Add channel strips at the concert level – Apple MainStage 3 User Manual
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Chapter 6
Work with concerts
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Add channel strips at the concert level
You can add a channel strip at the concert level and use the concert-level channel strip for a
software instrument or audio input you want to use in every patch in the concert.
Important:
When you add a channel strip at the concert level, it takes precedence over the
channel strips in the patches and sets in the concert. For example, if you add a concert-level
channel strip containing a software instrument, the software instrument takes precedence over
all of the software instruments in all of the patches and sets in the concert, for the notes in its
key range. This means that you will hear only the sound of the concert-level software instrument
and will not be able to play any software instruments in a patch or set that fall in the same
key range.
Add a concert-level channel strip
1
In the Patch List, select the concert icon.
2
Click the Add Channel Strip button (+) at the top of the Channel Strips area.
3
In the New Channel Strip dialog, select the type of channel strip you want to create.
4
Choose the audio output for the channel strip from the Output pop-up menu.
5
For audio channel strips, choose mono or stereo format from the Format pop-up menu.
Important:
Audio channel strips can produce feedback, particularly if you are using a
microphone for audio input. When you add an audio channel strip, the volume of the channel
strip is set to silence, and Feedback Protection is turned on to alert you when feedback occurs on
the channel strip. When you add an external instrument channel strip, the volume of the channel
strip is set to silence, but Feedback Protection is turned off.
6
Click Create.
7
For software instrument channel strips, you can define the key range for the channel strip in
the Channel Strip Inspector so that the concert-level channel strip does not overlap software
instruments you plan to use in your patches and sets.
For information about defining the key range of a channel strip, see
on page 59.
When you add a channel strip at the concert level, you can map screen controls to the channel
strip only at the concert level, not for individual patches or sets.