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139MainStage User Guide
You can also add concert-wide effects to an aux at the patch level, if Show Signal Flow
Channel Strips is turned on. For information about showing signal flow channel strips in the
Channel Strips area, see Show signal flow channel strips in MainStage.
Use auxes to control channel strip output in MainStage
You can send the output of multiple channel strips to an aux (auxiliary channel strip) and
use the aux to control the volume level and pan position of the channel strips. Sending the
output to an aux is also useful for adding EQ or compression to a group of patches.
When you send channel strip output to an aux, the volume fader of the channel strip
controls how much of the signal is sent to the aux.
When you control the output of multiple channel strips using an aux, their relative volume
levels and pan positions are preserved, but the overall volume level and pan position are
modified by the aux Volume fader and Pan knob.
Send the output of a channel strip to an aux
1. In the MainStage PatchList, select the patch you want to control using an aux.
2. In the channel strip, click the Output slot and choose a bus from the pop-up menu.
Control the output of channel strips using an aux
1. In the MainStage PatchList, click the concert icon.
The concert is selected. The busses added to the concert appear in the Channel Strips
area along with the concert-level channel strips.
2. Drag the Volume fader on the aux to adjust the volume level of the overall aux output.
3. Drag the Pan knob on the aux to adjust the pan position of the overall aux output.
Add channel strips at the MainStage concert level
You can add a channel strip at the concert level and use the concert-level channel strip for
a software instrument or audio input you want to use in every patch in the concert.
Important: When you add a channel strip at the concert level, it takes precedence over
the channel strips in the patches and sets in the concert. For example, if you add a
concert-level channel strip containing a software instrument, the software instrument
takes precedence over all of the software instruments in all of the patches and sets in the
concert, for the notes in its key range. This means that you hear only the sound of the
concert-level software instrument, and can’t play any software instruments in a patch or
set that fall in the same key range.
Add a concert-level channel strip
1. In the MainStage PatchList, select the concert icon.
2. Click the Add Channel Strip button (+) at the top of the Channel Strips area.
3. In the New Channel Strip dialog, select the type of channel strip you want to create.
4. Choose the audio output for the channel strip from the Output pop-up menu.