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0:05Welcome to the introductory tutorial
0:07video of Keystage. In this video, we're
0:09going to go through the basics of
0:11Keystage and then we're going to talk
0:13about all the features briefly without
0:15going too much into details. There will
0:17be other tutorial videos which will go
0:19into the details. Now before I start
0:21with the hardware connections, I want to
0:23point out that there is this Keystage
0:25users manual that you can access from
0:27inside Keystage, but I strongly
0:30recommend that you open this PDF on
0:32another computer while you're working on
0:34Keystage. In addition to that, you can
0:36see these info buttons. When you tap on
0:39this info button, the corresponding
0:41parts in the users manual automatically
0:43opens up. This allows you to browse the
0:45manual much easier. Okay, let's talk
0:47about hardware connections. I currently
0:49have a Nord Electro keyboard and I'm
0:51recording its audio output from another
0:54device for the tutorial. My Electro
0:56keyboard is not currently connected to
0:58my iPad. I also have an X Key Air
1:01Bluetooth keyboard which is also not
1:02connected to my iPad and there is also a
1:05Focusrite audio interface which is
1:07currently connected to my iPad via a USB
1:10hub. Now when I play my Nord Electro
1:12keyboard, I can directly hear the sound
1:15and one important thing about Keystage
1:17is that we want all the MIDI to route
1:20through Keystage. We don't want any
1:21direct connections and currently Nord's
1:24MIDI interface is connected to Nord's
1:26sample engine and we need to cut that
1:29direct connection and we do this
1:30directly from the Nord itself. Okay, I
1:32cut the direct connection and when I
1:34played, I hear nothing. So this is what
1:36we want. Okay, let's connect our Nord
1:38keyboard to our iPad using the same USB
1:40hub. Now as soon as I connect my Nord
1:42keyboard, Keystage suggests an
1:44instrument preset for Nord Electro HP.
1:46We're just going to choose it and
1:48download instrument presets. I'm not
1:50going to talk about instrument presets
1:51in this tutorial video. I'm going to
1:53have another video for that. For now, we
1:55made the connection. Now let's also
1:57connect our Bluetooth keyboards. In
1:59order to that, we go to preferences,
2:02MIDI connections, and scroll down to
2:04Bluetooth MIDI. And we allow KeyStage to
2:07use Bluetooth devices. And here is our
2:09Xkey Air, and I just tap connect. So
2:13both of my keyboards are connected to
2:15KeyStage. KeyStage is divided into four
2:17important regions. We have tracks on the
2:20left, we have parts on the middle, we
2:22have sections on the top, and we have
2:24the control panel on the right, which
2:26controls the selected item. So let's
2:28start with the tracks. On this region,
2:30we just double tap anywhere to create a
2:32track. Tracks are like tracks in an
2:35standard DAW, where you have MIDI inputs
2:38and an output. So currently all MIDI
2:40inputs is selected, which means when I
2:43play my keyboards, both keyboards, we
2:45actually get MIDI input. So you can see
2:47this from here. Okay, let's tap on the
2:49output. We have five categories here, so
2:52we'll start with instrument units. So
2:54this is the list of all audio units.
2:57Audio unit is the plugin format for
2:59iPad. And here are the list of all apps
3:02which supports that audio unit format.
3:04So we're going to choose one of these
3:05plugins here, and I'll choose Module
3:08Pro. And when I play my keyboard, now I
3:10can hear the sound of Module Pro [music]
3:12from both of my keyboards. Okay, when I
3:15double tap on this track, I can see the
3:17user interface of this plugin, Module
3:19Pro. And I can just make all the changes
3:22here. So we're going to go into these
3:24later. Okay, now I want to create
3:26another track, but this time I'm going
3:28to use another method here. I'm going to
3:31tap and hold this track with two
3:32fingers, and it creates a copy of that
3:34track. And I move it down, and now this
3:37is an identical copy of this track and
3:40with a new plugin loaded. So there are
3:42two instances of Module Pro plugin right
3:44now. But I'm going to change the output
3:46to another plugin. Let's actually do the
3:48filtering here. And I'm going to load
3:51another plugin called Hammond B3X. Now
3:54let's go to the inputs. As I said, all
3:56input is selected, but now when I play
3:58my Nord Electro, you can see the
4:00blinking light next to Nord Electro
4:02inputs. When I play my X key, you
4:04[music] can see the blinking light here.
4:06So I can actually choose specific inputs
4:09for specific tracks. So for example, on
4:11this track I can only play North Electro
4:13and the MIDI signal is coming from X key
4:15is not sent to this track. And likewise,
4:17we can choose X key on another track
4:20like this. Right now, I'm just going to
4:22choose all inputs for both tracks. Now
4:24let's create another track by double
4:25tapping here and this time I want to
4:28control the audio engine of my North
4:30Electro keyboard. Now I need to go to
4:32another category called MIDI Connections
4:34and here is my North Electro MIDI input.
4:37And now when I play my keyboard, it
4:39plays North Electro sound engine. I can
4:41even play it from my X key right now.
4:44Okay, let's talk about parts and
4:45sections. In order to create a part, we
4:48double tap anywhere on this region and a
4:50section is automatically created. So
4:52right now, you can see this white strip
4:54here. This means that this section is
4:56currently active. And when I play my
4:58keyboard, you can only hear Module Pro
5:00and you don't hear any of these other
5:02tracks. But if I create a part here by
5:05double tapping, now I can hear both
5:07Module Pro and Hammond layered together.
5:10[music]
5:12And if I tap and hold move this part
5:14here,
5:17I can hear North Electro and Module Pro
5:19layered together. So this is the
5:21structure. So I double tap here to
5:23create another section and here only
5:25Module Pro plays and here we have the
5:27layered sound. If I tap here, I only
5:30hear [music] Hammond. By the way, you
5:32can actually select sections by tapping
5:35on the column of that section or you can
5:37directly select them by tapping on them.
5:39So when you tap on a part or on a
5:41section, the corresponding control panel
5:44appears here. And we're going to go
5:45through these panels one by one. And by
5:48the way, you can move stuff around by
5:50just tapping and holding and moving it
5:52around. The same goes with sections and
5:54when you move a section, all the parts
5:56move accordingly. And similar to tracks,
5:59you can tap and hold with two fingers to
6:01create a copy of a part or a section.
6:04And one important thing is whether you
6:06create a copy or just drag the original
6:08section, when you start moving it, you
6:11can see that there is this vertical red
6:13strip here appearing when we move
6:15between these two sections. When I
6:17release it, the section two is squeezed
6:19between those two. And the same also
6:21goes with parts. So for example, if I
6:24put it here, the part is squeezed
6:26between those two parts and a new
6:27section is created automatically. And
6:29the same goes with tracks. And when I
6:32tap and hold or copy a part and just put
6:35it on another part, we have two parts
6:37connected to the same track. And we're
6:40going to talk about this structure
6:41later, but right now we have those two
6:44parts connected to the same track. I can
6:46compress them and to show them in a
6:48multi-part way. I can move this
6:50multi-part around and I can expand it to
6:52expand the parts that is contained in
6:54it. And by the way, you can change the
6:56scale of the whole view by holding with
6:58two fingers and just using the pitch
7:00gestures. Now with version 2.3, there is
7:03a new structure which is called layers.
7:06So currently there is only one layer. So
7:09whenever you create a new song, it
7:10automatically comes with a new layer.
7:12Now layer structure is like a third
7:15dimension to our view here. Let me show
7:17you directly. To create a new layer, I
7:20just tap edit here on this layers panel
7:23and I tap this plus sign and tap edit to
7:25close the layer editor again. So right
7:28now I have a new layer here. This layer
7:31has the same tracks, but it doesn't have
7:34any section or part here. So I can
7:36create new parts and sections here or
7:38copy them. And the idea is each layer
7:42contains a set of sections and parts
7:44which use the same tracks. So this way
7:47you can organize your sections into
7:48different groups, which is called layers
7:51in KeyStage. And some people use layers
7:53as songs. So each layer corresponds to a
7:56song here and the whole layer structure
7:59is the set list. Let's create a couple
8:01of additional layers here. And while we
8:03are in edit mode, the background is
8:05blurred and right now this panel becomes
8:08the layer editor. And just like tracks,
8:10parts, and sections, you can move layers
8:12around, change the order of these
8:14layers, or you can hold with two fingers
8:16and create a copy of the same layer. Now
8:19one thing I forgot to mention, you can
8:21actually edit the names of all these
8:22items, layers, tracks, parts, and
8:24sections. And you can do the same thing
8:26with tracks. So just tap a random name,
8:29and you can see that the name changes
8:31here as well. Or for parts, it's the
8:33same. The name just changes here. Also
8:36in this layer panel, you can expand this
8:39up and down if you need more layers. So
8:42we can add more layers like that. And
8:44you can change the dimensions here by
8:47tapping and holding like horizontal
8:49division or block height like this. And
8:52by the way, on these menus you can also
8:54tap without holding to open up the menu
8:56and choose the numbers directly. You
8:58actually will see these types of number
9:01selectors all around Key Stage. Now when
9:03I say layers in Key Stage, you should
9:05not confuse this with layering keyboard.
9:07It has nothing to do with layering
9:08keyboards. Layers here is basically
9:11adding a third dimension, having
9:13different structures of sections in one
9:15song. Okay, let's create our first
9:17split. And before I do that, I want to
9:20delete some of these sections. To do
9:22that, when you tap on the section
9:23directly, you can see this wheel button,
9:26which is the settings button for that
9:27section. When you open it up, there are
9:29a bunch of things that we're going to
9:30talk about later, but there is this
9:32delete option. And this actually also
9:34works for all the items. Okay, let's
9:37create a split between Module Pro and
9:39Hammond. I'm going to create two parts
9:41here. Now in the part editor, you can
9:43see that there are two tabs here,
9:45translators and parameters. We will
9:47start with translators here. Now there
9:49is this range limiter here, and range
9:52limiter allows us to assign ranges to
9:54parts. So when I tap on this, you can
9:57see a keyboard here. I can just choose
9:59regions like that, and when I tap
10:01outside, we can see that the regions are
10:04shown here as well as on the part
10:06itself. But there is an easier way to do
10:08that. So when I tap on the range to open
10:10the range editor, let me just tap mute,
10:13which assigns zero range. And then, when
10:17I start playing, the played notes are
10:19added to the range. And when I play
10:21intervals like this, those intervals are
10:24added to the range as well. So, this way
10:27we can actually create our splits and
10:30layers very easily. So, for example, I
10:32want to play this module pro on the
10:34upper range of my X key. I press that
10:38range and on Hammond, I just press the
10:41interval, the lower interval of my X key
10:44to create a lower range. And while this
10:46section is active,
10:48I created a simple layer like that.
10:50Before I talk about these other
10:52translators here, there is one important
10:54button here, always solo selected parts.
10:57So, while this is active and while a
11:00part is selected,
11:02only that part plays. So, why is this
11:04important? Suppose I have another part
11:07here,
11:09which is North Electro. So, while a
11:11section is selected,
11:15we just hear the whole layers and
11:17splits. But suppose that I want to make
11:19some additional adjustments on this
11:21part, like changing the sounds, and I
11:23just want to hear this part while I'm
11:25editing it. So, while this is on,
11:28I only hear this part and these are
11:30automatically muted. When this is off,
11:34all the parts on this section play with
11:36their splits and layers. So, I usually
11:38keep this button on because it's more
11:40convenient. I'll briefly talk about
11:42pitch shifter here. So, when I tap on
11:45this number, it shows a bunch of numbers
11:47here. These numbers correspond to
11:49semitones. So, for example, if I tap
11:51seven, I start playing perfect fifths.
11:53And if I, for example, if I want to play
11:56an octave, I just choose 12. Zero to 12
11:59plays a full octave or I can just remove
12:03zero, which plays the upper octave right
12:05now. So, this plays original and this
12:07plays upper octave. And there is also
12:09another way to input pitch shifts. When
12:12I tap this key input, C3 corresponds to
12:15zero shifts. So I take C3 as my zero,
12:19which is here. So for example, I want to
12:21play these octaves. So I'm playing two
12:23octaves right now. Or I can play like
12:26major chords.
12:28[music]
12:29And on these translators, there are
12:30these blue buttons which toggles the
12:32translator on and off. So right now,
12:35pitch shifter is off. And when I toggle
12:37this on,
12:39it's on. And the same goes with these
12:41range limiters. So right now, the lower
12:43ranges are inactive. When I disable it,
12:46it becomes active. There is one more
12:48translator that I want to talk about
12:49here, which is this pedal control. This
12:51is a really convenient feature. Let me
12:54demonstrate it with Nord Electro. When
12:56auto sustain is on, sustain pedal action
13:00is simulated automatically. So when I
13:02press a chord,
13:04when I release it,
13:05the sustain [music] pedal is
13:06automatically pressed until I move to
13:09another chord.
13:13So I'm not actually using my sustain
13:15pedal [music] right now. Key stage just
13:17handles the sustain action on each chord
13:19change. When I disable it, the sound
13:22stops. Let me briefly talk about how we
13:24use those multi parts that I mentioned
13:26earlier. So normally when I have a
13:28single part, I can choose different
13:30ranges [music] on my keyboard. I can
13:32even have distinct ranges on the same
13:34part. And I can have pitch shifts. I can
13:37have translators, other stuff. But for
13:39example, I want to have a different
13:41pitch shift on this region and a
13:43different one on this region. You cannot
13:45do this with a single part. But what you
13:47can do here is, for example, this part
13:49has this region here. And I want this
13:52region to have
13:54transpose of minus 12. So this is
13:57displays on one octave low. Now I create
13:59a new part and I move it on top of here.
14:02Now the both of these parts are
14:03connected. And here, on this part, I
14:06choose this upper region. And here I
14:08play perfect shifts. So right now,
14:13my left hand plays one octave lower.
14:16And the upper one plays those perfect
14:18fifths. Now let's talk about parameters
14:21here.
14:21And let's start with audio units. Now
14:24parts have track parameters and for
14:26audio units there are AU parameters
14:28which is called audio units. Let's start
14:30with track parameters and how parameters
14:32work. So unit volume is the volume of
14:35the plugin.
14:38And this volume is now assigned to this
14:40part. So if I create another part here
14:43and change the volume
14:48I can assign different volumes to those
14:50different parts here. One important
14:52thing about these parameters including
14:54audio unit parameters is a parameter can
14:57be active or inactive. When a parameter
15:00is active its value is assigned to this
15:03part and as soon as this section is
15:05activated that value is applied to
15:08whatever it is like for this it's the
15:11unit volume. For these parameters it may
15:13be different. But here nothing is
15:15assigned to a unit volume. So for
15:17example here the volume is 1.4 dB. Here
15:21the volume is -16 dB. But while I'm here
15:26if I move to this part I stay on -16 dB
15:29because this part doesn't change the
15:31volume. But if I move from here to here
15:33I'm at 4 dB. So that's how active and
15:36inactive parameters work. And the same
15:39goes with audio units.
15:40Okay to demonstrate audio unit
15:42parameters I'm going to move to Hammond
15:44Organ. I'm going to open the user
15:46interface. Now there's this neat feature
15:49that when I move something in the UI
15:51like these sliders the corresponding
15:54parameter here just flashes. So for
15:56example I want to move this drawbar here
15:59and on this part
16:02[music]
16:04I have two drawbar settings for this
16:06drawbar six. And apart from that there
16:08is one neat feature which is we can
16:11actually change the parameters directly
16:13from this UI. So currently when I move
16:15this it just flashes but doesn't change
16:17the value. But this behavior can be
16:19changed from here. Go to preferences,
16:21audio settings, and scroll down here to
16:24audio units. And here's this option in
16:26non-full state mode, change parameters
16:28when tweaked from the UI, which means
16:30here. So when I set this on, now all my
16:34changes here in the UI automatically is
16:37reflected in the parameter section here
16:39as well. So you can actually make all
16:40the changes in the UI and all of these
16:43are recorded on this parts as active
16:46parameters. Before we go into the MIDI
16:48case, I want to show you one more thing.
16:50So suppose we change the volume from
16:52here to here on these two parts. Now if
16:56you look at this number here, this MS
16:58means milliseconds. So this number
17:01stands for the duration where the value
17:04of this slider changes. So suppose so
17:07this is around two seconds. So if I move
17:10from here to here,
17:13the value changes to this value in two
17:15seconds. And for example here, we can
17:19take it back in almost 300 milliseconds.
17:22So
17:25and [music] since this is zero, whatever
17:27the last value is, we can also show it
17:30from the song mixer. So suppose the last
17:33value is somewhere like this. Going into
17:35this section changes the volume
17:37instantly, but from here to here again
17:40in two seconds. And this transition
17:43duration can be applied to any
17:44parameter. Now when it comes to MIDI
17:46connections, we have something more
17:49interesting here. We only have MIDI
17:50parameters. So these are MIDI tracks, so
17:53they don't produce audio. So that's why
17:55we don't have a slider like unit volume
17:58or pan, but instead we have some MIDI
18:00sliders here. And there is this volume
18:02which is
18:04default CC 7 sliders. You can see the CC
18:07numbers here. And these are added by the
18:10instrument preset that we downloaded at
18:13the beginning of this video. You
18:15remember there was an automatic message
18:17pop-up when I connect Nord Electro
18:18keyboard to my iPad that the instrument
18:21preset of Nord is available and I
18:23actually downloaded it. So this is the
18:25instrument presets with all its
18:27parameters
18:28which controls some specific functions
18:30in my Nord keyboard. These work the same
18:33way as in audio unit parameters. They
18:35can be active or inactive, but
18:37instrument presets have more information
18:39which are these presets. So these are
18:42also encoded in that instrument preset.
18:44When I select something from here, you
18:46can see that it also changes here in the
18:48instrument section and you can see the
18:51corresponding program change bank select
18:53messages. So these are all stored in
18:55this instrument preset and all I need to
18:57do is just select the appropriate sound.
19:00So let's talk about full states which is
19:02one of the most important topics. So in
19:04audio unit terminology, a full state is
19:07basically the state of an audio unit. So
19:11it includes like the presets that we
19:13change here as well as the parameters
19:15that stored here. So it basically
19:17contains all those information including
19:20presets, parameters and of course it
19:21depends from audio unit to audio unit,
19:24but the full state info is provided by
19:26the audio unit itself. And in key stage
19:29when I make my changes here, choose my
19:31sounds here, this is like a full state
19:33and this is stored on this track. And in
19:36fact, if I move to another layer
19:43it's actually stored
19:45on that layer for that track as well. So
19:47this track stores multiple full states
19:49for each layer.
19:51So these are piano and this is another
19:52full state. So for example, if I make a
19:54change here, change some EQ [music]
19:56settings, this is also stored. However,
19:59they are not stored on parts which means
20:02apart from these parameters here, I
20:04cannot really change the sound between
20:06sections on these tracks. It's basically
20:09whatever is stored on this track for
20:11that specific layer. So it actually
20:13moved to this layer now, but this
20:15behavior can be changed. If I go to
20:17track editor, there is this button
20:19dynamic full states between sections.
20:22When I toggle this on, now you see this
20:24F letters on these parts, which means
20:26that now full states are active on this
20:28parts. So right now, when I make any
20:31changes while a part is selected,
20:36it's full state is stored on that part.
20:42So now we have four different full
20:44states stored on different parts. And
20:46while we are in full state mode, you can
20:47see that these parameters active buttons
20:50are disabled. So we can no longer assign
20:53different values to these parameters
20:54because all those informations are
20:56already stored in this full state. We
20:58cannot independently change these
21:00parameters. They are just changed
21:01simultaneously as we move between these
21:04full states. But you can actually
21:06disable a full state
21:08for a specific part and now this F goes
21:11away.
21:12It also can be done here, toggle full
21:14state on off. And as soon as we toggle
21:16full state off, now you see we can now
21:19independently change parameters. So for
21:21example, if we have two parts which have
21:23full states off, we can change one
21:25parameter between those two dynamically.
21:28But when we move to a part with full
21:30state, whatever the full state info
21:32contains about these parameters, they
21:34are just shown here. Now there is one
21:35issue about full states, which is
21:38whenever I switch between sections with
21:40parts with full states on, those full
21:43states are sent to this audio unit and
21:45most of the audio units actually cut the
21:47sound to load the new sound.
21:50So when I [music] tap and hold this
21:53and move here, the sound just cuts off
21:54because now this is a new full state.
21:58And even if it's the same sound, the
22:00audio unit does not know it. Whenever it
22:01receives the full state, it just cuts
22:03the sound. And most audio units do that.
22:06And this doesn't actually happen with
22:07parts without full states.
22:10The sound sustains when I move to a part
22:12without full state. Okay, how are you
22:14going to resolve that? Now we have these
22:16options called rendering options, a
22:19bunch of them here. Allow seamless
22:21transition. When I toggle this on,
22:26it no longer happens.
22:29Okay, what is happening behind the scene
22:31is there are actually two copies of this
22:34audio unit connected to this track and
22:38automatically alternates between those
22:40two copies as I move between sections
22:42with parts with full states.
22:45So that's how seamless transition work
22:47with audio units. In these rendering
22:49options, there is also one other option
22:51which is called suspend renderings when
22:53not in use, which is on by default and
22:56this is a neat feature for performance.
22:58So for example, this on this section
23:01there is no part on Module Pro and you
23:03can see that it says idle here, which
23:05means that this audio unit is not being
23:07rendered, which improves performance in
23:09general. But whenever we are on a
23:11section with a part on this audio unit,
23:14this shows the percentage that this
23:16audio unit affects on the total DSP
23:18load, which is here. But there is
23:20another neat feature about that which is
23:22when I tap and hold a chord and move to
23:25a section without parts, the sound still
23:27goes on as long as I keep the notes. But
23:30when I release all the notes and when
23:32the release of the audio is finished,
23:35this automatically becomes idle. But as
23:37long as there is sound, it's not idle
23:39because it has to render.
23:41Now let's talk about effects and mixers.
23:44So I'm going to create a new track here
23:46and this time I'm going to do effects
23:49unit category. So we have again audio
23:51units, but these are effect units. So
23:53let's choose a simple one which I use
23:56very often, a filter effect. So just
23:58like other audio units, when I double
24:00tap, I open the user interface, but
24:02currently this does nothing because it's
24:04not connected to anything yet. To
24:06connect this effect to one of these
24:08instrument units, we open the song
24:10mixer. So we're in the mixer mode where
24:12we have these channel strips, each
24:14correspond to those tracks and our
24:16effect is here. And as you see, when I
24:18tap on these icons here, interfaces also
24:21open. Now I want to connect this effect
24:23to Module Pro and all I need to do is
24:25just tap and hold and release.
24:29So now all the audio produced by this
24:31Module Pro goes through this effects.
24:34And we can actually adjust the
24:37level of mix of this effects. When it's
24:40all the way to zero, it's bypassed and I
24:42can choose any number between zero and
24:44100.
24:47Or I can move this effect here to
24:49Hammond, but right now there's no part
24:51on Hammond, so let's move to here.
24:56[music]
25:00Also we can adjust [music] the effects
25:01mix here as well. Okay, let's create
25:04another effect. This time I am going to
25:06choose this reverb. Now you can connect
25:09multiple effects. So now the audio goes
25:11through the filter first and then the
25:12reverb. But if I moved here, whenever I
25:16hold and move an effect over one of the
25:18channel strips, it always adds to the
25:20end of the effect chain. So now first
25:23reverb is applied and then the filter.
25:25Now when it comes to audio routing in
25:26general, we also want sub mixers. And in
25:29key stage sub mixers are called mixer
25:32units. So we go to other units and here
25:35is a mixer unit. The mixer unit doesn't
25:37have a user interface, but it's added to
25:39the song mixer automatically. Let's move
25:42these effects here.
25:44Let's add this to the mixer. Right now
25:46nothing is routed to this mixer. Suppose
25:49I want to route this Module Pro to this
25:51mixer. All I do is tap this icon on the
25:54bottom and we have two categories. So we
25:57can actually choose different hardware
25:58outputs of our audio interface. And this
26:01one has six outputs. Or we go to mixer
26:03units and this is the mixer unit and
26:06this is the track number that you can
26:08see. And in fact, if I name this mixer
26:11unit and go to song mixer, you'll see
26:14the name here on the mixer. So if you
26:16have multiple mixer units, you can
26:17actually distinguish them here. So right
26:19now Module Pro goes through this mixer
26:22unit. Let's also route this one
26:26and create a layer here. So this effect
26:29is [music] applied to of these audio
26:30units.
26:34[music]
26:38So you can create multiple mixers and
26:40roads groups of audio units to each
26:42mixer and this way you create your audio
26:45routings as as you like. Of course when
26:47it comes to sub mixers we also need to
26:50talk about sends which is an important
26:52feature in audio routing. So if an
26:55[snorts] audio unit is not routed to a
26:57mixer it has a send to that mixer which
27:00is automatically added here. So when I
27:02tap this send button all the sends are
27:05shown on each channel strip. So Hammond
27:08doesn't have a send to this TTT because
27:11it's already routed directly to that.
27:13But for example if I have another mixer
27:16unit here let's create another one. Now
27:19since this is routed to the main output
27:21of our audio interface this has sends to
27:23both mixer units and this has sent to
27:25only this new mixer unit because it's
27:28directly routed to the previous one. So
27:30now
27:33let's create one section with only Modu
27:36Pro.
27:38[music]
27:39On TTT so you can see here
27:44an additional audio is routed to this
27:46TTT and this effect is applied. Of
27:48course effects like reverb are more
27:50meaningful when it comes to sends.
27:55So now we can increase the amount of
27:57sends from Modu Pro to this effect and
28:00let's also change the outputs of this to
28:03let's say this mixer. And more
28:04importantly whenever we have mixer units
28:08now those sends are actually shown as
28:11parameters here as well. So this way we
28:13can actually change the amount of send
28:15from part to part. I can also create
28:17parts on these effects and now I can
28:19control the effect mix change it from
28:22part to part as well and all are
28:24actually shown here as well. So let's
28:27connect this to here for example. Let's
28:30toggle off sends. Now it shows the
28:31effects here.
28:33So now you can as I changed between
28:35sections, the effects mixed changes. And
28:37if I go to sends, you can see the sound
28:40level changes between sections. So, all
28:42these can be changed dynamically. And
28:45this stored button is actually the same
28:48as these active buttons here. So,
28:51whenever this is off, the value here is
28:53not stored on this part, but when this
28:55is on, this value is stored on this part
28:57and is called back when this section is
28:59activated. Okay, what about Nord
29:01Electro? So, Nord Electro is connected
29:03to my iPad via MIDI. Its audio output is
29:06not actually routed to Key Stage yet
29:09because its output is not connected to
29:11my audio interface yet. So, now I
29:13connected the audio output of my Nord
29:15keyboard into my Focusrite Scarlett, but
29:18right now Key Stage does not see those
29:20signals because we need a separate unit
29:23for that. So, in other units, we have
29:25input units. These units take audio from
29:27the physical inputs of your connected
29:29audio interface. So, right now when I
29:31open the Song Mixer, the volume is zero.
29:34And by the way, I connected the Nord on
29:36channel three and four. So, I first tap
29:38on this microphone icon and then I
29:40select three and four. And now you see
29:43so the connection is like that. This
29:45part sends MIDI to this track's output,
29:47which is Nord Electro. Nord Electro
29:49produces sound and sends the sound back
29:52to this input unit and the input unit
29:54plays the audio. But this way now,
29:57we can have sends of my Nord Electro as
30:00well or I can directly connect effects
30:02to my Nord Electro.
30:08Okay, let's talk about player units. So,
30:10I create a new track and from other
30:13units, I tap on player units. So, this
30:16is the user interface of player units
30:18and currently there is no audio file.
30:20And when I tap here, I don't see
30:22anything. This is because I haven't
30:24imported any audio files into Key Stage
30:26yet. So, I first do that. Let's close
30:29this. I go to Files app. You can
30:31actually transfer an audio file from any
30:33app. So, this is the audio file. So, all
30:35I do is just I tap and hold and then
30:38share it. And you can see keystage here.
30:40And if you don't see keystage here, just
30:42scroll right, tap more, then you'll see
30:44it here on this list.
30:47So I select keystage. So it's uploaded
30:50into media documents. Let's first open
30:53the user interface again and now I tap
30:55and now I can see the audio here. We're
30:57going to talk about the folder structure
31:00later. So I double tap it and load this.
31:03So now this is an audio. Let's turn the
31:05volume a bit down.
31:12So
31:14these are the standard transport
31:16controls. You can actually move left and
31:17right. You can adjust the left and right
31:19locators like that. You can change the
31:22zoom.
31:25So for example, if I do this
31:28and I put into loop mode,
31:30it just moves between the left and right
31:32locator. So you can change the transpose
31:36or I change the speed as well.
31:44When you tap here, you can add markers
31:47into the player unit in the timeline.
31:50And I'll show you how to use those
31:52markers in the next chapter. And when I
31:54open the song mixer, this player unit
31:57also appears here. And let's talk about
31:59these buttons here. So you can see
32:01instrument, midi, mixer, player, and
32:03input unit. So these are our displaying
32:05options of different categories. For
32:07example, I can choose to show only
32:09player and input units or just mixer
32:12units or just all of them. One thing
32:14that you notice here is when I have
32:16multiple sections like that with parts
32:18on them, in the song mixer, now you can
32:20see that certain channel strips are
32:22highlighted. These are the channel
32:24strips corresponding to tracks with
32:26parts on them. So you can actually see
32:29which channel strips have parts on them,
32:31which are active. And there is also this
32:32option, show only with parts. And now
32:36channel strips with only parts are
32:37shown. So if you have tons of channel
32:40strips, this allows you to show the ones
32:43which are currently active on the
32:44section. Now before I move to the next
32:46topic, there is one thing that I want to
32:48show you as well. So in the rendering
32:49options, we have this option, bypass
32:52effect if there is no parts. So this is
32:54also quite neat. So when there is a
32:56parts, the effect is active, but if
32:59there is no parts, it's automatically
33:00bypassed. So you can actually achieve
33:02the same behavior by setting up the
33:05effect mix to zero on parts where you
33:08don't want to use the effect and then an
33:11any other non-zero value if you want to
33:13use it. But this feature allows you to
33:15do this much simpler with effects. And
33:18the same is true for any type of unit.
33:20So for example, in Hammond, this option
33:23now turns into silence audio if there is
33:25no part rather than bypass effect. While
33:28it's on, Hammond is completely silent.
33:33So when I move to section one, the sound
33:35cuts off immediately. Normally the sound
33:37continues as I keep holding the keys
33:40even if there is no parts. So the same
33:42thing also works with mixer units. You
33:44can disable mixer units on certain
33:47sections where there is no parts. Now
33:48let's talk about controlling certain
33:50features or certain parameters via
33:52external MIDI. Let's talk about audio
33:54units now. Now when I activate a parts
33:57with an audio unit connected,
33:59you can see these MIDI buttons here on
34:01these parameters. For example, on unit
34:03volume, this MIDI learn option appears.
34:06And now I'm going to move a knob on my
34:08Nord Electro.
34:09So this knob sends CC 63. I tap okay. So
34:13now this knob controls my unit volume.
34:16And it's actually stored on this track.
34:18So it is not unique to this part. In all
34:21these parts, this knob now controls my
34:23unit volume. You can also do the same
34:25thing with audio unit parameters as
34:27well. And for effects, you can also do
34:29that. And this is why connecting MIDI
34:31inputs to effects matters because you
34:34can actually change parameters using
34:35knobs and sliders on your keyboard. And
34:38if you want to unassign it, you tap it
34:40and tap unassign. So now this just goes
34:43away. And by default, CC 7 is assigned
34:45to unit volume and CC 10 is assigned to
34:48audio unit pan. You can also assign
34:50external control to sends here. Now
34:52there is one neat feature when it comes
34:54to assigning external control to audio
34:56unit parameters. So for example, in the
34:58Hammond, I want to assign drawbars on my
35:01Nord Electro to these drawbars here. So
35:03instead of trying to find the parameters
35:05here, all I do is the following. There
35:07is also this MIDI button here. So when I
35:09tap it, this turns into a MIDI learn
35:11mode. So I move this drawbar here and it
35:14detects it and says let's assign the
35:17external MIDI to this drawbar. So when I
35:19move the drawbar on my Nord keyboard, it
35:22automatically assigns. So I can simply
35:24assign all the drawbars. So now I have
35:26full control of these drawbars with the
35:28drawbars on my Nord Electro. There is
35:31one more thing that I want to talk about
35:32when it comes to controlling certain
35:34aspects of Key Stage via external MIDI.
35:36So in the preferences, there is this
35:38external MIDI control part and on the
35:40top, MIDI control for changing sections,
35:42layers, and songs. So we can actually
35:45change sections, layers, and songs in
35:48when we're in set list mode that I'm
35:49going to talk about later via external
35:51MIDI. So MIDI input, my Nord Electro has
35:54a pedal connected to it which I use for
35:56changing sections. So I choose this as
35:59the input. Now changing sections. So
36:02there is also this MIDI button here. I
36:04press my pedal. It's CC 82. So now when
36:08I press the pedal, I move to next
36:09section. You can do this with the
36:11previous section as well. So you can do
36:13this with layers as well. So for
36:14example, move to next layer with my
36:16pedal. So now I'm changing layers.
36:18There's also one other option when it
36:20comes to changing sections. So normally
36:22you can assign different CC numbers to
36:24previous and next sections, but when
36:26this option is on, we only have one CC
36:29number to assign and this changes to the
36:32section for the given value. So for
36:34example, I have a knob here that I want
36:37to assign for changing sections. So when
36:39I move the knob, I just change to the
36:41corresponding section. Now before I move
36:43to MIDI aliases, there one other thing
36:45that I want to talk about, another type
36:47of audio units, which is MIDI processor
36:50units. So MIDI processor units does not
36:52produce any sound, they only generate
36:54MIDI signals. So let's choose this MIDI
36:56LFO modulator. So its user interface is
36:59like that. Currently it generates CC 46
37:02and creates a continuous sine wave
37:04signal. But how am I going to connect
37:07the MIDI output of this to one of the
37:09tracks here? So let's first create a
37:12part here. So I double tap here as well.
37:15So in this view there is this option
37:18called connected tracks. So this is a
37:20MIDI connection and you can see Module
37:22Pro right on top here. And now as soon
37:24as I activate it, you can see the MIDI
37:26signals coming into Module Pro. And if
37:28you activate this track, you can
37:30actually see that LFO as MIDI input from
37:32here. So this connection is actually
37:35done either from this interface, from
37:37this connected tracks or directly from
37:40the MIDI inputs. So audio units with
37:42MIDI out are [snorts] shown here. As
37:45long as there is a part here on this
37:47MIDI processor unit, the MIDI signals
37:49are sent to this track. But if there's
37:51no part, MIDI signals are not sent. So
37:54how am I going to use that CC 47? I can
37:57simply assign it to one of the
37:59parameters here. So I activate this. I
38:02can actually choose the numbers directly
38:04from here as well. And you see now those
38:06LFO signals changes the unit pan.
38:10Now I want to talk about a very
38:11important feature of Key Stage. Now
38:13suppose you have a MIDI keyboard at your
38:15home and also another MIDI keyboard in
38:18your rehearsal studio and you're only
38:20using your iPad sounds in your setup. So
38:22you don't want to carry your MIDI
38:23keyboards from home back to studio. You
38:26just want to use the MIDI keyboard in
38:27your studio as well. So normally what
38:30you need to do is just choose your MIDI
38:32keyboard at home here and when you go to
38:34studio, choose your MIDI keyboard at the
38:36studio here as well. And you need to do
38:37this for all tracks and all songs. Well
38:40there is a simpler way. If you go to
38:41preferences and go to MIDI connections,
38:45there is this concept called aliases,
38:47input aliases, and output aliases. So,
38:50MIDI aliases are placeholders for actual
38:53MIDI inputs and with some additional
38:55information. So, if I tap here, I can
38:58see all the MIDI inputs connected to my
39:00iPad. And in fact, what I see here is
39:03MIDI aliases which are automatically
39:04created for each physical input. Now I
39:07want to create a new input alias and I
39:10call this my keyboard. So, this is the
39:13input alias and currently it has one
39:16input, but that's not connected to any
39:17physical input right now. So, the actual
39:20MIDI input is So, I play my Nord
39:22keyboard. It's here and I want to add
39:24another input. Now suppose this X key is
39:27the other keyboard that I use in my
39:29studio. So, I also add this as a second
39:32input. So, now I have two inputs
39:34connected to this input alias. There are
39:36some additional options here that I'm
39:38going to talk about soon. And if I go to
39:40track and tap inputs, now I can see this
39:43my keyboard here. So, this is a MIDI
39:45alias that I created and if I play my X
39:49key and also Nord keyboard, they both
39:51send signals to this my keyboard. So, if
39:54I connect an audio unit here, the both
39:56keyboard plays this track. But now
39:59suppose I disconnect my X key here. Now
40:02I can still see my keyboard here and
40:04Nord still controls it. When I go to my
40:07studio and connect my X key instead of
40:09Nord Electro, my keyboard will still
40:11receive signals. So, we can use these
40:13aliases instead of actual MIDI
40:15connections. And if I go to this MIDI
40:18alias edit input alias, we have a bunch
40:20of options here. For example, we can
40:22block certain types of signals on
40:24certain inputs. We can change the
40:27channels, input channels. We can
40:29restrict input channels actually. We can
40:30go choose output channels and most
40:33importantly, we can add translators,
40:35which is our next topic. Custom
40:37translators are the bread and butter of
40:39all the advanced functions and
40:40customizations of Key Stage. I'll just
40:43scratch the surface here in this intro
40:44tutorial video, but there will be an
40:47in-depth video about custom translators
40:49as well. So, custom translators can be
40:51added to parts. So, how do we get there?
40:54So, we go to translators. This is the
40:56standard, and this is the custom
40:57translator where you tap this plus sign,
40:59you add the translator. You can add them
41:01to tracks. If you go to layer and edit,
41:04you can add them to layers. As we have
41:06seen, we can add them to input aliases,
41:08output aliases. And if you go to song
41:11properties, we can also add translators
41:13to that specific song. So, I'll just go
41:16through a couple of examples here. Now,
41:18suppose there is a knob here on my MIDI
41:20keyboard where I control a parameter of
41:23this audio unit. So, let's choose the
41:25parameter here. Suppose I want to
41:27control this cut off filter, this one.
41:30So, it's multi-edit.
41:35So, now this controls this cut off
41:37filter. But suppose I want to have this
41:39knob control something else on this part
41:42rather than the cut off frequency. So,
41:44this assignment is global on this track.
41:47So, it doesn't change from part to part,
41:49but I can add a custom translator by
41:51tapping this plus sign. I'll just add a
41:53new custom translator. I'm not going to
41:55the multi-translators yet. So, custom
41:58translators has inputs and outputs.
42:01Inputs and outputs can be MIDI inputs
42:03and outputs or they can be something
42:05else. They can be some actions like
42:07changing sections, changing layers. Like
42:10there's all sorts of stuff that we're
42:11going to go through today. So, as the
42:14inputs, I tap the MIDI button again to
42:16tap MIDI to learn my inputs. So,
42:18currently this custom translator's
42:20output is nothing, which means that the
42:23translator is actually blocked now. So,
42:26on this part, the multi-edit changes,
42:29but on this part, the translator blocks
42:31that signal. But I want to change it to
42:33something else. Now, I tap the output,
42:35we have whole bunch of stuff here. I'm
42:38not going to go through all these, but
42:40let's go to audio unit parameters. So,
42:42this part is on this audio unit and this
42:44list just shows up here. So, I can
42:46choose another parameter here or I can,
42:49for example, control the unit volume on
42:51this part instead. So now the unit part
42:53is controlled here. So let's go to
42:55parameters. So multi part is not
42:57controlled here, whereas in the standard
43:00form it's controlling the cutoff
43:02And not only that, I can also change the
43:05range here. So if you go to parameters
43:08here, scroll up. So now you see even if
43:12I fully turn my knob both ways, the
43:15value changes between those two values.
43:17Or I can change the order. So now when I
43:20increase the knob, the volume decreases.
43:23Or I can add some delay, for example. So
43:25for example, I add one second delay. As
43:28I move the knob,
43:30it just acts later. There's so many
43:32things that you can customize here,
43:34especially when you tap advanced here.
43:36I'm not going to go through this in this
43:38tutorial. Okay, so I created a custom
43:40translator. Let's turn this delay off to
43:43zero. Now I can save this translator. So
43:46let's tap save current state. So it's
43:49going to be test translator. So where is
43:53this saved? So let's say I create a
43:55track here. If I tap plus sign here, now
43:58I can see this test translator here. So
44:00it just does the same thing. So I can
44:02save translators like that. So let me
44:04give you one more example about creating
44:06custom translators. So as you remember,
44:09I created this my keyboards MIDI alias.
44:12I added input alias and for the Nord
44:15input, I want to add a specific
44:17translator which again change the
44:19behavior of a knob to song volume. And
44:23the cool thing is this is added to the
44:26input alias and input aliases are global
44:28objects, which means they always stick
44:31from song to song. Now this knob
44:33controls the song volume now and it just
44:35controls the song volume in all songs.
44:38So these are two basic examples.
44:40However, you don't need to create your
44:41own translators all the time.
44:44So let's increase the volume a bit.
44:48Uh to demonstrate that I'm going to
44:50create another part. And so I 'm going
44:52to create another track with Sunriser.
44:55And here I'm going to select
44:58a lead sound. And we'll choose this
45:00sound. So there's a database of custom
45:02translators that I created and keep
45:04creating. And you can access those
45:07translators here. So let's actually
45:09demonstrate it with this lead sound.
45:12So right now these are layered. So I go
45:14to custom translators, add translators,
45:16but now in the category these are the
45:18ones that you create here and you can
45:19create them new ones here. But there are
45:22these translators that is imported from
45:25the database automatically. So new
45:26custom translators will be added to this
45:28list as Key Stage evolves. But currently
45:32I want to use this highest note
45:33translator. If I tap this info button I
45:36can see the description, additional
45:38info, advanced, so all the necessary
45:40descriptions. So there's no prerequisite
45:42on this one. Now I tap highest note and
45:46it actually adds four translators here.
45:48These are actually really complex ones.
45:50And while we're at it you can see that
45:52the output is a script. So Key Stage has
45:55a scripting language which can be used
45:57as the outputs of custom translators
46:00which allows you to customize your
46:02custom translators the way you like. So
46:04if I tap edit you can see this. So
46:06there's actually a more complex script
46:09here. You can write your own scripts and
46:11there's a tutorial video about this
46:12scripting language. But what this
46:14combination of custom translators and we
46:16call them translator chains, this
46:19translator chain basically only detects
46:22the highest note when I play a chord. So
46:25let's tap always solo selected part. So
46:27I'm only playing Sunriser. So even if I
46:29play a chord only the highest note
46:31plays.
46:33So if I layer them together
46:36[music]
46:42[music]
46:45to get the point.
46:46There is one more that I want to
46:47demonstrate. This is also a cool one and
46:50it actually involves player units. So
46:52let's choose the same song here. Now I
46:54want to just play a very short part of
46:58this song. Let's decrease the volume a
47:00bit. I want to add a couple of markers
47:02here. Now, I want to synchronize these
47:05markers with sections. And there is
47:07actually a translator for that in the
47:09database. So we go to play unit
47:11translators, sync player markers with
47:13sections. So prerequisite is only works
47:16on a track with a player unit. Okay, so
47:18I add this. Now let me go to the song
47:21mixer. Let me add a couple of more
47:23sections here. Let me go to the song
47:25mixer and open the user interface of
47:28this player unit. Now as I change
47:30sections, you see the timeline. Let's
47:33actually turn this on. So as I change
47:35sections, it goes to the corresponding
47:37marker and as the timeline passes
47:39through the corresponding marker,
47:41section changes. So they are completely
47:43in sync. And there are tons of other
47:45things that you can do with custom
47:46translators, especially with scripts.
47:48Moving on, I want to briefly talk about
47:50this MIDI monitor here. Now if I tap the
47:53MIDI monitor, this view appears and
47:55currently it doesn't do anything because
47:58MIDI monitor needs monitoring items for
48:01it to work. So how does it work? For
48:03example, you probably have seen this
48:06icon here, this MIDI icon, this special
48:08MIDI icon on parts as well as on tracks
48:12and also on custom translators here. So
48:15for example, I add a MIDI monitor here
48:17on this part, which is added here now.
48:19And all the MIDI activity is shown here.
48:22I can clear the log. I can actually
48:25choose the types of MIDI signals that
48:27these monitoring items are listening.
48:30And we can add more items here. For
48:31example, let's add this track. So now we
48:34can see this player unit is added, this
48:36part is added. And currently this player
48:40unit is being listened. It also has a
48:42MIDI input. But now I activate this
48:44part. So right now since this track is
48:46selected, this part is not active. So
48:49bye bye on section two. This part is not
48:51active, so it's not being listened. And
48:54we can also add
48:57things here like we can add these MIDI
48:59connections to the MIDI monitor or for
49:02example this custom translator which
49:04controls the song volume. But right now
49:06only this one is active. Because of this
49:08button solo on I can only activate one
49:11of them but if I toggle this off I can
49:13activate any number of them. So let's
49:14activate all of them. Right now only
49:17player unit's MIDI is received but while
49:19I'm on this part both of them are
49:21receiving signals and we can see the
49:23outgoing MIDI and if I move my knob here
49:25you can see this one in the custom
49:27translators MIDI signals are monitored
49:29here. And by the way you can swipe left
49:33on a MIDI monitoring item to remove it
49:35or you can tap remove all to remove all
49:37those items from the MIDI monitor. And
49:40this left swipe gesture is actually used
49:42everywhere. So for example if I go to
49:45the custom translators menu we can also
49:47swipe left to delete a custom translator
49:50here. Now we're going to briefly talk
49:52about this live console here.
49:55The live console is the type of view
49:58that you want in front of you while you
50:00are performing. That's why it's called
50:02the live console. Usually you use these
50:05views for editing especially when you
50:07select parts that you're editing and
50:10during live performance you only select
50:12sections. You only go through sections.
50:14You don't select parts or tracks. And
50:16while you're in live console that's
50:18automatically done. The current I'm on
50:19section one, section two, section three.
50:22Now the live console has several modes.
50:24So you can choose the type of units that
50:26you can show on a live console. There
50:29are five types of units. The first one
50:31is this info unit. Now let me show you
50:33what info unit actually shows. If I have
50:36multiple parts let's also choose
50:38different colors for these tracks. And
50:40suppose I have different ranges assigned
50:44for these parts. And when I tap on the
50:46live console in the info unit you can
50:48see all these ranges positioned here
50:51next to each other. So you can actually
50:53see where each region corresponds and
50:55when you play your keyboard you can see
50:57the indicator here on the keyboard top
51:00here. So you can actually see on which
51:02region you are playing on. You add notes
51:05here to yourself, but most importantly,
51:08you can change this from section to
51:09section. So, for example, on section
51:11two, I can choose another unit. So,
51:14let's actually investigate one other
51:15unit like lyrics. So, on this section, I
51:18want to read some lyrics while I'm doing
51:20back vocals. You can change the text
51:22size here, but on this first section, I
51:24want to see this part info. And suppose
51:27on the third section, I want to show
51:29something else. And this media unit,
51:31this is actually an important one. The
51:33media unit has the option to show PDF
51:36and JPEG files as well as user
51:38interfaces of all the audio units and
51:41player units here. So, for example, on
51:43the section three, I can show the user
51:45interface of Sunrizer. But on section
51:47four, I want to show the user interface
51:50of this player unit, which I can also
51:52control.
51:56But of course, when I change it to the
51:57first previous section, previous marker,
51:59the section changes. So, right now I'm
52:01on section three. Okay, how am I going
52:04to show PDFs? Well, first I need to
52:07upload PDF or JPEG files. So, let's go
52:09to media. So, it's currently empty. So,
52:12just like importing MP3 and WAV files,
52:16we can import these PDF files. So, I tap
52:19share, key stage, upload media document.
52:23When I tap here, now it's here. And the
52:25cool thing is, so let's also choose the
52:28same PDF here. We can choose different
52:30PDFs on different sections, but the cool
52:32thing is the positions and the scrolling
52:35of these are also stored on these
52:37sections. So, for example, we are on the
52:39first page, but here I want to focus on
52:41this part. So, we can change the
52:42scrolling and positioning, and they are
52:45also stored on the sections. There is
52:47also this global panel, which is quite a
52:49convenient feature. Instead of showing
52:51each section's user interface one by
52:53one, you can basically switch sections
52:56here. And in fact, if I have multiple
52:59layers, let's create two more layers.
53:01Let's add some additional sections on
53:04these layers. And the live console, now
53:07while I'm in the global panel, these
53:09arrows changes layers instead. So I'm
53:12switching between layers. Let's close
53:13the layers view. You can still change
53:15within layers and see the whole
53:17structure of the layer here for each
53:18section. There is also this song mixer
53:21that you can also show here in the live
53:23console. I want to quickly talk about
53:25these transport controls here. This is a
53:27global transport control which plays the
53:30metronome and also plays all the player
53:33units automatically. So when I press,
53:35there is a pre-count then the player
53:37unit automatically starts as well. And
53:39you can see the metronome indicators
53:40here on top and on the bottom. I can
53:43rewind. If I tap here, I can change the
53:46tempo time signature and I can also
53:49change the tempo by this tap
53:51functionality. I can disable the
53:54metronome or the flash of the metronome.
53:56I can change the pre-count here. I can
53:58change the metronome count base here.
54:00And there is this neat option. Let me
54:02turn off the pre-count to zero. There is
54:05this neat option. Section changes at the
54:07end of bars. So right now we are in a
54:09four-four. Let's rewind to the beginning
54:12and activate this.
54:15So right now,
54:18when I want to change sections in the
54:20middle, these markers changes the
54:22sections automatically. But the sections
54:25changes only at the end of bars. So for
54:27example, I tap here in the middle of a
54:29bar
54:31and it changes at the end of bars. By
54:32the way, if you don't want this global
54:34player to automatically start them or
54:36stop them, you can change this behavior
54:38again from audio settings. And there is
54:41this option. Transport button controls
54:43audio units and player units. So you can
54:46choose one of them or both of them. So I
54:48disable player units. Now they don't
54:50start the players automatically. But
54:52they control audio units. So here is a
54:55small demonstration. Some audio units
54:57actually listen to the global tempo and
54:59the time position etc. So like this B
55:02talk. So for example, if I start
55:04playing, you can see the timeline
55:07matches with the timeline here, and I
55:09can do recording.
55:12[music]
55:17[music]
55:18And if I if I stop here, this also
55:20stops. Actually, since the recording is
55:22on, I have to stop it here. But you get
55:24the point. The global transport also
55:26controls audio units if you want them.
55:29One more feature, let's delete this
55:31audio unit. We can actually record the
55:34outputs of each channel strip. So there
55:36is this record on functionality. Suppose
55:39we wrote all these audios to a mixer
55:43unit. So let's change the output of
55:45these channel strips to this mixer, and
55:47we can record that mixer. Or we can
55:49individually record these tracks. So for
55:52example, I have these tracks record
55:54enabled, and I press record.
56:10And I stop recording.
56:13Okay, where is this recording? Where is
56:16this stored? So let's go into the files
56:18menu to actually browse all the files in
56:21Key Stage. So in the files menu, we have
56:24set lists, media folder, recent songs.
56:28Well, okay, we don't have any songs yet.
56:29So let actually save this song file,
56:32test song one. So now this file is
56:36stored as test song here. We can load a
56:38new song by tapping here. And suppose we
56:41created another song, and I want to save
56:43as this as test song two. And if I tap
56:47recent songs, I can see the list of all
56:50the songs that I recently opened, and I
56:52can directly open them here. And by the
56:54way, we can create folders.
56:59And so suppose I want to move these
57:02songs into this folder, I tap move,
57:04copy, delete items. I select both of
57:06these, and I say move items. Oh, okay.
57:09Active song cannot be So that's one
57:11limitation. So I need to maybe load a
57:13new song here. So I move these songs,
57:17move items. I double tap to go into this
57:20folder and move here. So we are now in
57:22this folder. One standard thing about
57:25this view is when you select an item
57:28like media folder, for example a folder,
57:30this action here on the top right is the
57:34default action when you double tap on
57:36that thing. So for example when for
57:38folders it's open. So when I double tap
57:40it opens. For songs it's load the song.
57:43So when I double tap on a song it
57:44automatically is loaded. So back. And
57:47while we're at it so let's go to the
57:49media folder. This is where all our
57:51audio files and PDF files are stored. So
57:53you can organize your stuff here. This
57:56global properties is a special file that
57:59you can actually share. In fact you can
58:02actually share your song files as well.
58:04You can share pretty much everything.
58:05This global properties is a special file
58:08which contains all the information that
58:10you do pretty much here like all your
58:12media aliases, all your external MIDI
58:15control options, all your settings that
58:17you do here. And just like in these MIDI
58:20monitor items or in the list of custom
58:22translators you can delete items by
58:25swiping left on them. So you can delete
58:28these. We can go to media folder, audio
58:31files, recordings. Let's delete this
58:33folder. And there is this really
58:36important button create a full backup
58:38file. And this is a really useful one
58:41because it creates a one single file
58:44which is called a backup file. We
58:46consist of all your media files, all
58:48your songs, your global properties,
58:50everything. So when you tap on this it
58:53asks whether you want to create a full
58:55backup file or not. You said yes. You
58:58just give it a name.
59:02And it creates. So this is a full backup
59:04file. You can actually share it. You can
59:06save it into your iPad for later use.
59:09This is a really cool backup feature and
59:11in fact I am going to load my full
59:13backup file for my live performance, my
59:16main full backup file. I usually name
59:18them with dates here. So this is a full
59:20backup file that I saved previously. I'm
59:23going to share this into KeyStage and
59:27when I tap on a full backup, the default
59:29action is restore full backup. So I'm
59:31going to restore my full backup and
59:33important thing is whenever you restore
59:35a full backup, all the existing songs,
59:37MIDI files, everything is deleted except
59:40your other remaining backup files. So
59:42this will take some time.
59:47And once the restoration is over, we
59:49need to restart KeyStage. So we need to
59:51close it and reopen it because the
59:54global properties is changed which
59:56requires a restart. And when I tap my
59:59file, I have my full project here like I
1:00:01have my other projects, my cover songs
1:00:03for different bands. And if I go to
1:00:06media folder, I have a full structure of
1:00:09audio files for different projects of
1:00:11mine and they're also layered in like
1:00:14folders, folder structures. And there's
1:00:17the set lists. I usually don't use set
1:00:19lists because I use the layer structure.
1:00:21It's more convenient for me to switch
1:00:23between songs instantaneously. So I'm
1:00:26treating my songs as layers. But if you
1:00:29just want to use standard set lists,
1:00:31this is the place where you create them.
1:00:33So let's create a new set list. Here are
1:00:35the whole song files including all the
1:00:38folders here. So for example, I go to
1:00:40cover songs. I select it and I tap this
1:00:43arrow to put into the set list or I
1:00:46double tap to add it to the set list. So
1:00:48I double tap here or I double tap here
1:00:51to remove them. Suppose I want to create
1:00:53a set list for Opat. So I can add a
1:00:55bunch of song files. I tap here to to
1:00:58name it. So suppose we add some date
1:01:01here. Done. And when I double tap on
1:01:04this open set list, it opens the set
1:01:06list. Okay. Next to layers, we have the
1:01:08set lists. Very very similar to layers.
1:01:11The structure is almost the same. The
1:01:14difference between layers and set list
1:01:16is you need to double tap to open a song
1:01:18because these are different song files
1:01:20now. These are not layers. Each of these
1:01:22songs consist of single layer, but for
1:01:24example I double tap on this and now
1:01:27that song is loaded. Set lists are
1:01:29useful if your song file uses different
1:01:31audio units and different track types.
1:01:34But if all your songs use the same
1:01:37tracks, it's more convenient to actually
1:01:40combine them in a single song file with
1:01:42layers. And in fact there is a simple
1:01:45way to do that. Suppose you created your
1:01:47set list where all the song files are
1:01:49single layer, that's important, and you
1:01:51want to convert this into a single song
1:01:53with layers. And if I tap on this create
1:01:56layered song, now we have a single song
1:01:58file with layers with the original songs
1:02:02here. Now there are two more things that
1:02:03I want to talk about before I finish,
1:02:05which is this clipboard options and
1:02:08favorites. So clipboard is
1:02:10self-explanatory. We can copy something
1:02:13and then you just paste it into a new
1:02:16option. So now these two parts are
1:02:18identical. And you can do this for
1:02:20tracks, parts, sections, and layers. And
1:02:23I think the most important one is with
1:02:25sections.
1:02:27So I copy clipboard
1:02:30and
1:02:31so let's move to this one for example.
1:02:35Paste from clipboard and it just becomes
1:02:37the original one. But the cool thing is
1:02:39we can actually copy and paste these
1:02:42options. So for example I copy this, I
1:02:44go back and create a new song, and I
1:02:46create a section and paste. The
1:02:49important thing is whatever is used on
1:02:52that section in terms of tracks, they
1:02:54are automatically loaded here as well.
1:02:56And there is a smart algorithm that's
1:02:58worked behind this. And in fact if you
1:03:01tap favorites here, you can actually
1:03:03save them as favorites as well. So there
1:03:05are a couple of things that I saved
1:03:06here. So you can go back and select
1:03:09different saved sections here or you can
1:03:12go back to the current state, which was
1:03:13the previous state. And And also works
1:03:16with layers. So for I have a bunch of
1:03:19sections here. I tap edits and I tap
1:03:22this view favorites and I already have a
1:03:25bunch here and I say save current state.
1:03:28I give it a new name and now I tap
1:03:30another layer. I go to favorites and I
1:03:34think this was the one. For example, if
1:03:36this layer uses some audio units that I
1:03:38don't have in my project, they are
1:03:40automatically added and there is a smart
1:03:43algorithm working in the background
1:03:45which can be customized here as well.
1:03:46So, new layers or new sections does not
1:03:49automatically add tracks, but they try
1:03:51to reuse the tracks that already exist
1:03:54as much as possible without changing the
1:03:57sound or changing the structure of the
1:03:58sound like considering effect
1:04:00connections, considering MIDI
1:04:02connections and everything. Whenever you
1:04:04add a new section or a new layer, the
1:04:06newly added tracks are added as the last
1:04:09resort. For example, if a section uses
1:04:12Hammond and if the properties of that
1:04:14track Hammond is the same as this one,
1:04:17the one that exists here,
1:04:19it uses this track instead instead of
1:04:21adding a new Hammond track. And once you
1:04:23add new sections or new layers which
1:04:26results in adding new tracks here, all
1:04:28the new tracks are added at the end, but
1:04:30there is this
1:04:31nice option where you can change the
1:04:33order of the track according to their
1:04:35categories here. So, when I apply here,
1:04:37MIDI tracks are on top, instrument units
1:04:39are on the next row and they are also in
1:04:42alphabetical order and then mixer units
1:04:45or you can change the order of these.
1:04:46Like you can move them around and apply.
1:04:49And one other important thing is your
1:04:51choices here in the favorites advanced
1:04:55options, whatever you choose here are
1:04:58also automatically applied when you
1:04:59create a layered song from set list. So,
1:05:02because this operation basically merges
1:05:05different songs into different layers
1:05:07and the merging operation also follows
1:05:10the rules on that advanced options. And
1:05:12there are a couple of things that I want
1:05:13to talk about. One of them is this
1:05:15detailed view. So, in detailed view, you
1:05:17only see one section and you can only
1:05:19scroll up down, but the detailed view
1:05:22allows you to assign ranges on parts
1:05:25directly from this interface or pitch
1:05:27shifts as well. So you can change the
1:05:30ranges and pitch shifts directly from
1:05:31here and you can change between sections
1:05:34by tapping here or by swiping left and
1:05:36right. The other thing is these solo and
1:05:39mute buttons. So these are the standard
1:05:42solo and mute functions that you can
1:05:44apply on tracks. But you can also apply
1:05:46them from the mixer here. So you can
1:05:48select mutes and solos directly from
1:05:50here as well. By the way, these mute and
1:05:52solo functionalities can also be
1:05:54adjusted using custom translators. So
1:05:56you can use external MIDI device to
1:05:58toggle these mute and solo options. And
1:06:00the last thing I want to talk about is a
1:06:02deep subject called dynamic properties.
1:06:05There is a tutorial video about that,
1:06:06but I'm just going to briefly talk about
1:06:08what it means. So a dynamic property
1:06:11means a property which can change from
1:06:14section to section or from layer to
1:06:16layer. And these can be adjusted. So
1:06:19actually we have already seen one of
1:06:20them. So for example, if we have an
1:06:22audio unit, dynamic full state between
1:06:25sections is actually a dynamic property.
1:06:27So whether you want to change full
1:06:29states between sections or not. If we go
1:06:32here, advanced, there is this dynamic
1:06:34properties button here which has lots of
1:06:37other additional options here. Whether
1:06:39certain things should be dynamic between
1:06:41sections or between layers. For example,
1:06:43volume. We can make volume not dynamic
1:06:46between sections. So now audio unit
1:06:49volume disappears from the parameters.
1:06:51If I go to song mixer, so this was B
1:06:54talk. If I go to song mixer, the volume
1:06:57changes does not is not reflected
1:06:59between sections. It's just static. We
1:07:01always have the same volume throughout
1:07:03this layer. And the other place that we
1:07:06can adjust dynamic properties is in song
1:07:08properties. Dynamic properties between
1:07:12layers. And these are properties that
1:07:14are related to either like layer volume,
1:07:17transpose function or tempo time
1:07:19signature and also things related to
1:07:22live console. If I enable this layer
1:07:24volume, we now have a third slider
1:07:26called layer volume and we can just
1:07:29adjust the layer volume from layer to
1:07:31layer. And also within layers there are
1:07:34also dynamic properties related to
1:07:36sections. For example, if we want to
1:07:38change the section volume, we can
1:07:40activate this dynamic section volume. So
1:07:43now we have another slider. So all these
1:07:46volume sliders are chains starting from
1:07:49section volume to layer volume and this
1:07:51can change from section to section. This
1:07:52can change from layer to layer. This is
1:07:54assigned to the song and this is the
1:07:56whole global volume which doesn't change
1:07:58from song to song. Okay, this is the end
1:08:00of the introductory tutorial video.
1:08:02There are so many things that I wasn't
1:08:04able to cover here, but there are
1:08:05different tutorial videos which focuses
1:08:07on different topics here in KeyStage
1:08:09like player units, custom translators
1:08:11and so on so forth. And also you can
1:08:13access everything from the manual here.

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