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66MainStage User Guide
Delete channel strips in MainStage
You can delete a channel strip if you decide you no longer want it in a patch.
Delete a channel strip
1. Select the channel strip in the MainStage Channel Strips area.
2. Choose Edit > Delete (or press the Delete key).
Work with channel strip settings
Overview of the MainStage Channel Strip Inspector
You edit channel strip parameters in the Channel Strip Inspector, which appears below
the workspace when the channel strip is selected in the Channel Strips area. With these
parameters you can:
Rename channel strips in MainStage
Change channel strip colors in MainStage
Change channel strip icons in MainStage
Configure key ranges and articulations for instruments
Create controller transforms in MainStage
Add text notes to a channel strip in the MainStage Channel Strip Inspector
The five tabs of the Channel Strips Inspector provide the following functions:
Channel Strip Library: A library of all your channel strip settings.
Attributes: You can change the name, color, and icon of the channel strip.
Layer Editor: In this tab you can create keyboard layers and splits. For more information
on keyboard layers and splits, see Overview of layers and splits in MainStage. You
can also choose Articulation Sets and access the Articulation Set Editor. For more
information on Articulation Sets see Manage articulations with the MainStage
Articulation Set Editor.
MIDI Input: You can choose and transform data from your MIDI input keyboard using
graphs and the controller transform area.
Notes: You can add additional plain text notes that didn’t fit into the Notes area under
the channel strip.
Using the Channel Strip Library you can access any available channel strip. Some
channel strips, however, include plug-ins (particularly Space Designer) not suited for live
performance because of their intensive CPU usage. Using these channel strips can affect
the performance of your concert, resulting in audio dropouts and other issues.
Surround effect plug-ins cannot be used with MainStage. If you choose a channel strip
setting containing a surround effect, the unused effects are shown disabled (gray, with
a diagonal line running through the effect name).