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MainStage 3 is the live-performance companion app for Logic Pro X that lets you sound as great on stage as you do in the studio.

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At the beginning of this video, on Howard's synth walkthrough, he says, "...I use the [Roland] Gaia, generally for chords, so for example in the song Help Me Lose My Mind I've got this patch setup which I run through [Apple] MainStage..."
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Knife Party

Rob Swire shows some Mainstage patches he made for Pendulum tracks on his twitter
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Moderat

> Sascha: "My basic system is quite boring actually. Previously I used a lot of different things for vocal effects and I used to take a Nord Modular onstage. This time I wanted to have everything in one piece so I'm using Apple Mainstage. I've built myself a patch for every song so it has the vocal effects already in there and all the keys for all the songs. Now, since it works 95% of the time, it's very convenient but it took a fuck of a long time to set up! That was mainly because of some bugs but now it actually works.
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Dizzy Reed

3:10 Dizzys tech Willie Cole say's Dizzy's rig includes a mainstage system.
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Trent Reznor

This entire short video shows how Trent transitions from the studio to a live show using Apple's Mainstage.
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Steven Wilson

Steven can be seen using Apple MainStage on the Get all You Deserve live DVD.
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Jeff Frankenstein

Live performance software used since 2010
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Alessandro Cortini

we can see it at "7:18" of this video
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Andy Gill

In this [*Premier Guitar* Rig Rundown feature](http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/25029-rig-rundown-gang-of-fours-andy-gill), we see that Gill's guitar rig includes two MacBook Pro laptops, each running Apple's Mainstage software.
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David Rosenthal

David Rosenthal describing and explaining his touring rig for Billy Joel in October of 2014. At about 1:25, David explains how all the keyboards are being used as controllers. When he calls up a preset song on his iPad, that sends the data to his Kurzweil K2600, which brings up the patch programs from Mainstage.
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Tyler Joseph

Uses MIDI sounds from Mainstage 3.
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Craig Kerley

Listed on gear page
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Sigala

At 0:33 in this video, Sigala can be seen running Apple MainStage on the laptop to the right of him. Due to the date of this video, it can be assumed the version of MainStage Sigala is using is version 3.
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Rickey Pageot

My current set up has the Virus TI Polar 2; the Nord Stage 2 for all of those Rhodes, B3, Acoustic Piano, and wurly sounds; Apple Mainstage for all of the plug-ins, and sometimes two other generic keyboards for all the bread and butter stuff.
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Paul 'Wix' Wickens

For orchestral stuff, there’s great libraries around, although some of the streaming libraries are so big and so unwieldly that I’d like to get smaller versions of them. So I’m sticking with that, and a lot of combinations of things. I still use the Akai S5000 software, although I’ve now got a couple of versions of Apple MainStage, and they’re playing some samples and doing some sounds.
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Adam Neely

"Ableton Live is the industry standard for most live setups, but MainStage is a great and far cheaper alternative."
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DJ FABI

for mega liveperfomance
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MainStage 3 is the live-performance companion app for Logic Pro X that lets you sound as great on stage as you do in the studio.

5 reviews

joydeeproni

573

Helpful & very user friendly

The interface is clean & user-friendly. It is very easy to use as well. Together with Logic Pro, it does wonders.

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almost 2 years ago
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nckeys

154

Amazing!

Is there enough space to write how I feel about Mainstage? Hands down - AWESOME!!! So versitle and easy to use and the instruments are incredible. Editing and tweeking sounds is a breeze. Not only use Logic Pro and Garage Band, but you can also add other VSTs. Buy an inexpensive USB to MIDI converter cable and connect older Midi synth (my Korg DS-8, 01Wfd, Akai AX60) to combine internal sounds and mix with MainStage is so powerful and inexpensive solution! I love the feel of my old synths and they are more rugged then most USB controller keyboards out today. In fact, I have had four keyboard running from MainStage via USB and MIDI/USB running at one time without any latency! Using the internal sounds from the keyboards mixed with the virtual sounds from MainStage gives you limitless choices to match a sound from a recording your are learning for your next band practice or coming up with very unique voice for your own project. Not expensive, so why not add it to your Mac?

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almost 3 years ago
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jakesaunders27

153

Great

Really versatile piece of software for very little money. I use it as part of a keyboard rig occasionally.

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about 4 years ago
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soundsbyangel

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MainStage3

MainStage was one of the biggest reasons I choose to use a Mac. I can easily turn mastered tracks in Logic into a fully playable song/show as all instruments/VTS's available in Logic are in MainStage. I Also use it for all my bass and guitar effects and use it for live looping.

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almost 2 years ago
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txufowilson

152

The ultimate live rig

Synth rack, guitar amps & fx, vocal fx, sampler. I use it in sync with Ableton Live 9 through IAC internal midi driver in OSX to automate the scenes changes and on/off fxs or instruments.

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almost 3 years ago
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