MainStage: Perform Live

Take the studio to the stage

Only for Mac

Free · In-App Purchases

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MainStage lets you take your Mac to the stage with a full-screen interface optimised 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 • Perform live with over 100 instrument, effect and MIDI plug-ins or your favourite Audio Units plug-ins • Add any patches from Logic Pro to bring your studio sound to the stage • Combine instruments and live audio, such as keyboards and vocals, in a single Patch • Switch between Patches without stopping sound output or cutting off held notes • Design rich keyboard Patches using splits and layers • Perform with stereo or multitrack backing tracks using Playback Hardware Control • Connect your favourite MIDI hardware and use it to play and control your plug-ins • Use USB and MIDI-equipped controllers like keyboards, foot pedals and drum pads • Quickly assign hardware knobs, buttons and faders to onscreen controls • Manage sophisticated rigs using the Assignments & Mapping overview Designed for the Stage • See only what you need during your performance using a customisable, full-screen live interface • Screen controls adapt for each Patch using Smart Controls • Smart Controls offer dynamic performance controls that change with each Patch • Easily view your Mac screen from a distance using a high-contrast, full-screen performance view Instrument Plug-ins • Play or create a wide variety of rich sampled instruments with Sampler and Quick Sampler • Turn your favourite hardware synthesizers into sampled instruments using the Auto Sampler plug-in • Quickly find sounds or create unique new ones with Alchemy, the ultimate sample manipulation synthesizer • Perform inspired sounds using a collection of synths that provide analog, wavetable, FM, additive, granular, spectral and modelling synthesis MIDI Plug-ins • Transform simple ideas into elaborate performances using nine MIDI plug-ins • Instantly turn a simple chord into a rich performance with the Arpeggiator • Play a single note to trigger predefined chords with Chord Trigger • Perform a part and conform notes to a specific scale using Transposer Creative and Production Effects • Play your sounds through a variety of realistic acoustic spaces or creative synthesized reverbs • Use a range of multi-tap, vintage tape and stereo delays • Add movement to your tracks with a variety of modulation effects • Get the perfect mix with a collection of vintage and modern EQs, dynamics and other mixing tools System Requirements: 6GB available disk space for minimum install / 44GB or more storage space for full Sound Library installation

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MainStage is now part of Apple Creator Studio, an amazing collection of Apple’s most powerful creative apps designed to help you bring your ideas to life. The suite includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor and MainStage — plus premium content and intelligence features in Keynote, Pages, Numbers and Freeform,* all in one simple plan. New Features Support for Ableton Link • Synchronise tempo with Ableton Link supported software and hardware devices Sound Library • Explore an ever-expanding collection of premium sound packs with the brand new Sound Library • Listen to audio previews of any sound packs and install your favourites • Free up storage space by easily deleting packs you are no longer using * Premium content and features in Freeform are not currently available and are expected to be included in the Apple Creator Studio subscription later this year.

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Information

Provider
  • Apple Distribution International
Size
  • 1 GB
Category
  • Music
Compatibility
Requires macOS 15.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 15.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Languages
English and 6 more
  • English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
Copyright
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