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134MainStage User Guide
Change the sound of the metronome
1. In MainStage, choose Show Metronome Channel Strip from the Channel Strips Action
pop-up menu.
2. Open the Klopfgeist plug-in from the Instrument menu on the Metronome channel strip.
3. Choose a different metronome sound.
Play multiple metronome sounds simultaneously
1. In the MainStage Concert Settings Inspector, click the Metronome tab.
2. Select the “Polyphonic click” checkbox.
3. Select one or more of the Bar, Beat, Group, or Division checkboxes.
The metronome sends notes as defined for bars, beats, groups, and divisions.
When multiple selections occur at the same musical division, the defined notes play
simultaneously. For example, if you selected Bar, Beat, and Division, three notes would
play simultaneously at the beginning of each measure.
Change note and velocity settings for the metronome
1. In the MainStage Concert Settings Inspector, click the Metronome tab.
2. Do any of the following:
• To change the note value for bars, beats, groups, or divisions, drag the value
vertically.
• To change the velocity value for bars, beats, groups, or divisions, drag the value
vertically.
Open the Metronome plug-in window
• In MainStage, do one of the following:
• In the Metronome tab of the Concert Settings Inspector, click the Metronome button.
• In the Channel Strips area, select the Metronome channel strip, and click the
Klopfgeist instrument.
Silence MIDI notes in MainStage
MainStage also includes a Panic function. The Panic function immediately silences any
hanging MIDI notes.
Silence all MIDI notes
In MainStage, do one of the following:
• Press Control-P.
• Double-click the MIDI Monitor in the toolbar.
• If you have mapped the Panic function to a screen control, press or move the
corresponding controller.