Apple OS X Musical Table User Manual


 
Appendix A The Playback plug-in 137
The Playback plug-in is added to the channel strip, and the plug-in window appears over the
MainStage window.
Add an audio le to the Playback plug-in
After you add an instance of the Playback plug-in, you select and add the audio le you want
to play using the plug-in. You can add an audio le to a Playback plug-in in one of several
ways: by dragging an audio le, by clicking in the File eld, or by using the Action menu in the
plug-in window.
Add an audio le
Do one of the following:
m Drag the audio le to the Instrument slot with the Playback plug-in.
m Drag the audio le to the “tape” area of the plug-in window.
m Click the File eld in the plug-in window, select an audio le in the Open dialog, then click Open.
m Choose Open File from the Action menu at the upper right of the Playback plug-in window,
select an audio le in the Open dialog, then click Open.
The name of the audio le appears in the File eld, and the waveform of the audio le appears in
the Waveform display.
You can preview an audio le in the Open dialog by selecting the le and clicking Play. To hear
the le after adding it to the Playback plug-in, click the Play button in the plug-in window.