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Chapter 5 Work in Edit mode 65
Work with plug-ins in Edit mode
Work with plug-ins overview
MainStage includes a full collection of professional-quality instrument and eect plug-ins as well
as utility plug-ins such as the Tuner.
MainStage also includes a set of MIDI plug-ins that you can use in software instrument and
external MIDI instrument channel strips for real-time MIDI processing. In a channel strip, MIDI
plug-ins appear below the EQ display and above the instrument slot. You can also use third-
party Audio Units MIDI plug-ins with MainStage. For more information, see the MainStage
Eects manual.
You can use plug-ins in MainStage channel strips in patches and also at the concert and set level.
You use instrument plug-ins in software instrument channel strips, and you can use eect plug-
ins in audio, software instrument, external instrument, and auxiliary channel strips. In addition to
the built-in factory plug-ins, you can use Audio Units plug-ins for both instruments and eects
in MainStage.
Add and remove plug-ins
You can add plug-ins, replace a plug-in with a dierent one, and remove plug-ins from a
channel strip.
Add an instrument plug-in
m Click the Instrument slot, then choose a plug-in from the pop-up menu that appears.
Add an eect plug-in
m Click the Insert slot, then choose a plug-in from the hierarchical pop-up menu.
Add a MIDI plug-in
m Click the MIDI plug-in slot, then choose a plug-in from the pop-up menu.
Replace a plug-in
m Click the Insert, Instrument, or MIDI plug-in slot, then choose a dierent plug-in from the
pop-up menu.
Remove a plug-in
m Click the Insert, Instrument, or MIDI plug-in slot, then choose No Plug-in from the pop-up menu
that appears.
Move and copy plug-ins
You can move, reorder, and copy plug-ins in a channel strip.
Move a plug-in
m Hold down the Command key while dragging the plug-in to an empty slot, either on the same
channel strip or on another channel strip.
Reorder plug-ins
m Hold down the Command key while dragging the plug-in to an occupied slot, either on the
same channel strip or on another channel strip.
Copy a plug-in
m Hold down Command-Option while dragging the plug-in to another slot, either on the same
channel strip or on another channel strip.