For the life of me I can't understand how an innovative and well-funded company like Apple can't streamline MainStage to be far more efficient. I've haven't used Reaper very much but a lot of my peers swear by it as an alternative to MainStage. However, Reaper's focus is slightly different again and it's closer to Logic than MS. On the occasions I tried it, I found Reaper to use more system resources than MS (esp CPU) for my particular requirements and it was an easy call to stick with MS. However, I recommend trying Reaper as a possible alternative to MS because the dev is incredibly open and responsive to feedback, and Reaper is updated fairly frequently. I just had a quick look at the Reaper website and it apparently uses both VST and AU. As with Live, Reaper is probably compatible with 32-bit plugs but you'll have to look into this yourself. Yours is an excellent post, for your taking the time to provide detailed feedback, explaining differences and the pros and cons of the different software. Since all of this is new to me, I find it daunting at times as I fumble along. Right now, I'm not at the point of worrying about resource limitations, because I don't (yet) rely on 3rd party VST's the instrumental sounds and effects of the Apple solution(s) will for the most part, work for my purposes, I think. I'm trying to see if it's even possible to get to 'point B' from my newbie status 'point A', and in an efficient manner. What I'm trying to do is, somehow, embed chord information in an accompaniment track whether that track is a midi 'software instrument' or analog track (I think) doesn't much matter (at least, for now). Ideally, the chord changes in a song could/might correspond to marker positions in the song. I want to send that chord/chord change information to an external midi controller (e.g., a midi keyboard, or touch panel instrument). If the midi controller can interpret a chord change in a song, then new chords could be automatically played, regardless of the midi key pad note being triggered, and be updated automatically as the song progresses. Alternatively, maybe the computer software (MainStage or alternative?) could take the same midi chord notes being sent to it over and over, but change (transpose) them to the actual chord demanded of the song at that point in time. Is there software out there that will do what I just described above (if MainStage won't)? Yes, this in essence, would be an even more dumbed down 'instrument' than the current 'smart keyboard' touch instrument that limits all notes being triggered to a particular scale. I will go ahead and try and explain what I want to do in more detail. It, in effect, will provide a very simple 'dumbed-down' instrument that anyone can play. #APPLE MAINSTAGE ABLETON LIVE SOFTWARE#.
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