In this session, Peter James will show you various tips and tricks using Omnisphere and MainStage. He’ll walk you through his setup and share some of the tips he’s learned throughout the years as a keys player.
0:17 Balancing Patch Levels
2:04 PRO TIP: Match Levels of Patches Using your Ears not Just Meters
3:56 PRO TIP: Use EQ & Volume to Match Patches to Create a Consistent Sound Each Week
4:53 MIDI Mappings in MainStage
6:20 PRO TIP: Add a Reverb to your Master Bus to add Reverb to any Patch
6:32 Lexicon Plugin Bundles
7:21 Native Instruments "The Giant"
7:38 Dynamic Range vs. Compression
9:21 Using Reverb on Piano
10:00 PRO TIP: EQ out low frequencies on long Reverb Repeats to Clean Up your Sound
10:22 PRO TIP: Increase the feedback of your Reverb to help transition between Patches
14:48 Slider Minimum & Maximum Values
15:42 PRO TIP: Set the max value of your faders to zero to help keep your volume from clipping
16:54 Tips on How to EQ your Sounds
20:10 PRO TIP: Boost Frequencies to better hear problem areas that you can then cut
22:15 Transitioning Patches in MainStage
23:35 Creating Patches for Songs
30:24:00 Analog vs. Digital
34:45:00 Reverse Engineering Sounds
38:12:00 Using Plugins to Shape your Sounds
39:44:00 Ohm Force Plugins
40:48:00 Voxen Elephant
41:53:00 SPL Twin Tube Plugin
43:11:00 Waves CLA Guitars Plugin
50:44:00 Best Plugins to Start with?
51:17:00 Native Instruments "The Giant"
51:25:00 Ebony Grand-Imperfect Samples
54:05:00 Spitfire Audio-Soft Piano
54:56:00 Vahalla Shimmer Reverb