Apple MainStage 3 - Manual (Page 137)

Appendix A The Playback plug-in 137
The Playback plug-in is added to the channel strip, and the plug-in window appears over the
MainStage window.
Add an audio file to the Playback plug-in
After you add an instance of the Playback plug-in, you select and add the audio file you want
to play using the plug-in. You can add an audio file to a Playback plug-in in one of several
ways: by dragging an audio file, by clicking in the File field, or by using the Action menu in the
plug-in window.
Add an audio file
Do one of the following:
m Drag the audio file to the Instrument slot with the Playback plug-in.
m Drag the audio file to the “tape” area of the plug-in window.
m Click the File field in the plug-in window, select an audio file in the Open dialog, then click Open.
m Choose Open File from the Action menu at the upper right of the Playback plug-in window,
select an audio file in the Open dialog, then click Open.
The name of the audio file appears in the File field, and the waveform of the audio file appears in
the Waveform display.
You can preview an audio file in the Open dialog by selecting the file and clicking Play. To hear
the file after adding it to the Playback plug-in, click the Play button in the plug-in window.