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131MainStage User Guide
• -4.5 dB compensated: A full scale signal (0dBfs) has a level of 0dB when panned to
the center position (or +4.5dB when panned to the extreme left or right positions).
• -6 dB: A full scale signal (0dBfs) has a level of –6dB when panned to the center
position
• -6 dB compensated: A full scale signal (0dBfs) has a level of 0dB when panned to
the center position (or +6dB when panned to the extreme left or right positions).
Add text notes to a concert in MainStage
You can use the Notes tab of the Concert Settings Inspector to add text notes and other
information about your patch.
1. In MainStage, click on the Notes tab of the Concert Settings Inspector.
2. Enter your text in the Notes field.
The Notes field lets you use special ASCII characters and any installed languages, font
symbols, and emoji. You cannot style text or change the font.
You can display your text notes in your layout by choosing a Parameter Text screen
control and mapping the “Current Notes” action to it. See Add common screencontrols in
MainStage and Map MainStage screencontrols to actions for more information.
Tempo in MainStageconcerts
Overview of tempo in MainStage
Each concert has a tempo, which you can change while you are performing. You can
change the tempo by selecting a patch or a set with its own tempo setting, change the
tempo in real time by Tapping a new tempo, or have MainStage Get the tempo from MIDI
input in MainStage.
When you open a MainStage concert, the tempo setting in the Concert Settings Inspector
is used until you change the tempo. When you change the tempo, MainStage uses the new
tempo until you change it again or close the concert.
You set the tempo for a concert in the Concert Settings Inspector, which appears in
the lower-left corner of the MainStage window when the concert icon is selected in the
PatchList. By default, the tempo for new concerts is 120 beats per minute (bpm).
Some plug-ins available in MainStage, including delay and tremolo effects, synthesizer
LFOs, and the metronome, can require a specific tempo.