Apple MainStage 2 - Manual (Page 121)

• Set Justification buttons: Click to set whether sets are left, center, or right justified in
the selector.
• Patch Justification buttons: Click to set whether patches are left, center, or right justified
in the selector.
Text Screen Control Parameters
You can edit the following parameters for text screen controls after adding text to the
text field.
• Font button: Select text, then click to show the Font menu from which you can select
the font, style, color, and size.
• Alignment buttons: Select whether the selected text is left, right, or center aligned, or
justified.
• Text field: Enter the text you want to display onscreen.
• Show frame around text checkbox: When selected, a darker frame appears around the
text, showing the borders of the screen control.
Background Screen Control Parameters
You can use backgrounds for grouped controls. You can edit the following parameters
for background screen controls.
• Name field: Enter a name for the grouped control in the Name field.
• Description field: Enter a description for the grouped control in the Description field.
• Panel button and well: Click the Panel button, then choose a panel or texture for the
background from the menu that appears.
• Image button and well: Click the Image button, then drag an image into the well to use
it for the background.
• Select button: Click to open an Open File dialog to browse and select an image.
• Stretch to Fit checkbox: When selected, the image stretches to fill the area of the
background as completely as possible.
How MainStage Passes Through MIDI Messages
Some MIDI messages sent by your keyboard controller (or other MIDI device) are “passed
through” to any channel strips in the MainStage concert that are mapped to the same
controller (or device). Whether or not MIDI messages are passed through depends on
the following conditions:
• If there is no screen control in your layout assigned to receive the message type sent
by the controller, the messages are passed through.
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