Playing back audio in mainstage, Adding a playback plug-in – Apple MainStage 2 User Manual
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You can play back audio files in time with your live performance. Playing back audio files
can have a variety of uses, including playing backing tracks to accompany your
performance, playing song stems that you can mix live, and using a “backing band” while
you practice your performance.
You play back audio files using the Playback plug-in, which is available in the Instrument
menu. Using the Playback plug-in, you can start and stop playback of an audio file, cycle
(loop) playback, and fade out the audio. Using markers, you can shift playback to different
parts of the audio file. You can have files play at their original speed or synchronize
playback to the current tempo of the concert. You can also play back several audio files
together using multiple instances of the Playback plug-in and control them using groups.
The Playback plug-in is available only in MainStage. This chapter provides information
on how you can use the Playback plug-in in a MainStage concert. For detailed information
about the interface, parameters, and functions of the Playback plug-in and supported
audio file formats, see
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Adding a Playback Plug-in
The Playback plug-in is an Instrument plug-in and is available only for software instrument
channel strips. To use the Playback plug-in, you add it to a software instrument channel
strip, then select an audio file to play. You can add a Playback plug-in to a channel strip
in a patch or at the set or concert level.
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