![]() your newly created patch is missing some or all of the text labels, then you’re experiencing the MainStage 3.3 bug I mentioned at the beginning of this video. In just a second or two, you’ll see Patch Builder combine your individual sounds into one, awesome worship patch. Don’t worry about this message, just click “Do not show this message again” and then click the “Create” button. If this is your first time using Patch Builder, you may see a message like the one you see on screen now. Now, with all the patches highlighted click the settings cog at the top right corner of your patch list and choose the “New Patch from Selected Patches” option. You’ll see all the patches you’ve chosen highlighted in blue. Now that we have our individual instruments selected, it’s time to use Patch Builder to combine them into one patch.Ĭlick on the top patch, then press down shift on your keyboard and click the bottom patch. The sounds in the extra section are simpler, without any on-screen modifiers. Oftentimes it’s a great place to put a synth bass, an arp texture, or something that you plan to use throughout an entire song like a piano sound that won’t need to change at all. The Extra Section is a great place to add in extra or simple sounds that you don’t need a lot of control over. Add another patch then navigate to the “Extra” folder inside Patch Builder. Now let's choose a sound for the Extra Section, the section with a pink fader, ust to the left of the Output section in the workspace.Remember, each of the four sections in Sunday keys can only contain one preset at a time. You could always add a sound to Section 4 later. You don’t have to fill every section to build a patch, so let’s skip section 4 for now. If you wanted to add a sound to Section 4, you’d repeat this process one more time. Temember, most of the synth sounds in Sunday keys have the brightness of the sound linked to your mod wheel, so sweep the mod wheel up to hear how it affects the sound. Choose a sound for Section 3 like a synth lead sound.You can click a patch name to audition it and try as many as you like. ![]() Let’s find a pad sound this time, specifically a warm pad. This time we’ll choose ‘Section 2 Sounds’. Add another patch via the + icon, then in the inspector head back through the Patch Library, User Patches, and Patch Builder. You can click a different name or use your arrow keys while inside the browser to audition different presets until you find the right one. Clicking a patch name will load it into Sunday keys so you can try it out. Within each instrument type you have the option to view all or sort further by choosing one of the other folders. Since we want to add a sound to section 1 of Sunday Keys, we’ll choose ‘Section 1 Sounds’ Once you’re inside a section folder, you can sort by type of instrument. Then in the inspector click the Patch Library tab and choose “User Patches” then “Patch Builder- Sunday Keys”. Make sure the new patch is highlighted in the patch list in blue. list area, to create a new, untitled patch. Start by clicking the + icon at the top right of the patch. To use Patch Builder, we’ll use the browser in Patch inspector to load in the individual instruments we’d like to build our patch with. In this video, we’re going to minimize the white ‘Go-to Sunday Keys Patches” folder, then click the arrow down here to expand the blue “Patch Builder- tutorial” folder. Watch this video, then afterwards head over to the Sunday Keys Resource Page and check out this video called “Additional Patch Builder step for MainStage 3.3”. If you prefer to stick with version 3.3, that’s fine too. If you’re using MainStage 3.3 you may consider updating to the latest version of MainStage to make sure Patch Builder works well. I want to note that Patch Builder is optimized for MainStage 3.4. once you’ve selected your instruments Patch Builder combines them into one, ready to play layered worship patch. The concept is simple- you can choose up to four main instruments, one in each of the main, color-coded sections in Sunday Keys, and then choose an additional instrument if you’d like for the “Extra” section. Be sure to check out all the other video tutorials over on the Sunday Keys Resource Article.Ĭheck out the video or the steps below it to learn more about how to use Patch Builder: In Sunday Keys we have a great tool we use to build custom layered worship patches easily, and it's called Patch Builder.
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