Key Features
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Filters & Effects
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Code Editor
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Archive / Compress
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Automation / Macros
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Touch Bar
About MainStage
MainStage lets you take your Mac to the stage with a full-screen interface optimized for live performance, flexible hardware control, and a massive collection of plug-ins and sounds that are fully compatible with Logic Pro.
The Ultimate Live Rig
โข Perform live with 100 instrument, effect, and MIDI plug-ins or work with Audio Units plug-ins
โข Add your sounds from Logic Pro and GarageBand to bring your studio sound to the stage
โข Support for the Touch Bar on MacBook Pro provides convenient controls for layout, editing, and performance
โข Combine instruments and live audio, such as keyboards and vocals, in a single Patch
โข Switch between Patches without stopping sound output or cutting off held notes
โข Design rich keyboard Patches using splits and layers, the Arpeggiator, and other MIDI plug-ins
โข Perform with stereo or multitrack backing tracks using Playback
โข 64-bit architecture uses all the RAM in your system for larger sampled instruments
Hardware Control
โข Connect your favorite hardware and use it to play and control your plug-ins
โข Use USB and MIDI-equipped controllers like keyboards, foot pedals, and drum pads
โข Instantly set up a large variety of hardware using automatic device recognition
โข Quickly assign hardware knobs, buttons, and faders to onscreen controls
โข Manage sophisticated rigs using the Assignments & Mapping overview
Designed for the Stage
โข See only what you need during your performance using a customizable, full-screen live interface
โข Screen controls adapt for each Patch using Smart Controls
โข Smart Controls offer dynamic performance controls that change with each Patch
โข Easily view your Mac screen from a distance using a high-contrast, full-screen performance view
Instrument Plug-ins
โข Play or create a wide variety of rich sampled instruments with Sampler and Quick Sampler
โข Turn your favorite hardware synthesizers into sampled instruments using the Auto Sampler plug-in
โข Quickly find sounds or create unique new ones with Alchemy, the ultimate sample manipulation synthesizer
โข Play classic โ70s- and โ80s-style synthesizer sounds using Retro Synth
โข Play faithful models of vintage keyboards with Vintage B3, Vintage Electric Piano, and Vintage Clav
โข Perform inspired sounds using a collection of synths that provide analog, wavetable, FM, additive, granular, spectral, and modeling synthesis
โข Play deeply sampled, professionally mixed, and fully customizable drum kits provided by Drum Kit Designer
โข Perform electronic beats with the Ultrabeat drum machine
MIDI Plug-ins
โข Transform simple ideas into elaborate performances using nine MIDI plug-ins
โข Instantly turn a simple chord into a rich performance with the Arpeggiator
โข Play a single note to trigger predefined chords with Chord Trigger
โข Perform a part and conform notes to a specific scale using Transposer
Creative and Production Effects
โข Play your sounds through a variety of realistic acoustic spaces or creative synthesized reverbs
โข Use a range of multi-tap, vintage tape, and stereo delays
โข Add movement to your tracks with a variety of modulation effects
โข Get the perfect mix with a collection of vintage and modern EQs, dynamics, and other mixing tools
Guitar and Bass Gear
โข Build your own guitar or bass rig with Amp Designer using vintage and modern amps, cabinets, and mics
โข Design a custom Pedalboard from a collection of delay, distortion, and modulation stompboxes
โข Access a full-screen Tuner to quickly get in tune
Sound Library
โข Over 5,900 instrument and effect patches
โข 1,200 meticulously sampled instruments
โข 14,750 Apple Loops in a wide range of genres
Storage Requirements
โข 6GB available disk space for minimum install / 72GB hard disk for full Sound Library installation