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629MainStage Instruments
Important: The presets relate only to the registration (draw bar) settings of a single
manual. They do not store vibrato or other parameter settings. If you want to save and
recall the overall instrument settings (including effects), use the Settings pop-up menu in
the plug-in window header.
On keys C# to A#, the percussion works only if the Perc parameter is set to Always. See
MainStage Vintage B3 Percussion effect.
The default range for preset (registration) keys spans MIDI note numbers 24 to 35 (C0 to
B0). This means that the lowest playable MIDI note number is 36 (C1). You can transpose
the keyboard range in MainStage or Vintage B3 itself. A 61-note keyboard—which spans
notes C to C—can be played across the entire range when the Transpose values of your
host application are set to 0. The preset (registration) keys are positioned one octave
below this transposed or non-transposed range. See Use a single-channel controller with
MainStage Vintage B3.
Choose a registration
1. In MainStage, click Main in the control bar, then click the Preset button at the lower
right.
2. Click a preset key shown to the left (upper manual) or right (lower manual) of the Upper
Morph slider.
3. Play one of the preset key MIDI notes (MIDI note numbers 24 to 35).
Initialize a registration
1. In MainStage, click Main in the control bar, then click the Preset button at the lower
right.
2. Click the lowest preset key (shown as “C”) for the upper or lower manual. The other 11
keys, from C# to B, recall registrations for the upper or lower manuals.
3. Play MIDI note number 24.
Switch Vintage B3 registrations while playing (organ gate effect)
1. In MainStage, click Main in the control bar, then click the Preset button at the lower
right.
2. Hold the Clear key (C) on your master keyboard with the small finger of your left hand,
while sustaining a chord with your right hand.
3. Press the preset keys with the other fingers of your left hand.
The chord being played with your right hand is retriggered (with the new registration)
each time you play one of the preset keys. This two-handed technique results in an
organ-specific gate-type effect. Each time you switch to a new registration, the chord is
retriggered.