Apple MainStage 2 - Manual (Page 103)

You visually arrange your onscreen layout and make connections between your music
hardware and MainStage in Layout mode.
You can’t change the position of physical faders, knobs, and other controls on your
instruments and other music hardware, but you can arrange the screen controls in your
MainStage concert in any order you like by editing the layout. You can modify an existing
layout or create one from a template, and you can export a layout and import it into
another concert.
Each concert template included with MainStage includes a built-in layout, optimized for
a type of musical instrument you use with MainStage.
You modify the layout of a concert in Layout mode. You can add and arrange screen
controls in the MainStage workspace to match your music hardware, optimize your display
size, and make assignments between controls on your MIDI hardware and the screen
controls in your concert. Below the workspace, the Screen Controls palette contains
different types of screen controls you can add to your layout. The Screen Control Inspector
appears to the left of the workspace, where you can learn controller assignments and
edit layout parameters.
This chapter covers the following:
• Modifying the Layout of a Concert (p. 104)
• Working with Screen Controls (p. 104)
• Assigning Hardware Controls to Screen Controls (p. 114)
• Editing Screen Control Parameters (p. 116)
• How MainStage Passes Through MIDI Messages (p. 121)
• Exporting a Layout (p. 122)
• Importing a Layout (p. 122)
• Changing the Aspect Ratio of a Layout (p. 123)
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