PADS
WHO SHOULD TRIGGER YOUR PADS? | Brian Michael Fuller
Congratulations! You have scaled all of the These questions have been asked by many Cons:
proverbial walls possible in order to successfully worship leaders from around the world, so you • implement using pads into your worship are not alone in your quandary. But all joking experience. You have found the best set-up, aside, this is an important choice and I hope • Do you really need another foot pedal?
you have purchased some high-quality pads to shed a little light on your options so you can • It is stressful among all of the other things
and you have decided on the device flow that make the best decision for your ministry!
you will use to play the pads through. But yet
still, you have one simple question left. It is the
too pre-occupied with the foot board.
for which you are responsible.
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It requires long cable runs.
PHILOSOPHY 1 – DO IT YOURSELF
PHILOSOPHY 2 – KEYBOARDIST
burning question, the million-dollar question…
who will control them?
It can be extremely distracting if you are
I know a lot of worship leaders who like to trigger
the pads personally. Typically, this is done by The second most common option is to have
Will your drummer control them since he is having some sort of MIDI Foot Controller that your keyboardist trigger the pads. This makes
probably already controlling your multi-tracks, syncs up to the computer or audio device that a lot of sense and is probably the most
even though he constantly forgets his sticks? is powering your pads. This is a very common convenient scenario. This works well because
How about your keyboardist who just figured way to do it but has its pros and cons. these musicians are typically stationary and are
out how to boot up Mainstage? Of course, you
used to having a ton of gear surrounding them.
could do it yourself right? Afterall, there is no Pros: Keyboardists are specifically used to working
one you trust more than you, correct? Plus, if • You know exactly what to do and when computers especially if they use Mainstage
to do it. already.
you run out of things to say, you can always
bring pads in to save you! Just kidding of
course.
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You control the flow and set, and the entire
universe, like a genie.
Pros:
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