3.5

50MainStage User Guide
• User: Lets you detune (set the deviation from equal tempered tuning) each semitone
in steps.
• Hermode Tuning: Dynamically adjusts the tuning of an electronic instrument to create
clear frequencies for every fifth and third interval in all possible chord and interval
progressions. Because all tuning requirements cannot be satisfied simultaneously with
any one Hermode Tuning setting, you can set different Hermode Tuning modes and
degrees of effect.
When you choose Fixed, Hermode, or User as the tuning method, additional tuning controls
appear in the Tuning tab. You can edit these controls to adjust the chosen tuning.
Change the tuning method for a patch
• In the Tuning tab of the MainStage Patch Settings Inspector, choose the tuning you
want the patch to use from the Method pop-up menu.
Edit Fixed Tuning parameters
• If you choose Fixed Tuning in MainStage, you can edit any of the following parameters:
• Type pop-up menu: Choose from the most important historic tuning scales, as well
as a few others.
• Root Key pop-up menu: Choose a global key (C-B) for the chosen scale. This
provides an easy way to reference the chosen scale to any root note.
• Copy to User button: Copies the chosen scale to use as a basis for a User tuning.
Edit Hermode Tuning parameters
In MainStage:
• If you choose Hermode Tuning, you can choose a mode from the Type pop-up menu:
• Classic (3/5-all): This mode provides a broad and regular tuning of pure 5ths and
3rds. In cases of conflict, the degree of purity is temporarily reduced. This mode
can be used for all types of music. The value of the Depth parameter indicates
the degree of the 5th and 3rd purity. A setting of 100% determines maximum
purity. A 10% value is the lowest purity setting. Off sets the tuning to an equal
tempered scale.
• Pop/Jazz (3/5/7-all): 5ths, 3rds, and 7ths are changed in this mode. It is great for
Pop and Jazz styles, especially when using sustained chords. It is less suitable for
polyphonic music because the detuning of the natural 7th is significant. This mode
should always be used with a Depth of 90% or 100% because other values render
the natural 7th acoustically ineffective.
• Baroque (3/5-adaptive): This mode tunes pure 5ths and 3rds (with changing
characteristics). In tonal music, with a clear harmonic center, the middle chords
are tuned very purely, whereas more distant chords are tuned with less purity. If the
harmonic center becomes unclear, all chords are tuned with equal purity. As with the
other mode parameters, a Depth value of 100% determines the highest purity, and a
value of 10%, the lowest purity.
• Depth slider: Drag to set the degree of effect between 0% and 100%.