MainStage Mondays: Muting Midi Messages

I recently had several of you write me about how to mute midi messages from controller keyboards. While there’s not a single way to do this quickly in MainStage, there is a workaround that accomplishes the same goal. Here’s how to do it: 

1. Open MainStage. Select a project.

2. Go to Layout Mode. 

3. Drag in a knob, button, or fader. 

4. Under the screen control inspector on the LH corner of the screen, click the “Assign” button and move the midi controller you want to mute. 

5. Go back to Edit Mode, then select “Assignments and Mappings”. Move the controller again to see it highlighted in blue.

6. Under the Screen Control Inspector, select “Block”.

This will keep it from sending any data to any of the parameters in your project.

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