MainStage has a slightly confusing layer of MIDI mappings that I haven’t seen talked about much online (probably because it’s so geeky). It’s possible with MainStage to assign specific MIDI CC values to on screen controls at the Layout mode. Why is this confusing? It’s also possible to assign controllers at the edit mode, as well. Before this gets too techy, here’s the advantage to each:
Read MoreFor the last 4 years I’ve posted at least three blog posts a week every week. I’m really proud of that. It takes a lot of effort to be consistent through the major changes that have happened in the last few years.
Today I’m breaking my streak. Starting with this blog, I’m running a one-week no-blog experiment to see whether blogging is something that I will to keep doing.
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Read MoreOne of the biggest struggles that musicians constantly face is lack of time. Even if you spend your entire day on your music career (and few musicians do) you still run into major time crunches and something important usually gets cut. Here’s 5 tips to fit in your stuff when you’re in a crunch:
Read MoreMainStage allows you to customize the beginning and end point any midi controller. For instance, you could set your volume faders to end at a neutral zero DB of gain instead of the default 6+ DB setting. This can be extremely useful for a number of controls, but we’ll focus on volume for our example. Here’s how to do it:
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