
If it were possible to run Mainstage and Live concurrently (not Rewire), I could run the backing tracks out of some outputs and the Mainstage keyboards out of the others, but I haven't seen that this is possible.Īny ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have not used Mainstage's "backing track" facility, but is it possible to do individual outputs with this? Is there a better way? Especially trying to change sounds during a backing track. I have seen that I can Rewire into different channel strips in Mainstage, then add other channel strips for my sounds, but this seems clunky. drums on one channel, guitars on another.).
#Apple mainstage ableton live pro#
We have a Saffire Pro with 6 outs that I would like to use all of so that the sound desk gets the backing track with separate feeds (e.g. We haven't used these yet, but I don't know if there's a good way to get these into Mainstage. The backing tracks, however, come in Ableton Live format - multichannel, with markers I can jump to. I have an e-instruments "East Village" piano (+pad) sounds in Ableton that I like, so I will probably use that via Rewire along with other sounds in a Mainstage set. Particularly, when you are still holding the sustain pedal and you change a patch/track, it continues to sustain the old sound. We have been using Ableton only for a few services, but it's just not as easy as Mainstage for changing patches - sometimes needed in the middle of a song. I don't mind if it's hard to setup and I can do that beforehand, but goal #1 is that running this "live" in services is easy. Our keyboard players are mostly non-technical volunteers, so it has to be simple to USE. We have a MacBook Pro, Ableton Live 8 and Mainstage 2 that we will use in church for: Thanks in advance for reading and responding! If it were possible to run Mainstage and Live concurrently (not Rewire), I could run the backing tracks out of some outputs and the Mainstage keyboards out of the others, but I haven't seen that this is possible.Īny ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.I would like some advice on my situation and what would be the easiest and best setup. If you are just getting started with MainStage. You can connect your keyboard, guitar or vocal mic and transform your sound in ways you've never thought of before.
#Apple mainstage ableton live mac#
With MainStage you can turn your Mac into a live rig with an enormous amount of different plug-ins and sounds. I have not used Mainstage's "backing track" facility, but is it possible to do individual outputs with this? Is there a better way? MainStage is a Mac-only program created by Apple for live performance.


I would like some advice on my situation and what would be the easiest and best setup.
