3.5

143MainStage User Guide
There are three types of screen controls you can use in a MainStage layout:
• Panel controls
• Shelf controls
• Grouped controls
In the ScreenControls palette, located below the workspace in Layout mode, each type has
its own tab; in addition, there is a tab for all controls. You can add Screen Controls to the
workspace by dragging them from the palette to the workspace.
Additionally, if you create and add a grouped control to the ScreenControls palette, a tab
for MyGroupedControls appears in the palette. You can add your custom grouped controls
to the palette, so they are available in every concert.
After you arrange the screen controls for your concert, you make connections between
your MIDI hardware and the concert by assigning physical controls on your hardware to
the screen controls in the workspace. You only need to make hardware assignments for a
concert once, as long as you are using the same music hardware.
After you make controller assignments, you can map screen controls to channel strip
parameters in your patches or to actions. You map parameters in Editmode. For
information about mapping parameters, see Map MainStage screencontrols to channel
strip and plug-in parameters and Map MainStage screencontrols to actions.
Screencontrol types
Panel screen controls in MainStage
Panel controls appear on a two-dimensional plane (or panel) in the workspace. You can
move a panel control to any position in the workspace, except onto the shelf of a shelf
control. Panel controls include:
• MIDI Activity light (displays MIDI note activity, and can be used as a substitute
“keyboard”)
• Round and directional knobs
• Vertical and horizontal faders
• Button
• Drum pad
• Vertical and horizontal level meters (used to visually display volume level or another
parameter)