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MainStage 3 Express

From beginner to advanced in less time.

This course is the perfect beginner’s guide for any and all Worship musicians who want to learn the ins and outs of MainStage, or for Worship directors who are looking for a way to save time and money training their Worship teams. And this isn’t just a simple one-video overview; we dive deep into every aspect of sound design and sound creation. With this course, you’ll come away with the confidence, knowledge, and skills necessary to be able to successfully use MainStage 3 every Sunday at your Church.

  • 7 + hours of training

  • 8 online lessons

  • MainStage downloads

 

8 video lessons (7+ hours total)

Browse the Lesson Plan

  • First things first, we need to focus on MainStage's audio preferences and MIDI settings to ensure that all of our connections are set and working properly for use on Sundays.

  • In this lesson we focus on the first of three workspace views that are used to build the core elements of MainStage concerts: the Layout Tab. You will also begin creating your very own custom template.

  • The second of the three workspaces is the Edit view. In this lesson you'll learn how to: navigate the “Edit Tab” with efficiency; use concert level, set level and patch level; create channel strips/ instruments; map buttons/faders to control parameters; create and save your own patches; and much more.

  • This lesson is a continuation of the “Edit” mode, focusing on layering channel strips together, splitting instruments to different ranges, adjusting instrument MIDI settings, transposing instruments and more.

  • In this lesson we transition from template layout and dive deep into sound design and synth fundamentals, including: oscillators, LFOs, envelopes, filters, waveforms and much more. You'll come away with everything you need to know to start designing sounds on your own. You'll also learn how to get an awesome Worship pad sound from scratch.

  • This is our longest and most in-depth lesson in the course. We'll walk you through all MainStage 3 audio effect plug-ins and teach you what they do, how they are used, and in what context to use them in order to get the best possible sounds. You will also learn how to use MainStage VSTs with proficiency - including ES2, EXS24, Retro Synth and more.

  • Building on your understanding of VSTs and audio effects, in this lesson you'll learn how to control all Midi FX in MainStage 3, and how to incorporate them into your keys rig for Worship. You'll also learn about audio buses, aux channels and effect sends to help polish your sound and clean up your template.

  • And finally, with a fully functioning template and some great sounding patches in the bag, you'll learn about all the CPU tips and tricks that you can incorporate into your template that will help save you from audio spikes, feedback and other issues related to CPU. You’ll learn about advanced CPU settings, mapping parameters to bypass, utilizing Aux sends/busses, using aliases, and more.

Course Pricing

NON-MEMBER ACCESS

$79

  • What's included:
  • 7 + hours of training
  • 8 online lessons
  • Limited Free MainStage downloads

MEMBER ACCESS

Free!

  • Worship Start Members receive:
  • This entire course for free
  • Unlmited access to everything store-wide
  • Unlimited Free MainStage downloads

What’s in this
Worship Start course?

 
  • 7 + hours of training

  • 8 interactive video lessons

  • Build your own custom template

  • Challenges & Activities

  • Free MainStage downloads

  • Watch online or offline

 
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 Frequently Asked Questions

Course-Specific

  • MainStage 3 is an incredible software that is commonly used by Worship musicians around the world for playing in Church, and it’s a program that every Worship Keyboard player (ie. you) would greatly benefit to know. If you’re new to MainStage or even somewhat familiar, this course is meant to be an intensive walk-through that gradually increases in difficulty and builds on previously learned concepts—giving you the keys to mastering MainStage 3 in much less time.

    Complete with interactive videos, and combined with a ground level sound design approach, you’ll come away from this course being able to comprehend advanced sound design concepts, create your own patches and much more.

  • We recommend that all students in this course have MainStage 3 with full sound library installation (72 GB), a keyboard with MIDI capability, a USB Audio Interface, and 2 USB MIDI cables.

  • This course is the perfect beginner/intermediate guide for any and all Worship musicians who want to learn MainStage 3 from the ground up, or for Worship directors who are looking for a way to save time and money training their Worship teams. And this isn’t just a simple one-video overview; we dive deep into every aspect of sound design and sound creation. With this course, you’ll come away with the confidence, knowledge, and skills necessary to be able to successfully use MainStage 3 every Sunday at your Church.

  • Before you dive into the course, it’s important to know that this course was designed a few inches above intermediate level piano and music theory. You should already be familiar with the word “octave,” that the musical alphabet goes from A to G, and what it means when a note is sharp or flat. If you’re not familiar with one or more of these aforementioned concepts, we recommend spending ten minutes at a piano with someone who can explain them to you before you start this course.

 

General

  • Worship Start exists to help Churches, Worship Leaders, Pastors, and Worship teams around the world achieve higher levels of excellence in their Worship through high quality Worship sounds and resources for instruments/production. It is the only subscription-based company of its kind in the world for Christian Worship music resources, giving its users unlimited download access to everything across its entire platform.

  • When you become a member, you’ll instantly receive free access to hundreds of Worship resources, including: MainStage templates, MainStage song-patches, Patch collections, Nord patches, Nord song patches, motion pads, DAW Broadcast mix templates for live streaming, Guitar patches, Kemper profiles, Helix presets, Royalty-free music, training, VST presets, tutorials and more. You also get all new products, content and resources that we release every single week throughout the year at no extra cost to your original investment. You can download anything you want whenever you want, at any time. And if you run into any issues, you have full-time customer support to help you get back up and running.

  • A Worship Start Single User License grants unlimited access to everything on Worship Start for *one person only*. This user can download anything they want across the entire site at any time, but cannot share with any other users. Single User Licenses are great for musicians or producers. Our Church Wide License grants unlimited access to *anyone within one Church or Worship ministry*. This means that our resources can be shared with any volunteers or staff at your Church. Worship leaders, Worship directors, and Church Worship Staff will find the greatest value in this membership.

  • Our commitment to our members is to release something new every week. We also listen closely to the requests of our members and often schedule/build content accordingly.

 
 
 
 

Meet your Instructor

Kirkland Russell

Course Instructor
Lead Sound Designer
Founder of Worship Start