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98MainStage User Guide
Map screencontrols
Overview of mapping MainStage screen controls
After you have created your patches and learned controller assignments for the screen
controls you want to use, you can map MainStage screen controls to channel strip and
plug-in parameters to modify the sound of your patches while you perform or map them
to MainStage actions to control other functions. You may want to map screen controls
to parameters in each patch in a concert, so that you can easily access and modify the
parameters you want for each patch when you perform live.
You map screen controls to parameters in Editmode. After you learn controller
assignments (in Layout mode), the screen controls in the workspace do not respond to
movements of physical controls on your MIDI hardware until you map them to channel
strip parameters (in Editmode). You can map screen controls to parametersby visually
selecting the parameters or by choosing parameters in the Parameter Mapping browser.
You can also create mappings in the Assignments & Mappings table. For information, refer
to Overview of assignments and mappings in MainStage. You can also move, resize, align
and distribute, group, and delete screen controls.
Map MainStage screencontrols to channel strip and plug-in
parameters
After you have made controller assignments, you can map screen controls to the
parameters in your patches you want to control while you are performing. You may want
to map screen controls to parameters for each patch in a concert, so that you can easily
access and modify the parameters you want for each patch when you are performing live.
You can also map parameters at the concert level to control master volume, view master
levels, or modify concert-wide effects.
You can map screen controls to channel strip and plug-in parameters in one of two
ways:by mapping screen controls visually to parameters on the channel strip or in a plug-
in window or by using the Parameter Mapping browser.
You map screen controls to parameters in Editmode. The screen controls in the workspace
do not respond to movements of physical controls on your MIDI hardware until you map
them to channel strip parameters.
Map a screen control to a channel strip or plug-in parameter
1. In the MainStage workspace, click the screen control you want to map.
The screen control is highlighted in blue. The ScreenControl Inspector appears
below the workspace, showing the parameters for the selected screen control. The
ScreenControl Inspector includes Attributes and Mapping tabs as well as a tab labeled
“Unmapped.”
2. Click the Map Parameter button (or press Command-L).
The ScreenControl Inspector opens to the Unmapped tab, showing the Parameter
Mapping browser. The Map Parameter button lights red to indicate that mapping
is active.