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If you decide not to keep your latest changes, you can revert a concert to its previously
saved state.
To revert a concert to its last saved state
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Choose File > Revert to Saved.
All the changes you’ve made since the last time you saved the concert are lost when you
revert the concert to its last saved state.
If you change parameter values in a patch, select another patch, and later select the first
patch again, the parameter values will be as you left them when you selected the other
patch. You can also choose the default behavior for saving changes to values of parameters
to which screen controls are mapped. You can set the default to either have parameters
keep their current value when changing patches (the default behavior in MainStage
version 1.0), or to reset their values to the last saved value (similar to many hardware
synthesizers).
To set the default behavior for saving parameter values
1 Choose MainStage > Preferences.
2 In the Parameter Values section of the General preferences pane, choose the default
behavior from the “On patch changes” pop-up menu.
a To preserve changes to parameter values when you change patches, choose “Keep
current value.”
b To return parameters to their last-saved value when you change patches, choose “Revert
to saved value.”
You can also set the behavior for saving parameter values for screen controls in individual
patches. For information, see Setting Parameter Change Behavior for Screen Controls.
Setting the Time Signature for a Concert
You can set the time signature for a concert. Time signatures can be used with the Playback
plug-in and also affect the operation of the metronome. When you set the time signature
for a patch or set, it overrides the concert-level time signature while the patch or set is
selected. When you select a patch or set without a time signature, it uses the concert
time signature.
To set the time signature for a concert
1 In the Concert Inspector, select the Has Time Signature checkbox.
2 Double-click the number in the field to the right, and enter the number of beats for one
measure of the time signature.
3 Choose the beat value from the pop-up menu to the right.
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