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163MainStage User Guide
Perform live with MainStage
Before performing live with MainStage
Now that you’ve created and organized your sounds and set up your layout, it’s time to
play! MainStage features Perform mode that optimizes your display for live performance.
Here are a few things to check before you begin performing:
• Make sure your MIDI controllers, instruments, microphones, and other music equipment
are connected to your computer and are working.
• Test the audio output from MainStage using the audio interface and speakers or
monitors you plan to use in performance.
• Select a patch with a software instrument channel strip and play your keyboard
controller. Watch the Activity Monitor to make sure MainStage is receiving MIDI input
from the controller, and make sure you can hear the audio output.
• Make sure any instruments or microphones you plan to play through audio channel
strips are connected to the correct audio inputs on your audio interface. Select a patch
with an audio channel strip and play or sing to make sure you can hear audio output.
• For the best results, close any applications that you do not need while performing,
particularly applications with high processor or RAM requirements.
• Disconnect the computer that is running MainStage from any network connections.
• If you are using Logic Remote with MainStage, be sure both your computer and iPad are
connected to the same wireless network, and connect Logic Remote to MainStage.
For more information about using Logic Remote with MainStage, see Logic Remote Help.
Use Perform mode in MainStage
When you perform live, you can use either Perform in Full Screen or Perform in Window,
depending on which you prefer. Each offers some advantages for different performance
situations. If you want to view the workspace at maximum size on your display and do not
need to access the Finder or the toolbar, use Perform in Full Screen. If you need to access
other applications or access buttons in the toolbar, use Perform in Window.