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414MainStage Instruments
Use Mapping pane Edit menu commands
In MainStage Sampler, choose any of the following commands or functions from the Edit
menu:
• Cut, Copy, Paste: The standard commands for cutting, copying, and pasting values. You
can also cut, copy, and paste selected zones and groups.
• When you copy groups between two Sampler instances, associated zones are also
copied and group assignments of the zones are retained.
• When you copy groups within a single Sampler instance, only the groups themselves
are copied, not the associated zones. This behaves like the Group menu Duplicate
command.
• Delete: Deletes the currently selected zone or group.
Warning: Take care when deleting a group because all zones associated with the
group are also deleted.
• Select All: Selects all zones and groups in the loaded sampler instrument.
• Deselect All: Selects none of the zones and groups in the loaded sampler instrument.
• Select Unused: Selects all unused zones and groups in the loaded sampler instrument.
These commands are available only when the Key Mapping Editor or Zone view is active.
• Unused Group: A group that doesn’t contain at least one zone, is not part of a round
robin, and has no keyswitch is considered unused.
• Unused Zone: A zone without a reference to an audio file is considered empty or
unused.
Note: A zone without a reference can be created manually by using the New
command in the Zone menu. You can manually remove the zone audio reference by
using the Detach command in the Zone > Audio files menu.
• Invert Selection: Switches the current selection. For example, if you have selected all
unused zones and groups of the loaded sampler instrument, using this command will
select all used zones and groups.
• Select from Last Played Keys: Selects groups, zones and groups, or neither when you
play keys on your MIDI keyboard.
• None: No zone or group is selected when you play your MIDI keyboard.
• Groups: One or more groups is selected when you play your MIDI keyboard.
• Groups and Zones: Both zones and groups are selected when you play your MIDI
keyboard.
• Edit Key Labels: Open a dialog where you can name keys. This is ideal for GM Drum kit
mapping, for example.
• Edit Output Labels: Open a dialog where you can name audio outputs.