MainStage 3 Multiple MIDI Controllers to Same On-screen Keyboard

I have a Yamaha digital piano at home and a Roland digital piano at our church, using both as USB MIDI controllers to MainStage 3. When I set up my MainStage concerts at home, my Yamaha is assigned to the keyboard in my MainStage layout, but when I take my laptop to church and connect to the Roland, I have to reassign the on-screen keyboard to the Roland. When I get back home, I have to again reassign the keyboard in my MS3 layout back to the Yamaha. Is there a way to alias the Yamaha and the Roland both as, say, "Digital Piano", and assign that alias to the keyboard in my layout, so that I don't have to reassign in the studio and on stage? I can do this sort of MIDI controller aliasing in Cantabile for Windows, but since I've switched to the Mac and MS3, I can't seem to find a similar method. Thanks in advance!

MainStage, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)

Posted on Mar 19, 2018 7:16 PM

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Mar 20, 2018 6:01 AM in response to lifenoise

I appreciate the reply! Seems like I have tried this before, but the external MIDI device did not show up in the list of available devices in MainStage. Have you had success with this approach in MainStage? I may not have had things named and routed as you suggest, so I will try it word for word when I get back to the studio. Thanks again!

Mar 20, 2018 6:53 PM in response to lifenoise

That did the trick! Thanks a million! Playing around with it, though, I found that it seems you don't have to rename your MIDI controllers as long as you create an external MIDI device, name THAT one (whatever alias you wish), and then connect them as you've shown. In my case:

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After doing this, I was able to assign "Digital Piano" to my desired keyboard in my MainStage layout:

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Thanks again!

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