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124MainStage User Guide
Create a new concert from a template
1. In MainStage, choose File > New.
2. In the Choose Template dialog, choose the devices you want to use for audio input and
output from the Audio Input and Audio Output pop-up menus.
3. Click an instrument category on the left to view templates for that category. You can
also click Quick Start and choose a simple keyboard or guitar template to start playing
immediately.
A brief description below each template describes its features and intended use.
4. Scroll to find the template you want to use, then select it.
5. Click Choose, or double-click the template.
Choosing one of the Quick Start templates opens a new concert in Perform mode, so you
can start playing immediately. Choosing any other template opens a new concert in Edit
mode.
Open and close concerts in MainStage
You can open an existing concert to continue working, and close and save concerts. You
can add patches to a concert and organize them in the PatchList. The number of patches
is limited only by the amount of available memory. You can add channel strips to an existing
patch or to new ones you create and can organize patches into sets. For information about
patches and sets, see Overview of Edit mode in MainStage.
Open an existing concert
In MainStage, do one of the following:
• Choose File > Open Concert, select the concert you want to open, then click Open.
• Choose File > New. In the Choose Template dialog, click Open an Existing Concert, then
choose the concert in the Open dialog.
• In the Finder, double-click the concert.
• In the Finder, drag the concert over the MainStage icon in the Dock.