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MainStage lets you take your Mac to the stage with a full-screen live interface, unmatched hardware control, and a massive collection of plug-ins and sounds.

Built for live performance, MainStage lets guitarists, keyboardists, and other musicians perform with software instruments and effects through a full-screen interface designed specifically for the stage.

Features:
The ultimate live rig:
· Perform live with 120 instrument and effect plug-ins or work with your Audio Units plug-ins
· Import settings from Logic Pro and GarageBand to bring your studio sound to the stage
· Combine instruments and live audio, such as keyboard and vocals, in a single patch
· Seamlessly switch between patches without stopping sound output or cutting off held notes
· Design rich keyboard patches using splits and layers

Hardware control:
· Connect your favorite hardware and use it to play and control your plug-ins
· Use any USB and MIDI-equipped controllers like keyboards, foot pedals, and drum pads
· Instantly set up a large variety of hardware using automatic device recognition
· Quickly assign hardware knobs, buttons, and faders to onscreen controls

A new view of the stage:
· See only what you need during your performance using a customizable, full-screen live interface
· Easily see your Mac screen from a distance using a high-contrast, full-screen performance view
· Get started quickly using prebuilt templates that cover typical live performance setups

A smarter, faster, more efficient use of your Mac:
· Perform with confidence using a rock-solid tool built for demanding live performances
· Use the processing power of multiple cores on your Mac
· Go to your gig with a massive collection of even the most memory-hungry instruments thanks to 64-bit support

Instrument plug-ins:
· 40 built-in instruments including synths, vintage keyboards, a drum machine, sampler, and more
· Trigger Apple Loops and stereo or multitrack backing tracks using the Playback plug-in

Effect plug-ins:
· Create and layer your own loop recordings with the Loopback plug-in
· 80 effects including reverbs, delays, EQs, dynamics, amps, stompboxes, and more

Sound library:
· Add backing tracks using more than 15,000 royalty-free Apple Loops
· Play from a huge library of more than 1700 sampler instruments