How to Build a Setlist in MainStage Using Sunday Keys - Sort Patches by Song Tempo or Feel

Hey friends, in this video you will learn how easy it is to sort ready to play patches in Sunday Keys by song tempo or feel…

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Does Your Worship Band Need Ambient Pads?

Does your worship band need ambient pads?

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How to Build a Setlist in MainStage Using Sunday Keys - One Go-To Layered Worship Patch

Hey friends, in this video you'll learn how to use one go-to patch in Sunday Keys to cover a full setlist…

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MainStage Tutorial: 4 Tips for Working in Layout Mode

Hey friends, in this video you'll learn 4 Tips to optimize your workflow inside MainStage…

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Modulated Reverb Inside of MainStage!

In this MainStage Sound Design Tutorial you’ll learn how to add extra thickness and depth to any worship piano or worship pad sound in MainStage 3 with …

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How to Use the Metronome in MainStage: Simple Tutorial

David shows how you can use the built-in Metronome inside MainStage as your bands click track…

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Get Two Extra Audio Outputs for MainStage: Creating an Aggregate Audio Device!

David shows how you can add two extra audio outputs inside MainStage…

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MainStage Tutorial: How to Add an Octave Effect Using Chord Trigger!

David shows how to add an octave effect to your sounds inside MainStage…

MainStage Tutorial: How to Add A Shimmer Effect to Your Patches!

David shows a simple two step process to add a shimmer effect to your patches inside MainStage…

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MainStage Tutorial: How to Program Song Patches like Sunday Sounds!

David reveals the “secret” programming behind our Song Specific patches…

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MainStage Tutorial: How to Safely Update MainStage & OSX in Two Simple Steps

David demonstrates how to safely update Mainstage to the latest version using two simple steps…

MainStage Tutorial: How to Assign Your Mod Wheel to a Knob, Fader, or Expression Pedal

David demonstrates how to assign your on-screen mod wheel in MainStage 3 to something other than a physical mod wheel…

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…

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.

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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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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Creating Christmas Bell Sounds for Worship Keys

Part 3 in our series about finding the right keyboard sounds for Christmas music!

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How to Build Worship Keys Patches for Christmas Music

Part 2 in our series about finding the right keyboard sounds for Christmas music!

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Creating Worship Keys Patches for Christmas Music

Finding the right keyboard sounds for Christmas music can be a real challenge. After all, what other time of the year are you going to be asked to sound like Rudolph jingling all the way down a candy-cane lane, then immediately after perfectly recreate an arrangement of ‘O Holy Night’ scored for a 40 piece orchestra?…

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Designing a Worship Strings Pad in MainStage With No Gear!

In this live screenshare David let's you look behind the scenes as he designs the free MainStage patch of the week for everyone subscribed to the Insiders Update newsletter with no gear!

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