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83MainStage User Guide
Define a key range using the layers
1. In the MainStage Channel Strip Inspector, click the Layer Editor tab.
2. In the Layer Editor, move the pointer over the left edge of the layer you want to change
or define.
The pointer changes to a resize pointer.
3. Drag the left edge of the layer to the note you want to use as the low key (the lowest
note in the key range).
4. Move the pointer over the right edge of the layer.
5. Drag the right edge of the layer to the note you want to use as the high key (the highest
note in the key range).
Define a key range using the Learn buttons
1. In the MainStage Channel Strips area, select the channel strip.
2. In the Channel Strip Inspector, click the Layer Editor tab.
3. Click the Learn button next to the Low Key value slider.
4. On your keyboard controller, press the key you want to set as the lowest key in the key
range.
5. To turn off Learn mode for the Low Key, click the Learn button again.
6. Click the Learn button next to the High Key value slider.
7. On your keyboard controller, press the key you want to set as the highest key in the key
range.
8. To turn off Learn mode for the High Key, click the Learn button again.
When you play the patch, you hear the channel strip when you play notes inside the
key range. When you play notes outside the key range, no sound is generated from the
channel strip.
Define a key range using the value sliders
1. In the MainStage Channel Strips area, select the channel strip.
2. In the Channel Strip Inspector, click the Layer Editor tab.