its ability to split and layer dozens of sounds across your keyboard. For instance, you could put a synth bass in the bottom half of the keyboard, and a piano sound layered with a pad in the right. Here’s how to create your first keyboard split:

May 9

May 9 Ask Patch Foundry: Native Instrument’s Komplete Kontrol Integration

Eric Barfield

Ask Patch Foundry

I received this email from a reader this week:

Does the NI controller fully interface with the NI au plugins through main stage like it would through kontakt and will the keylab integrate with the vst plugins as well?

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