3.5

102MainStage User Guide
Note: If you map a knob screen control to an action to select a patch (such as the
−10Patches, PreviousPatch, NextPatch, or +10Patches action), the screen control jumps
to the value of the hardware control, regardless of the setting of the Respond to Hardware
Move parameter in the ScreenControl Inspector.
Map a MainStage screencontrol to multiple parameters
You can map a single screen control to multiple parameters and control how the screen
control modifies each mapped parameter. Mapping a screen control to multiple parameters
is also referred to as multimapping. You map a screen control to up to eight parameters by
adding mappings in the ScreenControl Inspector.
If you create multiple mappings for a screen control, you can define the relationships
between the first mapping and subsequent mappings. This can be especially useful when,
for example, you are mapping the same control to filter cutoff and filter resonance, and you
want to ensure that resonance doesn’t exceed a certain maximum value as you increase
the cutoff value. The default relationship affects all future mappings (for the same and
other screen controls), but does not affect existing mappings. The default is set to Scale
the first time you open MainStage.
Add a mapping
1. In MainStage, map the screen control to a parameter or action, as described in Map
MainStage screencontrols to channel strip and plug-in parameters and Map MainStage
screencontrols to actions.
2. With the screen control selected, click the Add Mapping (+) button at the upper-right
corner of the ScreenControl Inspector.
A new Unmapped tab appears in the Inspector, showing the Parameter Mapping
browser.
3. In the Parameter Mapping browser, choose the parameter to which you want to map the
screen control.
If you add a mapping while the Learn process is active (the Assign & Map button is red),
you can immediately learn the new mapping. There are key commands for selecting
the previous and next tab to make mapping to multiple parameters easier. For more
information, see A table of MainStage parameter mapping (Edit mode) keyboard shortcuts.
View all mappings for a screen control
• In the MainStage ScreenControl Inspector, click the Mappings tab.
The mappings appear in a list view that shows the minimum and maximum range
values and patch change behavior for each mapping and includes buttons to open the
Parameter graph and Invert graph values for each mapping.