Apple MainStage 2 User Manual

MainStage 2User Manual

This chapter gives you a conceptual overview of MainStage and describes how you canuse it together with your instruments and other musical equipment w

MainStage provides a flexible interface for organizing and accessing your sounds inconcerts. Concerts are MainStage documents that hold your sounds—a

Using MainStage with Keyboard ControllersIf you perform using a USB or MIDI keyboard controller, you can play and control MainStagepatches with softwa

Stage 1: Creating a Concert from a TemplateYou begin working in MainStage by creating a new concert from a template. MainStageincludes concert templat

Stage 4: Customizing the Visual Layout of Your Concert to Match Your HardwareDevicesIn Layout mode, you arrange screen controls in the workspace to cr

To make setup easier, MainStage divides these tasks into two groups, with separate modesfor each group of tasks. You customize and organize your patch

You can use MainStage with a wide variety of MIDI controllers and Core Audio-compliantaudio devices. For basic information about designing and configu

Using MIDI Devices That Send Special MIDI Message TypesCertain types of hardware controls such as knobs (rotary controls) and buttons are capableof se

Using Audio Devices with MainStageMainStage works with Core Audio-compliant audio devices, including FireWire, USB,ExpressCard, and PCI audio interfac

Copyright © 2009 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.Your rights to the software are governed by theaccompanying software license agreement. The owner orau

You do all your work in MainStage in a single window, the MainStage window.The MainStage window is organized to make it easy to work with your patches

Welcome to MainStage7PrefaceAbout MainStage7About the MainStage Documentation8Additional Resources8Introducing MainStage11Chapter 1What Is MainStage?1

Selecting and Playing Patches33Adding a Channel Strip34Changing a Channel Strip Setting36Learning a Controller Assignment37Mapping a Screen Control39T

Using the Playback Plug-in130Performing Live with MainStage133Chapter 9Before the Performance Starts133Using Full Screen Mode and Perform Mode134Selec

Display Preferences168Using MainStage Actions169Appendix DTable of Actions1696 Contents

MainStage turns your computer into a powerful and customizable musical instrumentand effects processor that you can use with your music gear (your ins

About the MainStage DocumentationLogic Studio includes several documents that will introduce you to MainStage, help youget started working, and provid

MainStage WebsiteFor general information and updates, as well as the latest news on MainStage, go to:• http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/mainstageApple