Still, that matches the simplicity of some of the other tools here.ДЄughвЂ¦ and yes, that is AppleвЂ™s now-ubiquitous album art view as the browser mechanism for templates, proving they really donвЂ™t know where to stop. My first impression of this is that this doesnвЂ™t appear to match things like the new looper in Ableton Live 8, which can set an entire project tempo вЂ“ itвЂ™s more like a basic stompbox effect, as weвЂ™ve seen previously in Native InstrumentsвЂ™ Guitar Rig. ThereвЂ™s also a live loop recorder, tape style. ItвЂ™s a nice implementation, and different from whatвЂ™s currently out there. Grouped controls allow you to drag and drop layouts of controls as macros. And this is the first DAW to really try to do backing tracks in a way bands can use, even including Ableton Live. ReWire support should make this particularly interesting, as solutions like a Logic-Live rig now become practical. Well, guess what? Apple says theyвЂ™ve added all of that to MainStage 2.

Musicians need a way of recording their gigs.

Better control mapping was needed for real performance вЂ“ including grouping.

ReWire is a must, so people using tools like Ableton Live (or Reason, or the awesome tracker Renoise) can work with them in a MainStage rig.

MainStage needs a way of playing backing tracks, particularly for bands and acoustic players and soloists.

I loved the idea of MainStage when it came out, but I had a number of complaints in regards to what musicians would actually want to do for live performance. In the meantime, hereвЂ™s how it looks вЂњon paper,вЂќ in a nutshell.

I should receive my testing copy then, too, so expect more details.

IвЂ™m meeting with Apple next week, so if you think of any smart questions, do pass them along. Banner features: вЂњFlex TimeвЂќ audio warping, new goodies for guitarists (plus integration with a new audio interface and pedalboard from Apogee), expanded support for working with video and outputting compression, and most interestingly, tools for making MainStage a feature you might actually take onstage.

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