Posts tagged Sound Design
Program a Lead sound in ANY synth plugin
Program a Lead sound in ANY synth plugin

Are you ready to learn how to make your own synth lead from scratch?

It's easier than you think!

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Sunday Keys MainStage, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffPatch Design, Sound Design, MainStage Sound Design, MainStage Patch Design, MainStage tutorial, Ambient Sound Design, MainStage Lesson, Free MainStage patches, MainStage patch, MainStage 3, MainStage 3 patches, worship patches, MainStage tutorials, worship sounds, Sunday Keys MainStage template, Sunday Sounds, MainStage template, worship template, hillsong patch, hillsong patches, young and free patch, young and free patches, united patch, united patches, elevation worship patch, elevation worship, worship piano, worship pads, worship keys, Ableton, Ableton Live, Ableton worship, Ableton worship patches Comment
Beginner's Guide to Making Warm Pads - Worship Keys Tutorial
Beginner's Guide to Making Warm Pads - Worship Keys Tutorial

Can you guess the sound that's asked for the most around here?

A warm pad!

In this week's new video, I'll teach you how to make a warm pad in any software, whether you're using MainStage, Ableton Live or another DAW.

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Sunday Keys MainStage, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffPatch Design, Sound Design, MainStage Sound Design, MainStage Patch Design, MainStage tutorial, Ambient Sound Design, MainStage Lesson, Free MainStage patches, MainStage patch, MainStage 3, MainStage 3 patches, worship patches, MainStage tutorials, worship sounds, Sunday Keys MainStage template, Sunday Sounds, MainStage template, worship template, hillsong patch, hillsong patches, young and free patch, young and free patches, united patch, united patches, elevation worship patch, elevation worship, worship piano, worship pads, worship keys, Ableton, Ableton Live, Ableton worship, Ableton worship patchesComment
What Makes a Pad Sound Warm? Worship Pads Tutorial
What Makes a Pad Sound Warm? Worship Pads Tutorial

In this new video, I'm going to break down what makes a pad warm and how to achieve that sound really quickly on the fly. It's also great to have a few favorites you love in your back pocket for a surprise moment you didn't expect.

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Sunday Keys MainStage, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffPatch Design, Sound Design, MainStage Sound Design, MainStage Patch Design, MainStage tutorial, Ambient Sound Design, MainStage Lesson, Free MainStage patches, MainStage patch, MainStage 3, MainStage 3 patches, worship patches, MainStage tutorials, worship sounds, Sunday Keys MainStage template, Sunday Sounds, MainStage template, worship template, hillsong patch, hillsong patches, young and free patch, young and free patches, united patch, united patches, elevation worship patch, elevation worship, worship piano, worship pads, worship keys, Ableton, Ableton Live, Ableton worship, Ableton worship patchesComment
Soundbeds Vol 1 - Custom Sampled Ambient Worship Patches for MainStage and Ableton Live
Soundbeds Vol 1 - Custom Sampled Ambient Worship Patches for MainStage and Ableton Live

New, custom-sampled soundsources captured from vintage and analog synthesizers form the foundation of many of these patches and there’s nothing in MainStage or Ableton’s factory library anything like them. 

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Sound Design Tutorial, Ableton Sound Libraries, MainStage Patch LibrariesDavid PfaltzgraffMainStage Contextual Sounds, MainStage Worship Sounds, MainStage Worship Design, Worship Keys, Creating Worship Patches, MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design Tutorial, Sound Design, MainStage Sound Design, Learning MainStage, MainStage Levels, Patch, Mid Cut, asdr, pad sound design, designing worship pads, soundbeds, tutorial, custom sampled, ableton, ableton live, ableton live worship patchesComment
Create Custom Sampled Patches- Ambient Pads Tutorial
Create Custom Sampled Patches- Ambient Pads Tutorial

This tutorial focuses on how to use this technique to create one of a kind soundbeds which is one of our favorite types of sounds here at Sunday Sounds, currently!

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MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffMainStage Contextual Sounds, MainStage Worship Sounds, MainStage Worship Design, Worship Keys, Creating Worship Patches, MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design Tutorial, Sound Design, MainStage Sound Design, Learning MainStage, MainStage Levels, Patch, Mid Cut, asdr, pad sound design, designing worship pads, soundbeds, tutorial, custom sampled Comments
Design a Worship Pad Without Listening? - Free Worship Patch
Design a Worship Pad Without Listening? - Free Worship Patch

David and Ryan did a super fun challenge where Ryan designed a pad in MainStage without listening to it, while David listened through headphones and gave feedback.

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Sunday Keys MainStage, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffPatch Design, Sound Design, MainStage Sound Design, MainStage Patch Design, MainStage tutorial, Ambient Sound Design, MainStage Lesson, Free MainStage patches, MainStage patch, MainStage 3, MainStage 3 patches, worship patches, MainStage tutorials, worship sounds, Sunday Keys MainStage template, Sunday Sounds, MainStage template, worship template, hillsong patch, hillsong patches, young and free patch, young and free patches, united patch, united patches, elevation worship patch, elevation worship, worship piano, worship pads, worship keysComment
Top 10 Tutorials for MainStage and Ableton: A Recap
Top 10 Tutorials for MainStage and Ableton: A Recap

We’ve put together our most popular MainStage and Ableton tutorials to help pass time!

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MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design Tutorial, Ableton TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffMainStage Contextual Sounds, MainStage EQ, MainStage Worship Sounds, MainStage Worship Design, Worship Keys, Creating Worship Patches, MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design Tutorial, Sound Design, MainStage Sound Design, Learning MainStage, how to balance patches, how to set audio levels, studio monitors, eq, ableton, ableton live, ableton tutorialComment
​The "MainStage Sabotage Challenge" with David and Ryan​
​The "MainStage Sabotage Challenge" with David and Ryan​

Make sure you watch all the way to the end for the INTENSITY ROUND where we go all in on the most brutal problems we can think to create in MainStage.

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Sunday Keys MainStage, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffPatch Design, Sound Design, MainStage Sound Design, MainStage Patch Design, MainStage tutorial, MainStage Lesson, Free MainStage patches, MainStage 3, MainStage tutorials, worship sounds, Sunday Keys MainStage template, Sunday Sounds, MainStage template, worship template, hillsong patch, worship keys, problems with MainStage, MainStage Sabotage challengeComment
Designing a Worship Pad Without Listening Challenge!? - MainStage 3
Designing a Worship Pad Without Listening Challenge!? - MainStage 3

David and Ryan did a super fun challenge where David designed a pad in MainStage without listening to it, while Ryan listened through headphones and gave feedback.

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Sunday Keys MainStage, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffPatch Design, Sound Design, MainStage Sound Design, MainStage Patch Design, MainStage tutorial, Ambient Sound Design, MainStage Lesson, Free MainStage patches, MainStage patch, MainStage 3, MainStage 3 patches, worship patches, MainStage tutorials, worship sounds, Sunday Keys MainStage template, Sunday Sounds, MainStage template, worship template, hillsong patch, hillsong patches, young and free patch, young and free patches, united patch, united patches, elevation worship patch, elevation worship, worship piano, worship pads, worship keysComment
How to Balance Your Keys Patch Volumes in Any Software
How to Balance Your Keys Patch Volumes in Any Software

Everybody wants to have killer patches that sound good in the room and feel good in your ears, right? We all want to avoid bleeding ears in the congregation and angry looks from your sound person on Sunday mornings!

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MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffMainStage Contextual Sounds, MainStage EQ, MainStage Worship Sounds, MainStage Worship Design, Worship Keys, Creating Worship Patches, MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design Tutorial, Sound Design, MainStage Sound Design, Learning MainStage, how to balance patches, how to set audio levels, how to take patches from headphones to speakers, design patch with headphones, use in-ears, studio monitors, eq Comment
Building Patches that Sound Great Live! - Part 4
Building Patches that Sound Great Live! - Part 4

In this third video of the series, David talks about the importance of building a relationship with your audio engineer…

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MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffMainStage Contextual Sounds, MainStage EQ, MainStage Worship Sounds, MainStage Worship Design, Worship Keys, Creating Worship Patches, MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design Tutorial, Sound Design, MainStage Sound Design, Learning MainStage, MainStage Levels, MainStage EQ Tutorial, MainStage EQ Tips, EQ Tips, How to Use EQ, Logic EQ, Patch, Low Cut, High Pass, Low Shelf, Mid Cut, audio engineer, engineer, sound, guy, feedback, mixingComment
Building Patches that Sound Great Live! - Part 3
Building Patches that Sound Great Live! - Part 3

In this third video of the series, David talks about the significant role of using EQ to help sculpt the frequency range of your sounds.

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MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffMainStage Contextual Sounds, MainStage EQ, MainStage Worship Sounds, MainStage Worship Design, Worship Keys, Creating Worship Patches, MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design Tutorial, Sound Design, MainStage Sound Design, Learning MainStage, MainStage Levels, MainStage EQ Tutorial, MainStage EQ Tips, EQ Tips, How to Use EQ, Logic EQ, Patch, Low Cut, High Pass, Low Shelf, Mid CutComment
Building Patches that Sound Great Live! - Part 2
Building Patches that Sound Great Live! - Part 2

In this second video in the series, David talks about how to way we perceive certain frequencies should influence sound design choices.

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MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffMainStage Contextual Sounds, MainStage EQ, MainStage Worship Sounds, MainStage Worship Design, Worship Keys, Creating Worship Patches, MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design Tutorial, Sound Design, MainStage Sound Design, Learning MainStage, MainStage Sound Tutorial, EQ, Frequency RangeComment
Building Patches that Sound Great Live! - Part 1
Building Patches that Sound Great Live! - Part 1

In this first video in the series, David talks about the significant role of designing patches to suite a particular sonic context.

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MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffMainStage Contextual Sounds, MainStage EQ, MainStage Worship Sounds, MainStage Worship Design, Worship Keys, Creating Worship Patches, MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design Tutorial, Sound Design, MainStage Sound Design, Learning MainStageComment
MainStage's Modulation FX
MainStage's Modulation FX

Learn about MainStage’s Chorus, Ensemble, and Flanger plugins in this blog post…

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MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffMainStage Modulation, MainStage Chorus, MainStage Chorus Effect, MainStage Chorus FX, MainStage Mod, Modulation FX, Modulation Effects, MainStage Flanger, Flanger FX, Flanger Effect, Logic Chorus Tutorial, Logic X Modulation, Sound Design, MainStage Sound Design, Learning MainStage, MainStage Tutorial, MainStage Plugin, MainStage Plug-inComment
Song Specific MainStage Patches- Where Do You Start?
Song Specific MainStage Patches- Where Do You Start?

One thing that I really love to do at DPfaltSound is create song specific patches. It's such a fun challenge to figure out how to maximize the functionality of MainStage. How to fit a bunch of amazing synth parts onto 88 (or fewer) keys in a way that is...

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Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffSong Specific, Song Patch, Patch Design, Song Design, Sound Design, Sound Specific Patch Design, Creating Song Specific Patches, Song Patches, MainStage Design, MainStage Sound DesignComment
ALTAR CALL CHALLENGE! Live Sound Design Screen Capture In MainStage 3
ALTAR CALL CHALLENGE! Live Sound Design Screen Capture In MainStage 3

This video is a screen-capture of me attempting the #altarcallchallenge contest which is running now in the DPfaltSound Insiders Facebook group. Go join the group if you'd like to download the patch from this video and make your own submission! https://facebook.com/groups/dpfaltsoundinsiders

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Sound Design Tutorial, MainStage Tutorial, Video Tutorial 1David PfaltzgraffAltar Call Patch, Patch Design, Sound Design, MainStage Sound Design, MainStage Patch Design, MainStage tutorial, Ambient Sound Design, MainStage LessonComment