The Best Worship Keyboard Rig - 2020

In this video Abraham shares The Best Worship Keys Rig that you can have in 2020.
Gear In The Video:
bit.ly/35Td9ok - Yamaha Montage 8
bit.ly/3kxUOkx - Behringer X Air 18
amzn.to/3cgbwSA - AKAI Professional LPD8
amzn.to/3kdZGLt - Anker PowerCore 13000 Portable Charger
bit.ly/35Szzpu - KeyScape
bit.ly/2ZT4w9v - Ravenscroft 275
bit.ly/3hV5Izn - Rhodes Affair 2
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[@mysterio77690]

Very interesting tips! Subbed! The sounds of your Montage are just what i'm looking for!! Piano + pads are awesome and so uplifting!!

[@user_anthony]

A a sound engineer, this video has no application for me but still i found myself watching all of it. You did well in explaining and demonstrating. Great job 👍

[@ChurchConvos]

All glory to God! Thanks for watching Bro! 🙏🏼

[@jimrusso8386]

Beautifully done. Also, the way you explained everything was simple to understand and to the point.

[@ChurchConvos]

Glory To God! Glad you enjoyed the video!! 🙏🏼

[@ckdub2]

Thanks! I needed this! God bless you brother ✊🏾

[@ChurchConvos]

All Glory be to God! I’m glad you found this video useful! Blessings brother!! 🙏🏼

[@sunder7804]

I love the way you play. Keep posting these interesting things ❤️

[@ChurchConvos]

Thank you 🙏🏼 We will definitely be posting more videos VERY SOON!! Blessings!

[@desmondogbebor7672]

Yo thanks for this video. Just got this board and this was really helpful

[@bjb51]

Love the Rhodes sounds. Wow 🤩

[@jamesmusic7968]

wow i like the sound as a keyboardist .it has a good performance

[@chewch07]

Hey! I’d love to see a more in-depth video of how you use the Berhinger X18. I’ve been wanting a way to compact all my channels the way you described.

[@vitaliypredoliak2124]

Thank you for sharng with us !

[@ChurchConvos]

My pleasure! Stay tuned for more videos to come! :D

[@donovanbeckford6325]

Bro you sound great! Keep doing Great things! 👍🏽

[@ChurchConvos]

All Glory to God! Thanks for Watching 🙏🏼

[@aaronmanocha9158]

Thanks brother 😊 video was really helpful 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@ChurchConvos]

I'm really glad you enjoyed it! :D We have more videos like this coming in the next couple of weeks so stay tuned! Blessings!

[@tennyshabong7079]

At 7:42 you might as well use a cello, bass drone or a sustain synth bass type of sound like the hillsong young and free 'real love'. You can also use synth arp in place of piano. By the way love your rig, love your approach. Hoping someday I will be able to procure that type of rig.

[@vertigo0105]

Interesting video. There are so many ways to integrate a variety of different sources in a rig with the Montage, which is great and gives many people so many options. Myself however, I keep things simple and use just the Montage 8 only for everything! I am able to do everything (& much more) that this video shows using multiple sources combined with the Montage, via just the Montage only. For example, adding the Pad sound. I can create that same Pad sound (or an even better one) on the Montage and bring it (& other sounds) in slowly via the SuperKnob or one of the 8 Assign Knobs. I can use ARPs, Motion Sequencing &/or my DAW to sequence sounds/PARTs and provide everything else in addition to what I play live on the keys. Regardless if you do it all on the Montage like I do with numerous layers, splits, ARPs, motion sequencing, DAW sequencing, while changing between them via the Scene buttons, all within just 1 single Performance (or in some cases allow the sequencing to change the Scene's automatically), or if you have other sound sources and want to integrate them all with the Montage, this Synthesizer is a 'Monster', and I have yet to find a professionally recorded song that I can't emulate ALL of the sounds, effects, etc. on (except for the vocals of course). The latest song I just finished the programming & sequencing on (via 1 single Performance), I use all 16 PARTs and 7 different Scenes to switch between, and half of the PARTs/sounds are via the AWM2 engine, while the other half are using the FM-X engine. Sometimes it's a flip of a coin on what engine I will use, because in most cases I can emulate the same sound via either of the two engines. Using both engines just helps to double the polyphony I have at my fingertips...

[@GLENLYNAS]

Hi there..and love your sound and style. I'm playing my Kurzweil pc3k 76 for worship at present, albeit on zoom because of the pandemic. I find for worship, there are only a few sounds you need...Piano/string..Rhodes/DX7 electric piano...pad/strings.....and maybe a B3 organ and my Kurzweil covers most of this well. I will say your Montage sounds gorgeous though Bless you brother

[@ChurchConvos]

Hey Glen! Thanks so much! All glory be to God! 🙏🏼 and you are So Right!! For 90% of worship music all you need is those sounds you mentioned! The other 10% would be for modern worship which uses a lot of electronic sounds but most workstation keyboards also cover those. Blessings!!

[@finnybenjose]

Could you pls do a video on audio routing from the mainstage to the mixer? Thats where I have trouble with all the hissing noise and stuff

[@anproductions0798]

Amazing details! ❤

[@ChurchConvos]

Thank You! :D

[@AZ-pp5qs]

I would love to see how you do the routing with piano, midi keys, to your DAW.

[@bjb51]

Ty much. Really nice

[@fenderben]

Quiero levantar mis manos. Great song. Lots of stuff there.

[@ChurchConvos]

Glad you caught that song meledy! Blessings! 😃

[@fenderben]

Thanks. I don’t have that elaborate setup although I could use mainstage but keyscape would be really nice. My setup consists of MODX8 and uploaded Rhodes affair to it. Thanks for your video. I subscribed.

[@sandrosandri3802]

bravo ...che delicatezza ..in particolare gusto

[@flowmaka]

Do you have any programs/templates for the Moxf8? Thanks in advance. Very good review by the way. I love your sound and setup!

[@dwsintetizadores3741]

Thankz brother, I here from Lima Perú

[@Keys_for_the_Cross]

Great video! Im on the newer side to using midi controllers but iv been diving in and using mainstage! Iv seen others use the keyboard sound from their main “piano” for that sound they want and add others through the program, im curious if that is only an ableton ability? By the time i do this i will more than likely be using ableton because my ability to create is a little restricted on mainstage but figured id ask anyway haha

[@samuelmusic3418]

Our church only got yamaha EW410 but it sounds like yours but mine were more cheap.

[@landuanngaomei2003]

I love it❤

[@Ganzuri1023]

Bro! You played No Basta ! What a beautiful song man

[@ChurchConvos]

I'm Glad you Caught That! It's one of my all time favorite songs! Blessings and thanks for watching! 🙏🏼

[@okesolaemmanuel1377]

Awesome

[@balnc]

How would you go about sending the mix from the xair18 to the main mixer? Thanks in advance!

[@corandorios]

awesome

[@mikebrummitt]

Great video! What is the piano sound you are using on the Montage?

[@alancummings5651]

My only concern is not all sounds have Seamless Sound Switching. I have the MODX7 and not all sounds can switch seamlessly and sometime when they do they jump to the next volume. I’m considering the new Roland Fantom 7.

[@lifeliftingvolumes2114]

Very nice and informative. How is the 'ableton' spelt and can I know the price of all these equipment. I'm sure they will be costly. Quality is expensive. I can't wait to know more.

[@jacksellars6497]

I’m a keyboard player at my church our church has the Yamaha montage 8 but we don’t have all the equipment that you have just the Yamaha montage 8 and we all have the Aviom a320 (new model’s ) I play on Wednesday night’s Saturday night’s and Sunday morning’s

[@ChurchConvos]

Thas awesome!! Honestly the montage 8 is MORE THAN ENOUGH to get an amazing worship sound! Glad to hear that you serve and minister at all three services! God Bless!

[@OptimaMrL]

Do you use an expression pedal? Thanks for sharing.

[@TheChristLife]

You can also use an apple or android phone to control the xAir through the xAir app.

[@promiseesimorp2519]

Great video... I had to subscribe

[@ChurchConvos]

Thank You, I appreciate the sub! I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Our newest video will be out in a couple of hours! Let me know what you think :D

[@chientranorgan7281]

Anh rất chuyên nghiệp, anh thật tuyệt vời

[@anishasingh7680]

Thanks brother for this video look forward to other videos. I have a Yamaha psr-s975 what kind of setup equipment for worship would be good with this keyboard? I'm fairly new to playing keyboard.

[@ChurchConvos]

Glad you enjoyed it brotha! I would say that it really depends on what style of worship you are playing... If you do modern contemporary worship, i would recommend to buy something similar to what I have, which is a laptop that runs ableton or MainStage and merge both the sounds from your keyboard and also the digital sounds. That would really take your sound to the next level. Blessings!

[@anishasingh7680]

@@ChurchConvos It will mostly be hindi worship but the styles are mixed some modern contemporary and some classical. Thank you for your input. God bless you too. Sister Anisha.

[@mofopefoluwaajani9457]

Hello If you're fairly new to playing keyboard I wouldn't advise you to spend your money on gear right now. Just have a regular keyboard with an okay piano sound and work on improving your skill. If you get a bunch of fancy gear/sound now/soon you could get distracted by the fancy sound (production) and stop striving to improve. A psr s975 is a great keyboard already and has really good voices, you can do a lot with it already, almost everything that can be done in this video.

[@anishasingh7680]

@@mofopefoluwaajani9457 hi yh that's true I appreciate the input. I am learning there is still a lot to explore on the psr-s975 and true I don't want side track from being able to play especially for worship. I like to just look ahead and get info no plans on getting other equipment yet next will be a microphone before anything else.

[@_music_440Hz]

Dear brother, how Can I do these sounds with Yamaha SX900 . Give me any suggestion please. To in advance

[@joelakontacho745]

Hey, I have a quick question. So I plugged M-Audio sustain pedals to the Sustain port on Montage 8. But it works in the opposite direction. I even turn the keyboard off, while holding down the pedal then turn on the Keyboard still not fixed. Please any ideas how to make this work the right way. Please help. Also is This piano having Shimmer by default.

[@phsycopiano]

Is the montage a next generation of the Motif?

[@abrahamhernandez5185]

What the name of the piano sound you played first? Sounds amazing🙌🏽 I have the MODX8

[@carlosraymundo4865]

Try CFX stage

[@dr_john]

Can you subtitute ableton with cubase pro?

[@alancummings5651]

BTW, excellent informative video.

[@ChurchConvos]

Glad you enjoyed the video! We have more like this coming very soon! Blessings :D

[@danielifeanyioshevire467]

PLEASE WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE VIOLINS IN THE MONTAGE 8

[@MarkSomosoMusic]

Nice review and sharing on your rig. I also play piano on my channel

[@emanuelrodriguez4369]

How are you connecting so many usb things to the laptop?

[@MikeHenrick1]

You can do all of this on the montage on its own.

[@ChurchConvos]

Yes you are right! Thats why I said at the end that if I had to just have one thing form the setup it would be the montage cause its super powerful. However it is nice to have other sounds that aren't native to the yamaha line up and merge them with your yamaha sound simultaneously 😃

[@WycliffStudios]

When you use a DAW with Plug ins your expansion capabilities are limitless

[@WycliffStudios]

Montage will be outdated in 2-3 years

[@brandonadams5403]

@@ChurchConvos But you can use sample bot to Integrate your plugins into Yamaha’s architecture, saving those sounds as elements. You can actually have sounds from Omnisphere ,Ivory, Native Instruments ect, mixed in with the internal sounds….

[@LightOfChristGospel]

Super

[@ChrizKeyz]

Can you list the sound names you used

[@arockiamoliver8048]

Great

[@ChurchConvos]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Blessings!

[@dr.alpnasunil5059]

keep these vids coming..

[@ChurchConvos]

Glad you enjoyed the video! We are definitely planning on releasing more videos like this VERY SOON! :D

[@OptimaMrL]

If the Montage is so great, why not just get a lighter MODX? I just find that having all the gear to setup and move around to be daunting.

[@benjaminasamoah1997]

He low key looks like Kyle kuzma

[@ChurchConvos]

Haha Thanks bro! I've actually never had anyone say that but I am a lakers fan so I'll take it as a compliment lol Blessings!

[@rogerjamesmusic]

Looks like the Montage has aftertouch, yes?

[@ChurchConvos]

Yes Sir! It is INCREDIBLY responsive!! 🙌🏼

[@gideonsamuel1997]

what piano patch are you using on the Montage?

[@ChurchConvos]

I use the "CFX Concert" pretty much every sunday when I want a BIG Piano Sound.

[@TheMinisterEd]

Sounds to me that you don't need the Montage as long as you sample from keyscape and ravenscroft... Your thoughts....

[@ChurchConvos]

Hey Ed! Yes you are right! You technically don’t need the montage in this setup and can make sue with a midi keyboard to control the plugins. HOWEVER.... software (while it sounds amazing) is always relying on your computer and it’s no secret that computers and DAWs can fail or have malfunctions... the worst thing would be if this happens LIVE while you are playing.. for this reason I would recommend having a SOLID keyboard that could take over in case anything happened. If my pastor ever asks me (spontaneously) to come up and play something during service, I would play the montage and not plugins, just because I know that it will never fail me. But if you have both, like I have in my setup then you get an incredibly diverse and powerful sound! 👍🏼

[@susannahmayambala9017]

I don't know anything about pianos but my fiance's birthday is coming up soon and I wanted to get him this. He plays at church and he may not be as good as you are bcoz of the lack of most equipment. Any leads to where I can find a second hand Yamaha montage 8 for much less the price?

[@ChurchConvos]

Hi Susannah! You are a GREAT Fiance if you are planning to buy your Future Husband a MONTAGE 8!! :D Because I don't know where you live, I wouldn't be able to tell you about any "local" place where you can get a second hand Montage for a cheaper price... BUT I can tell you of a few online places to check out. When it comes to used instruments I would always FIRST check Reverb.com. I have personally bought gear and also sold some music gear on that website and they are great! The second place I would check is sweetwater. Sweetwater normally sells NEW music gear but sometimes they have "floor models" or "Used Models" for a little cheaper. And finally I would check, Craigslist! Craigslist is a great place to find used things from people that are selling "locally" or near you. Hope this helped a little bit and thank you for watching the video :D

[@susannahmayambala9017]

@@ChurchConvos thank you for the leads. I'm in East Africa. In Uganda precisely. I will check the online references u have given. I hope I get a good deal 😊👍

[@jacksellars6497]

@@susannahmayambala9017 you can also go to Kraft music.com they have bundles for the Yamaha montage 8

[@alancummings5651]

I have a Yamaha MODX7. Sounds are awesome. But the Seamless Sound Switching is frustrating. I should not have to dive in to set up this basic function that Korg and Roland includes. Plus if you have more than 4 sound per scenes the Seamless Sound Switching doesn’t always work. Can’t stand sound dropping out while playing.

[@ChurchConvos]

I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU!! I used to have this problem back in the day when I used the Motif! I loved the sounds but the sound dropping between sound switches was INCREDIBLY frustrating!

[@victoriousdd3123]

I myself regretted that I bought the modx7

[@3statesnetllc]

I own a CP88 and montage 8, I’m new to playing taking lessons to learn, I like Yamaha but wonder why there are no professional artist that use either the CP88 or the montage and it seems only churches use them, am I wrong? And why do churches use them so much?

[@ChurchConvos]

Thats pretty cool that you are LEARNING to play on a montage 8 lol But to answer your question, I have seen quite a few non christian musicians use the Montage on stage, so I don't think its just churches. However, I asume the montage is used in studios more than anything. I say that because of how powerful the montage is and I can totally see it being used in Pro Studios. Honestly the Montage is COMPLETE OVERKILL for a church as you will probably never use more than 20% of what it is capable to do. But normally, when the PRO christian artist use a specific keyboard (Montage, Nord, Korg, etc...) every church tends to buy then because they are after the same sound they heard at the concert. Hope this answers your question.

[@3statesnetllc]

@@ChurchConvos thanks, at 53 I decided I wanted to learn piano, I’m into Yamaha that’s why I got the CP88 and the montage (way more then a beginner needs) and I take two lessons a week and practice 2-6 hours everyday (spread out) Oh and I love gospel music so question wasn’t against faith music it’s just cause I always see Yamaha and worship services together :)

[@88omarz]

At 10:35 what pad sound is it possible to make that available to download ?

[@ChurchConvos]

It’s actually a sound that I made from scratch on Ableton! And we’re actually working on a website for ChurchConvos right now so when it’s live I will definitely have it on there for download! 👍🏼

[@88omarz]

@@ChurchConvos sounds great

[@elmehdioubouhouch]

can i use montage with a daw in windows!

[@ChurchConvos]

Yes! You totally can! 😃

[@CappaTheGreat]

What is that next to the mic and to your left?

[@ChurchConvos]

So the microphone I use as a (Talk Back) Microphone so I can communicate with the whole band without the congregation hearing me. And under that is a AVIOM In Ear Monitor Personal Mixer. Basically it lets me have my own mix of the band in my In Ear Headphones.

[@RaymondAinyam]

I think the Behringer X Air 18 for a keyboard rig is overkill. You could achieve this with an analog mixer that has actual knobs and faders for fast and easy mixing. and then send a stereo out to the FOH

[@ChurchConvos]

Yes I agree with you! The X Air 18 is definitely overkill for a keys rig and you can totally do this with a regular analog mixer. HOWEVER.. in my experience, there isn't any analog mixer for this price with ALL the features that the XAir 18 comes with and with the quality of sound it produces... Most small analogs are pretty week and the bigger they get the more room they take up. Another huge plus for me is that the XAir 18 is Rack Mountable which is HUGE for me because, I can take it anywhere VERY easily by just unplugging one cable and ALSO I use the back of my Rack to mount my wireless in ear monitor receiver. But at the end of the day I would just go with what works best with each individual set up and budget of course. This is just my current set up I have come up with after 18 plus years of playing keys and I love it thus far! :D If I change anything in the future, I will definitely do an update video. Blessings!

[@willyamaury]

@@ChurchConvos Hi! Thanks for your video. Currently I am looking into buying one of the Behringer XR mixers. My current setup includes a Montage 8, a YC61, and a NS electric violin. I have considered getting the Radial Keylargo mixer, but Im afraid that it will not be sufficient fot future implementation of click/tracks, in-ear monitor, etc. Do you think an XR12 could be enough or do you recommend acquiring an XR18. Thanks in advance.

[@ChurchConvos]

@@willyamaury Hi! I’m glad you enjoyed the video 🙏🏼 I think for your setup the XAir12 is more than enough!! 👍🏼

[@willyamaury]

@@ChurchConvos Thanks! May God continue to bless you.

[@RaymondAinyam]

@@willyamaury I use the Behringer Xenyx Q1002 mixer for my three keyboard setup - Korg Kross 2, Roland Fantom G8 and laptop running Ableton Sunday Keys... There is still an extra stereo inputs, and two mic inputs just in case I need them. I'm happy with the results I'm getting so far

[@reanaivanov1138]

What did you play when you added the violin?

[@julianolmos1511]

Creo en ti julio Melgar

[@ChurchConvos]

@@julianolmos1511 Good Ear Brother!! 🙏🏼

[@OLU-SAM]

What's the name of the pad you are using?

[@ChurchConvos]

It’s actually a Pad that I made in Ableton... Once our church convos website is done, I’ll have it on there so people can download it 👍🏼

[@spmanny123]

Beautiful, where are you located?

[@ChurchConvos]

Thank you! And my church is in Sunnyvale California.

[@PltLuckyGedion]

Wonderful. Could we meet and do a walk over with me concerning the connection about this video

[@72cpugeek]

This is a nice rig !! The sounds on the Montage will strangle a Abelton !!

[@rarvind7934]

Please launch Yamaha genos with 61 keys because first time I saw this keyboard I got inspiration and it brings lots of ideas please launch this keyboard please with 61 keys and with same feature and it's easy to understand for every keyboard player

[@CVRM3N_DR3AMT]

How do u record ur piano?*

[@ChurchConvos]

For this video I had two xlr cables (L&R) coming from the Behringer X Air 18 to my Apollo Twin Interface and that was connected to my macbook via USB-C. Both the Apollo and My Macbook pro are not shown in this video and were actually off to the side. The macbook that you see in the video was my 15 inch but the one I used to record is a 13 inch.

[@CVRM3N_DR3AMT]

@@ChurchConvos What would you surgest for a home studio recording?

[@CVRM3N_DR3AMT]

@@ChurchConvos By the way i love the video!!!

[@gaeldilamh2572]

How many churches u have

[@ChurchConvos]

I am the worship pastor at Two churches. The first is an English speaking church and the second is my Parents church and it’s a Spanish speaking church.

[@AlexandrFromBeglovsk]

Так и не понял, что хорошего в этих клавишах? То что много места и можно сверху поставить миди от Akai и тарелку с супом.

[@DojoOfCool]

Montage 6, 7, 8 don't have the same keybeds. The 8 has the weighted keyboard the 6 and 7 have a synth style keyboard.

[@jacksellars6497]

@Warren Roberts the Yamaha montage 8 has 88 weighted key’s and the Yamaha montage 6 is a 61 key and the Yamaha montage 7 is a 78 key both 61 key and 78 key are semi weighted

[@tuneunleashed]

@Warren Roberts The Keybed is different that's all but the keyboard is the same the numbers are just mean the different amount of numbers and the action of the keybed that's all

[@gabbishleegifted4752]

🤔 did you play twinkle twinkle? 9:17

[@ChurchConvos]

HAHAHA Thats soo funny!!! I never noticed that that line sounds like twinkle twinkle!! It's actually the bridge line of "What a Beautiful Name" by Hillsong lol

[@gabbishleegifted4752]

@@ChurchConvos ahhh lol that makes sense. Sounded good though 👌🏾

[@matthunter9562]

7:43 & 13:02 👍🏻👍🏻

[@88omarz]

Surprised you aren’t using omnisphere.

[@ChurchConvos]

Omnisphere is AWESOME! I don’t run it in my setup because it is sooo HEAVY on the CPU. But if I were just playing pads I would totally have omnisphere on my setup!

[@paullebon323]

It's Mon-Tage. Not, Mon-Tige.

[@giggiopiero9213]

Usar timbres e recursos maravilhosos para tocar um estilo de música fraco, limitado melodica e harmonicamente. Junte-se a isto uma palavra com conteúdo de auto-ajuda. É isto que está acontecendo aqui no Brasil...igrejas de parede preta com um louvor onde tudo está pré-gravado.

[@karelkin9]

so the essential of worship is having best keyboard rig..???

[@SLSatboiThadou]

Your violin sounds more like strings

[@ChurchConvos]

Yes you are right lol It is a violin "ensemble"! So it is violin but multiple of them.

[@elnuncaigualado]

Te quejas porque según tu en la música de adoración se está usando mucho los sonidos de pads y que para ti ya es demasiado y por eso usas sonidos de violines detrás del piano en lugar de pads según tu para salir de la rutina y dar algún otro toque de sonido en lugar de pads no entiendo tu queja de los pads si antes de los pads siempre se usaba precisamente piano y violines de fondo y así que no haces nada nuevo ni diferente así que no creas que innovas por no usar pads o que sales de de la rutina más bien sales de una para usar algo viejo así que cada quien use lo que quiera deja de quejarte de lo pads todo es cuestión de gustos nada mas

[@MusikChanel57]

Kakean omong

[@VictorGaleskas]

You’re going a little bit overkill for a worship gig at a church

[@jmkeybass760]

Worship sound??? Dude who teach you that worship is sound, piano or music?. Get out of the church that teach you that.