{"id":52849,"date":"2024-06-22T17:32:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T23:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imagebrewery.com\/?post_type=project&#038;p=52849"},"modified":"2024-09-10T16:43:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T22:43:51","slug":"mainstage-live-set-up-ideas","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/imagebrewery.com\/hp_wordpress\/project\/mainstage-live-set-up-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"MainStage Live Set Up Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; module_class=&#8221; et_pb_row_fullwidth&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;89%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;80%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;80%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; max_width=&#8221;89%&#8221; max_width_tablet=&#8221;80%&#8221; max_width_phone=&#8221;80%&#8221; max_width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagebrewery.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_7715.jpeg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;IMG_7715&#8243; url=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/p8ql-kw9zXE?si=o3qI586TNSpoDW5t&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;MainStage Set Up&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p8ql-kw9zXE?si=L0NvzZAoFps0pv57\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;MainStage Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">I\u2019m trying to figure out a good setup for a live performance with several synths. I love some of the sounds I\u2019ve created in GarageBand but I haven\u2019t found a way to assign different synths or midi controllers to individual tracks simultaneously for a live performance. I\u2019ve spent a few months trying to figure out how and because I\u2019m easily distracted I came up with something totally different that is working for me at the moment. I bought MainStage for $30 to see what it would do.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Because I\u2019m using 5 synths and or midi controllers I am using iConnectivity mioXM as a midi interface. Took some figuring out but I can use everything in strange ways with great satisfaction.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Setup: I\u2019m using my Behringer MS-1 as my main midi controller, strange as it seems. It\u2019s controlling my VFX and my V50 and also has its own voice and I\u2019m running it into MainStage with a synth I created in GarageBand. Yeah. Simple. VFX is performing an atmospheric bass sound. V50 is using a preset of a guitar sound perhaps. MPD218 is being routed into MainStage and I\u2019ll use it for pads primarily. This example is something random I chose to try to figure out how to make sound. I have a Behringer 12 channel Eurorack that everything is running through to my Alto monitors.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Performance: I created a simple 8 step sequence on the MS-1 and ran midi out to the VFX and the V50 and controlled the volume of each synth on the Eurorack. I adjusted the modulation wheel early in the video after I tried to turn down the volume on everything and slowly turn it back on individually. I ran MainStage synths through the Eurorack and started with the volume off completely and then turned it up. I eventually turned on the volume of the MS-1 and adjusted the FM knob. On the MPD218 pads I configured the knobs to adjust the settings for the synth within MainStage. Coolest thing I learned today. They controlled the effects for the synth. 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