Rename channel strips, Change channel strip colors – Apple MainStage 3 User Manual

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Chapter 5

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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

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

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In the Attributes tab of the Channel Strip Inspector, select the name in the Name field and enter
a new name.

Type a new name in the field.

Change channel strip colors

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 of a channel strip to make it easier to visually distinguish channel strips.

Change the color of a Software Instrument channel strip

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In the Attributes tab of the Channel Strip Inspector, choose a color from the Color pop-up menu.

Choose a color from the

pop-up menu.

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