Jul 3

Jul 3 5 Hidden Tricks In MainStage

MainStage is an incredibly deep program- it’s easy to learn the basics, but there’s a whole other layer underneath. Here are 5 things MainStage can do that you probably haven’t done before with it:

Jun 26

Jun 26 Ask Patch Foundry: Auto Swell

Eric Barfield

How-To

We received this email from a reader this week:

Hi Eric,

I'm very new to Mainstage and I have been hunting for a way to auto swell. I can see that you can use a compressor in Logic, but I can't see how to do it in MS.

I have a swell pedal on it's way, but would prefer to automate for one song.

Thanks in anticipation,

Kevin

Jun 20

Jun 20 5 Tips For Getting Great Pad Sounds

Eric Barfield

Live Performance

Pads are useful for filling the sonic space live, but can be a little tricky to tame. Here are 5 ways to tame your pads:

Jun 13

Jun 13 How To Map Midi Controllers In MainStage

Eric Barfield

How-To

You just bought a brand new keyboard, but you can’t figure out how to connect all of those knobs and faders to MainStage’s on screen controls. Here’s the no-hassle way to do it:

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:

Jun 6

Jun 6 5 Tips For Patch Organization

Eric Barfield

There are dozens of ways to organize your patches, and we thought we’d share a few tricks we’ve discovered on how to find the patches you need, when you need them. Here’s our 5 top tricks: