Apple MainStage 3 - Manual (Page 58)

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4 If you want to send a Bank Change message, select the Send Program Change checkbox, then
set the most-significant byte (MSB) and least-significant byte (LSB) of the bank change number
using the Bank MSB and Bank LSB value sliders.
When you select the patch, the program change and bank change messages are sent to the
external instrument. Also note that program and bank changes are sent when you edit the
program change and bank change value sliders in the Channel Strip Inspector (so you can be
sure that the values you enter send the correct program and bank change messages).
If you want the external instrument to respond to the program change, but do not want it to
receive note or other MIDI information from your controller, click the MIDI Input tab and choose
None from the Keyboard pop-up menu.
Send program changes to an external instrument using a screen control
1 In the workspace, click the screen control you want to use to send program change messages.
2 In the Screen Control Inspector, click the Unmapped tab.
3 In the Mapping browser, select the external instrument, then select the MIDI Controller folder
from the submenu.
4 In the third column from the left, select Program Change.
The screen control is mapped to the Program Change parameter. By moving the
hardware control assigned to the screen control, you can send program changes to the
external instrument.
Note: If the MIDI Out parameter of the external instrument channel strip is set to the external
instrument when you map the screen control to the Program change parameter, a program
change (Program 0) is sent when you create the mapping. If you are editing the program on the
external instrument, your changes may be lost. To map the screen control without sending an
immediate program change to the external instrument, choose None from the MIDI Out slot of
the external instrument before you create the mapping, then choose the external instrument in
the MIDI Out slot. No program change is sent until you move the knob or fader.
Send a MIDI file using an external instrument
1 In the External Instrument Channel Strip Inspector, click the MIDI Output tab.
2 Select the Send MIDI File checkbox, then click the Select button.
3 Browse to the location of the MIDI file you want to add, select the file, then click Send.
The MIDI file is sent immediately to the port selected on the external instrument channel strip.
The MIDI file is re-sent when you change patches, just like the other options in the Channel Strip
Inspector (such as Program Change or MIDI Clock messages).
Only SMF (standard MIDI file) types 0 and 1 are supported. MIDI files are sent sequentially, one at
at time, per concert. If you switch rapidly through several patches that send long MIDI files, the
MIDI files are queued and sent in succession. MIDI messages are sent at the tempo stored in the
MIDI file.
Delete channel strips
You can delete a channel strip if you decide you no longer want it in a patch.
Delete a channel strip
1 Select the channel strip in the Channel Strips area.
2 Choose Edit > Delete (or press the Delete key).