Learning MainStage 3

Learn how to use MainStage to bring software instruments, effects, and more into your live performance rig.

Introduction

• Bring your performances to life with MainStage
• What is MainStage and who is it for?

1. Getting Started

• Basic external hardware needed
• Exploring templates
• Exploring the interface
• Optimizing your preferences

2. The Basic Architecture of MainStage

• Patches
• Sets and concerts
• Channel strips
• Concert, Set, and Patch settings in Inspector
• Channel Strip Settings Inspector

3. Making MainStage Really Cook

• The workspace
• MIDI FX
• Advanced menu functions
• Playback plugin
• Loopback

4. Designing Your Layout Mode

• Customizing your MIDI interface
• Screen control types
• Screen Control Inspector
• Aligning controls
• Importing and exporting layouts

5. Performance

• Recording your performance
• Performance: Joni
• Performance: Love Again for the First Time

Conclusion

• Next steps