Use other plug-in window controls in MainStage

• In MainStage, click the Bypass button in the header at the top of the plug-in window.

When a plug-in that’s mapped to a screen control is bypassed, the screen control is dimmed in the workspace.

1. In MainStage, click Compare in the plug-in window header to hear the plug-in with its saved settings.

2. Click Compare again to hear the plug-in with your latest changes (since saving).

In MainStage, do one of the following:

• Drag the lower-right corner of the plug-in window.

• Choose the window size from the View pop-up menu in the plug-in window header.

You can link plug-in windows so that a single plug-in window shows either all open plug-ins or all open plug-ins in the same insert slot row across all channel strips.

1. In MainStage, Control-click the Link button to the right of the plug-in window header.

   

2. Choose one of the following options from the Link shortcut menu:

   Off: Plug-in windows are not linked. Clicking in the center of any plug-in opens it in a new plug-in window.

   Single: A single plug-in window is used to display all open plug-ins. Each time you open a new plug-in, the window updates to include the newly chosen plug-in. In Single mode, the Link button turns purple.

   Multi: As you select channel strips or plug-ins, a single plug-in window is used to display all open plug-ins in the same insert slot row (first row, second row, and so on). You can open multiple plug-in windows and set each window to Multi mode to display the plug-ins for more than one row of inserts as you select different channel strips.

   For example, you could insert a Channel EQ plug-in into the first insert slot and a Compressor plug-in into the second insert slot of multiple channel strips. If you then open a Channel EQ plug-in window, a Compressor plug-in window, and set both plug-in windows to Multi mode, as you select each channel strip, the Channel EQ and Compressor plug-in for the selected channel strip will be displayed. In Multi mode, the Link button turns yellow.

   Note: You can simply click the Link button to toggle between Off and Single mode.

Using Link mode affects the entire concert—it’s not possible to have Link mode set differently in different plug-in windows of the same concert. Link mode can be set to either Single for the entire concert or Multi for one or more rows of plug-ins. This means that if Multi is selected, clicking the Link button on additional plug-ins from any not currently linked rows engages Multi for that row of plug-ins, and if Single is selected for any open plug-in, Multi is turned off.

For plug-ins with a Side Chain Source pop-up menu, you can use audio from an audio or software instrument track, hardware input, or bus to trigger the plug-in. For example, the dynamics of a drum groove can be used to rhythmically change the compression, and therefore dynamics, of a guitar, synthesizer, or bass part. The side chain signal is used to control the plug-in, but it is not processed by the plug-in.

• In MainStage, click the Side Chain Source pop-up menu in the plug-in header area, then choose one of the available sources.

The audio signal from the selected side chain source now serves to control the plug-in. At any time, you can change external side chain sources, select an internal side chain source if one is available, or select None to disable the side chain if an internal side change source is not available.

• In MainStage, click the disclosure arrow at the bottom of the plug-in window.

• In MainStage, choose the Controls or Editor item from the plug-in window header’s View pop-up menu.