Sunday Keys for MainStage: start here
Welcome to Sunday Keys for MainStage! Here's how to get set up, plus every tutorial in one place. You'll also find every video on the Sunday Keys for MainStage resource page.
Three setup steps
- Install Sunday Keys and download the required MainStage sounds
- Connect your keyboard, sustain pedal and mod wheel
- Connect your audio interface
Open Sunday Keys
The installer puts Sunday Keys in Music > MainStage > Sunday Keys. Double-click the concert there to open it. Or, in MainStage, choose File > Open and select the Sunday Keys concert.
Keep the Sunday Keys folder inside your MainStage folder. That's how MainStage finds Patch Builder and your User Patches.
Learn Sunday Keys
- Sunday Keys for MainStage at a glance
- Find and use the Layered Worship Patches
- Build your own Patches with Patch Builder
- Prepare a setlist and get ready to play live
- Tonic Pad Player and Tonic Automator
- Easy Chord, Live Sequences and Live Grooves
- Use two keyboards at once
- Use other Patches and plugins in Sunday Keys
- Install monthly updates
Controllers
- Use a Korg nanoKontrol2
- Control Sunday Keys from your phone or tablet (TouchOSC)
- Map knobs, faders and buttons
- Mod wheel: fix it, or use a knob, fader or pedal instead
Troubleshooting
- Installer failed or instruments missing
- Fix pops, glitches and CPU overload
- MainStage loads slowly
- Keyboard or controller not responding
- Sustain pedal problems
- Update macOS or MainStage safely
- Can my computer run MainStage?
Tip: in Edit mode, click any button or fader in the four colored sections of Sunday Keys to read what it does in the Inspector.
Can't watch the videos?
If Vimeo is blocked where you live, our blog has many of the same lessons on YouTube. Good places to start:
- Find Patches in Sunday Keys
- Build a setlist with one go-to Patch
- Sort Patches by song, tempo or feel
- CPU optimization tips
- Using Tonic
- Build layered Patches quickly
- Create a piano and pad Patch in seconds
- Learn to underscore
Want to connect with other players? Join the Sunday Keys for MainStage Owners group on Facebook. For help from our team, contact us.