#MAINSTAGE MIDI MONITOR HOW TO#
#MAINSTAGE MIDI MONITOR PATCH#
#MAINSTAGE MIDI MONITOR SERIES#

When after a few bars, played without a backing track loop, you want to go back to playing it, press Play/Stop again.

you want to mute everything after the climax, press Play/Stop.

At the end or in the middle of the song, if e.g.

When you finish building the backing track, press “Record” again (i.e. Just remember that every time the loop repeats, you record the next layer.

You can leave the Record mode on for subsequent loops.

Loopback has already set the beginning and end of the loop, so precision won’t change anything here, and you will be sure that the first transient won’t be cut off. This time you do not have to (and actually you shouldn’t) press the button precisely “on one” - do it a little earlier, even in the middle of the loop. You won’t delete what has been recorded so far - the next layer will be overlaid on the previous one.

Wait almost until the end of the second loop and turn on recording again. Now you will be able to play the next layer of another instrument (or the same one).Loopback starts playing the sound from the beginning. At this point, the loop closes, the beginning and end of the loop are set, as well as the tempo of the song. Hit the first beat or chord of the second loop and stop playing. Press the same “Record” button a second time exactly “on one” of the next measure (bar) or the following one if you want to have more than one measure in the loop.Just start playing and press the button on the downbeat. Even if you are slightly late with the button, you won’t lose the first transient or off-beat - it will be played at the end of the loop. Do not worry if your song starts exactly “on one” or even earlier. On the footswitch, press “Record” and start to play or make a rhythm.It can be bass, it can be a guitar (rather chords, not a melody). The beat on this loop should be definitely outlined, but not necessarily with the help of drums or other percussion instruments. The first loop is crucial - it determines the tempo of the song and it will be the first layer of the backing track.

When stopped, Loopback starts immediately, without waiting - this is the behavior you expect during performances when you control a looper with a footswitch, especially when the next option… This disables synchronization with the MainStage tempo and clock - in our case, it will be the best setting when this tempo will be determined based on the first loop

This is the most important parameter in this section - it causes that the tempo of your song will be selected based on the time from the moment of switching on until the recording of the first loop is turned off Similarly to the above - you want to control the functions manually (or rather using your pedal) There is no point in setting other options when you have a footswitch

#MAINSTAGE MIDI MONITOR PATCH#

When Patch or Set is Selected: Do Nothing.

Open the Loopback plugin view and set the following options in it: Assigning and Mapping MIDI events to its individual functions is described in part 2.

#MAINSTAGE MIDI MONITOR HOW TO#

If you want to know how to record several different sound sources on one Loopback plugin - see part 1. I will show you how to configure its parameters to be able to use it efficiently during live performances.

#MAINSTAGE MIDI MONITOR SERIES#

This is the third and final part of the series about creating loops in MainStage 3 using the Loopback plugin.

Mainstage midi monitor