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Volume fader: Sets a channel strip’s playback volume.
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Mute button: Mutes and unmutes the channel strip.
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Solo button: Solos and unsolos the channel strip.
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Level meter: Displays a channel strip’s playback level.
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Peak level display: Updates during playback to show the highest peak level reached.
In MainStage, you can use audio, software instrument, and auxiliary (aux) channel strips in your
patches and sets, and also at the concert level. You can also use external instrument patches to
“play” external hardware devices and ReWire applications. You can adjust the volume level using
the Volume fader, adjust the pan position using the Pan knob, and mute or solo the channel strip
using the Mute and Solo buttons.
A MainStage concert can have a maximum of 1023 software instrument channel strips, 512 audio
channel strips, 256 external instrument channel strips, and 256 auxiliary (aux) channel strips.
You can add eects using the Insert slots, send the signal to an auxiliary channel (aux) using the
Sends slots, and choose a dierent output from the Output slot. For audio channel strips, you can
change the format between mono and stereo using the Format button. For software instrument
channel strips, you can change the instrument using the Instrument slot. You can also choose,
copy, and save channel strip settings, choose a dierent channel strip type, or reset the channel
strip from the Settings menu.
To learn how to add a channel strip, see Add a channel strip on page 31. To learn how to change
a channel strip setting, see Change a channel strip setting on page 33. For information about
the included instrument and eects plug-ins, see the MainStage Instruments and MainStage
SEects manuals.
Show signal ow channel strips
In addition to the channel strips in a patch, you can view and edit signal ow channel strips in
the Channel Strips area. Signal ow channel strips include the Output and Master channel strips
for the concert, auxes that are receiving signal from a channel strip in the patch, and any set- or
concert-level channel strips that are available when the patch is selected. You can also view
signal ow channel strips at the set level.
When you show signal ow channel strips, channel strips at the concert level, including Output
and Aux channel strips, include a small concert icon near the top of the channel strip to make it
easy to distinguish them from patch-level channel strips. Channel strips at the set level include a
small folder icon so they can also be easily distinguished.
You can edit signal ow channel strips in the Channel Strips area. For example, you can
adjust the volume fader or pan slider of a signal ow channel strip or add eects to an aux
channel strip.
Show signal ow channel strips for the selected patch
m Choose Show Signal Flow Channel Strips from the Action pop-up menu in the upper-right corner
of the Channel Strips area.