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
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Beat Breaker Enhancements
• Explore even more ways to rhythmically shape and shuffle audio with additional controls for filter, pan, and randomize
Alchemy Enhancements
• Use Grain Sync mode to go deep into new sonic timbres and textures in granular synthesis
New Sound Pack
• Transform your productions with the Granular Alchemy pack — a collection of otherworldly sounds designed around the new Grain Sync mode
Version 4.3
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