MainStage 3 Express Course

Designed for church keyboardists, this course is perfect for those new to MainStage or looking to streamline their setup. Learn sound design basics, build custom templates, and gain the confidence to craft pro-quality sounds for your Sunday services. Enroll today and take your worship to the next level!

Course Features:

  • 8 self-directed lessons

    Learn how to master MainStage 3 in less time with 8 interactive online lessons.

  • Sound Design Training

    Learn what it takes to design the best keys and pad sounds for your worship sets!

  • Tips & Tricks for Church

    Learn all of the CPU tips and tricks to avoid audio feedback, sound spikes, and computer freezing.

  • Activities & Assessments

    Engage in our interactive challenges and put your MainStage skills to the test!

Browse the Lesson Plan

  • Lesson 2 - Layout Mode

    In this lesson, we will focus on the first of three workspace views that are used to build the core elements of MainStage concerts: the Layout Tab. You will also begin creating your very own custom template.

  • Lesson 3 - Edit Mode Part 1

    In this lesson, we will focus on Edit view. You'll learn how to use concert level, set level and patch level, you’ll create channel strips/ instruments, map buttons/faders to control parameters, and create and save your own patches.

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 Frequently Asked Questions

  • MainStage 3 is an incredible software that is commonly used by Worship musicians around the world for playing in Church, and it’s a program that every Worship Keyboard player (ie. you) would greatly benefit to know. If you’re new to MainStage or even somewhat familiar, this course is meant to be an intensive walk-through that gradually increases in difficulty and builds on previously learned concepts—giving you the keys to mastering MainStage 3 in much less time.

    Complete with interactive videos, and combined with a ground level sound design approach, you’ll come away from this course being able to comprehend advanced sound design concepts, create your own patches and much more.

  • We recommend that all students in this course have MainStage 3 with full sound library installation (72 GB), a keyboard with MIDI capability, a USB Audio Interface, and 2 USB MIDI cables.

  • This course is the perfect beginner/intermediate guide for any and all Worship musicians who want to learn MainStage 3 from the ground up, or for Worship directors who are looking for a way to save time and money training their Worship teams. And this isn’t just a simple one-video overview; we dive deep into every aspect of sound design and sound creation. With this course, you’ll come away with the confidence, knowledge, and skills necessary to be able to successfully use MainStage 3 every Sunday at your Church.

  • Before you dive into the course, it’s important to know that this course was designed a few inches above intermediate level piano and music theory. You should already be familiar with the word “octave,” that the musical alphabet goes from A to G, and what it means when a note is sharp or flat. If you’re not familiar with one or more of these aforementioned concepts, we recommend spending ten minutes at a piano with someone who can explain them to you before you start this course.