MainStage 3

MainStage 3 lets you bring your Mac right onto the stage. A full-screen interface optimized for live performances, complete hardware control, and an extensive collection of plugins and sounds that are fully compatible with Logic Pro X make this the ultimate live performance tool.

Perfect for Live Performances

• Perform on stage using more than 80 instruments, effects, and MIDI plugins, and work seamlessly with Audio Unit plugins.

• Add your own custom sounds from Logic Pro X and GarageBand — take your entire studio to the stage with ease.

• Touch Bar support on MacBook Pro computers provides convenient editing and control over your workspace layout and the performance process.

• Combine instruments and live audio within a single patch, for example keyboards and vocals together in one configuration.

• Switch between patches without interrupting sustained notes or fermatas for seamless live transitions.

• Build complex keyboard patches using splits and layers, Arpeggiator, and other powerful MIDI plugins.

• Perform with stereo or multichannel backing tracks using the built-in Playback plugin.

• The 64-bit architecture takes full advantage of all available system RAM for complex sampled instruments on your Mac.

Control Your Hardware

• Connect your favorite hardware and use it for performing on stage and controlling plugins in real time.

• Use USB-compatible MIDI controllers including keyboards, foot pedals, and drum pads for versatile input.

• Instantly configure a wide variety of hardware devices thanks to automatic device recognition and setup.

• Quickly assign controller buttons and faders to on-screen controls for immediate hands-on interaction.

Built for the Stage

• A customizable full-screen interface displays only what you need during your live performance on Mac.

• The Smart Controls feature allows you to tailor on-screen controls individually for each patch you create.

• Your Mac display remains visible from a distance thanks to the high-contrast and full-screen interface design.

Instrument Plugins

• Play classic synthesizer sounds from the 70s and 80s using the versatile Retro Synth instrument plugin.

• Play realistic models of legendary keyboards with Vintage B3, Vintage Electric Piano, and Vintage Clav.

• Find inspiration with an extensive collection of analog, wavetable, FM, additive, granular, spectral, and physical modeling synthesizers.

• Use a wide variety of sampled instruments or create entirely new ones with the EXS24 Sampler engine.

• Turn your hardware synthesizer into a fully sampled instrument using the new Auto Sampler plugin on your Mac.

MIDI Plugins

• Create compelling compositions from simple melodies using nine dedicated MIDI plugins built into the MainStage 3 app.

• Instantly transform simple chords into rich and complex harmonies with the Arpeggiator plugin.

• Play a single note and trigger a pre-defined chord sequence using the Chord Trigger functionality.

• Perform a part and transpose notes into a different key on the fly using the Transposer plugin.

Creative Sound Effects

• Perform your compositions in realistic acoustic spaces with the convolution reverb engine Space Designer.

• Use tape delay, multi-tap delay, and stereo delay effects to add depth and dimension to your sound.

• Create the perfect mix using a wide selection of equalizers, dynamic processors, and other professional mixing tools.

For Guitar and Bass Guitar

• Build your own custom amp models for guitar and bass guitar with Amp Designer, using classic and modern amplifiers, cabinet systems, and microphones.

• Create your own custom Pedalboard setup from a collection of stompbox effects such as delay, distortion, and modulation.

• Open the full-screen tuner to quickly and accurately tune your instrument before or during a performance.

Sound Library

• Over 1800 instrument patches and sound effect presets ready to use in any live performance setting.

• More than 750 meticulously sampled instruments covering a broad range of musical styles and genres.

• 4600 Apple Loops in contemporary dance and electronic genres for creative backing and composition work.

Minimum System Requirements

• 64-bit Audio Unit plugins are required to ensure full compatibility with the MainStage 3 download.

• 6 GB of available disk space for minimal installation / 57 GB for the complete Sound Library installation on your Mac.