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MainStage 3User GuideFor OS X

Chapter 1 Introducing MainStage 10You can also map screen controls to actions, which provide the ability to select patches, control the Tuner o

Chapter 6 Work with concerts 100Important: When you start the MainStage clock, the audio engine is reset, causing a brief interruption in the

101Layout mode overviewYou cannot change the position of physical faders, knobs, and other controls on your instruments and other music hardware, b

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 102Work with screen controls in Layout modeScreen controls overviewScreen controls are objects in a MainStage con

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 103Screen control typesPanel controlsPanel controls appear on a two-dimensional plane (or panel) in the workspace

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 104Grouped controlsGrouped controls consist of individual controls that are grouped together to make them easier

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 105Mod/pitch wheel screen controlsWhen you add mod/pitch wheels to a layout, by default they are congured to rec

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 106Move screen controlsYou can move screen controls to a new position whenever you are in Layout mode. You can us

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 107Resize the text display area of a screen control 1 Select the screen control in the workspace. 2 Drag the i

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 108Adjust the shelf for a shelf controlWhen you add a shelf control such as a keyboard to the workspace, it appea

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 109Move a shelf vertically 1 Select one of the screen controls on the shelf.The alignment guides for the shelf

Chapter 1 Introducing MainStage 11How to use MainStage in your music setupYou can add MainStage to your music equipment setup by following thes

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 110Group screen controls using a background screen control 1 Drag a background screen control to the workspace.

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 111Assign hardware controls to screen controlsController assignments overviewTo use MainStage with a MIDI control

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 112Button assignmentsMIDI controllers can have dierent types of buttons. Some buttons send a single value each t

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 113Edit screen control parametersScreen control parameter editing overviewWhen you select a screen control in Lay

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 114Common screen control parametersYou can edit the following common parameters for button, fader, knob, pedal, f

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 115Keyboard screen control parametersIf you are using a keyboard controller or another MIDI device that sends MID

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 116Drum pad screen control parametersYou can use drum pad screen controls with hardware drum pads. You can edit t

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 117Selector screen control parametersYou can use selector screen controls to display and select patches and sets,

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 118How MainStage passes through MIDI messagesSome MIDI messages sent by your keyboard controller (or other MIDI d

Chapter 7 Work in Layout mode 119Import a layoutYou can import an exported layout into another concert, and then adjust it to work with the map

Chapter 1 Introducing MainStage 12MainStage in live performanceAfter you have created your custom patches in a concert, you’re ready to play. I

120Before the performanceNow that you’ve created and organized your sounds and set up your layout, it’s time to play! MainStage features Perform mo

Chapter 8 Perform live with MainStage 121Switch to Perform in Window m Choose View > Perform in Window (or press Command-3).In Perform mode

Chapter 8 Perform live with MainStage 122Select patches using actionsIf you have mapped screen controls to actions for selecting patches, such

Chapter 8 Perform live with MainStage 123Tips for performing with keyboard controllersIf you are using one of the Keyboards templates designed

Chapter 8 Perform live with MainStage 124Tune guitars and other instruments with the TunerMainStage includes a Tuner that you can use to tune g

Chapter 8 Perform live with MainStage 125The Playback plug-in in performanceYou can use the Playback plug-in to play backing tracks or other au

Chapter 8 Perform live with MainStage 126Record your performancesYou can record a performance to an audio le. Before you record a performance,

127Playback plug-in overviewThe Playback plug-in is an audio le player that you can use to play backing tracks, song stems, and other audio les.

Appendix A The Playback plug-in 128The Playback interfaceThe Playback interface resembles a hardware tape player. This section will familiarize

Appendix A The Playback plug-in 129Use the Playback waveform displayThe waveform display shows the waveform of the currently loaded audio le. T

13Setup overviewYou can use MainStage with a wide variety of MIDI controllers and Core Audio-compliant audio devices. The following sections provid

Appendix A The Playback plug-in 130Playback transport and function buttonsThis section covers the buttons used for playback, fade, count-in, cli

Appendix A The Playback plug-in 131Playback information displayThe information display shows information about several key aspects of your audio

Appendix A The Playback plug-in 132Playback Sync, Snap To, and Play From parametersThe Sync, Snap To, and Play From pop-up menus control various

Appendix A The Playback plug-in 133Use the Playback group functionsIf you have multiple instances of the Playback plug-in in a concert, you can

Appendix A The Playback plug-in 134Use the Playback Action menu and File eldThe Action menu is found to the top right of the waveform display a

Appendix A The Playback plug-in 135Use markers with the Playback plug-inYou can add an audio le containing markers, and use the markers to move

Appendix A The Playback plug-in 136Use the Playback plug-in in a concertAdd a Playback plug-inThe Playback plug-in is an Instrument plug-in and

Appendix A The Playback plug-in 137The Playback plug-in is added to the channel strip, and the plug-in window appears over the MainStage window.

Appendix A The Playback plug-in 138Set the Sync mode for the Playback plug-inWhen you add an audio le to the Playback plug-in, MainStage looks

Appendix A The Playback plug-in 139Choose the ex mode for a Playback plug-in m Choose Flex Mode from the Action menu at the upper right of the

Chapter 2 Set up your system 14Connect MIDI devicesMIDI devices overviewMainStage works with many USB and MIDI keyboard controllers as well as

Appendix A The Playback plug-in 140Tips for using the Playback plug-inThe design of the Playback plug-in allows you to use it in many dierent w

141Loopback plug-in overviewThe Loopback plug-in lets you record virtual “tape loops,” play them back repeatedly, and overdub new recordings while

Appendix B The Loopback plug-in 142The Loopback interfaceThe Loopback interface resembles a hardware tape-loop device. This section will familia

Appendix B The Loopback plug-in 143Loopback waveform displayThe waveform display shows the waveform of the recorded audio material. The waveform

Appendix B The Loopback plug-in 144 •Undo button: When pressed during playback or when stopped, removes the most recently recorded take from the

Appendix B The Loopback plug-in 145Loopback Sync, Snap To, and Play From parametersThe Sync, Snap To, and Play From pop-up menus in the bar at t

Appendix B The Loopback plug-in 146Important: Editing a parameter in one member of a group does not automatically update the parameter value in

Appendix B The Loopback plug-in 147Add a Loopback plug-inThe Loopback plug-in is an insert plug-in. You can use it in any type of channel strip.

148Preferences overviewYou can set a variety of preferences in the MainStage preferences window. The preferences window includes tabs for general,

Appendix C MainStage preferences 149Parameter Values •On Patch Change pop-up menu: Choose whether parameter values change or remain the same whe

Chapter 2 Set up your system 15Connect a USB music keyboardYou can connect a USB music keyboard to your computer to play software instrument pa

Appendix C MainStage preferences 150 •Alert me: Displays an alert when a device is hot-plugged. The alert includes buttons allowing you to use o

Appendix C MainStage preferences 151MIDI preferencesThese preferences let you view the current status of MIDI inputs and choose which note appea

152Concerts and layoutsIncludes key commands for creating, opening, and saving concerts and for exporting and importing layouts.Default key command

Appendix D Key commands 153EditingIncludes key commands for cutting, copying, pasting, and other common editing functions.Default key command Fu

Appendix D Key commands 154Channel strips (Edit mode)Includes commands for adding channel strips.Default key command FunctionCommand-Option-A Ad

Appendix D Key commands 155Window and viewIncludes key commands for switching modes and for showing inspectors and other areas of the interface.

156Actions overviewIn addition to mapping screen controls to channel strip and plug-in parameters, you can map them to MainStage actions. Actions l

Appendix E MainStage actions 157Action Description UsagePrev Set Selects the set above the current patch in the Patch List.Button screen control

Appendix E MainStage actions 158In addition to the actions in the Actions folder, there are two actions in the Send to All > Destinations >

Chapter 2 Set up your system 16 m For keyboards with tone generators: You should also connect the MIDI Out port of the MIDI interface to the ke

Chapter 2 Set up your system 17Multichannel MIDI devicesMultitimbral MIDI devices can simultaneously receive MIDI data on multiple MIDI channel

Chapter 2 Set up your system 18Connect audio devicesAudio devices overviewMainStage works with Core Audio-compliant audio devices, including Fi

Chapter 2 Set up your system 19 m If your computer has an audio input port, connect the microphone to the audio input port, then choose Built-i

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Chapter 2 Set up your system 20Connecting some electric instruments, such as electric guitars, to your computer’s audio input port may result i

Chapter 2 Set up your system 21Speakers and other audio devicesYou can connect speakers or monitors to your computer to hear your projects with

22The MainStage windowYou do all your work in MainStage in a single window. The MainStage window makes it easy to work with your patches and your c

Chapter 3 The MainStage interface 23 •Inspectors: Inspectors appear below (in Edit mode) or along the left side of the MainStage window (in Lay

Chapter 3 The MainStage interface 24Edit modeEdit mode is where you create, edit, and organize your sounds. You can add patches, add and edit c

Chapter 3 The MainStage interface 25Perform modeBy default, Perform mode opens in full screen. The workspace lls your entire computer display

Chapter 3 The MainStage interface 26Resize the workspaceYou can adjust both the horizontal and vertical size of the workspace to give more room

27Before you startYou can quickly start working in MainStage by choosing a concert template and trying out the patch settings in the concert. This

Chapter 4 Get started with MainStage 28Open MainStage m Double-click the MainStage icon in your Applications folder, or click the MainStage ico

Chapter 4 Get started with MainStage 29Select patch settings in the Patch LibraryWhen you open a concert or select a patch, the Patch Library o

Contents9 Chapter 1: Introducing MainStage9 What is MainStage?10 MainStage for keyboard controllers10 MainStage for electric guitars10 MainStage

Chapter 4 Get started with MainStage 30Add a patchYou can add patches to the concert and organize them in the Patch List. The number of patches

Chapter 4 Get started with MainStage 31Select and play patchesYou access the patches in your concert by selecting them in the Patch List. •Usin

Chapter 4 Get started with MainStage 32 8 For audio and external instrument channel strips, gradually raise the volume fader until you hear so

Chapter 4 Get started with MainStage 33Change a channel strip settingYou can quickly change the instrument, eects, and other parameters for a

Chapter 4 Get started with MainStage 34Learn a controller assignmentWhen you select a patch or a channel strip setting, some channel strip para

Chapter 4 Get started with MainStage 35Map a screen control to a parameter 1 In the workspace, click the screen control you want to map.The sc

Chapter 4 Get started with MainStage 36Try out Perform modeAfter learning controller assignments and mapping screen controls, you can try playi

37Edit mode overviewIn Edit mode, you add and edit patches to create your custom sounds, choose patch settings in the Patch Library, organize and s

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 38Work with patches in Edit modeSelect items in the Patch ListAll of the patches and sets in a concert appear in th

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 39Select a patch or set by typing its name 1 Click the border of the Patch List to select it. 2 With the Patch Li

37 Chapter 5: Work in Edit mode37 Edit mode overview38 Work with patches in Edit mode38 Select items in the Patch List39 Copy, paste, and delete

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 40Create a patch from several patchesYou can create a patch by combining several existing patches. The new patch co

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 41Set program change and bank numbersWhen you add a patch to a concert, the patch is given a MIDI program change nu

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 42If you edit a program change number so that it is the same as an existing program change number, the word “Duplic

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 43Change the tuning for a patchBy default, patches use the same tuning method as the concert (or the set, if they a

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 44 •Pop/Jazz (3/5/7-all): 5ths, 3rds, and 7ths are changed in this mode. It is great for Pop and Jazz styles, espec

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 45Work with channel strips in Edit modeChannel strips overviewChannel strips are the building blocks of your patche

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 46 •Volume fader: Sets a channel strip’s playback volume. •Mute button: Mutes and unmutes the channel strip. •Solo

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 47Show the metronome channel stripYou can show the metronome channel strip in the Channel Strips area, where you ca

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 48Add a patch busIn addition to the 64 global busses available for concert-wide routing, you can add patch-specic

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 49Surround eect plug-ins cannot be used with MainStage. If you choose a channel strip setting containing a surroun

69 Map screen controls69 Screen controls overview69 Map screen controls to channel strip and plug-in parameters71 Map screen controls to actions73

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 50 5 To change the channel strip setting, click the name of the new setting in the Channel Strip Inspector.The Cha

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 51Change channel strip iconsWhen you add a channel strip, the channel strip has a default icon, which appears above

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 52Work with software instrument channel stripsSet keyboard input for a software instrument channel stripIn the Chan

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 53Filter MIDI messagesYou can lter some MIDI messages for a channel strip in the Channel Strip Inspector. When you

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 54Set channel strips to ignore Hermode tuningIf a patch (or the concert or set containing the patch) is set to use

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 55Use the EXS24 mkII Instrument Editor in MainStageFor channel strips using the EXS24 mkII sampler instrument, you

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 56Use multiple instrument outputsMainStage supports the multiple output versions of the EXS24 mkII, Ultrabeat, and

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 57For more information about using multiple instrument outputs, see MainStage Help and the MainStage Instruments ma

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 58 4 If you want to send a Bank Change message, select the Send Program Change checkbox, then set the most-signic

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 59Create keyboard layers and splitsLayers and splits overviewIf you play a keyboard controller, you can easily crea

87 Chapter 6: Work with concerts87 Open and close concerts88 Save concerts89 How saving aects parameter values 90 Set the time signature for a

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 60 7 On your keyboard controller, press the key you want to set as the highest key in the key range. 8 To turn o

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 61Set oating split pointsWhen a key range has a oating split point, the notes that dene the boundaries of the ke

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 62Work with graphsUsing graphs, you can graphically remap the values for some MIDI control messages so that input v

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 63Copy and paste values 1 In the graph window, click the Copy button. 2 Open the graph you want to paste the valu

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 64Create controller transformsUsing a transform graph, you can remap the values for some MIDI control messages so t

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 65Work with plug-ins in Edit modeWork with plug-ins overviewMainStage includes a full collection of professional-qu

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 66Use Channel EQThe Channel EQ plug-in allows you to sculpt the sound of the channel strip before applying other e

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 67Save changes to a plug-in settingDo one of the following: m To save the current plug-in parameter values as the s

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 68Use other plug-in window controlsAll MainStage plug-ins share a common set of controls. In addition to the Settin

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 69Map screen controlsScreen controls overviewAfter you have created your patches and learned controller assignments

118 How MainStage passes through MIDI messages118 Export layouts119 Import a layout119 Change the aspect ratio of a layout120 Chapter 8: Per

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 70 4 To map the screen control to a plug-in parameter, double-click the plug-in in the Inserts section of the chan

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 71 4 Select the parameter you want to map.Click the channel strip or plug-in with the parameter you want to map.Cl

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 72Map a screen control to an action 1 In the workspace, click the screen control you want to map.The Screen Contr

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 73Map a screen control to multiple parametersYou can map a single screen control to multiple parameters and control

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 74Edit the saved value for a mapped parameterEach mapped parameter has a saved value. If you set the Parameter Valu

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 75Use parameter mapping graphsEach parameter mapping has a Parameter graph. You can edit the graph to remap input v

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 76Work in the Assignments and Mappings tabAssignments and mappings overviewYou can view and edit assignments and ma

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 77Create and delete assignments and mappingsThe Assignments & Mappings tab includes an Assign & Map button

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 78Edit assignments and mappingsUsing the Assign & Map button, you can also edit existing assignments and mappin

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 79Edit screen control parameters in Edit modeScreen control parameters in Edit mode overviewIn Layout mode, you edi

141 Appendix B: The Loopback plug-in141 Loopback plug-in overview142 The Loopback interface143 Loopback waveform display143 Loopback transport a

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 80Set screen controls to show the hardware valueBy default, screen controls show the value of the parameter the con

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 81Set hardware matching behavior for screen controlsSome hardware synthesizers and music workstations let users con

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 82Override concert- and set-level mappingsBy default, mappings you make at the concert level (to parameters and act

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 83Work with sets in Edit modeWork with sets overviewSets are like folders that let you organize patches you want to

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 84Change the tempo when you select a setYou can give a set its own tempo setting so that when you select the set, t

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 85Delete setsYou can delete a set if you decide you no longer want it in the concert.Delete a set 1 Select the se

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 86Share patches and sets between concertsYou can export patches and sets from a concert and import them into anothe

87Open and close concertsYou can create a new concert from a template, open an existing concert to continue working, and close and save concerts. Y

Chapter 6 Work with concerts 88Save concertsWhen you save a concert, changes to mapped parameter values are saved only for the selected patch o

Chapter 6 Work with concerts 89How saving aects parameter values In MainStage preferences, you can set whether changes to mapped parameters ar

9What is MainStage?MainStage is a music application designed for use in live performance. MainStage turns your computer into a powerful multi-instr

Chapter 6 Work with concerts 90Set the time signature for a concertYou can set the time signature for a concert. Time signatures can be used wi

Chapter 6 Work with concerts 91Tap the tempoMainStage includes a “tap tempo” feature that allows you to set the tempo in real time while you pe

Chapter 6 Work with concerts 92Dene the source for program change messagesBy default, MainStage receives and responds to program change messag

Chapter 6 Work with concerts 93Mute audio outputSometimes when you are playing or editing sounds, you may want to quickly mute (silence) all au

Chapter 6 Work with concerts 94Work at the concert levelConcert level overviewYou can control the overall volume for a concert and make other c

Chapter 6 Work with concerts 95Control the overall volume of a concertA MainStage concert contains Output and Master channel strips that you ca

Chapter 6 Work with concerts 96When you map a screen control at the concert level, you cannot map the same screen control at the patch or set l

Chapter 6 Work with concerts 97Use auxes to control channel strip outputYou can send the output of multiple channel strips to an aux (auxiliary

Chapter 6 Work with concerts 98Add channel strips at the concert levelYou can add a channel strip at the concert level and use the concert-leve

Chapter 6 Work with concerts 99The MainStage clockSome plug-ins, including the Playback and Ultrabeat plug-ins, require a time source, and use