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Panel controls – Apple MainStage 2 User Manual

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Additionally, if you create and add a grouped control to the Screen Controls palette, a
tab for My Grouped Controls appears in the palette. You can add your custom grouped
controls to the palette, so they will be available in every concert.

Panel Controls

Panel controls appear on a two-dimensional plane (or panel) in the workspace. You can
move a panel control to any position in the workspace, except onto the shelf of a shelf
control. Panel controls include:

• MIDI Activity light (displays MIDI note activity, and can be used as a substitute

“keyboard”)

• Round and directional knobs

• Vertical and horizontal faders

• Button

• Drum pad

• Vertical and horizontal level meters (used to visually display volume level or another

parameter)

• VU meter (used to visually display volume level or another parameter)

• Parameter text (used to dynamically display parameter names and values)

• Organ drawbar

• Progress indicator (used with the Playback plug-in)

• Waveform (used with the Playback plug-in)

• Selector (used to select patches while you are performing, or to select markers for use

with the Playback plug-in)

• Text (used to display song lyrics, performance notes, and other static information)

• Background (used to group a series of controls)

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Chapter 7

Working in Layout Mode