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4. In the Screen Control Inspector for the Background screen control, click the Image
button.
5. Drag your multipage PDF into the image well, or click the Select button, browse to the
location of the PDF, and select it.
If you have multiple PDFs—for example, to add both a PDF of sheet music and a PDF of
lyrics—repeat the steps above to add both a Patch List and Background screen control
to your layout for each PDF.
Map screen controls to turn pages of a multi-page PDF
With a multipage PDF as a Background image and a dedicated Patch List screen control for
that PDF, you can then map the Next Patch and Previous Patch buttons at the bottom of
the Patch List to navigate from one page to the next.
1. In MainStage, click the Edit button at the upper-left corner of the MainStage window
(or press Command-2).
2. Select the Patch List screen control you wish to assign to the multipage PDF.
3. In the Attributes tab of the Screen Control Inspector, choose Image/PDF Object 1.
All the page numbers in your multipage PDF appear in the Patch List.
4. Click the Next Patch button at the bottom of the Patch List screen control.
5. In the Attributes tab of the Screen Controls Inspector, select Override Concert Mapping.
6. In the Unmapped tab of the Screen Controls Inspector, choose Actions > Image/PDF
Objects > Image/PDF Object 1.
The name of the parameter tab changes to PDF Page.
7. In the Range Mode pop-up menu, choose Increase Value.
8. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the Previous Patch button at the bottom of the Patch List
screen control.
9. In the Range Mode pop-up menu, choose Decrease Value.
You can now click the Next Patch and Previous Patch buttons to move forward or
backward one page at a time in your multipage PDF.
If you have multiple PDFs, follow the steps above for each Patch List screen control
associated with each additional PDF, incrementing the numbering—so if you have two
PDFs, in your second Patch List screen control in step 3 you would choose Image/PDF
object 2, and so on.
You are not limited to only turning pages using the Next Patch and Previous Patch buttons
below the Patch List screen control. Using the Assignments & Mappings tab, you can
assign any assignable screen control to increase and decrease value. For example, if you
wanted larger screen buttons to turn pages, you could use Drum Pad screen controls. Or
if you wanted to turn pages using your MIDI keyboard, you could assign one key on your
MIDI keyboard to increase and another key to decrease page numbers. See Overview of
assignments and mappings in MainStage and Map MainStage screencontrols to actions
for comprehensive instructions on how to assign screen controls to parameters.