Apple MainStage 2 - Manual (Page 11)

This chapter gives you a conceptual overview of MainStage and describes how you can
use it together with your instruments and other musical equipment when you perform
live.
This chapter covers the following:
• What Is MainStage? (p. 11)
• Using MainStage with Keyboard Controllers (p. 13)
• Using MainStage with Electric Guitars (p. 13)
• Using MainStage with Vocals, Drums, and Other Instruments (p. 13)
• How to Use MainStage in Your Music Setup (p. 13)
• Using MainStage in Live Performance (p. 16)
What Is MainStage?
MainStage is a music application designed for you to use in live performance. MainStage
turns your computer into a powerful multi-instrument and effects processor that you can
use on stage when you perform. Whether you play a keyboard, guitar, another instrument,
or sing, you can use MainStage with your instruments, microphones, and MIDI hardware
when you perform live.
MainStage lets you use the professional-quality instruments and effects included in
Logic Studio in your live performances. You access and modify the instruments and effects
in MainStage 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 more.
If you play electric guitar, you can perform using Logic Studio effects setups, including
amp simulation, overdrive, reverb, compression, and more. You can create your own
effects setups and switch between them easily. Vocalists and acoustic musicians can also
use effects setups with sound input through a microphone.
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Introducing MainStage 1