Apple MainStage - Manual (Page 45)

Chapter 5 Working With Concerts 45
3 Drag the Send knob next to the slot to set the amount of the signal sent to the bus.
To add a concert-wide effect to a bus:
1 In the Patch List, select the concert.
The busses in the concert appear in the Channel Strips area along with the concert-
level channel strips.
2 On the bus, click one of the Insert slots and choose an effect from the menu.
After you add an effect to a bus, you can edit the effect as you would any channel strip
effect, by double-clicking it to open the plug-in window, and then adjusting
parameters in the plug-in window. You can add multiple effects to a bus, and adjust the
level and pan of the bus using the controls on the bus.
You can also add concert-wide effects to a bus at the patch level if Show Signal Flow
Channel Strips is active. For information about showing signal flow channel strips in the
Channel Strips area, see “
Showing Signal Flow Channel Strips ” on page 55.
Using Busses to Control Channel Strip Output
You can also send the output of multiple channel strips to a bus and then use the bus
to control the volume level and pan position of the channel strips. Sending the output
to a bus is also useful for adding EQ or compression to a group of patches.
To send the output of a channel strip to a bus:
1 In the Patch List, select the patch you want to control using a bus.
2 In the channel strip, click the Output slot and choose a bus from the menu.
When you send channel strip output to a bus, the volume fader of the channel strip
controls how much of the signal is sent to the bus.
To control the output of channel strips using a bus:
1 In the Patch List, click the concert.
The concert is selected. The busses added to the concert appear in the Channel Strips
area along with the concert-level channel strips.
2 Drag the Volume fader on the bus to adjust the volume level of the overall bus output.
3 Drag the Pan knob on the bus to adjust the pan position of the overall bus output.
When you control the output of multiple channel strips using a bus, their relative
volume levels and pan positions are preserved, but the overall volume level and pan
position are modified by the bus Volume fader and Pan knob.