Apple MainStage - Manual (Page 97)

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Setting MainStage Preferences
General Preferences
These preferences let you set the tuning of software instruments, choose what
happens when you open MainStage, choose different graphics performance settings,
and set whether screen controls highlight when their parameter values change.
 Tuning slider: Sets the tuning for all software instruments in MainStage. Tuning is
centered around A440 Hz, in the range of ±100 cents.
 Startup Action pop-up menu: Choose the startup action when you open MainStage.
The choices are:
 Do Nothing: Opens the Choose Template dialog so that you can choose a concert
template to create a new concert.
 Open Most Recent Concert: Opens the last open concert in the same mode it was in
when you closed it.
 Open Most Recent Concert in Perform Mode/Full Screen Mode: Opens the last open
concert in the selected mode, either Perform or Full Screen mode.
 At Launch Open Concert in Perform Mode/Full Screen Mode: If you open MainStage
by double-clicking a concert in the Finder, the concert opens in the selected mode,
either Perform or Full Screen mode.
 Graphics Performance pop-up menu: Choose a setting for better quality or better
graphics performance, or choose Automatic to have MainStage select the
appropriate setting for your computer. In most cases, Automatic should provide
optimum results.
 Highlight objects when values change checkbox: When selected, screen controls in the
workspace are highlighted briefly whenever their corresponding parameter values
change.