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172MainStage User Guide
Startup
• Startup Action pop-up menu: Choose the startup action when you open MainStage. The
choices are:
• Do Nothing: Does nothing. You can open the Choose Template dialog by choosing
File > New.
• Create New Concert from Template: Opens the Choose Template dialog.
• Open Most Recent Concert: Opens the last open concert in the same mode it was in
when you closed it.
• Open Most Recent Concert in Perform Mode: Opens the last open concert in Perform
mode.
Alerts
• Reset Warnings button: Click to reset the behavior of alerts for which you have selected
the “Do not show again” checkbox, so that they appear in the future when appropriate
conditions occur.
Parameter Values
• On Patch Change pop-up menu: Choose whether parameter values change or remain
the same when you change patches. By default, the On Patch Change parameter for
individual screen controls is set to Preference, in which case they follow the preference
behavior. If this parameter is set to another value for a screen control, the control
follows the value of its individual setting. The choices are:
• To preserve changes to parameter values when you change patches, choose “Keep
current value.”
• To return values to the last saved value, choose “Reset to saved value.”
• Respond to Hardware Move pop-up menu: Choose how screen controls respond when
you move the hardware controls assigned to them. By default, the Respond to Hardware
Move parameter for individual screen controls is set to Preference, in which case they
follow the preference behavior. If this parameter is set to another value for a screen
control, the control follows the value of its individual setting. The choices are:
• To have screen controls instantly change to match the hardware value, choose Jump.
• To have screen controls change when the hardware control matches its current
value, choose Pickup.
• To have screen controls move relative to the hardware control, choose Relative.
Autosaving
• Autosave modified concerts pop-up menu: Choose the time interval for autosaving
modified concerts, or choose Never to turn off autosaving.
Note: For performance reasons, autosaving does not occur in Perform mode. However,
the concert is autosaved when you switch to Perform mode.