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Table Of Contents
158MainStage User Guide
Layer Display
Display keyboard layers checkbox: When active, a layer is displayed above the keyboard
in the workspace for each software instrument channel strip in a patch. The layers show
the name and color of the channel strip and respond when you play the keyboard.
Height value slider: Sets the height of the layer display that appears above the
keyboard.
MIDI activity screencontrol parameters in MainStage
MIDI activity screen controls can indicate when MIDI note messages are received and can
also be used as smaller, “noteless” keyboard screen controls. You can edit the following
parameters for MIDI activity screen controls.
Hardware Input
Device pop-up menu: Shows the name of the device to show MIDI activity for. You can
choose another device, All, or Unassigned.
Channel pop-up menu: Choose the MIDI channel on which MainStage receives input
from the controller.
Velocity Sensitivity slider: Set the amount of sensitivity for incoming MIDI data.
Settings
Name field: Type a name for the screen control.
Appearance
Color selector: Choose the color for the MIDI activity light.
Drum pad screencontrol parameters in MainStage
You can use drum pad screen controls with hardware drum pads. You can edit the following
parameters for drum pad screen controls.
Hardware Input
Device pop-up menu: Shows the name of the hardware device with the drum pad
control. You can choose another device, All, or Unassigned.
Note: If the Device parameter for a drum pad screen control is set to All, the MIDI note
that triggers the drum pad (set in the Note value slider) is not sent to any keyboard
screen controls in the patch, and so does not produce sound from any software
instrument plug-ins “played” using those keyboard screen controls.
Channel pop-up menu: Choose the MIDI channel on which MainStage receives input
from the controller.
Note value slider: Change the MIDI note for the drum pad to a different value than the
learned value.