Love the sound you got on your recording? MainStage 2 makes it easy to bring all the same instruments and effects to the stage. You can even expand your show with live loops or prerecorded backing tracks. With the Mac as the core of your live rig, setup is faster, teardown is faster, and everything in between is more reliable. And you can easily use your favorite hardware to control every nuance of your performance.

MainStage 2 lets you take your Mac to the stage with a full-screen live interface, unmatched hardware control, and a massive collection of plug-ins and sounds.

MainStage 2.2: Release notes

Improved Performance
•MainStage 2.2 takes full advantage of Macs with four or more processor cores.

Simplified Setup
•New template picker includes a new Quick Start category.
•New Assignments & Mappings view provides a way to edit and view a consolidated list of all hardware controller assignments and screen control mappings.
•The MainStage interface has been rebuilt with larger interface elements.
•The last saved value of a mapped parameter can now be seen and edited.

Enhanced MIDI Control
•Direct connections between hardware controllers and plug-in parameters can be made without using screen controls.
•During patch changes, SysEx and other data can be sent to external MIDI devices using standard MIDI files.
•It is now possible to block unwanted incoming controller messages.

Preferences
•New preference to globally disable feedback protection across all patches.

Auto-assignment Support
•Auto-assignment support has been added for more MIDI devices:
•Akai MPK25
•Akai MPK49
•Alesis Q25
•Korg nanoKey2
•Korg nanoKontrol2
•Korg nanoPad2
•M-Audio Axiom 25 (updated version)
•M-Audio Axiom 49 (updated version)
•M-Audio Axiom 61 (updated version)
•M-Audio Oxygen 49 (updated version)
•Novation Nocturn 25

Issue Fixes
•Resolves an issue in which the amount of latency reported in the Audio preferences for a given I/O Buffer size was too low if the I/O Safety Buffer was enabled.
•Fixes an issue in which one shot sample triggering did not work correctly when EXS was in mono mode.
•The metronome now provides a downbeat click.
•Improved MIDI Beat Clock for ReWire and External Instrument Channels.
•EVB3 no longer produces stuck notes when using a sustain pedal.

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