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68MainStage User Guide
Search for channel strip settings in the Channel Strip Library
1. In the MainStage Channel Strip Inspector, click the Channel Strip Library tab.
2. Choose Find in Library from the Action pop-up menu in the upper-right corner of the
Channel Strip Inspector.
3. In the dialog that appears, enter the text you want to search for.
The channel strip with the text in its name appears selected in the library.
4. If more than one channel strip includes the search text, choose Find Next in Library
from the Action pop-up menu to cycle through the channel strips with names containing
the text.
5. To change the channel strip setting, click the name of the new setting in the Channel
Strip Inspector.
The Channel Strip Library shows all available channel strip settings, including settings
that may not be useful in MainStage. If you choose a channel strip setting containing
plug-ins not usable in MainStage, the plug-ins appear with a bold diagonal line in the
Channel Strips area.
Rename channel strips in MainStage
When you add a channel strip to a patch, the channel strip has a default name. You can
rename channel strips to distinguish your custom settings from the default ones.
Rename a channel strip
• In the Attributes tab of the MainStage Channel Strip Inspector, select the name in the
Name field and enter a new name.
Change channel strip colors in MainStage
Each channel strip has a color, which appears at the bottom of the channel strip and as a
layer above the keyboard screen control in the workspace and the Layer Editor. You can
change the color to make it easier to visually distinguish channel strips.