Apple MainStage - Manual (Page 7)

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An Introduction to MainStage
MainStage turns your computer into a powerful and
customizable musical instrument, optimized for use in
live performance.
The advent of fast, powerful portable computers has created new opportunities for
musicians to use their computers in live performance. Now computer musicians can
keep an entire library of sounds on their computers to use when they play live. What
they need most is a way to access, organize, and manipulate those sounds that
combines the advantages of computer-based music-making with the tactile control
and ease of use of dedicated music hardware.
What Is MainStage?
MainStage is a new application designed to be used in live performance. MainStage
turns your computer into a powerful multi-instrument and effects processor that you
can use on stage. If you are a keyboard player, guitarist, vocalist, or other performing
musician, you can use MainStage with your instruments, microphones, and other music
gear when you perform live.
MainStage lets you use the professional-quality instruments and effects included in
Logic Studio in your live performances. You can access and edit instruments and effects
using the familiar Logic channel strip interface. If you play a USB or MIDI keyboard
controller, you can play and control a wide variety of software instruments, including
pianos and other keyboards, synthesizers, strings, horns, percussion, and others. If you
play a guitar or another musical instrument, you can perform using many of the effects
from Logic Studio, including guitar and bass amp simulation, reverb, compression, EQ,
and more. Vocalists can also use effects with their voice, and acoustic instruments can
use them with their instruments played through a microphone.