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MainStage for Mac

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MainStage for Mac is an audio mixing app that was vetted by Apple. It offers an assortment of wonderful tools which can assist you in developing professional sound effects.

There is a full-screen interface included with MainStage for macOS to help you stay focused on your work and avoid any embarrassment during a live show performance. You can recognize the various controls from far away due to the high contrast effects and high-resolution abilities of the application.

More than 80 instruments are supported by Apple MainStage. You can implement various audio effects on the tracks and utilize MIDI plug-ins and Audio Units too. If you have a Logic Pro app or GarageBand app with your own sounds on them, you can import those sounds to the app. Pre-recorded audio tracks can be combined with live instruments and vocal audio.

Meanwhile, you’ll have the power to perform tempo modifications, track mixing, transition effect additions, and order changing. There are no complicated settings to deal with either. Your workflow can be streamlined by connecting your app with MIDI devices and assigning onscreen controls to your physical controls. From there, you can make adjustments, and you don’t even need to worry about the physical device.

Many sound parameters can be adjusted with the program. It offers a multi-mapping feature which can greatly alter the audio effects by simply pressing a button. Your own personal layout can be designed as well by arranging the meters, knobs, faders, and buttons to your own preferences.

Lastly, MainStage app lets you utilize instrument plug-ins for your audio exports. Various patches can be applied to them too. The sound library of the app features 800 instrument samples, 3,600 Apple sound loops, 30 drum machine sound samples, and 1,500 instrument sound effects.

Overall, Main Stage is the perfect tool to have during your live performances. It is not difficult to switch between various patches, and you can easily manage your hardware and mix live audio with pre-recorded music tracks simultaneously.

Features and Highlights
  • Perform live with 120 instrument and effect plug-ins or work with your Audio Units plug-ins
  • Combine instruments and live audio, such as keyboard and vocals, in a single patch
  • Use any USB and MIDI-equipped controllers like keyboards, foot pedals, and drum pads
  • See only what you need during your performance using a customizable, full-screen live interface
  • 40 built-in instruments including synths, vintage keyboards, a drum machine, sampler, and more
  • Create and layer your own loop recordings with the Loopback plug-in
  • 80 effects including reverbs, delays, EQs, dynamics, amps, stompboxes, and more
  • Add backing tracks using more than 15,000 royalty-free Apple Loops
  • Play from a huge library of more than 1700 sampler instruments


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What's new in this version:

MainStage 3.6.6
- This update includes stability improvements and bug fixes


MainStage 3.6.5
- This update includes stability improvements and bug fixes


MainStage 3.6.4
- This update includes stability improvements and bug fixes


MainStage 3.6.3
- Fixes an issue in Space Designer which could cause output to sound different than previous versions


MainStage 3.6.2
- The 35 stompboxes in Pedalboard are each available as individual plug-ins
- Includes stability improvements and bug fixes


MainStage 3.6.1
- This update contains stability improvements and bug fixes


MainStage 3.6
- Refined new design
- Expands the Sound Library with 120 Patches, 50 kits and 2800 loops from today's biggest hitmakers including Boys Noize, Mark Lettieri, Mark Ronson, Oak Felder, Soulection, Take A Daytrip, Tom Misch, and TRAKGIRL
- Adds Korean language support
- Optimized performance for M1 Max and M1 Ultra on the new Mac Studio
- Includes stability improvements and bug fixes


MainStage 3.5.3
- This update contains stability improvements and bug fixes


MainStage 3.5.2
- Stability improvements and bug fixes


MainStage 3.5.1
- Stability improvements and bug fixes


MainStage 3.5
Sampler:
- Create and perform sophisticated multi-sampled instruments using a drag and drop workflow
- New modern design provides synthesis, mapping and zone editing in a single window interface
- Integrated zone editor offers detailed control over start, end and loop points
- Mapping editor enables fast and flexible assignment of samples across the keyboard
- Flex Time has been integrated into Sampler allowing sounds to be played at the same length, regardless of pitch
- Supports all existing EXS24 instruments

Quick Sampler:
- Import a single audio file to instantly build a playable sampled instrument
- Quick Sampler automatically identifies the root note, optimal loop points, and matches your project tempo
- Use Slice mode to chop a vocal or drum sample into multiple slices that can be triggered on a keyboard
- Record live samples using a microphone, external hardware, or from any track or bus

More Content:
- Over 2500 new loops in a variety of instruments and genres covering modern and classic Hip-Hop, Electro House, Reggaeton, Future Bass, Techno, and Transition Effects
- Over 1500 new patches

Additional Features:
- Improved performance and efficiency on Mac computers with Apple silicon
- Display scores or lead sheets, and turn pages while you perform
- Add Remix FX to perform creative effects like filters, gates, repeaters and bitcrusher
- The Drum Synth plug-in generates synthesized kicks, snares, toms, and hi-hats with dedicated sound shaping controls
- Stability and performance improvements


MainStage 3.4.4
- This update contains stability improvements and bug fixes


MainStage 3.4.3
- This update contains stability improvements and bug fixes


MainStage 3.4.2
- This update contains stability improvements and bug fixes.


MainStage 3.4.1
- This update contains stability improvements and bug fixes.


MainStage 3.4
General:
- Channel Strip MIDI input inspector allows any MIDI CC data to be filtered, transformed or passed through
- Text notes can be added to the bottom of channel strips
- The Metronome is now fully configurable, with separate settings for Bar, Group, Beat, and Division
- This update also contains numerous stability and performance improvements

Sound Library:
- The Sound Library can be relocated to an external storage device
- 2 vintage brush kits for Drum Kit Designer
- More than 800 new loops in a variety of instruments and genres
- New Visions library for Alchemy adds 150 cinematic presets

Plug-Ins:
- ChromaVerb is a sophisticated new algorithmic reverb with a colorful, interactive interface for creating rich acoustic spaces
- Space Designer offers a new design and a scalable, Retina interface
- Step FX adds rhythmic multi-effect processing using 3 powerful step sequencers and an X/Y pad
- Phat FX makes your tracks bigger and bolder using 9 effects that add warmth and punch to your sounds
- The Vintage EQ Collection provides 3 accurate models of vintage analog EQs from the 1950s to the 1970s
- Studio Strings and Studio Horns are deeply sampled, realistic ensemble instruments with custom articulation controls
- Mellotron is now available as a standalone instrument plug-in
- Retro Synth now offers 18 different filter models
- The length of individual steps in the Arpeggiator plug-in are adjustable
- Loopback now applies a small crossfade at each loop cycle to reduce the likelihood of clicks or other audio artifacts

Alchemy:
- Alchemy provides drag and drop hot zones that let you select re-synthesis and sampling options while importing audio
- Alchemy allows numerical editing of parameter values
- Alchemy adds 12 new synthesized formant filter shapes
- Alchemy now offers a side chain input that can be used as a source for envelope followers
- Alchemy includes an automatic time align feature for improved morphing
- New additive effects in Alchemy expand the options for filtering and modulating sound

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