Can MD show the current song and patch name from MainStage 3?

Question

In other words, is text bidirectional? This would be so helpful!
I'm using MD to control all of my guitar rig parameters as well as start songs in MainStage when performing live, but I would like to have the song titile and current patch displayed so I don't have to keep looking back at my MacBook Pro to confirm the change was made. See image below to see my MainStage 3 performance page and setup

I would also like to have the next song shown so I know what's coming up. I'm doing all of this with my iPad as a foot controller (requires being barefoot and pregnant ;)

Setlists are always changing so I can't use static text or named ticks.

Another feature that would be nice on stage is to have a clock on the display so I don't have to wear a watch.

Comments

Thanks for this message.

1) clock on display is possible and a nice (and easy) suggestion.
2) receiving text from MainStage is theoretically possible, but there are two different issues:

    a) receiving text at all. AFAIK there is no standard for text over MIDI
    b) getting MainStage to send the text. At best, this requires scripting in MainStage, and at worst, it's impossible.

So: regarding the first suggestion, we'll add it to the list and see when that can happen. Regarding the second... it's a big question. We'll have to do some investigation.

Thank you!
Dan

Dan Rosenstark
Author & CEO

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Dan, you are amazing in how you take care of your customers! Thank you for caring so much and responding so quickly. Thank you for investigating that first item.