Open and close concerts

You can open an existing concert to continue working, and close and save concerts. You can add patches to a concert and organize them in the Patch List. The number of patches is limited only by the amount of available memory. You can add channel strips to an existing patch or to new ones you create and can organize patches into sets. For information about patches and sets, see Edit mode overview.

Open an existing concert

Do one of the following:

Choose File > Open Concert, select the concert you want to open, then click Open.
Choose File > New. In the Choose Template dialog, click Open an Existing Concert, then choose the concert in the Open dialog.
In the Finder, double-click the concert.
In the Finder, drag the concert over the MainStage icon in the Dock.

The first time you open a concert, the first patch is selected, and the Patch Library is open so you can easily choose a patch setting. When you reopen a concert, the patch that was selected when you last saved the concert is selected.

If any audio files or other assets are not found when you open a concert, a dialog appears showing which assets are missing, and asking if you want to search for the assets, locate them manually, or skip them.

By default, when you open a concert, it opens in Edit mode. You can change the default behavior in MainStage > Preferences > General. For more information, see General preferences.

Note: When you open a concert created with an earlier version of MainStage, it opens as an untitled concert, and MainStage prompts you to save the concert as a MainStage 2 concert.

Reopen a recently open concert

Do one of the following:

Choose File > Open Recent Concert, then choose a concert from the submenu.
Open the Choose Template dialog, click Recent Concert, then choose the concert you want to open.

Close a concert

Choose File > Close Concert.
If you have edited the concert since the last time you saved it, you are prompted to save your changes.