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.

MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffDecember 12, 2018MainStage 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

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

MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffDecember 5, 2018MainStage 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

Creating Christmas Bell Sounds for Worship Keys

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

MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffNovember 28, 2018Christmas Patches for MainStage, Logic X Christmas Patches, Worship Christmas Presets, Worship Christmas Patches for MainStage, chrstimas bells, bell sounds, mainstage bells, synth bell, logic bell, synth bell sound, worship bells, bell patch, tubular bells, tubular bellComment

How to Build Worship Keys Patches for Christmas Music

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

MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffNovember 21, 2018Christmas Patches for MainStage, Logic X Christmas Patches, Worship Christmas Presets, Worship Christmas Patches for MainStageComment

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?…

MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffNovember 14, 2018Christmas Patches for MainStage, Logic X Christmas Patches, Worship Christmas Presets, Worship Christmas Patches for MainStage Comments

MainStage's Playback Plugin

Learn how to run tracks using MainStage’s Playback Plugin in this blog post…

MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffJuly 9, 2018MainStage Playback, MainStage Tracks, MainStage Running Tracks, MainStage Loops, MainStage Running Loops, MainStage Click, Click track, Running tracks in mainstage, MainStage Multitracks, MainStage Metronome, Running Tracks Tutorial, Using tracks in MainStage, Loops in MainStage Comments

MainStage's Modulation FX

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

Sunday Sounds Featured on the Worship Artistry Podcast!

I had the chance to sit down with Ryan King, the keyboard instructor from Worship Artistry. We talked about my creative process, current trends in worship music, and how you can avoid feeling robotic when you're playing precise parts.

Sound Design Tutorial, Special EventDavid PfaltzgraffMay 21, 2018Sunday Sounds Podcast, Sunday Sounds Behind the Scenes, Sunday Sounds Worship Artistry, Worship Artistry Podcast, Sunday Keys Podcast, Worship Patches, Sunday Sound Podcast, Keyboard Podcast, Worship iTunes, SundaySounds iTunesComment

3 Steps to Becoming Best Friends with Your Audio Engineer

There are a few universally recognized relationships often fraught with tension:

With your mother-in-law., middle sibling with the eldest, Anakin and Obi-Wan, and the worship keys player and the audio engineer.

MainStage Tutorial, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffApril 18, 2018audio engineer, balance patches, MainStage Balance PatchesComment

MainStage's Delay FX

MainStage features some great delay plugins. They're all good at different things, so here's a little breakdown on how I like to use each of them.

Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffApril 10, 2018MainStage delay, mainstage delay effect, delay fx, mainstage delay, mainstage sound design, logic delay effect, echo delay, tape delay, stereo delay, MainStage sound design, Learning MainStageComment

MainStage Sound Design- Stop the Mud!

See I learned really quick how to high-pass the low end. Usually between 100-150 hZ. I thought that's all I needed to do. My pads all had..

Designing A Worship Pad from Scratch in MainStage 3- EXS24

Who doesn't need more pads! We get asked all the time for tips on sound design..

MainStage's Retro Synth Plugin

This plugin offers simpler control options and fewer routing options than ES2, but I like the modeling done on the filters and the wave shapes. It can definitely get..

Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffMarch 26, 2018MainStage Retro Synth, mainstage retro synth tutorial, retro synth fx, retrosynth fx, mainstage synth, retro synth plugin, retro synth tutorial, retro synth overview, logic retro synth effect, MainStage Sound DesignComment

Three Things Worship Keys Players Must Learn from Guitarists

Keys players- what a time to be alive! Over the last 10-15 years the electric guitar has been the dominant voice in the vast majority of worship music, but over the last few years there has been a huge shift in responsibilities...

Sound Design Tutorial, Video Tutorial 1David PfaltzgraffMarch 14, 2018Worship Keys, Guitar Player, Learn from Guitar, Learn from Guitar Player, Learn from Guitarist, MainStage Effects, MainStage Sound Design, Techniques Thursday, MainStage Thoughts Comment

MainStage's Reverb FX

When I bought MainStage I started off where you probably did with the built in concerts included with the software. Most of those concerts..

Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffMarch 12, 2018MainStage reverb, mainstage reverb effect, reverb fx, mainstage reverb, mainstage sound design, logic reverb effect, platinum verb, space designer, enverb Comments

MainStage's Compressor FX

For a long time my attitude towards compressors was "I know I should be using these... so let's throw one on this patch!"

Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffMarch 5, 2018MainStage compression, mainstage compressor effect, compressor fx, compression fx, mainstage compressor, mainstage sound design, logic compression effect, platinum digital, studio fet, vintage vcaComment

MainStage's Distortion FX

MainStage Sound Design Tutorial- Dissecting the Free MainState Patch of the Week- Episode 1

Hey folks, in this video David dissects the "Free MainStage Patch of the Week" that was sent out to all Sunday Sounds Insiders: https://sundaysounds.com/updates

MainStage Tutorial, Video Tutorial 1, Sound Design TutorialDavid PfaltzgraffFebruary 14, 2018MainStage Sound Design Tutorial, Free MainStage Patch Tutorial, Free MainStage Patch of the WeekComment

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