Apple MainStage 2 - Manual (Page 79)

To set a screen control to show the hardware value
1 Select the screen control in the workspace.
2 In the Screen Control Inspector, select the Attributes tab.
3 Select the Show Input Value checkbox.
Setting Parameter Change Behavior for Screen Controls
You can set the behavior for saving parameter values for screen controls in individual
patches. This is useful, for example, when the default for saving parameter values is set
to Reset, but you want certain screen controls (for example, concert- and set-level screen
controls) to keep their current value when switching patches.
To set the behavior for saving parameter values in a patch
1 Select the patch.
2 Select the screen control for which you want to set the parameter change behavior.
3 In the Attributes tab of the Screen Control Inspector, choose the parameter change
behavior for the screen control from the “When a patch is changed and screen value
differs from saved patch” pop-up menu:
• To have the screen control use the default behavior set in MainStage preferences,
choose Preference.
• To preserve changes to parameter values when you change patches, choose Keep.
• To return values to the last saved value, choose Reset. When this value is chosen, you
should save the concert after making any changes you wish to keep to the patch, before
selecting another patch.
• To have the screen control use the last received value from the physical control assigned
to it, choose Match.
When you choose an item from the pop-up menu, a brief description of its function
appears below the menu.
Important: If you set the behavior for saving parameter values in a patch to Reset,
parameter values are also reset when you switch to Layout mode.
Setting Hardware Matching Behavior for Screen Controls
Some hardware synthesizers and music workstations let users control what happens
when you move a physical control that is set to a different value than the parameter it
modifies. The parameter value can instantly change to the position of the physical control
(sometimes called jump), it can change by the same amount (called relative), or it can not
change at all until the physical control matches its current value (called snap).
You can set the behavior for screen controls in MainStage to any of these behaviors when
you move the physical control assigned to the screen control.
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