Apple MainStage 2 - Manual (Page 56)

To set the keyboard input for a software instrument channel strip
1 In the Channel Strip Inspector, click the MIDI Input tab.
2 Choose the MIDI input device from the Keyboard pop-up menu in the Input section.
The names in the Keyboard pop-up menu correspond to keyboard screen controls in the
workspace.
To set multitimbral input for different MIDI channels
1 In the Channel Strip Inspector, click the MIDI Input tab.
2 Choose Multitimbral from the Keyboard pop-up menu in the Input section.
3 In the Multitimbral Settings dialog, choose the input device for each MIDI channel you
want to receive MIDI input.
Transposing Software Instrument Channel Strips
You can transpose (change the pitch of ) a software instrument channel strip. When you
transpose a channel strip, every MIDI note received by the channel strip is transposed by
the number of semitones set in the Transpose value slider.
To transpose the MIDI input of a software instrument channel strip
1 Select the channel strip in the Channel Strips area.
2 In the MIDI Input tab of the Channel Strip Inspector, set the value using the Transpose
value slider. You can click the value and drag up or down to set the value, click the up
arrow or down arrow, or double-click the value and type a new value.
Filtering MIDI Messages
You can filter some MIDI messages for a channel strip in the Channel Strip Inspector.
When you select one or more MIDI message types in the Filter section of the Channel
Strip Inspector, the corresponding MIDI message types are filtered out of any incoming
MIDI data and are not sent to the channel strip.
You can filter the following types of MIDI messages:
• Pitch Bend
• Sustain (control message 64)
• Modulation (control message 1)
• Expression (control message 11)
• Aftertouch
To filter incoming MIDI messages
1 In the Channel Strip Inspector, click the MIDI Input tab.
2 In the Filter section of the MIDI Input tab, select the checkbox for the MIDI messages you
want to filter.
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