Apple MainStage 2 - Manual (Page 22)

The MainStage Window
Some features of the MainStage interface are common to all modes, while others are
exclusive to certain modes.
Inspector
Workspace with
screen controls
Activity Monitor Toolbar
The main features of the MainStage window include:
• Toolbar: Includes buttons for quick access to common commands and tools. You can
customize the toolbar so that the commands you use most frequently are readily
available.
• Activity Monitor: Shows your computer’s processor and memory usage, and shows the
input from your MIDI devices as you edit and perform.
• Workspace: The “canvas” where you customize your onscreen layout, assign hardware
controls to screen controls, and view your concerts while you perform.
• Screen controls: The onscreen objects that correspond to the controls on your hardware
devices. You can add and arrange screen controls in the workspace, assign hardware
controls to screen controls, and then map them to parameters you want to control for
each patch in your concert. There are three types of screen controls: panel controls,
shelf controls, and grouped controls.
• Channel strips: Channel strips are where you build and customize your sounds.
MainStage channel strips are similar to channel strips in Logic Pro, with Insert, Sends,
and I/O menus as well as level meters, faders, pan knobs, and other controls.
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