Mamma Mia Click Tracks

[@theturnertalkshow8334]

How do you manage both the click track and the MainStage windows at the same time? Do you just put two windows on one screen or do you have two seperate monitors?

[@dmbonofiglio]

The click track runs from within a Sampler instrument. There isn't really anything to look at in realtime so there is no need for a separate display.

[@theturnertalkshow8334]

Also, how do u know when to start the click? In the music it gives me cues for when it’s music go. Do I start it at a specific spot in the lines they give me?

[@dmbonofiglio]

You'll have to experiment in rehearsal to know exactly what the right Go moment is. It's usually somewhere in the cue lines that they give you in the score.

[@diazyseis]

Interesting...I am using keyboardtek programming for Mamma Mia and it utilizes Ultrabeat synth to create the click...not a sampler. It also states that the click will automatically start and stop as I advance through the patches, but this does not seem to be the case. I can't figure out how to get the auto start/stop function working...any insights on this? Still waiting on a response from keyboardtek...

[@dmbonofiglio]

There are different ways to create clicks. The fine folks at Keyboard Tek just chose a different method than I did. The click would need some sort of trigger to start. Powerful as MainStage, it doesn’t read minds (yet). If you are interested in some MainStage consulting, you can email me at david (at) davidbonofiglio.com

[@diazyseis]

@@dmbonofiglio Thanks for your response. Yes I assumed that MainStage wasn't supposed to mind read. The Keyboardtek instructions talk about triggering with the Bb, and go on to say: "The click will automatically start when you patch forward from here, and will continue to stop/start automatically as you patch through the show." My assumption was that there was some sort of automation programmed as the patches change (triggering the on/off or mute button, etc), much like automation can be programmed in Logic and other DAWs. I also find in interesting that keyboartek uses two methods of creating a click for the same show. (sampler in your instance, soft synth In mine).

[@dandipasquale6913]

@@diazyseis i’m having the same issue with mine and I spoke to them about it on the phone. The advice I was offered was that you need to use an audio interface with multiple outputs because the click is set to output three and four I haven’t had a chance to try that yet. My version of the keyboard patches that were sent don’t have the separate wave files or clicks listed like this. It just has the tempos in the green click folders within main stage.

[@diazyseis]

@@dandipasquale6913 thanks. This was the solution given to my keyboard 1 player and it did the trick (no mind reading involved): “It seems as though all the NEXT patch screen controls need to be assigned to CC66 only in order for this to work correctly.”