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

• Perform live with over 100 instrument, effect, and MIDI plug-ins or your favorite 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 favorite 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

• Synchronize tempo with Ableton Link supported software and hardware devices

Designed for the Stage

• See only what you need during your performance using a customizable, 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

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 favorites

• Free up storage space by easily deleting packs you are no longer using

Instrument Plug-ins

• Play or create a wide variety of rich sampled instruments with Sampler and Quick Sampler

• Turn your favorite 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

• Play classic ’70s- and ’80s-style synthesizer sounds using Retro Synth

• Perform inspired sounds using a collection of synths that provide analog, wavetable, FM, additive, granular, spectral, and modeling 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: 6 GB available disk space for minimum install / 44 GB or more storage space for full Sound Library installation