User Manual
Table Of Contents
- MainStage User Manual
- Contents
- An Introduction to MainStage
- Setting Up Your System
- The MainStage Interface
- Getting Started With MainStage
- Before You Begin
- Choosing a Concert Template
- Selecting and Playing Patches
- Adding a Patch
- Renaming a Patch
- Adding a Channel Strip to a Patch
- Changing a Channel Strip Setting
- Learning Controller Assignments
- Mapping Screen Controls to Parameters
- Trying Out Full Screen and Perform Modes
- Customizing the MainStage Window
- Working With Concerts
- Working in Edit Mode
- Working With Patches in Edit Mode
- Working With Channel Strips in Edit Mode
- Selecting Channel Strips
- Choosing Channel Strip Settings
- Resetting a Channel Strip
- Editing Channel Strips in MainStage
- Renaming a Channel Strip
- Choosing the Channel Strip Color
- Changing the Channel Strip Icon
- Showing Signal Flow Channel Strips
- Creating Keyboard Layers and Splits
- Setting the Velocity Range and Offset
- Creating Controller Transforms
- Filtering MIDI Messages
- Deleting Channel Strips
- Mapping Screen Controls
- Working With Sets in Edit Mode
- Working at the Set Level
- Overriding Concert- and Set-Level Mappings
- Sharing Patches and Sets Between Concerts
- Working in Layout Mode
- Performing Live With MainStage
- Key Commands
- Setting MainStage Preferences
- Index

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Contents
33
Trying Out Full Screen and Perform Modes
34
Customizing the MainStage Window
Chapter 5 37 Working With Concerts
37
Opening and Closing Concerts
38
Saving Concerts
39
How Saving Affects Parameter Values
39
Using Tempo in a MainStage Concert
41
Muting Audio Output
42
Silencing MIDI Notes
42
Working at the Concert Level
Chapter 6 47 Working in Edit Mode
47
Working With Patches in Edit Mode
51
Working With Channel Strips in Edit Mode
60
Mapping Screen Controls
62
Working With Sets in Edit Mode
64
Working at the Set Level
65
Overriding Concert- and Set-Level Mappings
66
Sharing Patches and Sets Between Concerts
Chapter 7 67 Working in Layout Mode
68
Changing the Grid Resolution
68
Modifying the Layout of a Concert
68
Working With Screen Controls
76
Assigning Hardware Controls to Screen Controls
78
Editing Screen Control Parameters
81
How MainStage Passes Through MIDI Messages
82
Exporting a Layout
82
Importing a Layout
Chapter 8 85 Performing Live With MainStage
85
Before the Performance Starts
85
Using Full Screen Mode and Perform Mode
86
Selecting Patches in Performance
88
Using Screen Controls in Performance
88
Handling Tempo Changes in Performance
89
Performing With Guitars and Other Instruments
90
Using the Tuner
91
Tips for Complex Hardware Setups










