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Chapter 1 A First Look at MainStage
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Play a patch:
Try playing the selected patch with your instrument. If you are playing a keyboard m
controller, play a few notes or chords and watch the keyboard in the workspace. You
should hear sound, and the keys should respond as you play. If you are playing an
electric guitar, you should hear your guitar through the amps and other eects in the
patch and see the Output meter light as you play.
Use hardware controls:
Move the pitch bend wheel and mod wheel on your keyboard. The corresponding m
screen controls move, and you hear a change in the sound.
Try moving the knobs, rotary controls, sliders, and other controls on your MIDI m
controller. Some controllers respond, but others need to be congured rst to respond
to the MIDI input from your controller.
If you have a sustain pedal, hold it down as you play. If you have a footswitch, wait a m
moment, then press it again.