Using mainstage patches in logic

Retro synths contains a total of 50 new patches and was inspired by 80s synths sounds, featuring basses, arps, leads and pads. Learn more about mainstage 3 with these frequently asked questions. The benefit of using both mainstage and logic pro is transferring sounds created in one for use in the other. This video is a tutorial on how to make the synth patch from mark ronsons uptown funk ft. The drums are from addictive drums extracted as a aac file from the logic project.

Originally designed to control logic pro, apple blessed us mainstage users by including us in the fun. You can also use external instrument patches to play external hardware devices and rewire applications. How to make the uptown funk synth patch in logicmainstage. This vocal synth sample library boasts a massive 640 patches and tens of thousands of indivdual samples that make up everthing from aggressive young and free style pop vocal leads to warm ethereal pads and everything in between all created from male and female vocal recordings.

How to use mainstage patches in logic pro x youtube. I then tried to import the patches into mainstage 3 and these instruments and plugins are not available. I am interested in mainstage pianos, pads and alchemy. Considerations for transferring sounds mainstage to logic. Basically, you can use aliases to create pointers that direct mainstage to utilize a previously created patch or channel strip. Mainstage 3 tutorial learn apples mainstage 3 software. Using mainstage with guitars and other instruments 9 adding mainstage to your music setup 11 using mainstage in live performance 11 resources for learning about mainstage 12 mainstage onscreen user manual 12 apple websites chapter 2 15 setting up your system 15 using midi devices with mainstage 16 using audio devices with mainstage 16 using. You will want to make sure your computer has some basic system requirements to run mainstage. How to install patches in logic pro x or mainstage 3 that worship. Since i am contemplating to record something in logic, i would like to use my instrument patches, amp mods and maybe channelstrips from mainstage without being forced to remodel it all in logic. Installing vocal synths mainstage logic vocal synths is a collabortion project from peter james and daniel ferguson. For studio one to send midi to mainstage then you need to setup the iac driver in your audio midi setup on your mac.

Worship pianos keyscape is a collection of piano patches meticulously designed to give you that modern piano sound from dark with lush modulated reverb to bright and aggressive. If not, i have seen some sounds patches for logic in this forum, can i use them with mainstage. Ive heard that if i buy mainstage 3, i should be able to use some content in garageband. They contain the instruments and effects for the sounds you use in performance. Mainstage gives you a massive collection of plugins and sounds to fuel your creativity. If you create mainstage patches then you get the deep new features introduced in logic pro x. Jan 01, 2020 if you want to use all features of mainstage 3 app, then you can pay for that a feature like logic pro x plugins, smart controls and patches. This collection was designed from scratch using only logicmainstage stock instruments by abel mendoza.

Computers have revolutionised many elements of the music industry, including live rig performance. I looked further into it and can see huge spikes in memory usage from individual patches. For more info and to check out the patches mentioned in this video, go to. Mainstage 3 lets you take your mac to the stage with a fullscreen interface optimized for live performance, flexible hardware control, and a massive collection of plugins and sounds that are fully compatible with logic pro x. You might need to reorder sets and patches after dragging them into the patch list. Intro to mainstage 3 part 1 beginners guide youtube. That would have translated to multiple channel strips per mainstage patch, and afaik no way to carry the split information into logic strips keyboard range on a perchannelstrip basis. A friend who is doing more electronic stuff is using ableton live and maschine. Add the exs24 instrument plugin at the input spot on an instrument channel strip. Mainstage channel strips use the channel strip interface familiar from logic pro, with the same structure and many of the same functions as logic pro channel strips.

Choosing logic x for live performance over mainstage gearslutz. Transferring sounds between mainstage and logic pro. Click edit, select all the sets and patches in the patch list, then press delete to remove all the existing patches. Most music professionals think of ableton live as the go to program for using your computer on a stage. How to use mainstage 3 and alchemy in studio one mac. Mainstage 3 tips record mainstage patches in logic youtube. The complete guide to using your ipad and logic remote to control mainstage nov 21, 2016 ive always wanted to be able to use my ipad to control mainstage, and apple made it possible to do it with their free logic remote app. Logic pro x and mainstage share more than a little dna, and that means that using them together is easier than you might have thought. Many of the patches in the logic pro x and mainstage 3 library are programmed to support polyphonic pitch bend when used with logic remote. In a mainstage concert, individual sounds are stored as patches, and each patch can contain one or more channel strips, each with its own instruments and effects.

My primary reason over mainstage, is that i want to have automation controls going on and off during the set so i dont have to mess with any foot pedals. A customized piano collection for spectrasonics keyscape users running mainstage 3 or logic pro x. These presets can be used in any mainstage 3 concert or logic pro x project 30 sunday keys mapped mainstage patches. When ms is doing live stretching andor pitch shifting, the degradation on an mp3 file is much more noticeable than a. Instead of creating multiple instances of the same virtual instrument, an alias lets you create one channel strip that can be linked to from any patch or set. Choose among instrument patches for almost every genre and playing style.

Mainstage 3 for pc windows and mac appsgames for pc. Performing live with logic, mainstage and a midi footswitch. Bypass, remove, or rescan thirdparty audio units plugins in logic pro x. I have been using mainstage for a couple of years for live performances. Note that logic is a daw, and so you dont get the same visual gui with all of the mappings like you do in mainstage, but you can still achieve all of the same sound effects in logic that you. Apr 14, 2016 configuring your mainstage concert files takes some time, and setting things up so that your show runs efficiently and in a stable manner is key for having a successful mainstage experience. The mute channels option in the feedback warning dialog when creating channel strips now mutes all channels when creating multiple channel strips at the same time. Apr 09, 2014 heres some mainstage 3 tips for you guys, also answering some of the questions ive been getting about my patches synthsation for mainstage 3 1 how to use mainstage patches in logic pro x 2. I used some sounds like the new vintage mellotron instrument and the chromaverb plugin introduced in logic pro x 10. And if you ever need to perform with a different mac, you dont have to rebuild everything. Mainstage was originally bundled with logic pro x in its infancy, but after a while it was broken off and offered on the app store at a ridiculous price of under 30 bucks.

Apples mainstage 3 turns your mac into a complete live rig, and expert mainstage performer mitchell alpaugh will show you how to bring all your studio tools onstage, in any configuration you can dream up, and make a truly complete live performance package. Mainstage and logic pro x include a bevy of amp and pedal. Understanding the concert, set, and patch paradigm is key to harnessing the power of mainstage. Using aliases is one of the most powerful features of mainstage, and it also helps to make your computer better mimic the behavior of a patch combi setup of a keyboard workstation. Electric worship mainstage patches church media drop. Note for newer releases that feature multiple patch folders. I have basically 3 or 4 channel strips set up in mainstage vocals, 2 keyboard patches, and drums. And more importantly, if i create my own alchemy patch, will this be playable in garageband too. I know it will load beats and sequences and that i can assign a startstop and patch updown command to the switches. These patches have been premapped to our flagship sunday keys mainstage template. Library with an updated loop collection and over 1,500 instrument and effect patches that make creative use of.

Bruno mars using builtin synths from logic, mainstage, or ableton. I offer over 200 free mainstage related resources on the new website, including free patches, templates, ebooks and more. The patch library also gives you access to all your patches from logic pro x. The ultimate live rig perform live with more than 80 instrument, effe. You can open these channel strips in any mainstage 3 concert or logic pro x project. By far, using logic to record mainstage patches will give you the most flexibility out of any daw due to that shared patch channel strip file structure. Retro synths contains a total of 50 new patches and.

Using a software instrument track, open the left library. I used some sounds like the new vintage mellotron instrument. Alchemy synth is part of garageband x from day one, you can use it in limited mode only the pad is available. Mainstage 3 for pc download free windows 7810 and mac. If you still have questions, i offer oneonone mainstage training via skype. Musicians can now loop, use samples, add effects, trigger backing tracks and utilise a host of new sounds via midi to recreate the huge timbre of modern albums for inspiration on whats possible check out some of imogen heaps. If you are not using worship essentials, then just use. These presets can be used in any mainstage 3 concert or logic pro x project 25 sunday keys mapped mainstage patches.

Test the new concert to see if the issue still exists. Using mainstage application, you can create one of the best music in the world. Now, i just discovered you can use mainstage patches as well, one just need to copy them over and that will do it. Logic pro x mainstage 3 turn your mac into a live rig. This collection was designed from scratch using only logic mainstage stock instruments by abel mendoza. He suggested logic and mainstage for what were doing. If this is a patch that you purchased from a company that came with a concert for example a sunday keys patch, youll want to see if there are additional aux buses in that concert that affect the sound. Will all these 3000 alchemy patches available in garageband. Choosing logic x for live performance over mainstage. The only way i was able to make it work was to insert a blank channel strip into the mainstage patch and move other channels around until the blank was in the leftmost slot. In my case the problem was that i had both layers and splits in many of my mainstage patches. The main worship guitar essentials mainstage 3 template with drone tools ambient pad drones 6 presets for humbuckers, 6 presets for single coils, 2 presets for acoustic, and 8 bonus presets 22 single patches are built into the mainstage template, and are also available for use in any mainstage concert or logic session.

Mainstage logic pro x arpeggiator tutorial how to use the. Feb 25, 2020 patches with multiple channel strips created in mainstage now open with the correct aux set as the main track when opened in logic pro x. I would imagine the patches are able to use for your own productions but i thought id ask in case. I also use logic for production, and really enjoy the fact that i can take sounds ive crafted there and use them within mainstage. I tried downloading them and using them in logic but had zero luck because half of the files it needed were missing. Oct 04, 2017 mainstage logic pro x arpeggiator tutorial how to use the mainstage arpeggiator in this video david gives you an intro to using the mainstage 3logic pro x arpeggiator midi fx. Mainstage 3 lets you take your mac to the stage with a fullscreen interface optimised for live performance, flexible hardware control, and a massive collection of plugins and sounds that are fully compatible with logic pro x. Using aliases in apple mainstage is a good way to reduce ram and cpu usage. Harness the full potential of what mainstage can do with a huge sound bank of over 100 ready to play worship patches, an intuitive and easy to understand visual layout and gamechanging features like builtin tonic drone pads, simple preset browsing, and easy patch building. The quickest way to copy these patches and add them to another mainstage or logic x template is to click on the cog like symbol in the top left corner of mainstage and save each patch or set as seen in the screenshot below. Harness the full potential of what mainstage can do with a huge sound bank of over 100 ready to play worship patches, an intuitive and easy to understand visual layout and gamechanging features like builtin tonic drone pads, simple preset browsing, and easy patch. Move patches from mainstage to logic apple community.

You can use channel strips in mainstage just as you can in logic pro. In mainstage, you can use audio, software instrument, and auxiliary aux channel strips in your patches and sets, and also at the concert level. As a consequence, notes on channels other than channel 1 only trigger one note. Conserve memory when using the same sound in multiple patches in mainstage. I was running it on my macbook pro, using an maudio axiom keyboard, routing it through an maudio interface to achieve a line out signal. This week i show you how to use mainstage patches in logic pro.

Drag the patches from the original concert into the patch list. If you know logic pro x then you understand the power of mainstage 3s smart controls. Just save your live set as a project and mainstage puts all the necessary files into a single folder you can take with you anywhere. Itll do it i just wondered if anyone here had experience with it. Mainstage 3 tips record mainstage patches in logic. These set files make it easy to import all the patches premapped to a specific section in sunday keys. Use retro synth to recreate your favorite electronic sounds from the 70s and 80s with an intuitive set of controls. Totality for mainstage 3 worship patch bundle worship. I do not recommend using mp3s in the playback device.

Mar 27, 2014 mainstage is an offshoot of apples logic pro application with live performance in mind. Concerts are mainstage documents that hold your soundsa concert can store all the sounds youll use in an entire performance or a series of performances. Contact me via email to find out pricing and setup a time. Instantly recall sophisticated multichannel sound and effect configurations.

When a patch is selected in the left pane, the bottom patch settings section is visible, go to user patches instrument. Just save your live set as a project and mainstage puts all the necessary files into a. In the presets dropdown box area, choose your instrument. Apples minimum system requirements to open mainstage are.

Logic pro x patches are put together by some of the worlds top sound designers using the abundant collection of logic pro x plugins and powerful features like track stacks and smart controls. Using mainstage to run backing tracks logic pro help. They will then show up in the patch library tab at the bottom of mainstage in user patches. Would you be able to make these patches available for logic. Or use unique digital sounds like bells, plucky bass, and brash leads. Musicians can now loop, use samples, add effects, trigger backing tracks and utilise a host of new sounds via midi to recreate the huge timbre of modern albums for inspiration on whats possible check out some of. Installing and using mainstage template from peter james. Mainstage users moving their patches to logic will want to keep these things in mind. They are loaded into the playback plugin in mainstage.

Are there any samplessounds patches available for download here for common coversongs like its my life, final countdown, living on a prayer, jump thanks. Try using mainstage to host a variety of patches and setups for your vdrums. Can i export my custom patches from mainstage paired with logic and email them to a user with only mainstage. The sound library, augmented by alchemy, is also a powerful source of inspiration thanks to patches that allow for rich layers of instruments and effects and smart controls that let you easily shape any sound. The main features of mainstage channel strips are shown below. Until recently i was playing keyboard in a band using mainstage 3. A exported multilayer patch from mainstage imported into logic seems to lose the first channel strip. With apples mainstage and logic pro, these scenarios are made simple because any sound created in either can be set up for use in the other. Youve now finished your first performance with mainstage congratulations. How to import patches in logic pro x or mainstage 3 that.

Mainstage and logic now work as one integrated production and live performance duo. Installing vocal synths mainstagelogic all articles. Using aliases to reduce ram and cpu usage in mainstage. Use round robin and the velocity editor in the mainstage auto sampler. Youll learn how to use the built in presets, how to design arp patterns of your own using grid mode, and how to use the latch functionality. A versatile synthesizer that delivers sounds ranging from classic. Oct 21, 2010 hi i have a somewhat unusual problem, i guess.