Apple MainStage 3 - Manual (Page 69)

Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 69
Map screen controls
Screen controls overview
After you have created your patches and learned controller assignments for the screen
controls you want to use, you can map MainStage screen controls to channel strip and plug-in
parameters to modify the sound of your patches while you perform, or map them to MainStage
actions to control other functions.
You map screen controls to parameters in Edit mode. After you learn controller assignments (in
Layout mode), the screen controls in the workspace do not respond to movements of physical
controls on your MIDI hardware until you map them to channel strip parameters (in Edit mode).
You can map screen controls to parameters by visually selecting the parameters or by choosing
parameters in the Parameter Mapping browser. You can also create mappings in the Assignments
& Mappings table. For information, refer to
Assignments and mappings overview on page 76.
Map screen controls to channel strip and plug-in parameters
After you have made your controller assignments, you can begin mapping screen controls to
the parameters in your patches you will want to control while you are performing. You will likely
want to map screen controls to parameters for each patch in a concert, so that you can easily
access and modify the parameters you want for each patch when you are performing live. You
can also map parameters at the concert level to control master volume, view master levels, or
modify concert-wide effects.
You can map screen controls to channel strip and plug-in parameters in one of two ways: by
mapping screen controls visually to parameters on the channel strip or in a plug-in window or by
using the Parameter Mapping browser.
You map screen controls to parameters in Edit mode. The screen controls in the workspace do
not respond to movements of physical controls on your MIDI hardware until you map them to
channel strip parameters.
Map a screen control to a channel strip or plug-in parameter
1 In the workspace, click the screen control you want to map.
The screen control is highlighted in blue. The Screen Control Inspector appears below the
workspace, showing the parameters for the selected screen control. The Screen Control Inspector
includes Attributes and Mapping tabs as well as a tab labeled “Unmapped.”
2 Click the Map Parameter button (or press Command-L).
The Screen Control Inspector opens to the Unmapped tab, showing the Parameter Mapping
browser. The Map Parameter button lights red to indicate that mapping is active.
3 To map the screen control to a channel strip parameter, click the control for the parameter on
the channel strip in the Channel Strips area.