Change the tuning for a patch in MainStage
By default, patches use the same tuning method as the concert (or the set, if they are in a set with its own tuning method). You can change the tuning for a patch so that it uses a different tuning. When you change the tuning for a patch, it overrides any concert- or set-level tuning method. Available tuning methods include:
Use parent tuning: The patch uses the same tuning as the set (if it is in a set with its own tuning method) or the concert.
Equal tempered tuning: The standard tuning for most Western music, with an equal distance between all semitone intervals.
Fixed: Lets you choose from a number of fixed tuning scales and keys. Fixed Tuning mode tunes musical keys (to different degrees) for scaled tuning systems, and delivers a key signature character. When playing mostly white keys (in the Pure setting, and with C as the root key), C major is the main focus, and tuning is scaled to that chord. An A major chord that is played immediately after a C major (and is therefore subject to C major scaled tuning) is affected somewhat by the scaled tuning effect, but does not sound completely tempered. If you normally play polyphonic music, this mode (when using the Pure setting) sounds most pleasing to your ears. The Fixed Tuning scales are ideal for a number of baroque and medieval instruments and styles of music.
User: Lets you detune (set the deviation from equal tempered tuning) each semitone in steps.
Hermode Tuning: Dynamically adjusts the tuning of an electronic instrument to create clear frequencies for every fifth and third interval in all possible chord and interval progressions. Because all tuning requirements cannot be satisfied simultaneously with any one Hermode Tuning setting, you can set different Hermode Tuning modes and degrees of effect.
When you choose Fixed, Hermode, or User as the tuning method, additional tuning controls appear in the Tuning tab. You can edit these controls to adjust the chosen tuning.