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.

Jul 31

Jul 31 7 Ways To Crash Proof Your MainStage Rig

Eric Barfield

Live Performance

Using plugins and massive sample libraries live have huge advantages sonically, with one achilles heel: it’s easy to crash your computer without setting it up well. Here are some best practices for using MainStage live:

Jun 9

Jun 9 Gear Review: Novation Remote SL Mkii Midi Controller

Eric Barfield

Gear Reviews

Although it’s an older keyboard at this point, Novation’s Remote Series midi controllers has a bunch of attractive features for MainStage. Here’s how it stacks up:

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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