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34MainStage Effects
• Dynamic 421: Emulates the sound of a German dynamic cardioid microphone. It can
capture a wide frequency range and has a slight emphasis of the treble range. It is
useful for clean tones.
Tip: Combining multiple microphone types can produce an interesting sound.
Duplicate the bass guitar track, and insert Bass AmpDesigner on both tracks. Select
different microphones in each Bass AmpDesigner instance while retaining identical
settings for all other parameters, then set track signal levels.
Pedalboard
MainStage Pedalboard overview
Pedalboard simulates the sound of a number of famous “stompbox” pedal effects. You can
process any audio signal with a combination of stompboxes.
You can add, remove, and reorder pedals. The signal flow runs from left to right in the
Pedal area. The addition of two discrete busses, coupled with splitter and mixer units, lets
you experiment with sound design and precisely control the signal at any point in the signal
chain.
All stompbox knobs, switches, and sliders can be automated. Eight Macro controls enable
real-time changes to any pedal parameter with a MIDI controller.
• Pedal Browser: Shows all pedal effects and utilities. These can be dragged into the
Pedal area as part of the signal chain. See Use the MainStage Pedalboard Browser. This
interface area is also used for the alternative import mode.
• Pedal area: This is where you determine the order of effects and set effect parameters.
You can add, replace, and remove stompboxes here. See Use the MainStage Pedalboard
Pedal area.
• Router: Used to control signal flow in the two effects busses (BusA and BusB) available
in Pedalboard. See Use the MainStage Pedalboard Router.
• Macro Controls: Used to assign eight MIDI controllers, which can be used to control any
stompbox parameter in real time. See Use MainStage Pedalboard Macro Controls.