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46MainStage User Guide
Search for patch settings by name
1. In MainStage, press Command-F to open the Find a Patch search field under the
Activity Monitor.
2. Enter the name of the patch setting you want to find.
3. Click Find.
The first patch setting with the text you entered appears selected in the PatchLibrary.
4. To find subsequent patch settings with the same name, choose Find Again in Library
from the Action pop-up menu.
Note: If you have saved multiple patches using the Save as Set command (previously
called Export as Set in MainStage 1.0) in the Patch List Action pop-up menu, the saved file
appears as a patch in the PatchLibrary unless you have selected a different location for
saving the file. Clicking the saved file in the PatchLibrary causes an alert to appear when
the individual patches are opened from the .patch file.
Set the time signature for patches in MainStage
You can set the time signature for a patch. Time signatures can be used with the Playback
plug-in and also control the beats for the metronome. When you set the time signature for
a patch, it overrides any concert- or set-level time signature.
Set the time signature for a patch
1. In the MainStage Patch Settings Inspector, select the Attributes tab.
2. In the Attributes tab, select the Has Time Signature checkbox.
3. Double-click the number in the field at the right, and enter the number of beats for one
measure of the time signature.
4. Choose the beat value from the pop-up menu at the right.
Change the tempo when you select a patch in MainStage
You can give a patch its own tempo setting so that when you select the patch, the tempo
changes to the patch tempo setting. MainStage uses the new tempo until you select
another patch or set with its own tempo setting, until you tap a new tempo, or until
MainStage receives tempo information from incoming MIDI messages. For more information
about using and changing tempo in MainStage, see Overview of tempo in MainStage.