Can I play two patches at the same time?

I just got MainStage and start moving my feet in it. I have two keyboards, each one assigned to a patch in a set. So for instance KBD1 plays an organ and KBD2 plays a piano. I want them to play at the same time, like if a I had a stack of keyboards with one hand on each. However MainStage will only play the patch that I click, so I need to click the Organ patch and then KBD1 will play, but KBD2 is mute. Vice versa KBD2 plays when I click Piano on the patch list.


Is there a way to get them to play both at the same time?


thanx

Silvano

imac, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Jun 17, 2017 8:38 AM

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Jun 17, 2017 11:02 PM in response to onavlis99

No, you cannot play two patches at the same time.


You need to have both your organ and your piano channel strips loaded on the same patch. Then, assign each channel strip to the keyboard that you want to do. In certain cases, you may have to go to the Layout mode and assign a separate channel to each keyboard, depending on how you are setting up your equipment (may not be necessary for you).


See this screenshot for an example of what your MainStage concert could look like to achieve this:

User uploaded file

Jun 19, 2017 5:53 AM in response to onavlis99

You can combine the two patches into one easily.

You can create a patch by combining several existing patches. The new patch contains all of the channel strips of the selected patches.


Create a patch from several existing patches

  1. In the Patch List, select the patches you want to use to create the new patch.
  2. Choose Create Patch from Selected Patches from the Action pop-up menu at the upper-right corner of the Patch List.The new combined patch appears in the Patch List, labeled “Untitled Patch.”
  3. Double-click the name and type a name for the combined patch.

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