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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get started with MainStage
- Overview of getting started with MainStage
- Get started with the MainStage window
- Get started with patches in MainStage
- Get started with channel strips in MainStage
- Assignments and mappings
- Get started with layouts in MainStage
- Get started with Perform mode in MainStage
- Get started with Quick Help in MainStage
- MainStage basics
- What is MainStage?
- MainStage workflow basics
- MainStage interface overview
- Manage MainStage content
- How to get help in MainStage
- Connect external devices
- Overview of connecting external devices to MainStage
- Connect MIDI devices
- Connect audio devices
- Work in Edit mode
- Overview of Edit mode in MainStage
- Work with patches
- Select patches and sets in the MainStage Patch List
- Copy, paste, and delete patches in MainStage
- Reorder and move patches in the MainStage Patch List
- Add patches in MainStage
- Create a patch from several patches in MainStage
- Work with patch settings
- Overview of the MainStage Patch Settings Inspector
- Select patch settings in the MainStage Patch Library
- Set the time signature for patches in MainStage
- Change the tempo when you select a patch in MainStage
- Set program change and bank numbers in MainStage
- Defer patch changes in MainStage
- Instantly silence the previous patch in MainStage
- Change patch icons in MainStage
- Transpose the pitch of incoming notes for a patch in MainStage
- Change the tuning for a patch in MainStage
- Add text notes to a patch in MainStage
- Work with channel strips
- Overview of channel strips in MainStage
- Add a channel strip in MainStage
- Change a channel strip setting in MainStage
- Configure channel strip components in MainStage
- Show signal flow channel strips in MainStage
- Hide the metronome channel strip in MainStage
- Create an alias of a channel strip in MainStage
- Add a patch bus in MainStage
- Set channel strip pan or balance positions in MainStage
- Set channel strip volume levels in MainStage
- Mute and solo channel strips in MainStage
- Use multiple instrument outputs in MainStage
- Use external MIDI instruments in MainStage
- Reorganize channel strips in MainStage
- Delete channel strips in MainStage
- Work with channel strip settings
- Overview of the MainStage Channel Strip Inspector
- Choose channel strip settings in MainStage
- Rename channel strips in MainStage
- Change channel strip colors in MainStage
- Change channel strip icons in MainStage
- Use feedback protection with channel strips in MainStage
- Set keyboard input for a software instrument channel strip in MainStage
- Transpose individual software instruments in MainStage
- Filter MIDI messages in MainStage
- Scale channel strip velocity in MainStage
- Set channel strips to ignore Hermode tuning in MainStage
- Override concert- and set-level key ranges in MainStage
- Add text notes to a channel strip in the MainStage Channel Strip Inspector
- Work with plug-ins
- Route audio via send effects in MainStage
- Create keyboard layers and splits
- Work with articulations
- Edit screen control parameters
- Overview of the Screen Control Inspector in MainStage
- Replace parameter labels in MainStage
- Choose custom colors for screen controls in MainStage
- Change background or grouped screen control appearance in MainStage
- Set MainStage screen controls to show the hardware value
- Set parameter change behavior for MainStage screen controls
- Set hardware matching behavior for MainStage screen controls
- Reset and compare changes to a patch in MainStage
- Override concert- and set-level mappings in MainStage
- Map screen controls
- Overview of mapping MainStage screen controls
- Map MainStage screen controls to channel strip and plug-in parameters
- Map MainStage screen controls to actions
- Map a MainStage screen control to multiple parameters
- Use screen controls to display PDF document pages in MainStage
- Edit the saved value for a mapped parameter in MainStage
- Set drum pads or buttons to use note velocity in MainStage
- Map MainStage screen controls to all channel strips in a patch
- Undo MainStage screen control parameter mappings
- Remove screen control mappings in MainStage
- Work with graphs in MainStage
- Create controller transforms in MainStage
- Work in the Assignments and Mappings tab
- Work with sets
- Overview of working with sets in MainStage
- Create sets in MainStage
- Rename sets in MainStage
- Collapse sets in the MainStage Patch List
- Override concert-level key ranges for a set in MainStage
- Delete sets in MainStage
- Add a channel strip at the MainStage set level
- Work with set settings
- Overview of the MainStage Set Settings Inspector
- Set the time signature for sets in MainStage
- Change the tempo when selecting MainStage sets
- Choose a color for the set folder in the MainStage Patch List
- Transpose the pitch of incoming notes for a MainStage set
- Change the tuning for sets in MainStage
- Add text notes to a set in MainStage
- Share patches and sets between MainStage concerts
- Record the audio output of a MainStage concert
- Work with concerts
- Overview of concerts in MainStage
- Create a concert in MainStage
- Open and close concerts in MainStage
- Save concerts in MainStage
- How saving affects parameter values in MainStage
- Clean up concerts in MainStage
- Consolidate assets in a MainStage concert
- Rename the current concert in MainStage
- Work with concert settings
- Overview of the MainStage Concert Settings Inspector
- Set MIDI Routing to channel strips in MainStage
- Transpose incoming note pitch for a concert in MainStage
- Define the program change message source in MainStage
- Send unused program changes to channel strips in MainStage
- Set the time signature for a concert in MainStage
- Change the tuning for a concert in MainStage
- Set the pan law for a concert in MainStage
- Add text notes to a concert in MainStage
- Tempo in MainStage concerts
- Control the metronome in MainStage
- Silence MIDI notes in MainStage
- Mute audio output in MainStage
- Work at the concert level
- Work in Layout mode
- Overview of Layout mode in MainStage
- Work with screen controls
- Overview of screen controls in MainStage
- Screen control types
- Add screen controls to a layout
- Copy and paste screen controls in MainStage
- Move screen controls in MainStage
- Resize screen controls in MainStage
- Align and distribute MainStage screen controls
- Adjust the shelf for a shelf screen control in MainStage
- Group screen controls in MainStage
- Delete screen controls in MainStage
- Assign hardware controls to screen controls
- Edit screen control parameters
- Editing screen control parameters in MainStage
- Lift and stamp screen control parameters in MainStage
- Reset screen control parameters in MainStage
- Common screen control parameters in MainStage
- Keyboard screen control parameters in MainStage
- MIDI activity screen control parameters in MainStage
- Drum pad screen control parameters in MainStage
- Waveform screen control parameters in MainStage
- Selector screen control parameters in MainStage
- Text screen control parameters in MainStage
- Background screen control parameters in MainStage
- How MainStage passes through MIDI messages
- Export and import layouts in MainStage
- Change the aspect ratio of a layout in MainStage
- Perform live with MainStage
- Before performing live with MainStage
- Use Perform mode in MainStage
- Select patches in performance
- MainStage screen controls in performance
- Tempo changes in MainStage during performance
- MainStage tips for performing with keyboard controllers
- MainStage tips for performing with guitars and other instruments
- Tune guitars and other instruments with the MainStage Tuner
- The MainStage Playback plug-in in performance
- Record your performances in MainStage
- After the performance with MainStage
- MainStage tips for complex hardware setups
- MainStage preferences
- Use the Touch Bar with MainStage
- Keyboard shortcuts and command sets
- Overview of MainStage keyboard shortcuts and command sets
- Keyboard shortcuts
- A table of MainStage concerts and layouts keyboard shortcuts
- A table of MainStage patches and sets (Edit mode) keyboard shortcuts
- A table of MainStage editing keyboard shortcuts
- A table of MainStage actions keyboard shortcuts
- A table of MainStage parameter mapping (Edit mode) keyboard shortcuts
- A table of MainStage channel strips (Edit mode) keyboard shortcuts
- A table of MainStage screen controls (Layout mode) keyboard shortcuts
- A table of MainStage Perform in Full Screen keyboard shortcuts
- A table of MainStage window and view keyboard shortcuts
- A table of MainStage Help and support keyboard shortcuts
- Customize keyboard shortcuts
- MainStage actions
36MainStage User Guide
Connect a microphone to your computer
Do one of the following:
• Connect the microphone to an input on the audio interface using a standard XLR cable.
• Connect a USB microphone to a USB port on your computer. Choose the USB
microphone as the audio input source in MainStage > Preferences > Audio, then choose
the input from the Input pop-up menu on audio channel strips in your concert.
• Connect an audio interface to your computer’s Thunderbolt or USB port, then connect a
microphone to the audio interface.
• Connect an audio mixer or console to an audio interface, then connect the interface to
your computer.
• If your computer has an audio input port, connect the microphone to the audio input
port, then choose Built-in Input as the audio input source in MainStage > Preferences >
Audio.
• If you are using your computer’s built-in microphone, choose Built-in Microphone as
the audio input source in MainStage > Preferences > Audio. No additional steps are
necessary to connect the microphone.
If you connect a microphone using an audio interface, choose the port to which it is
connected as the audio input source in MainStage > Preferences > Audio.
Also, if you connect an audio interface to your computer, check the manufacturer’s
specifications to make sure the interface is compatible with macOS and Core Audio.
Also make sure the audio interface uses a format supported by your computer. Follow
the manufacturer’s instructions, which might include installing the correct driver on your
computer.
Connect an electric instrument to MainStage
You can connect an electric instrument, such as an electric guitar or a bass, to your
computer to use with MainStage. You can set the guitar as the audio input for patches
with an audio channel strip and use the amps and pedalboard effects to shape your guitar
sound. There are several ways to connect an electric instrument to your computer.