Apple MainStage 2 - Manual (Page 118)

• Button Control—Toggle or Momentary: Includes drum pads and other buttons that
send a value when the button is released as well as when it is pressed.
• Number pop-up menu: Choose the MIDI control number that the control sends. For
common MIDI controls, such as volume, the control name appears in the menu along
with the number.
• MIDI Thru pop-up menu: Choose whether the control automatically passes MIDI through
or does not pass MIDI through.
• Send Value to pop-up menu: Sends the current value of the screen control to supported
devices to display using an LED ring around a rotary encoder or to move a motorized
fader.
Appearance
• Color selector: Choose the color for the active part of the screen control, which visually
displays its current value in performance. (This parameter is not available for text or
meter screen controls.)
• Control pop-up menu: Choose the type for the screen control. If you change the control
to a different type, you may need to resize it in the workspace.
Text Labels
• Color selector: Choose the color for the text labels.
• Display pop-up menu: Choose what information is displayed in the text display area for
the control and how many lines are used to display it.
• Add hardware label checkbox and field: Select the checkbox, then type a hardware label
in the field to display it on the top line of the control’s text display.
Keyboard Screen Control Parameters
If you are using a keyboard controller or another MIDI device that sends MIDI note
messages, your layout should include a keyboard (or MIDI activity) screen control. You
can edit the following parameters for keyboard screen controls.
Hardware Assignment
• Device pop-up menu: Shows the name of the learned keyboard. The device name may
correspond to the name of the keyboard controller, or to a port on the controller, if it
has multiple ports. You can choose another device or choose All.
• Channel pop-up menu: Shows the MIDI channel on which MainStage receives input
from the keyboard. You can choose another channel or choose All.
• Velocity Sensitivity slider: Sets the velocity sensitivity for the keyboard. Less means that
higher velocities are required to trigger the maximum value, while More means that
lower velocities trigger the maximum value.
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