Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Hi Gregory and all,

> What exactly does Mainstage do? Is that just the unified arrange window?

As far as I can tell (and those already using L8 can correct me), it
is a tool geared to performance, more than mixing/arranging. It seems
from the videos and description that you can have the set of
parameters you'd like mapped to whatever knobs you want. It resembles
Live's control panels. You can see your knobs, sliders, and pedals in
action, and other information about the patch you're using.
Furthermore, as a guitar player, for instance, you can have your
effects switches and knobs on the screen and toggle/manipulate themm
from a control surface of a floor board controller.

I don't know if you need to have Logic running behind it or if you can
create tracks/patches and open them as channel strips in the mixer to
the right of the Mainstage window. If it can run separate from Logic,
therefore not biting too much memory, it's certainly a highly valuable
tool. 

The clumsiness of Logic when it comes to live performance was a common
complain, and I guess Apple has paid some serious attention to that.
Especially when Live 5 came out and it could do it 100 better than
Logic. Actually, that's what I was doing, using Logic's synths but
controlling everything from Live, at great CPU expense. Perhaps I
won't need that anymore?? :)

Marcelo