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"If you are just getting into the program Mainstage you must purchase the tutorial MAINSTAGE 101: Core Mainstage by Bill Burgess. I was in crunch time..."

Bill Rebsamen / Oct 30th

"I'm seven lessons into Mainstage Core and feel it's really helping me understand a complex and wonderful piece of software. I was first introduced to ..."

Elaine / Oct 20th

If you're practicing music, MainStage is your perfect instrument. If you're a pro, MainStage will help you take your concerts to the next level ...

MainStage is Apple's musical performance tool. Under MainStage's purpose-built interface is Logic's audio engine. This means MainStage gives you real-time access to all of the unique instruments and plugins you've come to love in Logic Studio.

In this 4-hour tutorial by Bill Burgess, you'll learn how to set up concerts, assign knobs & faders from your hardware MIDI controllers to MainStage instruments, build custom patches & sets, and add effects to your sound. Bill also shows you how to trouble-shoot common MainStage problems! If you're looking to get the most out of MainStage, these videos will show you the way.

This is a comprehensive tutorial, but you don't have to watch every video. Use the detailed menus and keyword search functions to quickly find topics of interest. For a full list of this title's topics, see the Table of Contents.

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Chapter 1: MainStage

Section 1: Getting Started with MainStage

01. Choosing A Concert Template
02. Selecting And Playing Patches
03. Using MIDI Devices with MainStage
04. Using Audio Devices with MainStage
05. Configuring MainStage Preferences

Section 2: The MainStage Interface

06. Understanding the MainStage Window
07. Customizing The MainStage Window
08. Edit Mode
09. Layout Mode
10. Perform Mode

Section 3: Introduction to Patches

11. Map Your Keyboard to MainStage
12. Exploring & Changing Channel Strip Settings
13. Create A Software Instrument Patch From Scratch
14. Add Depth to Your Patch & Export It
15. Create And Modify A Microphone Input Channel

Section 4: Concerts

16. Saving And Reverting Concerts
17. Controlling Volume
18. Concert Wide Effects
19. Using Busses For Control
20. Create New Channels at The Concert Level
21. Customize Your Performance Using The Toolbar
22. Using Tempo in Concerts
23. Tap Tempo
24. Map Tap Tempo & Mute To Your Keyboard

Chapter 2: A Deeper Look At Edit Mode

Section 5: Working With Patches

25. Mapping Patch Changes To Your Keyboard
26. Selecting & Skipping Patches
27. Copy & Paste Techniques For Patches
28. Drag & Drop Plug-Ins Between Patches
29. Sharing Patches Between Concerts
30. Using Channel Strips To Organize Patches
31. Organizing Patches And Settings in The Finder

Section 6: Using Sets

32. Creating New Sets
33. Creating Sets From Multiple Patches
34. Importing & Exporting
35. Sharing Sets Between Concerts
36. Using Sets to Change Tempo
37. Exempt Sets From Concert Parameters

Section 7: Use MIDI To Make Your Patches Musical

38. Turn Your Laptop Into A MIDI Keyboard With Musical Typing
39. Defining Key Ranges, Velocity Sensitivity & Middle C
40. Getting Started With MIDI Controllers
41. Assign A Midi Controller To A Channel Strip
42. MIDI Controller Transform & Input Filtering
43. Assign A Midi Controller To A Plug-In
44. Assigning Parameter Attributes & Patch Change Considerations

Section 8: Layers & Splits

45. Creating Layers & CPU Considerations
46. Defining Key Ranges & Splits
47. Floating Split Points & Transposition
48. Velocity Ranges & Off-Sets
49. Concert & Set Level Over Rides
50. Using UltraBeat Within A Patch

Chapter 3: Layout Mode: Creating Custom Instruments

Section 9: Editing Screen Controls

51. The Theory Behind Screen Controls
52. Grid Resolution, Moving & Resizing Screen Controls
53. Merging, Grouping & Locking Screen Controls
54. Adding, Copying & Pasting Screen Controls
55. Using & Editing Shelf Controls
56. Importing & Exporting Layouts

Section 10: Assigning Screen Control Parameters

57. Default Assignments & MIDI "Pass Thru"
58. Assigning Keyboard Parameters
59. Assigning Knob Parameters
60. Assigning Button Parameters
61. Assigning Drum Parameters
62. Text, Image & Patch Selector Parameters

Section 11: Performance & Advanced Instruments

63. Configure The Tuner & Metronome
64. Play Song Files Within MainStage
65. Wire Virtual Instruments Into MainStage Guitar Rigs
66. Using Logic Within MainStage
67. Using Live Within MainStage

Bill Burgess

“By Martin Sitter

Bill Burgess has been a good friend of mine for years. In fact, when I stopped working as Apple's Lead Logic educator to concentrate fully on building macProVideo.com, Bill Burgess was the person Apple hired to replace me!

Over the years we've grown quite close, and I've been incredibly please to watch as Bill's skills brought him increased recognition at Apple. They found out what I already knew - Bill Burgess is one of the best educators in the industry!

Bill is the former Los Angeles based Pro Audio Product Marketing Manager and Logic Pro Artist Relations Manager for Apple Inc. As a Logic specialist he interfaced with dozens of the world’s most visible musicians and composers, gathered feature requests, lame drummer jokes and provided on-site Logic training and tech support. A successful musician and composer himself, he has written dreamy dark electronic music for NBC, Disney, Miramax Films, Apple Inc as well as dozens of indie films and projects. Bill has engineered and produced CD’s for 20 LA based independent artists.

Bill started playing drums at 8 years old and his passion for jazz drumming led to a Buddy Rich Schloarship to Berklee College of Music, where his first audition earned him a coveted performance rating of 6666. Equally passionate about recording and electronic music, Bill earned a Bachelor of Science in Audio Engineering from University of Colorado where he staged multiple electronic music performances using 2 Arp 2600’s, mutiple tape machine loops and junkyard percussion.

A chronic early adopter, Bill bought one of the very first Emulator II+ keyboard samplers for a stunning $6,500! It proved to be a career changing decision. He has performed with multiple artists and toured on three continents playing a hybrid kit of acoustic drums and mix electronics.

Bill performs every 6 months or so around Los Angeles and is currently working on a new record of minimal influenced tracks (www.myspace.com/billburgess). By day he is CEO of Uplink Industries www.uplinkindustries.com, an audio video production company located in Glendale CA, which recently finished all of the in-house 5.1 surround mixes for the LA production of The Who’s "Tommy" and currently has a number of video projects in development.

Bill is an Apple Certified Logic Pro 8 Trainer, Apple Certified Logic Pro T3 Training Instructor, Apple Certified XSAN for Video and holds Pro Tools Mix-Edit and Avid Media Composer Certifications.

Bill has also contributed to the following publications:
 Quality Control Editor, Apple Pro Training Series: Advanced Logic Pro 7 by David Dvorin. Technical Editor, Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro 7 and Logic Express 7, by Martin Sitter.”

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"If you are just getting into the program Mainstage you must purchase the tutorial MAINSTAGE 101: Core Mainstage by Bill Burgess. I was in crunch time preparing for a live gig (my first in years after being a studio mole). I was faced with having to perform multiple patch changes for a set of over 20 songs (many requiring multiple patch changes) and having very little time left to set this up before the live show. This tutorial saved my gig! Literally overnight I had a strong hold on Mainstage. I had been hesitant about performing live with softsynths until I learned how to use Mainstage. This video taught me to use two controller keyboards and a Macbook to run my whole show. After a successful gig I'm now planning to purchase Logic 9 which includes Mainstage 2 with many new great features. Never fear because Bill Burgess has tackled the tutorial for this as well... Thanks Bill, you are a lifesaver! - Bill Rebsamen "

- Bill Rebsamen / Oct 30th

"I'm seven lessons into Mainstage Core and feel it's really helping me understand a complex and wonderful piece of software. I was first introduced to it while playing live keyboards for a touring musical. At the time I was very impressed with Mainstage. Though I had nothing to do with programming the setup, as a first time user Mainstage was extremely user friendly. Beginning the lessons yesterday, I was able to follow Bill Burgess every step of the way. He's not only very informative, but also quite funny. With his help I've learned some basics that would have been very difficult without his visual and audio tutorial. My goal is to learn as much as I can about Mainstage so that I can program keyboard patch changes for live performances of musical theater. With his help I'm confident I'll be able to achieve that goal. Thanks Bill!"

- Elaine / Oct 20th

"Bill Burgess is not only extremely knowledgeable, but he's hilarious! Our band now uses MainStage at every gig. "

- Chachi / Jul 7th

" Bill does an amazing job of keeping this tutorial informative and fun. Worth every penny. Videos #13 through #15 crack me up everytime! I now feel like I'll be able to use mainstage for my sets instead of Ableton Live. Thanks guys, keep it up! Now if I can just get my MicroKontrol to not play notes when I hit the drum pads, I'll be in heaven!"

- greg castrigano / Apr 20th

"Bill did a fantastic job explaining the ins and outs of this app. Part of using mainstage _is_ unfortunately troubleshooting it as you go, and this video gives great insight into troubleshooting 'on the fly'. I found the authors wit/sense of humor particularly entertaining especially while learning this sometimes frustrating app. those of us who use mainstage live and spend time loving it and 'suffering'(you know) with it will benefit from many of the details bill offers while teaching this course. as with many complex apps(like logic, live, et al), much of the important-detail/tip/trick/key command learning happens while learning a completely unrelated topic, so watch the entire series! highly recommend even to experienced users. "

- Bill Davidson / Apr 19th

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