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Channel strips - MainStage Tutorial
From the course: Learning MainStage
Channel strips
- [Instructor] Channel strips in MainStage are where all virtual instruments are housed and where all audio and MIDI information flows through. All the channels strips are housed on the right-hand side of the Edit page in the Channel Strip area. The best way to think of the Channel Strip area is as a virtual mixing board, and just like a mixing board, each channel strip is ordered according to signal flow, top to bottom. You can create a new channel strip with the plus symbol through the gear menu or through various shortcuts. Let's make one now. When you create a new channel strip, you'll have to choose one of four types, Software Instrument, Audio, Aux, and External MIDI. Also, when you create a channel strip, you'll be able to choose the audio output of the channel strip. In the instance of a Software Instrument, you can choose the MIDI input, i.e., the controller you'd like the channel strip to respond to. In an…
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