Apple MainStage - Manual (Page 89)

Chapter 8 Performing Live With MainStage 89
Performing With Guitars and Other Instruments
You can play electric guitars and other music instruments connected to your computer,
using MainStage as a multi-effects processor. You choose the audio input to which the
instrument is connected in the audio channel strips you want to use with the
instrument. You can use guitar and bass amplification as well as other effects
commonly used with guitars, or try using different effects for unique sound
possibilities.
MainStage includes concert templates designed to be used with guitars. Some guitar-
oriented templates include patches with pedal board-style screen controls that can be
assigned to a foot switch, allowing you to bypass different effects in the channel strip.
Some patches also allow you to switch between channel strips with different effects
using an expression pedal.
When playing guitars and other low-impedance instruments, be sure they are
connected to an audio input that matches the impedance of the instrument.
Connecting a guitar to a standard line-level audio input may produce a lower volume
level for the guitar’s output than intended.
You can also use MainStage with vocals, or any sound captured with a microphone,
using an audio interface connected to your computer, and choosing the audio input
channel in audio channel strips in your patches.