Controlling MainStage with Ableton Live

[@KID2487]

Yo! this is a great video, congrats! i just have a quick question: what's the name of the hub that you have connected to each laptop? Thanks 🙏

[@soundslikemichaelofficial]

I'm using Ableton and MainStage 3 on the same laptop (IAC Driver). I can see the MIDI note sends showing up in the MainStage display, but no program change is happening when I play from Ableton. The "tempo" change is working however. What am I missing?

[@Roberto.Arista.Briones]

SUPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gracias amigo!!!! Saludos desde CDMX!

[@grandprimet.v6128]

I have two keyboard rig set up on mainstage when I click the next scene on ableton to the next mainstage program all the sounds change why is that happening?

[@richardhecht]

Nice, does that work, if MainStage and Ableton runs on the same computer?

[@fromstudiotostage]

Yes, but use a virtual MIDI driver (IAC on Mac, Loopbe1 on Windows)

[@nyzanwylkermecanico]

@@fromstudiotostage Do you think it works well for a live performance? Mainstage and Ableton on the same mac?

[@shannonhughes9515]

Are you limited to one Ableton track pointing to Mainstage or can multiple tracks be setup accepting different MIDI from (say two keyboards)

[@mutechoir]

What if one of your interfaces doesn’t have midi or Ethernet? (Apollo 8) can I just plug an Ethernet cable into the built in USB hub on my 2 macs using a usb adaptor and achieve the same thing?

[@fromstudiotostage]

Just use ethernet between your computers

[@l34music]

how about controlling mainstage from Ableton on the same machine

[@fromstudiotostage]

It’s the exact same process, you would just use the IAC driver in that case

[@HopefulPop]

i just get nervous about that cause mainstage is such a cpu hog sometimes!!

[@Indreiuflorin]

If the tracks are on a laptop with Windows, not macOS, can this be done?

[@daniel-kullmann]

You can use rtpMidi for Windows... that works exactly the same... look up Churchfront on KZbin

[@kevinsardon6902]

I was able to synchronize the tempo in both programs, but I can not make it work by creating a midi channel and controlling by changing the program value, nothing happens when the midi track starts. What can it be?

[@fromstudiotostage]

Not sure without seeing your set, but you’ll want to check your outputs and Concert settings in MainStage

[@kevinsardon6902]

Thanks friend! Mainstage had unconfigured the values ​​of the program change of each patch. Now everything works perfect. You are great, thanks for answering and helping! greetings from Argentina.

[@iamadz1]

Select Patch-> Attributes -> Make sure "Program change" is on -> Change the number to match the patch number √

[@David97360]

I tried this and it doesn't work for me. While Mainstage's tempo does sync with Ableton's tempo, Mainstage doesn't sync with Ableton's one count. In fact, no beats perfectly line up, even when I adjust sync delay. If I restart the click, they match tempo but lose sync. I'm connecting the computers via ethernet. Any ideas?

[@Mickeysternum245]

Yeah, would be cool to get a tutorial on syncing the clock if that's at all possible

[@Mickeysternum245]

probably a dum question but did you press play on mainstage? i realised that's what i was missing. now they're perfectly in sync

[@jonnathanfalcon6885]

I like that multi port. How can I buy it?

[@fromstudiotostage]

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[@fromstudiotostage]

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[@lorenzowoodmusic]

You can also do it without an ethernet cable. All you gotta do is make sure the computers are on the same network, and set everything else up the same.

[@fromstudiotostage]

That’s correct! WiFi isn’t a great idea in a live performance environment, but completely possible!

[@jacobjohnson5339]

But can this be done on the same Mac???

[@Medisonmusic]

Yes it can, you just need to enable the IAC driver in Audio MIDI Settings :) just tried it myself with no problems

[@grandprimet.v6128]

It doesn't work with two keyboards

[@David97360]

Does this mean Mainstage's clock is perfectly in time with Ableton's clock? Meaning... I could play Ableton's & Mainstage's click together and they would perfectly be in sync?

[@fromstudiotostage]

They would be close if not perfect. It depends a bit on your setup and connection

[@petterrong1590]

@@fromstudiotostage How can I sync my MainStage arpeggiators with Ableton MIDI-clock without activating MainStage's own internal MIDI-clock?

[@fromstudiotostage]

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[@matthewgardiner4175]

Even after I started the free trial, there isn't a Mainstage Cues download link in the studio to stage tutorial page. There are links in the other tutorials like Propresenter and Ableton, but none in the Mainstage tutorial. Is there anything I can do about that?

[@fromstudiotostage]

Hi Matthew! You’ll find those cues as apart of the Program Change lesson in the Making the Connection course: fromstudiotostage.com/courses/5-midi-program-changes/

[@donovanbeadle4119]

@@fromstudiotostage Does this course still exist? I would like to get the MainStage program cues but the link to this course says "page not found"

[@JoshRivera93]

@@fromstudiotostage following @donovanbeadle comment

[@pcharming685]

The 6:40 deal where you map sounds exactly where you need them only works if you are playing a single song vs a live set.

[@fromstudiotostage]

Hi Ryan, thankfully this works whether you have a single song or a full live set! This makes it super useful to pre-program your entire set

[@AfricaInlandMissionUSA]

fromstudiotostage only if you set markers for every song and depending on the size of your set it can work but it doesn’t allow flexibility for last minute song change set. So it works if the set is more rigid.

[@fromstudiotostage]

You don’t need locators to change sounds per song. If you format your songs with a “markers” track you get a Visual indicator of every song section. I have the flexibility to jump around in my song with one button and can jump anywhere in the set at any time. This gives me the flexibility with song order and song structure. And all the pre-programming I did with keys sounds, and video, and any other MIDI control follows right along!

[@ryannichols9966]

fromstudiotostage so is there a video about creating a markers track?