Why PROFESSIONALS Play 100% LIVE with MainStage 3!!! (Part 1)

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I recommend the Mac Mini (2012 Version) NOT the newer models from 2014/15...
Mac Mini VS Macbook:
1. Dollar to Dollar the Mac Mini + Monitor + keyboard + trackpad is less expensive than a comparable Macbook Pro with similar specs.
2. If something happens to my monitor/keyboard/trackpad, I can easily and quickly pick up another one from a store nearby... If something happens to the screen on a Macbook, I'd be without my entire computer until it is repaired.
3. For some reason, EVERY Macbook I've owned, I have to buy multiple power cables (strange, but I haven't had this problem with my Macbook Air... also, EVERY Macbook Pro that I've owned (3 different ones) all have had to go to the Apple store for one reason or another, from a faulty screen to the motherboard, to the keyboard keys being stuck, or popped off...etc....
4. I ONLY prefer the Macbook over the Mac Mini in the area of "convenience"... You can simply turn the Macbook and get started on your work, without any cables or wires... The Mac Mini has to be powered up via a power cable at all times... So, I only travel and use it at home and at church - what I did was I purchase an extra power cable, 2 monitors, 2 keyboards and 2 trackpads... One stays at home and the other remains at church, so I just grab the box and throw it in my back - no cables, nothing but the Mac Mini!!! ;)
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@SilverLocs6474 8 жыл бұрын

Sir, this video alone has revolutionized my teaching techniques to my music ministry. you have opened a new door for me to teach music, parts and nuances. thank you very much.

@lrodriguez34 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info! I'm looking forward to using this live at church soon. I wanted to let you know I watched this video a second time, but just to hear you play. That progression you used touched my soul, man... Keep up the great work!

@MikeyDee503 10 жыл бұрын

i dont know whether to concentrate on u demo-ing the software out or listen to those lovely chords man

@adam872 7 жыл бұрын

I thought that too. They sound fantastic.

@lvd357 4 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna transcribe it lol

@obinnammezichukwu9057 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahahahahahaha Hagan's😂😂😂... exactly where I am at the moment.

@broken_radar 4 жыл бұрын

I love your video! You are so pleasant to listen to and very helpful. I appreciate your expert opinions on this as well. Please keep doing more.

@EzraBufford 5 жыл бұрын

Your nice chords inspired me to turn around to my keyboard and record the hymn 'Come Thou Fount'. Awesome doc!

@rdm5190 5 жыл бұрын

"They can do a whole lot more" the same phrase we heard when digital synths killed off analog synths but now we all want our analog gear back hence the huge market for remakes&re-released gear. I run a hybrid rig with 3 keyboards linked tomy laptop but find myself reaching for my analog boards more often because of the real user interface...

@samsonkirigua 10 жыл бұрын

prettysimplemusic Thanks for sharing this video about Mainstage 3, learnt a lot from this ... new to music but I agree with you Soft Synth really is the way of the future!!!

@byronp24 5 жыл бұрын

AWESOME! 📼 PLEASE KEEP UP THE EXCELLENT WORK /Teaching 👍🏾

@scthomasiiministries 5 жыл бұрын

I know I'm very late on this, but that chord progression puts me in Heaven every time I come across this video! I appreciate your gift K.C.

@latinkeys1 8 жыл бұрын

thank you. I just heard about this program yesterday. I'm really excited about it! Loved your explanation.

@eoinodunlaing4391 2 жыл бұрын

What a lovely touch you have-I'm giving you a big thumbs up Sir.

@MarkHolmes62 9 жыл бұрын

I just bought Mainstage 3 along with Logic pro x. I already had an lp8 collecting dust at home and this video just gave that unit a purpose in life..haha. Great video, great playing...the net need more people like you my brother.

@muddo1 10 жыл бұрын

stay motivated my brother..been a fan from i saw your 4 chord grove years ago. Love for ya way out from da bahamas.

@johnpowerssongs 10 жыл бұрын

thanks. i really enjoyed your video...but i really like your sign off the most. "i wanna die empty"....what a beautiful thing to say. so beautiful, it could be a song title. :)

@artt8706 9 жыл бұрын

I'm tired of lugging around a MOX8, so I'm more than intrigued by your setup. I've already started pricing all of the hardware you use although I'll probably go with the laptop for portability. I have to say, the first time I watched this video, I had no clue what you were talking about. But since I've done some research, including other software options, I've come back to this and each of the 10 times I've watched I learn something new. Thanks bro, can't wait for Part II.

@BillSundstrom3 7 жыл бұрын

Hi, loving all of your video's. Keep them coming!

@jurgenbjansen7574 7 жыл бұрын

Nice!! I was trying to decide between a buying new keyboard or going fully soft synth. I have decided to go soft. Thanks for the demo.

@UriteAruSunlight 9 жыл бұрын

WWJS, man bro I almost busted into tears when you said you wanted to leave here empty. Thank you for enlighting and inspiring our minds and ways to be and do better. God bless your all, As He Is. chak.

@_inspiritandintruth 6 жыл бұрын

Main stage is incredible. Thank you for the video. Can you do a video on how to create you’re own template and how to add your own sounds?

@alexisacevedo6121 10 жыл бұрын

Wow this is great! I'm just a beginer but man this souned wonderful and its just perfect for live playing at church. Do you have any more videos about this topic of modern keybord "rig" and how to' videos? Bless you bro!

@atonebuilder 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for prestation, the spirit never dies it goes on,, one love ❤

@jayblaze1958 10 жыл бұрын

The wisdom of this whole clip was about "dying empty." That is powerful doc. That is how you stay blessed. Good job. Enjoy all your clips.

@prettysimplemusic 10 жыл бұрын

wow...you caught that subliminal message!!!

@brandoncarter3985 10 жыл бұрын

Wow

@ralfdittes5765 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing software you helped me to make the right decision for me with a simple super Keyboard Yamaha p45 and my MBP with mainstage Thanks a lot

@charlesmarkm 10 жыл бұрын

Wonderful tutorial! I have the Roland Fantom motif module and while old, still has great samples... REALLY wish you'd do a tutorial on those chords you play demonstrating the patches! Sweeet! :)

@leamonstubbs3949 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro its been a hassle trying to get musician at my dads church to make the (virtual ) switch but after watching this I'm sharing the knowledge you've giving with such details and examples... and I'm defiantly interested in the Raven Grand that Joint sounds really smooth and wide Thanks for sharing ... - Leamon

@TonyChungLive 4 жыл бұрын

6 years later this is still frequn amazing.

@j.dot_pd9807 4 жыл бұрын

Is main stage worth it buying 2020

@berkeleymorrison 4 жыл бұрын

@@j.dot_pd9807 why would it change through time wtf :D

@Elivalentinguitar 4 жыл бұрын

@@j.dot_pd9807 yes it is its still amazing and its been updated

@j.dot_pd9807 4 жыл бұрын

@@Elivalentinguitar ah thanks

@gro6594 4 жыл бұрын

@@j.dot_pd9807 yes

@streetbummrj 10 жыл бұрын

I've had my kx8 for years and i love it. Using my ipad and my roland fa76 right now

@sydphi 9 жыл бұрын

Nicely done video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@JVRspoon 10 жыл бұрын

The chords you played sounded so good that I started laughing

@instrumentalistjade8367 6 жыл бұрын

I agree.. i used mainstage and addictive keys.. but sometimes i still use my rack modules (mks20, motif es rack, jv-2080). Because i notice tha warmer sounds of the real hardware synths.. so in short, depends upon my mood. im a fan of both and i used both.. thanks alot sir for your reviews😀👍🏼 God bless

@brandtreppond2167 5 жыл бұрын

That's an awesome video, I didn't realize how much control virtual instruments can give you on stage

@noraadub 10 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your videos. Thank you for being a blessing to us all. I am very much interested in why you would use the mac mini over MacBook pro.

@TraceyLarvenz 8 жыл бұрын

As an aside, I've really enjoy your playing and voicings. Thanks for posting this. I can't seem to get MS to work without pops and clicks at any acceptable latency level on a brand-new MacBook Pro. Really a drag.

@NewMacFan 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I currently switched over from using Native Insruments Kontakt directly to use MainStage in order to combine Kontakt Plugins with FM8 and some AUs from apple. It's really interesting to see how different people are using this software and hence how flexible it is. Your approach is more the way I used to have in Kontakt where it loaded every plugin at once and then I could select through the midi channel wich one to user from there. In MainStage I prepared some patches that define one layer on each of my two keyboards. I then build up a set where I reference patches as an alias into the patches I define inside a patch. So I just have to define two buttons that move up and down inside this set and a patch for every song that will come up in a concert.

@DonyaLane 8 жыл бұрын

Your voicings are beautiful! Great vid!

@awat7771 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks, awesome video, keep the videos going...Thank you

@trinidadvelasquez1898 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative video and a very genuinely nice person. God bless!

@subbbass 10 жыл бұрын

great playing, great sounds! Thanx

@GS-kq5zh 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks sir. I subscribed and will be dropping some questions every now and then.

@edrock26 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, for this excellent advice and information!

@mrwillgreen 9 жыл бұрын

You want to "Die Empty" POWERFUL statement!! Respect!!!

@leebates2561 7 жыл бұрын

My bro....WOWWW!!! This has been a VERY enlightening video! You have ultimately changed my perspective on music performing/creation!!! Hats off to you doc!!! And that revelation at the end..."Die empty"...Gotta preach that one doc! 😂

@JoeyLightfingaz11 9 жыл бұрын

YOU KEEP ME ON TOP OF MY GAME I RECOMMEND YOUR SITE TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW MUSICIANS THX SO MUCH PLUS I HAVE ALL YOUR LESSONS FROM YOUR WEBSITE THX BRO

@prettysimplemusic 9 жыл бұрын

Joey Lightfingaz WOW man... thanks for the support over the years!!! I really appreciate it!!! I also thank you for the kind words of encouragement in the other video comment section!!! Much love Joey and thanks again!!! ;)

@lewchaney2138 2 жыл бұрын

Great demo of Mainstage...

@haroldennulat8339 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Good intro to MainStage.

@Harrysound 10 жыл бұрын

It's nice to see someone actually play an instrument for a change. I normally stumble on some wanna be just tapping a swing beat on a drum machine. So lame.

@SAIDMUSIC01 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sir! This was very helpful!

@williamfurner6747 7 жыл бұрын

Enjoy your Green screen set up but not sure if it is green screen but the look is great! I am a finger style guitarist but I love the sounds you make on the key board. I was just passing through thinking MainStage would be good for a electric midi guitar ! So I'm just passing through but great tutorial indeed and such cool playing !

@praveenraj8194 10 жыл бұрын

that was a great video... can yo make a video on making the connections with the keyboard, controller and mac...

@damonsessions9506 7 жыл бұрын

AWESOME!!! IM USING MAINSTAGE BECAUSE OF THIS THANKS A LOT DUDE!!

@jakejacobs126 10 жыл бұрын

Used Logic as a host for years. Upgraded my old version of Main Stage today. Btw..Ravenscroft 275 sounds excellent. As a Ivory user, that says allot.

@liranziv 7 жыл бұрын

Ravenscroft 275 is a part of main stage ?

@jakejacobs126 7 жыл бұрын

Liran Ziv I wish.

@liranziv 7 жыл бұрын

yes i thought i was dreaming

@autotest8193 6 жыл бұрын

now we have spectrosonics keys...try it...

@calvinchong8740 6 жыл бұрын

So why the Mac Mini over a MacBook Pro? You didn’t answer the question...

@smubenesha 6 жыл бұрын

Great stuff K.C

@larryjonson3550 5 жыл бұрын

That’s beautiful playing man. 😀.

@AnonKeys Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Great video!

@prettysimplemusic 4 ай бұрын

It truly is my pleasure! Thanks so much for watching, much love! ☀️💚

@eltonallenmusic 4 жыл бұрын

KC... these sounds aged very well.. I just used this library last Friday !!! Very CPU friendly

@voluntarymusic 10 жыл бұрын

Wow, great video. I haven't been exposed to MainStage before now. Thanks for the introduction ;)

@ashokjoy9309 3 жыл бұрын

really excellent song dear brother

@christtemple179 Жыл бұрын

Dude you are so on the right track, don’t stop now!

@prettysimplemusic 4 ай бұрын

Ah thanks so much my dude!! Much love ☀️💚

@jvogel2466 7 жыл бұрын

Hey ~ I did want to know about your preference to the Mac Mini, which means you'd also have to be carrying around a monitor. Can you please speak to that?

@SuperWilliwill 10 жыл бұрын

Man!, that software is off the chain. That Ravens 275 is sweet!

@fullofsmiles2000 9 жыл бұрын

Hi KC, I wanted to know can you do a tutorial on that chord progression that you do when you're going through showing us the sounds you have programmed??? I love that type of "talk" music. I need that in my music life. Definitely great for a lot of things. I'd appreciate it.

@JSINGS42 10 жыл бұрын

Even though I don't play I find myself mesmerized by your videos.

@MrSixxbass 4 жыл бұрын

This is great Stuff !! Thank You .

@trinidadvelasquez1898 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome presntation. Yes very nice chord structure.

@prettysimplemusic 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Trinidad!!! I appreciate you!

@ginosrailpage 7 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to see what Main Stage can do and instead I'm enjoying the music this guy is laying down! Wow, what a great player...

@curt300s 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing.

@johnwilliams2313 4 жыл бұрын

I love the chord progressions that you played during this video. Where can I find these? Do you have a video perhaps?

@daantemminkpiano 7 жыл бұрын

your chords sound so amazing!

@chadbierman8058 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, sir, for the review! God bless you and peace be with you! †

@bassiclogic 8 жыл бұрын

Great video and thank you!

@shaunmaq Жыл бұрын

Akai LPDS...im new to these ...i feel like im diging gold here ...i know this is old to u guys bt its new to me ...😂😂😂😂😂😂😎

@martinocando3072 7 жыл бұрын

There is one huge advantage about soft synths vs hardware synths, particularly for me. In my case, I can simply carry my Laptop whenever I go, and just plug in any controller, and I can perform with all my sounds, not having to carry around heavy gear. And with just a Korg nanokontrol, which is super light and small, I can have all the program changers, faders and volume controls on the road.

@StingBear 10 жыл бұрын

The LDP controller comes with software that can change the mode of the pads to toggle mode (light on pad turns on/off on press). Might be useful with this setup :)

@Rudigervocals 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you awesome video . Even better now with the new M1 macs.

@munkeepilot 8 жыл бұрын

Good video. Just edit that Akai using the included editor and switch the pads to "latching" then you can see at a glance (when performing on a dark stage) which sounds are active without looking at a computer monitor :-)

@edrumsense 3 жыл бұрын

2 Options for the controller Guy's, you can have 1 midi controller + A cheaper backup Hardware keyboard or if you wish, you can have your standard macbook and an old iphone 6 or SE with nothing else but just Sampletank. That is the nearest thing to real hardware I've tested in terms of stability. Very powerful and very light.

@joshuamarango4027 10 жыл бұрын

prettysimplemusic Hi Kevin, can you show us how you achieved that layout you have and how to really use this software?.. thumbs up, great tutorial!! subbed!

@steveteare3865 10 жыл бұрын

You forgot to tell us why you use the mac mini - like you promised at the start (unless I missed it), but great demo anyway. Thank you!

@teemusicstuff7950 5 жыл бұрын

Look under the subscibe area. It explains it there.

@danielkinney9407 9 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video to teach that First set of Chords you used at the beginning ? That was awesome and I would love to learn that.

@MikeThaPhilosopher 9 жыл бұрын

Besides the MacBook and the midi devices you have ,what type of cord do you need to connect from your laptop to your midi keyboard and pad ? ***Brand new to this stuff*** 😕. Also how do you get to the feature where main stage lets you stack patches like you were doing in this video ? prettysimplemusic