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14MainStage User Guide
Get started with layouts in MainStage
Each MainStage concert includes a visual interface, called a layout, with screen controls
that you use to modify your patches in live performance. You can customize the
arrangement of screen controls, and make connections between your MIDI hardware
and your concert.
To work with the layout of a concert, you switch to Layout mode. In Layout mode, you
can add and arrange screen controls in the workspace, and make assignments between
controls on your MIDI hardware and the screen controls in your concert. Below the
workspace, the ScreenControls palette contains different types of screen controls
you can add to your layout. The ScreenControl Inspector appears to the left of the
workspace, where you can learn controller assignments and edit layout parameters.
You can drag screen controls into the workspace in any order. If you plan to perform with
a keyboard controller, you might want to first drag a keyboard screen control into the
workspace, position it near the center, and then drag screen controls for the faders,
knobs, wheels, buttons, and other physical controls on the keyboard controller.
For more information about working in Layout mode, see Overview of Layout mode
in MainStage.
Switch to Layout mode
• Click the Layout button at the upper-left corner of the MainStage window.
If you are using a macOS device with a Touch Bar, you can press the Layout button on the
Touch Bar to switch to Layout mode.