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Can Mainstage change patches in sets of 8 patches per bank

I am using a foot controller with has 8 foot switches and 2 up and down switches.

I have around 125 patches that I want to use in live scenario. But the problem is that I can map only 8 patches to the 8 foot switches on my foot controller.

Is there any way I can change set of 8 patches just by pressing up and down switches. So that I can get next 8 or previous 8 patches when I press up and down switches on my controller..

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 13.6

Posted on Mar 11, 2025 3:04 AM

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SumitEdwin Author
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Mar 14, 2025 7:13 AM in response to tfromtroon

Thanks for the reply, @tfrom. I have tried mapping the up/down switches as sets, but the question remains: how do I assign the next 8 tones to the 8 switches on my controller pedal board?


If someone is familiar with guitar pedal boards, they usually have banks where each bank contains 3 or 4 tones that automatically change as we navigate up or down through the bank.


I want a similar setup where the patches change as we use the up and down switches like banks. I hope I have clearly explained my problem.

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tfromtroon
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Mar 14, 2025 7:37 AM in response to SumitEdwin

I'm not familiar with Guitar pedal boards at all.


Maybe you've tried this but if you assign program change 1 - 8 to the patches in each set and set the bank select for each patch to the set number so I started at 1 for the bank select and raised by one for the patches in each set in my test concert. By having a unique bank select for each patch set, it allows duplicate program change numbers without warning about them. sorry, that's all I can think of. Hope you find a solution.

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Can Mainstage change patches in sets of 8 patches per bank

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