MAINSTAGE 3 KEYBOARD SETUP SERIES

Ultimately, the sounds and patches in MainStage and Logic are the same it's just how you use them that are different between each program. Metronome feature with variable tempo to facilitate practice or recording.

It's basically Ableton's session view within Logic. Im still with Mainstage 1.0.2 and not sure if there are any major differences with recent updates, but hope you can help me with this setup. I use Logic in live situations more than ever now for backing track playback, because Live Loops lets you really easily create a session where you can trigger certain sections of a song and bounce around between sections really easily. Hi all, been out of the loop for a long while because Ive been gigging loads. I use Mainstage 3 for all my keyboard sounds and Ableton for playing backing tracks and loops.

However, the line was just recently blurred between MainStage and Logic with the Live Loops feature. If you are playing an electric drum pad or keyboard in a live situation and want to have all your studio sounds at your fingertips without having to click through a bunch of menus to make changes on the fly, MainStage is a really good way to achieve that. It allows you to take a VST, apply some effects, and design your own UI layout, with the controls you need right on screen, and nothing you don't need.

MAINSTAGE 3 KEYBOARD SETUP SERIES

It also makes it very easy to program a series of presets, one after the other, for quick switching of sounds and patches between songs. It is designed to be lighter and use less of your CPU than Logic would. The best way I can describe it is this: MainStage is set up to take the sounds and instrument plugins that you can use in Logic, and streamlines the UI for ease of use during a live situation. I am a drummer, keyboardist, and playback engineer (backing tracks) that uses Ableton and MainStage live, and Logic in the studio.

Mainstage 3 keyboard setup