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11MainStage User Guide
Learn a new controller assignment
1. In the MainStage workspace, select the screen control you want to learn.
The selected control appears highlighted in blue.
2. Click the Assign & Map button at the top of the workspace.
The button glows red to indicate that the assignment process is active.
3. On your MIDI device, move the control you want to assign. Move faders and knobs
through their full range of motion, and press buttons exactly three times (not too
quickly) to enable MainStage to correctly learn the MIDI message types sent by
these controls.
After the assignment process, the screen control responds when you move the
corresponding hardware control. This shows that the screen control is receiving
MIDI input and is correctly assigned.
4. While the Assign button is red, you can learn additional controller assignments by
selecting another screen control and moving the hardware control you want to assign
to it.
5. When you are finished assigning controls, click the Assign & Map button again to turn
off the assignment process.
For information about working in the Assignments and Mappings pane, see Overview
of assignments and mappings in MainStage. For information about making controller
assignments in Layout mode, see Overview of controller assignments in MainStage.
Map a screencontrol in MainStage
After you have learned controller assignments for the screen controls you want to use, you
can map the screen controls to the parameters in the patches you want to control when
you are performing. You can also map parameters at the concert level to control master
volume, view master levels, or modify concert-wide effects.
Map a screen control to a parameter
1. In the MainStage workspace, click the screen control you want to map.
The screen control is highlighted in blue. The ScreenControl Inspector appears
below the workspace, showing the parameters for the selected screen control. The
ScreenControl Inspector includes Attributes and Mapping tabs as well as a tab labeled
Unmapped (until you map the screen control).
2. Click the Map Parameter button (or press Command-L).
The ScreenControl Inspector opens to the Unmapped tab, showing the Parameter
Mapping browser. The Map Parameter button lights red to indicate that mapping
is active.