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Q: Mainstage-Transpose w/ Midipipe

Please help anybody.........can someone please explain in detail how to use midipipe to globally transpose in mainstage. I seen a previous post that explained this but i could not understand it. any help will be appreciated. thnx

MainStage, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jul 1, 2011 8:16 PM

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  • by GilbertLiddell,Solvedanswer

    GilbertLiddell GilbertLiddell Jul 13, 2011 1:06 PM in response to panthertw
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    Jul 13, 2011 1:06 PM in response to panthertw

    Hey, i had problems with this befoe but got it working. What stage are you at?

     

    First, open midipipe

    Drag a midi in to the right habd panel and set it's input to your midi device (Edirol FA66 for me)

    Drag a transpose across to the same pane

    Drag a midi out to the same pane and set it's output  to Midipipe output 1

     

    In Mainstage, make sure you have a keyboard in the layout

    Go to layout tab (top left of screen)

    With your keyboard highlighted, look to see what the hardware input is, set it to Midipipe ouput 1 (learn may work)

     

    You can then play your keyboard, go back to midipipe and select the transpose in the right hand pane and use the editor (bottom pane) to transpose :-)

     

    I use this at rehearsals as i'm rubbish at transposing songs on the fly if our singer needs the key changed

     

    Let me know if you run into any issues.

     

    Gilbert

  • by panthertw,

    panthertw panthertw Jul 13, 2011 7:13 PM in response to GilbertLiddell
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    Jul 13, 2011 7:13 PM in response to GilbertLiddell

    thanks man. it works perfectly now that i followed your instructions!!!!!! i would have never figured that out since midipipe doesn't have a manual. ive searched the entire internet and could not find anything like how you explained. thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • by GilbertLiddell,

    GilbertLiddell GilbertLiddell Jul 14, 2011 12:52 AM in response to panthertw
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    Jul 14, 2011 12:52 AM in response to panthertw

    No worries, happy to help.

     

    There is an online manual for mainstage but it doesn't touch on things like this. I've found these fourms to be the best place for help and info.

     

    One thing I did do was to save the Midipipe settings created for transpose as i think midipipe resets everytime it's closed. From memory.

     

    Enjoy..!!

  • by cerebralvision,

    cerebralvision cerebralvision Jul 8, 2015 11:11 AM in response to panthertw
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    Jul 8, 2015 11:11 AM in response to panthertw

    I've made a tutorial video on how to do Global Transpose from within Mainstage 3. Really easy.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxc1sEendfM

     

    Hope it helps!