I’m heading to Chicago in a couple weeks to play some shows with a country band, and Mainstage is factoring in big time to what I’ll be doing onstage. Here’s how I’m using Mainstage to help me get the job done:
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Sometimes a specific song will need a single-shot sample to be played at the beginning of the tune (think Sledgehammer, for instance). Here’s how to do that easily with a button in Mainstage:
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About a year ago I wrote a blog explaining how to run Mainstage in mono live. With the release of Mainstage 3.1, a lot of the little things changed in Mainstage, including how to run Mainstage in mono. Here’s the new and improved way to do it:
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This week we’re going to explore some of the awesome shortcuts that key commands offer in Mainstage 3.1. Here’s a list of some of my favorites:
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I love Mainstage, but like all software, there’s the chance that it could crash live. I love hardware, but it lacks a lot of the functionality and power that software synths offer. Starting last year, I made a decision that if I could help it, I would never rely completely on just hardware or software exclusively, and I started developing a hybrid rig that had redundancy, reliability, and a ton of sonic power. Here’s how I did it:
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