MainStage 3 lets you take your Mac to the stage with a full-screen interface optimized for live performance, flexible hardware control, and a massive collection of plug-ins and sounds that are fully compatible with Logic Pro X.
The Ultimate Live Rig
Perform live with more than 80 instrument, effect, and MIDI plug-ins or work with Audio Units plug-ins
Add your sounds from Logic Pro X and GarageBand to bring your studio sound to the stage
Combine instruments and live audio, such as keyboards and vocals, in a single Patch
Switch between Patches without stopping sound output or cutting off held notes
Design rich keyboard Patches using splits and layers, the Arpeggiator, and other MIDI plug-ins
Perform with stereo or multitrack backing tracks using Playback
64-bit architecture uses all the RAM in your system for larger sampled instruments

Hardware Control
Connect your favorite hardware and use it to play and control your plug-ins
Use USB and MIDI-equipped controllers like keyboards, foot pedals, and drum pads
Instantly set up a large variety of hardware using automatic device recognition
Quickly assign hardware knobs, buttons, and faders to onscreen controls
Manage sophisticated rigs using the Assignments & Mapping overview

Designed for the Stage
See only what you need during your performance using a customizable, full-screen live interface
Screen controls adapt for each Patch using Smart Controls
Smart Controls offer dynamic performance controls that change with each Patch
Easily view your Mac screen from a distance using a high-contrast, full-screen performance view

Instrument Plug-ins
Play deeply sampled, professionally mixed, and fully customizable drum kits provided by Drum Kit Designer
Perform electronic beats with the Ultrabeat drum machine
Play classic '70s- and '80s-style synthesizer sounds using Retro Synth
Play faithful models of vintage keyboards with Vintage B3, Vintage Electric Piano, and Vintage Clav
Perform inspired sounds using a collection of synths that provide analog, wavetable, FM, additive, granular, spectral, and modeling synthesis
Quickly find sounds or create unique new ones with Alchemy, the ultimate sample manipulation synthesizer
Play or create a wide variety of rich sampled instruments with the EXS24 Sampler
Turn your favorite hardware synthesizers into sampled instruments using new Auto Sampler plug-in

MIDI Plug-ins
Transform simple ideas into elaborate performances using nine MIDI plug-ins
Instantly turn a simple chord into a rich performance with the Arpeggiator
Play a single note to trigger predefined chords with Chord Trigger
Perform a part and conform notes to a specific scale using Transposer

Creative and Production Effects
Play your sounds through realistic acoustic spaces using Space Designer convolution reverb
Use a range of multi-tap, vintage tape, and stereo delays
Add movement to your tracks with a variety of modulation effects
Get the perfect mix with a collection of EQs, dynamics, and other mixing tools

Guitar and Bass Gear
Build your own guitar or bass rig with Amp Designer using vintage and modern amps, cabinets, and mics
Design a custom Pedalboard from a collection of delay, distortion, and modulation stompboxes
Access a full-screen Tuner to quickly get in tune

Sound Library
Over 1800 instrument and effect Patches
More than 750 meticulously sampled instruments
4600 Apple Loops in modern urban and electronic genres

Minimum System Requirements
4GB RAM
Display with 1280-by-768 resolution or higher
OS X v10.9.5 or later
Requires 64-bit Audio Units plug-ins
6GB available disk space for minimum install / 45GB hard disk for full Sound Library installation

Compatibility: OS X 10.9.5 or later, 64-bit processor