Overview of the MainStage Channel Strip Inspector

You edit channel strip parameters in the Channel Strip Inspector, which appears below the workspace when the channel strip is selected in the Channel Strips area. With these parameters you can:

• Rename channel strips in MainStage

• Change channel strip colors in MainStage

• Change channel strip icons in MainStage

• Configure key ranges and articulations for instruments

• Create controller transforms in MainStage

• Add text notes to a channel strip in the MainStage Channel Strip Inspector

The five tabs of the Channel Strip Inspector provide the following functions:

• Channel Strip Library: A library of all your channel strip settings.

• Attributes: You can change the name, color, and icon of the channel strip.

• Layer Editor: In this tab you can create keyboard layers and splits. For more information on keyboard layers and splits, see Overview of layers and splits in MainStage. You can also choose Articulation Sets and access the Articulation Set Editor. For more information on Articulation Sets see Manage articulations with the MainStage Articulation Set Editor.

• MIDI Input: You can choose and transform data from your MIDI input keyboard using graphs and the controller transform area.

• Notes: You can add additional plain text notes that didn’t fit into the Notes area under the channel strip.

You can access any available channel strip using the Channel Strip Library. Some channel strips, however, include plug-ins (particularly Space Designer) not suited for live performance because of their intensive CPU usage. Using these channel strips can affect the performance of your concert, resulting in audio dropouts and other issues.

Surround effect plug-ins cannot be used with MainStage. If you choose a channel strip setting containing a surround effect, the unused effects are shown disabled (gray, with a diagonal line running through the effect name).