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Chapter 1 A First Look at MainStage
Key Concepts
Concert: Â The MainStage document that holds all the sounds and settings you’ll
use in performance, the visual layout of screen controls, and information about the
connections between your MIDI hardware devices and the screen controls.
Patch: Â An individual sound in a MainStage concert that contains one or more
channel strips with instruments, eects, or both.
Workspace: Â The central area of the MainStage window that shows the layout for
the concert.
Screen control:
 A visual representation of a hardware control, such as a knob,
fader, or button. Some screen controls can also display patch, parameter, or system
information, text, or an image.
Edit mode:
 Where you add, edit, and organize the patches in a MainStage concert.
Edit mode is also where you map screen controls to parameters and actions.
Layout mode:
 Where you add and arrange screen controls to edit the visual layout
of a concert. Layout mode is also where you make connections (called controller
assignments) between your MIDI hardware devices and the concert.
Perform mode:
 One of the two modes optimized for performance. The workspace lls
the MainStage window, but you can still access the Finder and the toolbar.
Full Screen mode: Â The other mode optimized for live performance. The MainStage
workspace lls your entire display for easy viewing in stage or club environments.