3.5

144MainStage User Guide
• VUmeter (used to visually display volume level or another parameter)
• Parameter text (used to dynamically display parameter names and values)
• Organ drawbar
• Progress indicator (used with the Playback plug-in)
• Waveform (used with the Playback plug-in)
• Selector (used to select patches while you are performing or to select markers for use
with the Playback plug-in)
• Text (used to display song lyrics, performance notes, and other static information)
• Background (used to group a series of controls, or to import an image or PDF)
• Smart Controls (used with patches that have a Smart Controls layout)
Shelf screen controls in MainStage
When you add a shelf control, it appears on a three-dimensional shelf. You can move the
shelf, adjust the angle of the shelf, and place multiple shelf controls on the same shelf.
For example, if you have a keyboard screen control in your layout, you can add pitch bend
wheel and modulation wheel screen controls to the same shelf as the keyboard screen
control. Shelf controls include:
• Keyboard
• Modulation or pitch bend wheel
• Sustain pedal
• Foot pedal
• Foot switch
Grouped screen controls in MainStage
Grouped controls consist of individual controls that are grouped together to make them
easier to work with as a single unit. Grouped controls include:
• Selector grouped with increment and decrement buttons
• Keyboard grouped with mod wheel, pitch bend wheel, and sustain pedal
• Sustain and expression pedals
• Organ drawbars
• Guitar amp controls
• Guitar pedal controls
• Arrays of knobs and faders with uniform size and spacing
• Effects and tone control knobs
• Arrays of levelmeters and VUmeters
• Arrays of parameter text displays
• Master output fader grouped with stereo level meter
• Arrays of drum pads
• Transport controls for use with Playback plug-in