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Midi preferences, Display preferences – Apple MainStage 2 User Manual

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Recordings Folder field and Set button: Click the Set button, then browse to choose the

location where recordings are saved. The file path of the chosen location appears in
the field.

File Format pop-up menu: Choose the file format for audio recordings. The choices are:

• AIFF

• CAF

• WAVE

MIDI Preferences

These preferences let you view the current status of MIDI inputs, set the instrument voice
limiting threshold, and choose which note appears as middle C.

MIDI

MIDI Status field and Setup button: Displays the number of detected MIDI inputs.

Instrument Voice Limiting

CPU Usage Threshold: Set the level (percentage of CPU usage) above which voice limiting

is active. If you experience audio dropouts or glitches when performing with the current
setting, try lowering the threshold until the dropouts or glitches no longer occur.

MIDI

Display Middle C As pop-up menu: Choose whether middle C is displayed as C3 or C4.

Display Preferences

This preference let you choose the default size at which plug-in windows are displayed.

Default size pop-up menu: Choose whether plug-in windows are displayed at their

standard size (100%) or at a larger size.

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Appendix C

Setting MainStage Preferences