Mar 24

Mar 24 Friday Freebies: Somber Organ

Why so serious? If you’re feeling in a mournful state but still want to play gospel-style organ, this is your jam. There’s just a few drawbars on this bad boy, but it has all the feel you’d ever need for a prayer meeting.

Mar 21

Mar 21 Ask Patch Foundry: Finding MainStage Patches In Logic Studio X

Eric Barfield

I received this email from a reader this week:

Do you know if it is possible to access user created Mainstage patches from Logic? When I'm in Logic and searching under my user channel strip, I can see some of the patches but they wont load because they require the ESX24. Do you have any idea how they can be brought into the Logic word? Converting, loading the ESX24? Etc?

Mar 17
Mar 17 Friday Freebies: Classic Lead Patch

Eric Barfield

Freebies

This week's free patch is a classic lead (think Stevie Wonder) and models itself after a legendary synth (Moo. . . , cough), and was inspired by the latest releases by Bruno Mars. If you can't get funky with this one, go home.

Mar 14

Mar 14 Ask Patch Foundry: Balancing MainStage/Hardware Levels

Eric Barfield

Live Performance

I received this email from a reader this week:

I bought a MOTU MicroBook based on this advice and it's a wonderful piece of equipment. Many thanks. I am still getting my head around things and I'd love to hear your thoughts on a couple of points.

Mar 10
Mar 10 Friday Freebies: DX Keys Patch

Eric Barfield

Freebies

Mar 7

Mar 7 3 Tips For Piano EQ

Eric Barfield

Live Performance

We received this email from a reader this week:

I use Mainstage in worship, using macpro, the church keyboard is dated and is a 15 year old alesis which I midi and then out put is via a DI. We have analog desk at one church site and a digital desk at the other.

Feb 20

Feb 20 7 Tricks For Playing Pads

Eric Barfield

Patch Design Tips

Pads (typically a synth patch with a long attack and release) are a great way to fill out the sound in any band, but can be tricky to use live. Here are 7 ways to tame your pad sounds:

Feb 17
Feb 17 Friday Freebies: Free Flying Piano/Pad Patch

Eric Barfield

Freebies

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