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Windows alternative for Apple MainStage?
Just saw the demo video for MainStage and was impressed (do you call this a
DAW with softsynth?). If I read correctly, for $500 I get Logic Studio and MainStage is included. That is a bit outside my budget and even if it was within the budget I have no Mac. So is there a Windows alternative for around the same price range? I looked at the ProTools website but it seemed I couldn't get anything like this for under $1000. Thanks, -Bob |
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just bob wrote:
Just saw the demo video for MainStage and was impressed (do you call this a DAW with softsynth?). What does it do? Or is it simply the name for a bundle that includes Logic and some soft synths? -- If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) |
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Mike Rivers wrote:
just bob wrote: Just saw the demo video for MainStage and was impressed (do you call this a DAW with softsynth?). What does it do? Or is it simply the name for a bundle that includes Logic and some soft synths? http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/mainstage/ Looks to me kind of like a preconfigured Logic Environment intended to facilitate using Logic Studio for live performance. I can't say more because I'm still running Logic Pro 6.4.3, Dinsosaurs don't die until they must. And for live performance I generally use a guitar or a mandolin. -- ha shut up and play your guitar |
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hank alrich wrote:
Looks to me kind of like a preconfigured Logic Environment intended to facilitate using Logic Studio for live performance. My gawd! Are people STILL trying to use sequencers live on stage when there are perfectly good media players to provide backing tracks? And perfectly good musical instruments that they can play with their own hands and feet? While I'm always in favor of easy-to-use on-screen controls (which it seems this program offers) it looks like too much stuff for most people. -- If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) |
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On Mar 14, 8:09*am, Mike Rivers wrote:
just bob wrote: Just saw the demo video for MainStage and was impressed (do you call this a DAW with softsynth?). What does it do? Or is it simply the name for a bundle that includes Logic and some soft synths? -- If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) Mainstage, among other things, really is a soft synth environment. I know plenty of guys who use it strictly as a soundmodule (played live from a midi controller) to great effect. N |
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Nate, what compares for the Windows platform?
"Nate Najar" wrote in message ... On Mar 14, 8:09 am, Mike Rivers wrote: just bob wrote: Just saw the demo video for MainStage and was impressed (do you call this a DAW with softsynth?). What does it do? Or is it simply the name for a bundle that includes Logic and some soft synths? -- If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) Mainstage, among other things, really is a soft synth environment. I know plenty of guys who use it strictly as a soundmodule (played live from a midi controller) to great effect. N |
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Windows alternative for Apple MainStage?
just bob wrote:
Just saw the demo video for MainStage and was impressed (do you call this a DAW with softsynth?). If I read correctly, for $500 I get Logic Studio and MainStage is included. That is a bit outside my budget and even if it was within the budget I have no Mac. So is there a Windows alternative for around the same price range? I looked at the ProTools website but it seemed I couldn't get anything like this for under $1000. So, you´re actually looking for software, which hosts soft synths, so you can softsynths live via MIDI? If yes, there are quite a few options for Windows. Either get soft synths that work in "stand-alone" mode or some host software which lets you load VST and/or DX plug-ins. If this host software includes a sequencer or not, does not matter in this case... What´s important, is the ability to monitor soft synths or fx "live". some - there are more, than I know probably - programs for Win a VST hosts without sequencer: -VSTack (by Steinberg) / commercial - VSThost / free http://hermannseib.com/vsthost.htm or some sequencers, which can act as a host: - Cubase (SE and LE versions too) - Sonar (Homestudio) - Samplitude / Magix "Music Studio"or whatever their small version is called. Not to be confused to their "Music Maker", which only contains loops to "build" songs. Another choice might be "Reaper", but I don´t have any real-world experience with it. Just downloaded the latest trial version and found it quite nice - especially for the low price. Anyway, all sequencer programs are commercial, i. e. you have to buy a license to use it. Since the small versions will probably be sufficient for your needs, you might get along paying 80-200 $ instead of 500 $ for MainStage. On the other hand, MainStage might contain some instruments (from Logic), which are not included with the Windows alternatives mentioned above... but at least the commercial sequencers come with some instruments. Technically, it´s possible to do the same things, that MainStage does, with Windows-based software. Just not as conviently looking maybe... A nice VST and stand-alone soft synth is available from Native Instruments. Their "KORE player" comes bundled with 1 "soundpack" and there´s another "compilation soundpack" for free. Besides that, you can of course buy additional "soundpacks". ;-) http://native-instruments.com/index....koreplayer&L=1 http://native-instruments.com/index....2e8a0ef9a739b0 This will at least be sufficient for trying out and playing around for fun. Phil |
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Phil W wrote:
So, you´re actually looking for software, which hosts soft synths, so you can softsynths live via MIDI? If yes, there are quite a few options for Windows. Either get soft synths that work in "stand-alone" mode or some host software which lets you load VST and/or DX plug-ins. If this host software includes a sequencer or not, does not matter in this case... That's the impression I got from looking at the first page of the MainStage web site. But I also got the impression that it either used custom soft synths or customized versions of popular soft synths, optimized for a performer-friendly user interface. Big virtual knobs and displays, easily accessible presets, things that let you set and play without a lot of tweaking - for people who know they don't have time to tweak the high frequency reverb for the acoustics in the hall they're playing, but just want to get the right characteristic distortion and brightness without taking the time they might in the studio fooling with the dozens of parameters that can be adjusted. Kind of like having an amplifier with three knobs, or a piano with three pedals. -- If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) |
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Windows alternative for Apple MainStage?
I've been using sonar x(any) live for years.
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Windows alternative for Apple MainStage?
On Friday, March 13, 2009 at 7:25:19 PM UTC-4, just bob wrote:
Just saw the demo video for MainStage and was impressed (do you call this a DAW with softsynth?). If I read correctly, for $500 I get Logic Studio and MainStage is included. That is a bit outside my budget and even if it was within the budget I have no Mac. So is there a Windows alternative for around the same price range? I looked at the ProTools website but it seemed I couldn't get anything like this for under $1000. Thanks, -Bob Ableton Live Portable |
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Windows alternative for Apple MainStage?
What the hell is this guy
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Windows alternative for Apple MainStage?
On 29 Sep 2017, wrote in rec.audio.pro:
What the hell is this guy And when?? |
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Windows alternative for Apple MainStage?
Gig Performer - works on Windows and OSX. (full disclosure - I am affiliated with the company making it).
https://www.gigperformer.com |
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Windows alternative for Apple MainStage?
On Friday, March 13, 2009 at 7:25:19 PM UTC-4, just bob wrote:
Just saw the demo video for MainStage and was impressed (do you call this a DAW with softsynth?). If I read correctly, for $500 I get Logic Studio and MainStage is included. That is a bit outside my budget and even if it was within the budget I have no Mac. So is there a Windows alternative for around the same price range? I looked at the ProTools website but it seemed I couldn't get anything like this for under $1000. Thanks, -Bob Cantabile https://www.cantabilesoftware.com/ You can switch between songs really quick, without the waiting times of loading plugins, and still use your favorite plugins; furthermore you can assign controls from your keyboard so you don't even need to touch the computer when playing live. You can setup songs, set lists, song states, etc. Very comprehensive, and you can do whatever you want, control the split, transpose, velocity curve, anything imaginable. It's not created for recording, it is for live performance, specially for keyboardists. And it's not that expensive as Logic Pro, Ableton or Cubase. |
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