What's New

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

• New look and feel
• Animated 3D background
• Updated video player engine
• New menu with section names
• Improved support for iOS 11

App Description

This video tutorial is designed by Matt Vanacoro to get you up and running with MainStage fast! You learn about every aspect of MainStage, from its newly designed GUI to its powerful live performance music tools!

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Downloading MainStage and Content
3. Configuring Your System for MIDI and Audio
4. The Preferences Menu
5. The Toolbar
6. MainStage: A Whirlwind Tour
7. Concerts, Sets and Patches - Part 1
8. Piano Presets
9. Guitar Presets
10. Drum Presets
11. Vocal Presets
12. Backing Track Presets
13. The Layout Screen
14. The Edit Screen
15. The Perform Screen
16. Changing Patches
17. Building a Piano Preset
18. Building a Guitar Preset
19. Two Keyboards are Better Than One
20. Concerts, Sets and Patches - Part 2: Pulling Back t...
21. Intro to Assignments and Mapping
22. More Assignments and Mapping
23. MIDI and Audio Setups
24. The Playback Plugin
25. MIDI FX
26. MainStage and Logic: Made For Each Other
27. New in MainStage 3
28. What’s Next

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • May 06, 2015 Initial release
  • November 06, 2016 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $6.99
  • June 15, 2019 New version 7.0