- In this video, I'm gonna show you how
you can control mainstage using the nanoKONTROL2 by Korg.
If you're tired to navigating mainstage to adjust
levels and parameters using your computer's track pad,
then you're gonna find this little guy to be
an affordable and easy to set-up solution.
So keep watching this video and you'll learn why
the nanoKONTROL2 is a great addition
to any worship keyboard rig.
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All right, so right here I have our church's
worship keyboard rig.
Well, this isn't the actual keyboard that we use,
the midi keyboard, we use the M-Audio Hammer 88 keyboard.
It's fully weighted, it's got the full 88 keys to it.
But this little key station works great as well.
Both of these keyboards don't have these
dedicated knobs and faders that you can
map to mainstage.
You only have like a couple, you know,
like a pitch bend, and a modulation,
and a volume fader on the keyboards,
which can come in handy.
But when you're using a mainstage template
like Sunday Keys, rather than having to use
the track pad on your computer and use your mouse
to navigate mainstage, it's much easier to have
hardware knobs to make adjustments
to the different sounds.
So that's why I have the nanoKONTROL2
that my friend David at Sunday Keys sent over to me.
What's great about the nanoKONTROL2 is that it's
pre-mapped to work with Sunday Keys.
So look how I'm changing these
different parameters here.
I have my Worship, Electric Piano,
I have my Gentle Pad, I can do volume,
I can also, you know, adjust the knobs on top
of the template, and then also the buttons here.
There's three buttons on the nano control
that map to the buttons that we see
on the templates on the different instruments.
So this is really great, especially if you have
a plain-Jane midi keyboard that doesn't have
a bunch of knobs and fader.
You could also have just an old keyboard
that has midi functionality,
and you don't wanna upgrade to, you know, an Akai
or an M-Audio keyboard.
As long as you can get midi from that keyboard
to your computer, and then you get something
like the nanoKONTROL2, then you have all
the functionality you need controller wise
to be able to take advantage of Sunday Keys.
Another thing my friend David sent me,
and this is one reason why I love what
him and his team are up to,
they really go like the extra mile
in being thoughtful about how they can
create better products to equip worship bands
is they created a custom decal that's gonna
go on the nanoKONTROL2 so that all the colors
of these knobs and faders matches up
with the colors that you see here
in the mainstage template.
Because without the decal, it's almost kind-of
a guessing game havin' to make sure
that you're adjusting the right faders
and knobs on the nanoKONTROL2.
So I'm gonna go ahead, I'm gonna take this decal
out of the packaging.
I'm also going to place it on the nanoKONTROL2 here.
And if you end up getting this,
and you get the nanoKONTROL2, make sure you go to
Sundaysounds.com/decal or whatever url
they give you here when they ship it to you,
and follow their instructions carefully.
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So I removed all the knobs and faders
from the nanoKONTROL2 'cause you have to
in order to be able to put the decal over it.
And it's nice, it kinda rests on here just like that.
If you wanted to, you could actually not even
put the sticky side of the decal
onto the nanoKONTROL2.
You could put the knobs and faders back on
just like that, maybe put a little bit'a
Scotch tape or gaff tape on the edges
to keep it on there.
And that could make it so you have the flexibility
to remove the skin from the nanoKONTROL2
if you would like.
I don't plan on using the nanoKONTROL2 for any
other purposes than with the Sunday Sounds
mainstage template, so I'm gonna go ahead
and remove the paper from it so it exposes
the sticky side of the decal.
And then I can get this onto the nanoKONTROL2.
This is kinda like when you have to put
a screen protector on a iPhone or a smartphone.
It's a little nerve-wracking.
But I've watched their tutorial video
and it seemed pretty straightforward.
The trick is to get the middle section down first.
I'm not goin' for perfection,
and it's actually not that hard because
all the buttons, I feel like, acts as a nice little
template for you to fit that sticker on there.
So it's not, it's actually easier, I think,
than sticking a decal or sticking a screen protector
on a smartphone.
Then I'm gonna go ahead and start pressing down
lightly so it will stick.
Wow, that was actually a lot easier than I thought.
You just have to make sure you work
from one side to the other, and then from the
center of the nanoKONTROL2 out to the edges.
Like I said, make sure you just go to the link
they give you and follow their instructional video.
Don't just put this on after watching me do it.
'Cause if you mess up the decal,
you're not gonna get a new one for free.
But, to be honest, like I said, it's not that hard.
I think it was a lot easier doing this
than tryin' to get a screen protector on an iPhone.
Next, I'll go ahead and put back on
all of the knobs and faders.
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All the knobs and faders are back on.
Now it's time for powering it on with a USB cable.
Let's go ahead and get my keyboard back in place.
Put this guy up here.
On our other keyboard we use at church,
it's bigger, we have more space.
So this'll actually fit really well
like right above the actual keys on the piano.
All right, so now I have the skin fully installed
on the nanoKONTROL2.
And now all these colors match up with
the colors in the template so that I know
instead of havin' to look at the screen,
I just know that, okay, this first fader here,
this is the piano.
Let me actually turn everything off real quick.
So this is the piano sound.
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This is electric piano.
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And then the dance synth.
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I can adjust all the parameters on top as well,
like the reverb and the filter.
Let's go back to the pads since
I'm about just as competent on keys to play pad.
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Can adjust the filter settings.
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Shimmer.
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This is so much easier than having to mess with
the track pad on the computer,
tryin' to click around and dial these things in.
And I even prefer this more than
the TouchOSC app.
That's not a bad solution using your iPhone
or Android device to control it.
But having the hardware knobs here,
I feel like it's so much easier
for a keyboardist to control the Sunday Keys
template rather than fiddling with the mouse.
So the nanoKONTROL2, the hardware device,
without the decal, that costs $59.00.
You can get that on Amazon.
I'll link that below in the description.
And then the Sunday Keys nanoKONTROL2 skin
you can get at Sundaysounds.com.
I'll put that link in the description as well.
And that skin is $24.00.
This is a great combo I don't think you can go wrong with.
I'm really excited for Ashton, our keyboardist,
to start using this so he doesn't have to
fiddle with that track pad during a worship service.
I wanna thank my good friend David
for sending this on over to me
and thank his team, again, for just creating
great resources for worship ministries.
So if you haven't checked out Sundaysounds.com,
make sure you do.
They're gonna make your whole life, when it comes
to keyboard patches, and mainstage templates,
and Ableton templates way easier.
To access a complete list of all of my
favorite gear in worship ministry,
besides just the worship keyboard rig,
make sure you download my
worship ministry toolkit linked below.
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