Apple MainStage
CurrentReleased 2007
Apple's live host: the entire Logic Pro instrument and effect library organised into concerts, sets and patches, with an on-screen layout you map to your controller. Mac only, and absurdly cheap for what is in the box.
Where to buy:Mac App Store ↗
Specifications
General
- Manufacturer
- Apple
- Status
- Current
- Released
- 2007
Platform & licence
- Platforms
- macOS
- Licence
- One-off purchase
- Current version
- 4.3
- Minimum OS
- macOS 15.6
What it does
- Bundled instruments
- Yes
- Plug-in formats
- AU
- Set lists
- Yes
- Scripting
- No
- Features
- Logic Pro instrument library, Sets and patches, Layered and split channel strips, Aliases, Smart Controls layout, Loopback and Playback plug-ins
Featured in
Guides · Setup guide
The completely wire-free keyboard
How to put a keyboard anywhere on stage with no MIDI cable and no mains lead. A satellite board for a singer or guitarist, say, running on Bluetooth MIDI adaptors and a power bank that won't switch itself off.
Guides · Software guide
MainStage and Gig Performer®: the basics
What a live host is, why you want one instead of a DAW on stage and how MainStage and Gig Performer® organise sounds into patches, sets and rackspaces.