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Open and close concerts
You can create a new concert from a template, open an existing concert to continue working,
and close and save concerts. You can add patches to a concert and organize them in the
Patch List. The number of patches is limited only by the amount of available memory. You can
add channel strips to an existing patch or to new ones you create and can organize patches into
sets. For information about patches and sets, see Edit mode overview on page 37.
The process of creating a new concert from a concert template is described in Choose a
template on page 27. You can open an existing concert to play the patches in the concert or
continue editing them.
Open an existing concert
Do one of the following:
m Choose File > Open Concert, select the concert you want to open, then click Open.
m Choose File > New. In the Choose Template dialog, click Open an Existing Concert, then choose
the concert in the Open dialog.
m In the Finder, double-click the concert.
m In the Finder, drag the concert over the MainStage icon in the Dock.
The rst time you open a concert, the rst patch is selected, and the Patch Library is open so you
can easily choose a patch setting. When you reopen a concert, the patch that was selected when
you last saved the concert is selected.
If any audio les or other assets are not found when you open a concert, a dialog appears
showing which assets are missing, and asking if you want to search for the assets, locate them
manually, or skip them.
By default, when you open a concert, it opens in Edit mode. You can change the default behavior
in MainStage preferences. For more information, see General preferences on page 148.
Note: When you open a concert created with an earlier version of MainStage, it opens as an
untitled concert, and MainStage prompts you to save the concert as a MainStage 2 concert.
Reopen a recently open concert
Do one of the following:
m Choose File > Open Recent Concert, then choose a concert from the submenu.
m Open the Choose Template dialog, click Recent Concert, then choose the concert you want
to open.
Close a concert
m Choose File > Close Concert.
If you have edited the concert since the last time you saved it, you are prompted to save your
changes.
Work with concerts
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