Apple MainStage - Manual (Page 26)

26 Chapter 4 Getting Started With MainStage
Adding a Patch
You can add patches to a concert and organize them in the Patch List. The number of
patches is limited only by the amount of available memory in your system. When you
add a patch to a concert, you choose whether the patch is created with an audio or a
software instrument channel strip.
To add a new patch:
1 Click the Add Patch button (+), located in the upper-right corner of the Patch List.
The New Channel Strip dialog appears at the top of the window.
2 Select the type of channel strip for the patch.
If you want to play the patch using your keyboard controller, click the Software
Instrument button. If you want the patch to receive audio input from an instrument or
microphone, click the Audio button.
3 Choose the audio output for the channel strip from the Output pop-up menu.
4 For audio channel strips, choose mono or stereo format from the Format pop-up menu
and choose the audio input from the Input 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 by default. To quickly eliminate feedback later, you can
click the Mute button on the channel strip or press Control-M to activate Master Mute.
5 Click Create.
A new patch appears in the Patch List, and the channel strip for the patch appears in
the Channel Strips area.
6 For audio channel strips, gradually raise the volume fader until you hear sound on the
channel.
Click the button for the
type of channel strip you
want the patch to
contain.